Cooking
The theme this week is cheese. I confess that this is my doing - it was a choice made several weeks back and by the time "cheese week" rolled around, I was wishing it was "lettuce week" or some such. I've been indulging a bit too much lately and with my trip to Sicily rapidly approaching, I feel the need to good (so that I can be bad in Sicily, of course).
With cheese I didn't see many options for being good (as in eating healthfully), so I just went for being good (as in delicious). I thought about pizza, but then came across Santos' Tomato Tart. If you take a look, you'll see...this is what pizza wants to be when it grows up.
Santos has a breezy way of describing how she cooks that makes it sound so easy. For the pastry she "...added all these little bits and bobs of cheese i had in the fridge...". She used a combination of parmesan, gruyere, fontina and pecorino. Yum. I looked in my fridge and found parmesan, leerdammer, and jack. Oh dear... do they even go together? I hemmed and hawed about which to use and which to leave out, but finally decided (in the spirit of "bits and bobs") to use them all.
I used cherry tomatoes, cut the pastry recipe in half, and made individual tarts. I had enough pastry for three but stuck one blob in the freezer for later and made just two tarts. They came out beautifully. It was delicious too - the rich cheesy crust and sweet roasted tomatoes were both wonderful. I have one more tart waiting to be reheated tomorrow...then I'm going to be good.
Zarah tried some pretty elegant mac 'n cheese. Oh my gosh that sounds good!
- Cherry Tomato Pizza Recipe
It's hard to say no to cheese. Since I never tasted Parrano cheese I was more than happy to accept a sample to try. Apparently it has been around since the 1970's but I can't recall ever seeing it at the market. It's a semi-firm...
- Winding Down
Well, we're near the end of our Real Food recipes...and none too soon! Yes, the day has come when Matt and I are really full and sick of butter, cream, cheese...bleah. Slater's recipes are wonderful; just take a tip from me and don't make...
- Parmesan And Prosciutto, A Perfect Combination
A very fast dinner from last week; a Parmesan and prosciutto tart. Eggs, milk, cream, parsley (from the garden!), Parmesan cheese, and prosciutto, poured into a store-bought pie crust; baked till set and golden. I substituted Morningstar Farms vegetarian...
- Hot Food For A Cold Day
More recipes from More Recipes from Moosewood... It definitely felt like a night for warm, filling, food. I'd seen a recipe for a Cheese Tart in the More from... book, and felt it would be a good choice. And wow...was it simple to make! A...
- La Festa Al Fresco: Tomato & Saffron Tart
I'm so close to being late for La Festa al Fresco - tsk, tsk, but I'm telling you, traffic was just HORRIBLE! ;-) Lis and Ivonne asked us all to bring something fresh and seasonal for the party, so... wait a minute, it's stuck down here in...
Cooking
Dining with the Bloggers - April 13th
The theme this week is cheese. I confess that this is my doing - it was a choice made several weeks back and by the time "cheese week" rolled around, I was wishing it was "lettuce week" or some such. I've been indulging a bit too much lately and with my trip to Sicily rapidly approaching, I feel the need to good (so that I can be bad in Sicily, of course).
With cheese I didn't see many options for being good (as in eating healthfully), so I just went for being good (as in delicious). I thought about pizza, but then came across Santos' Tomato Tart. If you take a look, you'll see...this is what pizza wants to be when it grows up.
Santos has a breezy way of describing how she cooks that makes it sound so easy. For the pastry she "...added all these little bits and bobs of cheese i had in the fridge...". She used a combination of parmesan, gruyere, fontina and pecorino. Yum. I looked in my fridge and found parmesan, leerdammer, and jack. Oh dear... do they even go together? I hemmed and hawed about which to use and which to leave out, but finally decided (in the spirit of "bits and bobs") to use them all.
I used cherry tomatoes, cut the pastry recipe in half, and made individual tarts. I had enough pastry for three but stuck one blob in the freezer for later and made just two tarts. They came out beautifully. It was delicious too - the rich cheesy crust and sweet roasted tomatoes were both wonderful. I have one more tart waiting to be reheated tomorrow...then I'm going to be good.
Zarah tried some pretty elegant mac 'n cheese. Oh my gosh that sounds good!
- Cherry Tomato Pizza Recipe
It's hard to say no to cheese. Since I never tasted Parrano cheese I was more than happy to accept a sample to try. Apparently it has been around since the 1970's but I can't recall ever seeing it at the market. It's a semi-firm...
- Winding Down
Well, we're near the end of our Real Food recipes...and none too soon! Yes, the day has come when Matt and I are really full and sick of butter, cream, cheese...bleah. Slater's recipes are wonderful; just take a tip from me and don't make...
- Parmesan And Prosciutto, A Perfect Combination
A very fast dinner from last week; a Parmesan and prosciutto tart. Eggs, milk, cream, parsley (from the garden!), Parmesan cheese, and prosciutto, poured into a store-bought pie crust; baked till set and golden. I substituted Morningstar Farms vegetarian...
- Hot Food For A Cold Day
More recipes from More Recipes from Moosewood... It definitely felt like a night for warm, filling, food. I'd seen a recipe for a Cheese Tart in the More from... book, and felt it would be a good choice. And wow...was it simple to make! A...
- La Festa Al Fresco: Tomato & Saffron Tart
I'm so close to being late for La Festa al Fresco - tsk, tsk, but I'm telling you, traffic was just HORRIBLE! ;-) Lis and Ivonne asked us all to bring something fresh and seasonal for the party, so... wait a minute, it's stuck down here in...