Thursday, October 13, 2011

Give me S'more of that!




Give me S'more of that!



2 cups of graham crackers (put through food processor until finely ground)


1/3 cup of granulated sugar


1 stick of butter/margarine (melted)


1/4 tsp salt


11 oz of dark or bittersweet chocolate


1 tsp. shortening (a little extra to grease the pan)


1 16oz container of marshmallow fluff


Preheat oven to 350. Grease your 8x8 brownie pan with shortening.


In a medium bowl mix together the first four ingredients and pack into the bottom and up the sides of pan. Bake the crust in the oven for 12 minutes. To melt the chocolate and 1 tsp of shortening in microwave, it is important slowly melt it 20-30 second intervals always stirring after each interval until melted. Once crust has cooled slightly pour chocolate into crust and put in refrigerator until chocolate is set (about 20 minutes). Put fluff in microwave for 30 seconds and then spread over chocolate mixture. Heat broiler to low heat and place pan under broiler, keep a close eye on this it will brown up very quickly 1-2 minutes max! Let this cool completely (to speed up the process pop in the freezer for 15 minutes). Cut into squares and serve.

~Sweet Regards~
Carol


Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Quiche Florentine



Quiche Florentine




Ingredients:


1 prepared pie crust

4 eggs

2 cups half & half

1/4 pound of Swiss cheese shredded

1/2 tsp. kosher salt

1/2 onion diced

2 cloves of garlic minced

1 bag of fresh baby spinach




Method:


Preheat oven to 425

Press your prepared pie crust into glass pie plate.

Heat 1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil on medium/low heat and saute onion and garlic until soft add spinach and cook until spinach is soft, season with salt and pepper to taste. Set this mixture aside and let cool to room temperature.

In a medium bowl whisk together eggs, half and half and salt. Pour half this custard mixture into pie plate and sprinkle in half the cheese and spinach mixture, pour in rest of the custard mixture and top with remaining ingredients. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes then lower the heat to 325 and bake for another 40 minutes or until center of quiche completely set. Let sit for 5-10 minutes before cutting.


* You can use this basic custard recipe 4 eggs, 2 cups of half and half and salt and add in any ingredients you want for example: cheddar cheese, goat cheese, feta, cooked bacon crumbles, ham, shredded chicken, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, olives, sauteed peppers and anything else you can think of.