Thought about preparing some of the stuff on Saturday night - Nah - I went to
bed after shopping in 100+ degree weather.
Sunday about 4:30 poured down some coffee and stated dicing fruit for the fruit
salad/cups.
Used:
1. Orange flesh Honeydew
4 Plumbs
4 Apples
6 Oranges (sectioned)
1 1/2 lbs Strawberries
1 Pinch salt
1/3 cup Medium Dry Sherry.
For the Torta Rustica
Sliced 4 Red Onions Sautéed in Butter
20 Oz Sliced Mushrooms Sautéed in butter with the Juice of 1 lemon + zest
32 Oz chopped spinach sautéed and drained mixed w/ 2 eggs & a dash of nutmeg
1 Very large Ricotta cheese + 2 eggs + /13 cup fresh imported Parmesano
Regiano & some Oregano
1 1/2 pounds of Zucchini (sliced on the mandoline about 3/8" salted and drained
in a colander Then rinsed & zapped in the nuker pressed between 2 plates on
paper towels.
2 Jars TJ's fire roasted red bell peppers
Molinari Salami
Slicing Pepperoni
Aged Provolone cheese
1 Recipe Bread dough ( about 3 1/2 cups flour + salt, sugar& water)
After the dough rose rolled out and filled a springform pan.
The layers:
Pepperoni
Zucchini
Salami
Spinach
Provolone
Pepperoni
Ricotta
Fire Roasted red bell peppers
Salami
Pepperoni
Folded over the top leaving a 1 1/2 inch hole in the top with triangles covered
with a thick slice of tomato.
Threw it into the oven on a cookie sheet @ 350 degrees about 45 minutes -
rotated 1/2 way through the cooking to even the bread 9 the back side of my oven
tends to get a little hot.
[censored] - completely forget the Onions and shrooms - OK added it to the Baked
Ortega casserole. That worked too. Just increased the eggs
Chile Relleno Casserole
1 ½ lbs. Monterey Jack Cheese (Grated)
1 ½ lbs. Cheddar Cheese (Grated)
2 large cans Whole Ortega Chiles
12 Eggs (Separated)
6 Tbsp. Flour
1 Cup Evaporated Milk
Spray bottom of baking pans with PAM to prevent sticking problems for cheese
1. Pull apart chiles into strips and layer half into bottom of two 9 x 13
pans and cover with half the cheese. Repeat with other half of chiles and
cheese.
2. Beat egg whites with a fork until frothy.
3. Beat egg yolks with flour and milk, then add to egg whites.
4. Pour evenly over cheese and chiles.
5. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes or until light golden brown on top.
Made 2 9 X 13 inch pans by increasing the eggs ( used 50.50 mix of Jack and
pepper Jack and a 50/50 mix of yellow sharp cheddar & Dubliner (Irish cheddar) I
like chilies so I used 3 cans
Made a Mixed baby greens salad with a home made red wine vinegar + red wine +
EVOO vinaigrette
Toasted fresh Onion or Blueberry bagels - cream cheese & butter.
Followed by a Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream cake. & Coffee (optional Bailey's)
About 11AM all were there greeted by a Mimosa followed by a buffet service and a
formal table setting.
A good time was had by all.
4:00 PM collapsed!
The one problem with the torta is the egg in the spinach and ricotta caused the
mixture to rise and then fall a little. Next time I'll make some adjustments.
Dimitri