There is a name for this in Italian, but I couldn’t find it. Like Bigfoot I know it exist but isn’t readily available. If you know what it is, please drop a note. Here is the dish: canned pizza dough, a layer of mortadella, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, and pesto. An Italian bologna and cheese…
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I am a 3rd generation cook who loves trying new ideas
Jalapeño Popper Grilled Cheese
There is a woman, Heidi Gibson, who has a restaurant in San Francisco focused only on grilled cheese. This is my take on one of her creations. We have a base of sourdough bread, add cheddar and Gruyère, then jalapeño, and apricot jam. Then add smoky bacon and grill it to perfection. Sweet, spicy, salty,…
Shortcut Bananas Foster Beinets
I’ve been feeling like a New Orleans brunch lately. To me beignets and bananas Foster scream the “Big Easy.” As you know I cheat when I can when doing a big meal. In this case the use of a beignet mix from the Cafe’ DuMond. I can make them; this is just Dan proof since…
Defibrillator Pork Chops
This one is for those who don’t want to make their cardiovascular system to last forever. We start with a boneless pork chop, add pork skin breadcrumbs, then fry in bacon fat, then top the potatoes with the pork gravy. So get the defibrillator fired up and enjoy a spinach salad on the side and…
Raspberry Sherbet
As a kid we had raspberry bushes in our back yard. Much to my father’s chagrin, the bushes in each patch represented 1st base and 2nd base, so they took a beating during our almost daily whiffle ball games. (Breaking a bush was an automatic out and a major scolding.) Ah, but what berries survived…
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