Sweet. Flour Tortillas. When I was growing up in South Texas we had this neighbor who would, on Saturday afternoons, make her tortillas for the week. Believe me, I made friends with her children so I could make myself available for tortilla day. I think she enjoyed my enthusiasm and always had a few extra tortillas for me to take home. They were sublime! My family would fight over them, and no matter how many she sent home with me they were always gone before dinner. My mom asked for the recipe, yet no matter how my mother pleaded, or bartered with her own secret recipes, she refused to give up her recipe. Eventually we moved to North Texas and that ended my weekly tortilla gorge. I had quite a bit of culinary know-how, and I had the internet which would surely hold the key to delicious tortillas, right? You would be surprised! I tested a number of recipes for tortillas with all manner of ingredients. I discovered pretty early that all-purpose was the flour to use.
Flour Tortillas Makes 12 Enjoy! Basil & Cheese Muffins. I am sooo busy this week! Only three weeks have left till summer so there's so much work to do before it starts. That's why I haven't posted anything recently. However, finally I found some spare time to write a recipe of those yummy basil and cheese muffins! Actually I don't know how to call them. I say basil and cheese because of an intense flavour of fresh basil and the cheesy texture. These are perfect for a snack! 200g your favourite cheese (mozzarella or gouda will work) 1/2 onion, chopped 5 cloves garlic 10 leaves fresh basil, finely chopped (mine are super large!) 10 leaves fresh marjoram, finely minced 50g butter + 2 tbsp oil (I only had 50g of butter so you can substitute oil with additional butter) 3/4 c buttermilk 1 egg 1 1/2 C AP flour pinch of cinnamon 2 tbsp sugar 1/2 tsp coriander 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Bread. How do you make bread even better? You stuff it with pepperoni and cheese. Then, you bake it in a bundt pan that allows you to pull off little chunks and dip them in pizza sauce. This is the perfect thing to bring to a party (and I did, where it disappeared quickly!) Or to eat during a football game. Or, make it for dinner and serve with a salad. This bread takes a little bit of time to prepare, but in about half an hour I had filled my bundt pan with little dough balls, each with a piece of pepperoni and cheese stuffed within it.
My new definition of bliss: warm dough with a cheesy center and a bite of pepperoni. Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Breadfrom Confections of a Foodie BrideIngredients: -2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced -4 tbsp butter -2 lbs pizza dough (I used 2 balls of Trader Joe's fresh dough) -6 oz. mozzarella cheese, cut into small cubes (about 48 pieces) -pepperoni (about 48 slices) -2-3 cups marinara sauce for serving Directions: 1. 3. 4. This post is linked to Eat at Home. Greek Layer Dip « The Spork in the Road. LaSaGnA TiMpAnO. I went to see tUnE-yArDs on Monday night with some friends, and as always we wanted to cook a meal that somehow related to the show we were heading to.
Sometimes this is hard to do, but other times it seems to come naturally. Finding culinary inspiration in Merrill's lyrics seemed like it would be tough, but my sister knew what she wanted to make without hesitation. "How about something layered, because of all the vocal and instrument layering in the music?
" From there we worked together to come up with this deep, colorful, and multi-flavored lasagna version of a timpano. Start by making a lasagna crust. Finally got it together. Now it's easy, just start building the layers! Alfredo sauce with some salami goes first. After 3 alfredo layers, I switched to pesto. A cheese only layer, just for fun. Tomato sauce is last. It's important to press things down as you go. In my opinion, it can't be lasagna without at least a little ricotta!
I painted on some alfredo at the end as a glue. All sealed up. Spotted Blog | 15 Dumplings to Try Before You Die. I've driven up and down Geary Street in San Francisco hundreds of times, but it wasn't until last weekend that Seth and I took the time to experience it on foot. After all, as many foodspotters know, there's no better way to get to know a neighborhood than by spotting your way through it. While there were many foods I'd never seen before, what really caught my eye as a so-called "Dumpling Expert" was how many kinds of dumpings I never even knew existed!
I sampled pelmeni, which reminded me of mandu (Korean dumplings), and khinkali, which reminded me of Chinese xiao long bao except thicker. After enjoying these flavor-filled bursts of goodness, I set out to learn more about the "pocket-style" dumplings of the world beyond potstickers and pierogies... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. So there you have it: Foodspotting's 15 Dumplings to Try Before You Die. How to Cook. 100 Ways to Cook… Food community, recipe search and cookbook contests.