Monday, October 24, 2011

Apple Pie



This is a great and easy apple pie recipe.  I used store bought pie crusts (you need 2, one for the bottom, one for the lattice top), 1 stick of butter, 3 Tablespoons of flour, 1 Cup of sugar (half white sugar, half brown sugar), and 6 granny smith apples.  Lay one of the pie crusts in a glass pie plate and cut the other pie crust into lattice strips.  Peel, core, and cut the apples and layer them in the pie crust.  Cook the butter and flour on the stove top until it forms a paste, then add all the other ingredients until just boiling, then simmer for 20 min.  Once the filling is ready, pour the filling onto the apples and cover with the lattice strips.  Bake in the oven at 350 for 45 min, cover the top with aluminum foil to keep it from burning.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Stuffed Flouder



Amazing stuffed flounder from fresh fish caught that day.  First cut the head off and gut the flounder, then descale the fish, and lastly, cut the flounder open down the middle (head to tail) of one side to make two flaps.  Cook some stove top stuff halfway until done and add the stuffing to the open flounder, we also added some shrimp.  Cut some lemon slices and place on top and close the flaps on the flounder.  Then bake the flounder until the fish inside is cooked.

Baked Tilapia and Butternut Squash Pasta



I had Tilapia fillets that I dredged in Bread Crumbs and baked in the oven for 20 minutes.  For the butternut squash pasta, I diced butternut squash and boiled in chicken stock that just covered the squash, once the squash was tender, I pureed the squash and then put the puree back in the pot and added seasoning.  The I cooked the pasta and added the pureed butternut squash on top of the cooked pasta.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Pizza Roll


I made a large pizza roll using store bought dough that comes in sheets.  I rolled out the dough onto a cookie sheet and stuffed it full of mozzarella cheese, prosciutto, and mushrooms, but you could stuff it with anything you wanted, fresh spinach also works really well.  Once all the ingredients were added, I rolled the dough into a log shape and closed up the ends.  I brushed the log with olive oil and sprinkled some salt on top.  I baked it in the oven until the outside was golden brown, about 30 minutes.  The outside was crunchy and the inside was gooey.  I used a store bought marinara sauce for dipping, if you put marinara sauce inside the roll, the roll gets really messy.  Once out of the oven, I slice the roll.