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st_aurafinaI am totally abusing the dateline and posting on Saturday, mostly because kindkit was talking about baked polenta and that's a new discovery of mine, too.
Something I've cooked:
Breakfast Polenta Squares with Spinach (and Bacon)
I didn't use bacon, but I did cut up some grilled sausages and mix them in. So good, especially the utter foodgasm of spinach from the garden wilted in the skillet I had just sauteed the onions in. Ugh, so amazing and so green. More spinach went in my mouth than it did into the polenta.
I slice it into squares, freeze it and eat it for breakfast. This recipe was definitely a good find.
Caramelised Almond Honey Squares
SO GOOD! SO SO SO SO GOOD! The orange zest is so unexpectedly present in this, and so tasty! The only problem I have with this recipe is that the base pastry came out way too wet to cook, so I ended up adding a lot more flour to it to make it into a kind of shortbread texture. Having to tweak a recipe so much would generally dissuade me from making it more than once, but this tastes just that good. I would recommend taking it out of the oven just before the topping turns bronze, because it keeps cooking for a little while after. So far, I've overpitched it and underpitched it, but haven't quite hit the happy medium of just right yet. I don't care: it's still incredibly tasty.
Flatbread Stuffed with Curried Potatoes, Spinach, & Chickpeas
So good. Went exactly to plan. Looked just like the photo. Grilling bread is awesome fun.
Irish Apple Cake with Custard Sauce
IDK what makes this an Irish cake? It was good though, easy to manage, and the apple chunks stayed nicely suspended in the batter. We didn't make custard from scratch because, honestly, I only make custard from scratch when I'm making ice-cream.
Oatmeal Molasses Rolls
I didn't realise till I was halfway in just how much butter there was in these - I would probably cut that back a little bit, though the bread did have a good texture. I definitely liked the molasses - I used treacle - but I did find that they had kind of a boozy aftertaste on the second day.
Something I'm planning to cook:
Pumpkin... something. Pumpkin soup? The mixed bag of heirloom pumpkin seeds that I bought last year has brought forth many mysterious gourds - I think I might have a spaghetti squash? I guess I won't know till I cut it open - and I need to get roasting.
Something I'm idly considering cooking:
The buttery rolls made me crave proper buttery bread, so I might make a brioche or challah or something.
Just had a city dude walk into my shop and tell me how there was nothing in this town and why would anyone come here?
I really wanted to say "That's because we hide the good stuff from bastards like you."
kindkit was talking about baked polenta and that's a new discovery of mine, too. Something I've cooked:
Breakfast Polenta Squares with Spinach (and Bacon)
I didn't use bacon, but I did cut up some grilled sausages and mix them in. So good, especially the utter foodgasm of spinach from the garden wilted in the skillet I had just sauteed the onions in. Ugh, so amazing and so green. More spinach went in my mouth than it did into the polenta.
I slice it into squares, freeze it and eat it for breakfast. This recipe was definitely a good find.
Caramelised Almond Honey Squares
SO GOOD! SO SO SO SO GOOD! The orange zest is so unexpectedly present in this, and so tasty! The only problem I have with this recipe is that the base pastry came out way too wet to cook, so I ended up adding a lot more flour to it to make it into a kind of shortbread texture. Having to tweak a recipe so much would generally dissuade me from making it more than once, but this tastes just that good. I would recommend taking it out of the oven just before the topping turns bronze, because it keeps cooking for a little while after. So far, I've overpitched it and underpitched it, but haven't quite hit the happy medium of just right yet. I don't care: it's still incredibly tasty.
Flatbread Stuffed with Curried Potatoes, Spinach, & Chickpeas
So good. Went exactly to plan. Looked just like the photo. Grilling bread is awesome fun.
Irish Apple Cake with Custard Sauce
IDK what makes this an Irish cake? It was good though, easy to manage, and the apple chunks stayed nicely suspended in the batter. We didn't make custard from scratch because, honestly, I only make custard from scratch when I'm making ice-cream.
Oatmeal Molasses Rolls
I didn't realise till I was halfway in just how much butter there was in these - I would probably cut that back a little bit, though the bread did have a good texture. I definitely liked the molasses - I used treacle - but I did find that they had kind of a boozy aftertaste on the second day.
Something I'm planning to cook:
Pumpkin... something. Pumpkin soup? The mixed bag of heirloom pumpkin seeds that I bought last year has brought forth many mysterious gourds - I think I might have a spaghetti squash? I guess I won't know till I cut it open - and I need to get roasting.
Something I'm idly considering cooking:
The buttery rolls made me crave proper buttery bread, so I might make a brioche or challah or something.
Just had a city dude walk into my shop and tell me how there was nothing in this town and why would anyone come here?
I really wanted to say "That's because we hide the good stuff from bastards like you."