Mornin'. Yep, the Pr0N was definitely delayed from last night. I'll grab a sip of coffee and we'll get to it.
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Had some good friends over from our time in England. Explained to them that they were acting as guinea pigs for recipes intended for use at next weekend's Super Bowl Shindig.
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Flammkuchen - We thoroughly enjoyed this, both in Germany and in our own back yard, so we decided to put it on tonight's menu.
:idea: Instead of the regular bacon lardons, we used pancetta this time around.
The dough worked well, but we're just amateurs with stretching and forming... but no matter the shape, it worked well.
Topped that "skin" with crème fraîche mixed with a pinch of nutmeg, the pancetta, sautéed onions (in that lovely pancetta grease), and a liberal sprinkling of gruyère.
It was so good, we made a second pie later on in the evening!
For our next trick, we took a page from the
Roosevelt Brewing Company down in Portales, NM. We're huge fans of their "Shroomer" pizza:
The Shroomer: Ale-braised button mushrooms, chopped garlic, fresh basil, and parmesean - Yes, please!
I sliced a container of baby portabellas, and whipped up some of those
ale-braised mushrooms. I used a really nice Blood & Honey from Revolver Brewing, added a good couple of knobs of butter, a bit of S & P, and then just poached over med-low heat until the mushrooms absorbed all that lovely liquid and butter.
With a brush of EVOO on the skin, on went the mushrooms, shaved elephant garlic, and parmesean cheese.
I need to work on my basil tearing technique, but the rest of the pie made up for my lack of artistic talent.
Dessert was using this very interesting orange-fig spread I'd mentioned at the top of the original post.
CINCHOUSE thinned a bit out using some white wine and spread it over the pears and goats cheese pie, post-bake.
This is where I had the only "argument" with my UUNI. :tsk: The glutenous pizza dough had continued to rise after we were making pies (duh! :loco
... and we didn't do as good a job of thinning all sides out, so...
:shock: BUT... even that side of the pie was delicious, with just a bit more crunch and a
little carcinogen for flavor.
Wrapped up the night with a toast to absent friends and to those who could be here now.
Y'all have a great Sunday! Thanks for stopping by.