I have been trying to use some of the recipes from my Allrecipe collection that I keep adding to, every time I go on there I end adding at least 2! I will never get caught up at this rate :)
The two I just tried are-
Parmesan Puffs
Easiest Focaccia Recipe
Tonight I am making a pizza casserole recipe from there, that will make my total for today 3 I am slowly making headway, I will keep you posted on that one :)
So here is the Focaccia Bread, it didn't brown up very well but it was pretty good. I think next time I will double the sugar and add a little salt to the dough, we'll see what that does. Because as the recipe stated it's "Extremely easy, fast and cheap" see it's right up my alley :)
Easiest Focaccia Recipe
Ingred;
1t. sugar
2-1/2T. yeast
2/3c. warm water
2c. flour
olive oil
salt
toppings
Dissolve sugar and yeast in warm water, let stand until creamy. Mix in the flour, stir until well combined. Knead for a few minutes, I let my Kitchen Aid do that for me :)
Place dough in a bowl that has been lightly oiled and let raise for about 30 min. Heat oven to 475, pat dough in to a rectangle drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with your topping. I used chopped green and black olives. Bake for 10 minutes for chewy bread or let bake 20 min for a bit crisper bread.
Now this next recipe I altered a bit and came up with a couple of tasty appetizers.
Parmesan Puffs
Ingred;
1/2c. water
1/4c. butter
1/2c. flour
2 eggs
3/4c. parmesan cheese
Heat oven to 375, lightly grease a baking sheet.
Bring the water and butter to a boil, whisk in the flour until it forms a ball. Remove from heat and dump into your mixing bowl, beat in the eggs one by one. Then beat in the cheese. Scrape sides, using a small scoop- scoop into small balls and place on cookie sheet. Bake for 15 min. until puffed and golden brown.
Now there are a few things you can do with these, the original recipe suggest dipping in marinara sauce. I made a butter garlic sauce to dip them in while they were warm, which was tasty. Then I dipped the tops of the remaining puffs in the butter and let cool then I filled them with a yummy cream cheese crab mixture-
Parm Puff Filling
Ingred;
4oz cream cheese
1/4c. immatation crab
1/4c. chopped olives
1/2t. salt
Blend all together with a food processor and pipe into the center of the puffs, refridgerate any leftovers.
Now mine are a little big because I haven't been able to find my small scoop since we moved, so I had to use a big one. But with the small one these would be such cute little appetizers! They were very tasty : )
7 comments:
Both look amazing and delicious!
I have a recipe almost identical to the parmesan puffs (it has a French name that I can't seem to remember), but I've never filled them. What an awesome idea!! Unfilled they are great for a wine tasting or cocktail party. Filled would be even better!
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That looks SO good, and your pictures are awesome! Mine suck!! LOL! I haven't ever made anything with yeast, I'll have to try it. I'm going shopping this weekend to pick up all my Halloween crafting items!!!!
My heavens, that cheese puff filled with crab is so tempting! My brother bought a ton of crab last night for dinner and I have a couple cups left. I might have to try these out :-)
Oh, those both look so good! I love Allrecipes, don't you? Also, I love cheese.
love the parmesan puffs, they look like they would make a great appetizer! I have to admire you for your efforts to try out all the recipes you find that you lie. Usually I just save mine in a file and then pull them out when I'm looking for something new down the road
enjoy your weekend :)
betty
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