Recipe: Heat oven to 300 degrees (325 if you like your granola crunchier). Stir 2 cups rolled oats with 1/2 cup dried fruit (raisins, cherries, cranberries, etc.) and 1/2 cup nuts/seeds (pecans, walnuts, pistachios, pepitas, etc.). Add 1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil, 3 tablespoons honey (or agave nectar), mix thoroughly, spread in even layer on baking sheet. Bake, removing to stir every 5 to 7 minutes, for a total of 20 minutes or until your personal crunch index is achieved. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Clump if you must. Cool. Gift.
Recipe: Tortillas: 2 cups masa to 1 1/4 cup water, stir, form into palm-sized balls. Flatten in tortilla press or with rolling pin. Fry in hot pan with 1 Tablespoon of oil, flipping once, letting air bubble form within. Soup: Sauté one diced onion in 1 teaspoon oil in medium-hot pan until translucent, add one minced garlic clove, stir, cook 10 seconds. Add one 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes (or 5 fresh, ripe tomatoes in season), simmer for 5 min—also adding chile powder or other spices, if desired. Then, add twice as much stock/broth (of your choice), cover for ten minutes. Serve: dice avocado for bottom of bowls, put shredded protein in next, ladle broth over, crumble in cotija or queso fresco, top with tortilla strips and crema.
Friday was National Pie Day (I've extended this to International Pie Weekend), and chess pie seemed most appropriate this year. This is my secret Chess Pie recipe with a filling that crackles with mystery in whatever city it is baked:
Recipe: Make pie crust (RLB's perfect cream cheese crust recipe: www.realbakingwithrose.com/recipes/RLB's%20Cream%20Cheese%20Pie%20Crust.pdf), line pie dish. Crimp edges, prick with fork. Bake the empty crust for 10 minutes if desired. Then, whisk three eggs + one yolk in bowl. Add 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon cornmeal, 1/2 cup white sugar (or appropriate substitute), 1/2 cup light brown sugar (or appropriate substitute), 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, 1-2 tablespoons citrus zest (of your choice). Whisk. Add 1/4 cup buttermilk, 1/4 cup melted and cooled unsalted butter, 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 2 tablespoons of citrus juice. Whisk. Pour into crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes, then 20ish minutes (start…
In the kthread Inauguration special, we make tomato soup like this:
2 ripe, red tomatoes (or half a 28 oz. can) + 2 white shallots all cut into 1/2 inch pieces, spread on parchment paper on a baking sheet and tossed with 1 tbsp olive oil, roasted for 20 min at 425 degrees.
Blend/process roasted mix, thin with water or stock (start with 1/4 cup), heat. Top with blue cheese.
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