My boyfriend's parents have not seen me for eight years and last night not only was I invited to dinner, but I was making dinner. His mother is in Portugal, but I really wanted to impress his father. So I found a few easy recipes that make a big splash. For dinner I made fresh strawberry jam along
with the Jordan Pond's House famous popovers. They were served alongside a
quiche made with farm fresh eggs. My boyfriend's father has a few chickens and
too many eggs. I left the house with a dozen eggs in hand. There will be many
egg dishes this week.
I followed
this with a dessert of pot de creme and some fresh poached fruits (apples and
pears). We worked a lot with things that were just in the
cabinets. My one comment was "and I thought my cabinets were
minimal."
The fruit
was poached in water with cinnamon and a splash of vanilla extract. I feel that
I should have gone downstairs and taken some of his father's fresh wine, but it
was delicious.
The pot de
creme was so simple; heavy cream, whole milk, eggs, and chocolate. The point of
tonight was to use as many eggs as possible. We used nearly a dozen. I took a
dozen. He had five-dozen left with another dozen coming tomorrow. We didn’t
make a dent, but we did make a lot of good food.
Strawberry Jam
1 pound hulled strawberries chopped
2 cups sugar
1 large lemon juiced
Popovers
1 cup of flour
1 cup whole milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking soda (I feel it didn’t get enough rise. I would either use 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda or double acting baking powder)
Quiche
6 Eggs
1 cup Whole Milk
1 cup Heavy Cream
Spinach and seasoning to taste
Strawberry Jam
1 pound hulled strawberries chopped
2 cups sugar
1 large lemon juiced
Popovers
1 cup of flour
1 cup whole milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking soda (I feel it didn’t get enough rise. I would either use 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda or double acting baking powder)
Quiche
6 Eggs
1 cup Whole Milk
1 cup Heavy Cream
Spinach and seasoning to taste
The Quiche had a bit to much liquid involved. I would cut it
by a quarter.
Pot De Creme
1/2 cup Heavy Cream
Slightly less half cup of whole milk
6 oz of white chocolate
3 egg yolks
Pot De Creme
1/2 cup Heavy Cream
Slightly less half cup of whole milk
6 oz of white chocolate
3 egg yolks
The pot de creme went off without a hitch as expected from
any recipe from food network. I did need a candy thermometer for this recipe
though. For this recipe as well as the jam the temperatures are very specific.
I can't afford a digital thermometer although that would be ideal. I found a
candy thermometer for four dollars at walmart (as well as the five pound bag of
high quality bread flour for under 5 dollars, but that's for another post.)
Poached fruit
3 cups water
Generous sprinkling of cinnamon
Splash of vanilla extract
4 pears quartered
2 apples quartered
I got the basic concept for poached fruit from here. I just wish I had a few more spices available. All of the recipes came out beautifully. Now I need to check on my drying egg noodles, until tomorrow guys.
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