Friday, April 19, 2013

Pizza Friday Night

Can't believe I waited this long to make my first apple pizza. Main
course was a sort of sloppy joe, enchilada sauce, sautéed mushroom,
shallot and chive pizza that while successful wanted for a little
jalapeño. For dessert it was mango butter (no butter), Granny Smith,
sucanat, and cinnamon topped with the cream from the top of the
coconut milk.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpeas

Based this on Immer's Spicy Roasted Cauliflower and Okra. For spice seeds upped cumin by one half and used anise and caraway mix in place of fenugreek. Used baby bell peppers and rinsed chickpeas in place of okra. Dried ingredients and tossed with most of spices and drizzled on 1 tbsp olive oil. On stovetop sautéed remaining spices and garlic in 1 tbsp of olive oil. Added most of the salt but left out the sugar. Tossed with sautéed garlic and lemon juice when done roasting.

Roasted Vegetable Pizza

From the freezer section an Italian pizza crust topped with
caramelized onions, roasted eggplant and peppers, black olives, and
basil. Kept the oil low by just using in the onions which I
caramelized stovetop. Eggplant and peppers roasted dry under the
broiler then chopped and added to onions at the end of cooking. Used
some fresh thyme, shallot, and garlic in the onions. Peeled eggplant
before roasting in slabs and peeled peppers afterward. Worked great
with an Italian white wine. Two onions, one eggplant, three small
peppers, and a handful of olives was enough for two crusts. Maybe
some balsamic text time.