and yet more cooking experiments...

This morning, I wanted to celebrate Sunday by fixing something doughnut-like. I found this recipe in A World of Breads by Dolores Casella. It is a minimally sweet recipe.

Bunuelo Puffs
4 large eggs, separated
4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1T sugar(I used 3)
1 cup milk

Beat egg yolks and whites separately and then fold together. Blend flour, baking powder, and sugar. Fold this into the egg mixture alternately with the milk. Drop spoonfuls of the batter in hot fat.

*I dipped these in honey to add a glaze. Adding confectioner's sugar would make these taste like sopapillas.

Next time, I may add some lemon or orange zest, OR some cinnamon. I can't decide if we'll have these or regular doughnuts at Easter. Maybe by then I'll find a Fry Daddy/Granpappy at Goodwill.

Cooking experiments

We had soft tacos the other night. I made extra taco meat filling because we always run out if I use a pound of ground beef. So~~~we had leftovers, and I took some extra whole wheat tortillas , and filled them with meat and cheddar, putting them in a glass baking dish. I then topped it with taco sauce, tomato sauce, cheese, onions, and pinto beans. Wrapped it up with plastic wrap, put it in the deep freeze, and it is waiting for someone who needs it or for after my gallbladder surgery, coming up. 

Cooking experiments

Pressure cooker cheesecake...pretty neat, huh? It set after 30 minutes of high pressure. 

2- 8 oz packages of cream cheese

5 eggs

1/2 cup turbinado sugar

pecans

graham cracker crumbs

2 T butter(melted)

Mix first 3 ingredients in  food processor. Chop pecans in mini processor, and add melted butter and ~1/2 -3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs. Press into bottom of 7" springform pan. Place pan in a "basket" made of foil, so that water doesn't leak in. Make 2' foil strips to facilitate pan removal after cooking time is done. I cooked this for 30 minutes under high pressure, with natural pressure release to keep the top from breaking. The results: not very pretty cosmetically, BUT tasty!