Week 11 - "Mind Your Ps and Qs"
Week 11 - 14 March, 2011
Crushed Peas w/Smoky Sesame Dressing
Leek, Lemon and Feta Quiche
My patient and long-suffering wife asked me to make a pie for Pi Day (3.14), so I decided to go with a quiche. This one was delicious, though the wife in question thought there was "some weird taste" in the background. The original recipe called for ouzo, which I didn't have, so I crushed some anise seeds and steeped them in a tablespoon or so of coconut rum. I also substituted a conventional pie crust for the puff pastry called for by the recipe. I liked the way the lemon zest and the feta worked off each other. I'd definitely make this again.
The peas, on the other hand, were a little less impressive. The tahini dressing was great. I think I'll definitely use it again in a potato salad or a mock chicken salad, but I was a little underwhelmed by the peas themselves.
Grades:
Quiche - A minus,
Peas - B minus
Week 11 - "Mind Your Ps and Qs"
Week 11 - 14 March, 2011
Crushed Peas w/Smoky Sesame Dressing
Leek, Lemon and Feta Quiche
My patient and long-suffering wife asked me to make a pie for Pi Day (3.14), so I decided to go with a quiche. This one was delicious, though the wife in question thought there was "some weird taste" in the background. The original recipe called for ouzo, which I didn't have, so I crushed some anise seeds and steeped them in a tablespoon or so of coconut rum. I also substituted a conventional pie crust for the puff pastry called for by the recipe. I liked the way the lemon zest and the feta worked off each other. I'd definitely make this again.
The peas, on the other hand, were a little less impressive. The tahini dressing was great. I think I'll definitely use it again in a potato salad or a mock chicken salad, but I was a little underwhelmed by the peas themselves.
Grades:
Quiche - A minus,
Peas - B minus