Blue Cheese and Pear on Rye

I’m a big fan of Rye bread, and I picked up a loaf of locally baked Breadworks Rye from Alfalfa’s, so I’ve been enjoying this flavor-packed “spicy” bread for a few days now. Why did I describe this bread as “spicy?” Well, every bar tender in town describes rye whisky (one of my favorite spirits) as “spicy,” so I’m using that flavor descriptor for this bread. Do people call rye bread spicy? I have no idea…

Anyway, I made a sandwich with rye, blue cheese (from Cured) and pear. Yum. I could go for another right now…

Pizza Four Ways

At April 12, 2010
By megan
In Apples, blue cheese, caramelized onion, Peppers, pizza, pizza dough, roasted garlic, Sauce, shrimp, turkey
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Why make one large pizza when you can make four small pizzas? Mix it up a little…

The four I made, from left to right, are:

Turkey Meat Sauce and Green Pepper
Shrimp with Roasted Garlic Oil and Green Pepper
Caramelized Onion, Apple, and Blue Cheese
Roasted Garlic

For all of these, I followed my Pizza Dough recipe, in which I altered the flour content in following way: 2 cups unbleached white flour, 1.5 cups whole wheat flour. Also, I rolled each crust super thin and baked them at 425 on a pizza stone for approximately 5 minutes each. They will take more time if they are not incredibly thin, so be mindful of that.

I had some leftover Turkey Meat Sauce (which was actually chopped meatballs in sauce from my Turkey Meatballs in Homemade Sauce recipe) , so I spread that on some dough with sliced green pepper.

I roasted garlic for my Roasted garlic flatbread-style pizza, and used the oil as a base for the shrimp pizza. I spread some oil, put on some chunks of shrimp, green pepper, salt, and pepper.

My favorite pizza of the four was the caramelized onion, apple, blue cheese combination. This needs to be planned out a bit because it can take 30 minutes or so to slowly caramelize onions. I spread them out on the crust, covered the pizza in apple slices, and then some Oregon blue cheese crumbles. Delicious. If you aren’t familiar with caramelizing onions, the first part of my Caramelized Onion Butter recipe can explain that.

My roasted garlic flatbread is really simple. Just add some roasted garlic and its oil to the rolled out dough. Salt and pepper, bake, and dive right in. If you want to review roasting garlic, follow my recipe for Roasted Garlic Spread, but skip the part where you make it a spread. Or, make a roasted garlic spread… whichever way you prefer.

Asiago Blue Cheese Walnut Crisps

At March 24, 2010
By megan
In Asiago, blue cheese, Cheddar Cheese, favorites, Oregon, side dish, snack
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I got this recipe from My Year On The Grill, and it was so fast, so easy, and so delicious, that I added it to my “favorites” category on my blog. Here is the original blog post I visited for this month’s Taste & Create.

I bought Asiago imported from Italy, Oregon blue cheese, and bulk walnuts.

Simply grate the asiago, crumble the blue cheese, and chop the nuts. Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake at 300 for approximately 10 minutes.