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Thanksgiving Rogaliki

27 Nov

My Grandmother sent me a few of her recipes. She’s made amazing dishes over the years, which I enjoyed since childhood. I was finally able to recreate one of her recipes. For this Thanksgiving dinner, which my husband and I hosted at our house, I made my version of my Grandmother’s rogaliki for dessert. Rogaliki (a Russian term) could most closely be equated to crescents. (But sooooo much better).
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The recipe is simple. The rogaliki I made were slightly different from the recipe my Grandmother sent and I will share my recipe here.

For the dough you’ll need the following:
3 egg yolks
1 stick of margerine
100 grams of sour cream
Flour (as much as needed to get the dough consistency)
Raspberry preserves (for the filling)

Mix the egg yolks, margerine and sour cream with flour until the mixture has dough consistency. Separate the dough into 3 or 4 balls and refrigerate for about 3 hours or over night. Roll out the dough into a thin circle (using additional flour, to prevent the dough from sticking). Cut the dough into 16 triangles. Place a small amount of raspberry preserves onto the wide side of the triangle and roll away from you to create rogaliki. Repeat with the rest of the dough balls. Place rogaliki on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray and bake for about 15 minutes at 375 Degrees Fahrenheit.

Once rogaliki are out of the oven, sprinkle them with powdered sugar and serve once they cool off.
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Enjoy these as a tasty dessert or a morning pastry!

 

Napa Valley Getaway

26 Nov

This isn’t exactly on the topic of food, but thought I’d share my recent getaway. My husband and I had some time off, so we decided to take a drive up to Napa Valley for a little getaway. We did some wine tasting…
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…enjoyed the food…
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…and took in the views…
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Overall a very relaxing getaway.

 

Killer Garlic Rolls

22 Nov

Last weekend we took a trip to sunny Los Angeles for a friend’s wedding. We had the morning free to browse around L.A. and decided to spend it at Venice Beach. Venice Beach is definitely an interesting place to visit. My husband refers to it as Haight Street on the beach. A couple of our friends suggested that we check out C&O Trattoria in Marina Del Rey, for a midday snack. We were told that the “Killer Garlic Rolls” were to die for. Well…they were right….those little things were very tasty. We had to hold ourselves back to leave room for the actual meal. Being that I love carbs, it was difficult to stay away. Take a look for yourself…isn’t it hard to hold back from having a few?
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Delish!

 

Asian Pear and Arugula Salad

15 Nov

You’re probably wondering why I haven’t been around for a while. With the kitchen remodel and the change of seasons it’s been difficult to get any day light time. My friend V, and occasional food contributor was very kind to gift me a subscription to Food & Wine magazine. I am loving my new subscription. I’ve a made a couple of things based on the recipes from F&W already (unfortunately didn’t get a chance to photograph them). Finally I was able to capture my latest dish.

This is a super easy salad to throw together. I was flipping through my first issue of F&W magazine and came upon the Asian Pear and Arugula Salad with Goat cheese. I threw this together for a refreshing lunch for my husband and I.

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I very slightly modified the original recipe. Here is what I did:

Ingredients:
Baby Arugula
1 Peeled, cored and thinly sliced asian pear
Slivered Almonds
Extra virgin olive oil
Honey
Chopped fresh thyme
Lemon juice
Salt and black pepper
Crumbled goat cheese

For the dressing:
Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, honey and chopped thyme. Season with salt and pepper.

In a separate bowl, toss together arugula, asian pears, and slivered almonds. Add the earlier mentioned dressing and toss well. Top with goat cheese and serve.

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This salad is perfect for a light and refreshing lunch!

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