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Come Party With Me: Greek Dinner — Menu
This Friday my sister and I are hosting our annual girls' getaway to the cabin. Every Winter, we grab our best friends and enjoy a leisurely couple of days in the mountains. The highlight of the event is Saturday wine tasting in Murphys.
Definition: Phyllo
An unleavened dough made of flour, water, and oil spread into paper-thin sheets, phyllo (or filo) is characterized by crispiness and flakiness. Although it is traditionally made by hand using an exacting technique, today phyllo is typically produced by machine and sold frozen. It figures prominently into Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines, and is a key component in Greek dishes such as baklava and spanakopita.
Bite-Size Pumpkin Pies With a Baklava Twist
After drooling over Party's pumpkin cake and these pumpkin pies, I wanted to experiment with my own unique concoction: a traditional pumpkin pie filling with baklava-inspired crust and streusel topping. With a belly full of Thanksgiving fixings, eating a whole piece of pie can be a rather daunting task, so I made bite-size pies to satisfy everyone's sweet tooth. The pumpkin pie filling and walnut-oatmeal streusel are simple to make, but the cinnamon-sugar phyllo cups are more time consuming due to the very delicate nature of phyllo.
52 Weeks of Baking: Experiments in Phyllo
I thought about skipping out on this week's 52 weeks of baking (I'm actually making cupcakes for Jimmy's birthday tomorrow, and I thought I'd double-up and have two for next week). However, 51 weeks of baking just doesn't have quite the same ring to it, so I ponied up and took the time between Top Model (secret vice) and Lost (not-so secret vice) to head to my kitchen and see what I could whip up.I contemplated making crackers, cookies, or muffins, but Molly's on vacation (and I know she'd be sad to miss out on the in-office treats), so I decided to try some phyllo dough experiments instead. Earlier in the week I had been inspired by these beautiful herbed phyllo breadsticks (I'm not the only one, this post is from over a year ago, and yet it's appearing on a bunch of blogs now) and wanted to see if I could make something similar.
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Say Cheese! Potato, Bacon, and Asiago Pizza
Asiago is a versatile Italian cheese. The texture and taste depends on its age and can range from smooth and mild to crumbly and sharp. In Europe, for a cheese to be considered asiago, it must be made in the alpine region of the Tento Province in Italy.
What's Yummy This Week — YumSugar Weekly Recap
- Spice up your Summer with cilantro chicken panini.
- Learn the science to assembling salads ahead of time.
- What's your knowledge of drink toasts made around the world?
- Asiago's versatility lends itself well to a potato, bacon, and phyllo pizza.
- Get PartySugar's pointers on planning a high school graduation get-together.
- The Next Food Network Star premieres tomorrow; meet this season's contestants!
- You won't regret baking these blueberry shortcakes with lemon and thyme biscuits.
Must-Read: Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey
Party recently polled you about dessert preferences, and it came as no surprise that most of you love dessert in any form. Many of you, however, singled out gooey, sticky sweets as your preference. Naturally, I had this in mind when I came across Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey: Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth ($15.61) by pastry chef Jill O'Connor.
All The News That's Fit To Eat - October 3, 2007
- If you believe all the hype, then it's official: The Great Gin Comeback is in full effect. Plus, braised kabocha sqash and chicken dinner in 35 minutes. — Washington Post
- As a new moon signals the end of Ramadan, the fast can end and the feast can begin.
Come Party With Me: Foodie Thanksgiving — Menu
With rich flavors, luxe ingredients, and complex cooking techniques, this delicious Thanksgiving menu is sure to wow your foodie friends. Start with brioche toasts topped with foie gras, date purée, and pomegranate seeds. Caviar with cream cheese on peppered crackers is another hors d'oeuvres option that comes together easily with elements from a gourmet grocery store.
Reader Recipe: Pumpkin Wontons
Tired of pumpkin pie and feeling quite adventurous, our very own TeamSugar decided to create bite-size pumpkin treats. She experimented with phyllo dough, pie crust, and wontons. The wontons won out, and she ended up serving them for Thanksgiving.
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