Roger's View of the World, Love and Seafood Gumbo!
Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
My bride of nearly 39 years loves white chocolate and who can blame her? The best is made – in my humble opinion- by Peters Chocolate Company and when you want the best… this is the go-to chocolate for me!
Nothing very fancy in my cheesecake unless you call ‘richness’ something unexpected… but we have amarula liquor and white chocolate in both the filling and the cap. Delicious!
Here is the basic recipe that I tweaked to make this one happen.
Roger
I love Chili Relleno, but I wondered if there was an easier way to make a larger size without sacrificing quality? For this challenge I turned to the simple pie plate and a microwave.
Most ‘bulk’ chili rellenos you will find posted are those placed in a casserole dish with the chilis on the bottom ( sometimes NOT stuffed, ugh!) covered with cheese and custard. I am sure it is good, but I want a little custard below the chilis. After thinking about how many microwaved omelets I have made, I thought this might be the ticket for this recipe.
The process is simple: 1) make your egg mixture and place part in the base of the pan and microwave to virtually solid, 2) place your chilis on top, spinkle with your favorite cheeses and cover with remaining egg mixture 3) remove from plate and cover with your Relleno Sauce!
SHHhhh, actually I was going to share this with Laura as she is coming home from a trip, but it really wasn’t all that good… at least that’s my story! 😉 yum!
Roger
I don’t know what it is but I really can’t get enough Chili Relleno! The taste and texture is so inviting and … yes… I actually lost weight while eating this a few times this past week! Outside of the cheese and egg, it is a surprisingly good vegetarian dish.
The top left picture above is the 5 cheese stuffed chili; in the top right, I am folding the egg yolk into the whipped egg whites and the bottom picture is the time consuming — but yummy – sauce!
Thanks again to El Cholo’s Restaurant for their wonderful recipe… that although I adapted… is wonderful! Hmmmm… wonder what I will have for lunch tomorrow? Ah, leftover Chili Relleno!
Roger
One of the wonderful Southern Cal traditions is to visit the oldest Mexican Food Restaurant of Los Angeles! I am speaking of El Cholo’s on Western Avenue. It doesn’t matter when I visit, I will always have — as part of the meal — their very delicious Chili Relleno!
Okay, I didn’t actually steal their recipe, in fact, I bought it in one of their two very nice recipe books!
Now, they also offer versions with a little more zip, but as a main meal or a side dish this one is just fine! I made a few alterations to accommodate all of the chili’s I had purchased and used a little salsa… but I stayed fairly true to the source. yum!
Enjoy this relatively guilt free… okay, feel guilty… but it is worth it!
Roger
A while back I found recipes for Tiramisu cake that I frankly thought were not worth the effort. Sponge cake never equates to home made ladyfingers! So to celebrate my daughter Karen passing her oral defense of her dissertation, we enjoyed this wonderful cake!
Congratulations Karen!
By the way, when you make a solid disk of lady finger batter, it has the capacity to hold a lot of liquor! If you eat some, let someone else drive!