Recipes: Sundried Tomatoe Cheese Biscotti

300 gram flour
1 tsp baking powder
100 gram butter
80 gram sugar
2 eggs
8 unoiled sundried tomatoes julienne
100 gram grated padano cheese
sesame seeds or poppyseeds to coat

whisk sugar and butter together.
add eggs and whisk.
add cheese and tomatoes.
flour and baking powder sifted together and then folded into mix.
form into a single log on baking paper, roll in seeds.
bake.

180 C convection oven. 30 minutes, slice the loaf and let dry on lowest heat setting and with the door open to let out the steam.

I just never find time to blog lately. Already thinking of Thanksgiving and Christmas and my heart just flutters! I love biscotti, and the glass jar on the counter is mostly always empty. Except for the last one of any batch which as a family rule is always left in the jar as a polite reminder to make more. We love savoury biscotti with soups or as a change from croutons with salads or as a low sugar snack. poka! katrin :O)

Recipes: My Favourite Quiche

dough
200 gram flour
100 gram butter
salt and pepper to taste
5 TB cold water
mix to form dough, cool, roll out into pie round.
much easier to roll between two sheets of plastci wrap.

preheat oven to 180 C and blindbake the pie shell.

quiche
10 strips bacon gently fried and drain of fat then chopped
2 cups grated mixed padano and a strong bergkäse
3 eggs & 1 cup heavy cream mixed together.
salt, pepper, nutmeg to taste. chives.

place cheese then bacon in form and fill with egg mixture.
bake for 20 -25 minutes at 180 C. I like my quiche softer.

enjoy with a light, cold, white wine. my favourite? pfalz sauvignon blanc or a cape riesling

enjoy! :O) katrin

Recipe: White Chocolate Cheese Parfait

White Chocolate & Cheese Parfait (6 portions)

300 gram soft goats cheese (chevre)
100 gram white chocolate
500 ml cream

1/2 fresh papaya
1/2 fresh mango
1 fresh red chili pepper
1 fresh lime

Whip room temperature goats cheese until creamy.
Finely grate white chocolate. Whip the cream.
Gently fold all ingredients together.
Spoon mixture into 6 glasses and cool.

Cut papaya and mango into very fine pieces.
Cut the red chili pepper into very fine slices.
Mix together with the juice of the lime.
Serve spoonful on top of each parfait.

Enjoy!! katrin