Good thoughts:
--windy days with tree banches bending, fresh air swirling
--sunshine lighting up every corner of the world, indoors and out
--going places together--twice the fun
--signs of spring: the first forsythia blossoms, daffodils almost ready to bloom, the first green leaves
--ice cream
--Cookies and Valentine chocolates
Tarte Tatin
Pastry:
1 cup plus 1 T. flour
7 T. chilled unsalted butter, cut in small pieces
1 1/2 T. sugar
2 large egg yolks
Rub together flour and butter with fingertips til it resembles coarse bread crumbs (use a pastry cutter first). Mix in sugar. Add yolks and cut them in. Form a ball. Chill 30 minutes.
Apples:
1/2 cup sugar
3 T. unsalted butter (must use butter)
5 apples, peeled, cored, and quartered
(don't cut them any smaller or they will overcook and the crust won't be done.)
Put an 8" or 10" oven-proof skillet (or glass pie pan) over medium-low heat. Add sugar and butter and melt until syrupy.
Heat the oven to 400 degrees.
Arrange the apple quarters in the skillet (or pie pan) and cook 15 minutes or until they are golden in color and the sugar caramelizes. Take the apples off the heat.
Roll out the pastry dough on a lightly floured board, slightly wider than the skillet (or pie pan). Use a big spatula to loosen the dough from the surface.
Fold the dough in half, put on top the apples, and unfold it to cover them. Tuck the edges of the dough inside the skillet (pie pan), not outside like normal pies.
Put in oven, bake 20 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake 20 minutes more. (OK to cook well done).
Remove from oven, and loosen around the edge with a knife.
Put a serving plate on top and invert.
Sandy Staehlin says: It's just delicious, so simple yet the apple flavor is very strong.
1 cup plus 1 T. flour
7 T. chilled unsalted butter, cut in small pieces
1 1/2 T. sugar
2 large egg yolks
Rub together flour and butter with fingertips til it resembles coarse bread crumbs (use a pastry cutter first). Mix in sugar. Add yolks and cut them in. Form a ball. Chill 30 minutes.
Apples:
1/2 cup sugar
3 T. unsalted butter (must use butter)
5 apples, peeled, cored, and quartered
(don't cut them any smaller or they will overcook and the crust won't be done.)
Put an 8" or 10" oven-proof skillet (or glass pie pan) over medium-low heat. Add sugar and butter and melt until syrupy.
Heat the oven to 400 degrees.
Arrange the apple quarters in the skillet (or pie pan) and cook 15 minutes or until they are golden in color and the sugar caramelizes. Take the apples off the heat.
Roll out the pastry dough on a lightly floured board, slightly wider than the skillet (or pie pan). Use a big spatula to loosen the dough from the surface.
Fold the dough in half, put on top the apples, and unfold it to cover them. Tuck the edges of the dough inside the skillet (pie pan), not outside like normal pies.
Put in oven, bake 20 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake 20 minutes more. (OK to cook well done).
Remove from oven, and loosen around the edge with a knife.
Put a serving plate on top and invert.
Sandy Staehlin says: It's just delicious, so simple yet the apple flavor is very strong.
Skippy Rules
Watchin' TV
Maybe there are some birds to watch outside
First I'll take a nap
Good ol' summertimeBuffalo Chicken Meatballs
1 lb. ground chicken
1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
1/3 cup sliced green onions
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp salt
Hot pepper sauce
Reduced-fat blue cheese dressing (or ranch)
Line a rimmed baking pan with non-stick foil; heat oven to 425 F. Mix and roll into 32 balls; place on the pan. Bake 12-15 minutes until browned and cooked through. Remove from pan and put in small casserole dish. Drizzle with hot pepper sauce to taste; toss to coat. Serve on toothpicks to dip into blue cheese dressing.
Sandy Staehlin says: This is a low-fat version of Buffalo Wings
1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
1/3 cup sliced green onions
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp salt
Hot pepper sauce
Reduced-fat blue cheese dressing (or ranch)
Line a rimmed baking pan with non-stick foil; heat oven to 425 F. Mix and roll into 32 balls; place on the pan. Bake 12-15 minutes until browned and cooked through. Remove from pan and put in small casserole dish. Drizzle with hot pepper sauce to taste; toss to coat. Serve on toothpicks to dip into blue cheese dressing.
Sandy Staehlin says: This is a low-fat version of Buffalo Wings
Apple tree
Very tall old apple tree in Corvallis.Magic
And who shall say--
Whatever disenchantment follows--
That we ever forget magic,
Or that we can ever betray,
On this leaden earth,
The apple-tree, the singing,
And the gold?
--Thomas Wolfe
Sandy Staehlin says: Apple trees are pretty all year long. Love their blossoms in the spring. Used to climb an apple tree and read books in the summer. Played games in the fallen golden leaves in fall. Design of snow-covered twigs in winter. Waiting for the little green apples to grow into ripe golden aplles.
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