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By mlb, on March 8th, 2012%
This week’s French Fridays with Dorie is indeed an onion biscuit. I liked these a lot. I made a half recipe and only seemed to have gotten seven biscuits, but I may have made mine a little big. Another item of note — I used red onion. I think that’s it. Oh, and they had a delightfully crunchy exterior.
If I try these again, I think they would be great with green onions too.
Here’s a link to everyone’s posts and my photos below. Good night.*
Sauteed red onions.
Onions, flour, butter…almost dough.
Patted out on top a floured board.
Before baking.
Light inside, crunchy outside.
* So here was my day yesterday: up at 6:30 AM, work at 8:00. I left early to go to . . . → Read More: FFwD: Saint-Germain-des-Pres Onion Biscuits
By mlb, on February 25th, 2012%
French Fridays with Dorie this week, er, yesterday was for a French Onion type of soup. I have made a variation of this before, but I was very curious as to how it would work with chicken broth (I used beef broth before). And, in fact, this time I used “No-Chicken Broth”, so it was actually vegetarian.
Notes:
1. I halved the recipe (yes, even the cheese).
2. My onions could have probably used a bit more time but I made this for a Wednesday night dinner and, well, I was just too hungry. I let the onions brown for about 40 minutes and then let the soup simmer for about 15. Yes, I cut a few corners. And yet, I ended up with a soup that was very deep in flavor and quite delicious!
3. I added a couple of thyme sprigs to the soup, while . . . → Read More: FFwD: Cheese-Topped Onion Soup
By mlb, on February 16th, 2012%
This week’s French Fridays with Dorie involved mussels, which I am not always a huge fan of (although the mussels at Place Pigalle in Seattle are unbelievably delicious), but generally, aside from those, I can take or leave mussels. That being the case, I used about 1/2 pound mussels and a 1/2 pound shrimp for this dish. I also used real Spanish chorizo, which, much like bacon, makes everything awesome.
We had this with the pasta (multi-grain linguine) and it was a pretty good meal!
That’s about it. Here’s a link to everyone’s posts and below are my pictures.
Mmmmmmm…chorizo!
I crisped up the chorizo briefly, before adding it into the tomatoes.
The tomatoes here were form our garden last Summer. I had roasted and froze them. So good!
 . . . → Read More: FFwD: Mussels (and Shrimp) and Chorizo with Pasta
By mlb, on February 9th, 2012%
This French Friday with Dorie pick, for me this week, was the perfect recipe. It was super quick and chocolatey and aside from the nutella, I actually had all the ingredients already. Perfect!
Instead of brioche, I used challah as the recipe suggested as an alternative. But not just any challah — I had some cranberry challah rolls in the freezer. This was the perfect excuse to defrost one, slice it up, and slather it with goodness. Plus, I thought the cranberries added to the overall flavor.
Notes:
1. I kind of wish the other side of the bread was toasted too. If I do this again, I’d probably toast the one side, flip it over and then spread the butter and toast up the second side.
2. I had no patience for a double boiler and just gave the nutella two 15-second cycles in the microwave.
3. I used . . . → Read More: FFwD: Nutella Tartine
By mlb, on February 5th, 2012%
This week’s French Fridays with Dorie was for a very interesting quiche — Apple & Gorgonzola. And, as is my way, I changed it quite a bit. I actually feel a little bad, it seems like I’m always fiddlin’ with these Around My French Table recipes, which I know would be very good great made exactly as written. I just…can’t help myself.
Actually, I usually make changes based on what I have at home or what I maybe don’t like. Take for instance Gorgonzola shudder. I am just not a fan of the blue cheeses, so I swapped that out for some feta and a little cheddar.
Here’s what else I changed this week (and some notes):
1. We went out to dinner Tuesday night and last night, and I just couldn’t make a (delicious!) butter-laden crust in good conscious. So, I made this Whole Wheat . . . → Read More: FFwD: Apple, Feta & Baby Kale Quiche
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