[Sca-cooks] Feast Experiments

[Barbara Benson]

Greetings,

I have been experimenting with dishes for an upcoming feast. One of the
things I am working on is the Oven Cheese Pie, called a Toledan from the
Anon Andelusian. This is my second try.

I took 5 oz of Queso for quesidilla cheese and 1 oz of brie weighed sans
rind.
I whirred them really good in the food processor and then patted it into a
ball. I put the ball in the middle of a piece of saran wrap and wrapped it
loosely. Then I patted it out into a disk and put it into the fridge.
I took 1/2 a sheet of store-bought puff pastry & rolled it out good until it
was big enough and then put the cheese in the middle. Folded the pastry up
around the cheese and then cut a hole about the size of a nickle out of the
top. I crimped & squished everything really well & then painted with melted
butter. Lastly I sprinkled some anise seeds in the hole. Baked @ 350 degrees
for 25 minutes.

Just for Olwen I took a picture of how it came out.
http://www.mindspring.com/~tripper/Toledan.jpg

I think that the puff pastry is just too puffy and is not stiff enough.
Tomorrow I am going to try it with crescent roll dough.
Glad Tidings,
Serena da Riva