Friday, November 12, 2010

Fresh Pasta and Squash Sauce

I finally did it. I finally bought a pasta maker... and it's awesome.

Very simple pasta recipe...



Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups flour
pinch of salt
3 eggs

1. Pour the flour into a mound on the counter, make a little pit and pop the eggs into the middle
2. Start to scramble the eggs in the middle of the flour and add them slowly into the rest of the flour till you have the dough
3. Keep working it for about 8 minutes ( you can use your hands if you want at this point)
4. Break it into three balls. cover them with a damp cloth and let them site for 15-30 min
5. Roll out the pasta

Squash Sauce - we just used a whole one
3 oz of goat cheese - used plain, no flavoring
2 pad of butter
curry powder - to taste
garlic
salt
pepper
1/2 tsp brown sugar b/c it needed a little sweetening
topped with Parmesan cheese

1. Peel, cube and boil squash till it soft
2. Pour off the water and add all the other ingredients and mix the crap outta it

Cook the pasta like normal, top with the squash sauce and you're done!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Pasta Maker = Awesome

Bought a pasta maker. FINALLY! WOO HOO!

UpsideDown Shepard's Pie

1. Onions - sauteed in a little canola oil and sugar to speed up the caramelization
2. Add sausage and 1/3 of a pale ale
3. Cook till sausage is done and beer had reduced a bit
4. Added mashed potatoes made with a little garlic powder, butter and 2 dollops of plain yogurt (we didn't have any milk)

Don't you want some?

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

BRISKET IS AMAZING

Ok - big question of the day - which brisket to make on thursday?

Who votes for BBQ Rub and who votes for Ketchup?

BBQ RUB VIDEO:



KETCHUP VIDEO:

Thursday, August 19, 2010

yeeeehaw!

YEEHAW! Great great great event coming up on August 29th! how2heroes and Smolak Farms present the 2010 Hoedown!

http://how2heroes.com/hoedown

Buy your tickets today!

There is also a baking contest - win good stuff from King Arthur Flour! Yummo!

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Peanut Butter Cookie Central

Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies
These are delicious and so easy. The biggest time crunch is breaking up the pretzels and then letting the dough rest in the fridge for 20 minutes. If you don't - it's pretty sticky.



Watch to learn how:




Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies

Easy easy easy! Just make sure the chocolate is melted enough and you pop these suckers in a cool place to let them set - like the fridge.



Watch to learn how: