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On Tuesday night, I baked a pumpkin pie, using the last of the "peanut" pumpkin puree that I’d frozen in November. I realized as I was assembling my ingredients that I had only 2% evaporated milk instead of full fat. At 8:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve in a small town, I either had to use the 2% or not bake the pie (traditional for my husband at Christmas), so I used it. The pie did set up, so I hope it will be fine when we cut it for Christmas dinner dessert.
I had another issue as well that came up when I baked the pie at Thanksgiving, That was with the full-fat evaporated milk, so it would not be related to this other issue. A spot develops in the filling where it bubbles up—not the entire pie, just that one spot. At Thanksgiving it was a 1-inch slit on the left side close to the side, only in that one spot. It didn’t affect the taste, but I’m used to nice smooth tops. This time, I baked the pie one rack higher, thinking maybe the lower shelf was too hot. The pie developed a circular area, about the size of a quarter, where the filling was bubbling. Again, it was along the side. I’ll need to figure out if I’ve altered how I do the recipe, without realizing it, or if somehow this new oven encourages a “break out” with this pie.
Thanks, Mike. I will likely use pumpernickel and medium rye, although BRM dark rye seems finely ground, so that may be an option as well.
I also tried googling lentils on bread and found nothing, but Google also kept giving me lentils cooked into bread. I looked closely at the picture, and it certainly looks like some lentils, but when I try the recipe, I'll leave them out.
On Monday, I baked my oil variation of my eggnog cake which is posted here at Nebraska Kitchen:
I had bought two Nordic Ware nutcracker cakelet pans from Williams Sonoma two years ago. Each pan holds 6 cups and makes 4 nutcrackers. KAF is selling these (on sale now) on their website and gives the bakeable capacity as 4 cups, so I knew this recipe, which fits an 8-9 cup pan would work. I baked them for 30 minutes on the slightly above center rack, I used the grease on the pans, and it worked well, although there are always those hard to clean crevices when the time comes to wash the pan. The little nutcrackers are cute.
While I was doing the eggnog cakelets, I was also baking Len’s Rye/Semolina/Whole Wheat recipe (substituting in some buttermilk and adding 2 Tbs. special dry milk) as an 8x4 loaf, since my husband casually remarked after dinner that we were nearly out of bread. He and his faithful canine lunchtime companion ate after I did, and they devoured more than I had expected. I used the Zo bread machine, so that I could have the hands-off time to work on the cakelets. Early on, I realized that the dough seemed a bit dry, so I added an additional tablespoon of buttermilk and reset the bread machine to the start of the dough cycle, since it does not mix in additional liquids well once it moves to kneading. The rising times were better than what I have been experiencing, which I attribute to warmer weather here and the fact that last Friday, we had additional insulation put in over the kitchen.
Chocomouse--How nice to have summer bounty available in the freezer!
We had friends over for dinner tonight, and I made "Pork Loin Roast with Barley, Butternut Squash, and Swiss Chard"--except that I substituted Kale for the Swiss Chard and adjusted the cooking time at that step of the process. I would do that again, especially since kale's calcium can be used, while Swiss chard holds onto its calcium.
I always thought this recipe, from Cook's Illustrated collection "Fall Harvest Recipes" (p. 22) would be great for company in the fall or winter, and it is.
I do have one issue with the recipe. It uses a three pound boneless pork loin. After it is browned in a 5 1/2 qt. Dutch Oven (I use Le Creuset), the barley and onion and garlic are sautéed in the pan, then after deglazing with 1/4 cup white wine 4 cups broth is added. After bringing that mixture to a low boil (recipe says simmer), the roast goes back in. A piece of foil is placed tightly over the top of the pan, then the lid goes on and it is put on the bottom shelf of a 250F oven.
Although the recipe states that the roast will be done in 25-35 minutes (temperature 135F), I've never had it finish at 25, so this time I didn't even check until 35 minutes. It wasn't done. I turned the roast over (which supposedly the recipe does not require), and I returned it to the oven, increasing the oven temperature to 275F for another 10 minutes. It still wasn't done. I increased the temperature to 300F and cooked another 10 minutes, and this time it registered done.
I've made this recipe in three different electric ovens, and this was the first time in my new oven. I looked at the recipe again, it says 25-35 minutes. However, in the introduction, where the format has the recipe developer go through how the recipe was developed, it clearly says 40 minutes, which contradicts the recipe as given. I plan to write up a version for myself that is easier to follow than the Cook's format and put down 40 minutes, but I'll plan on perhaps needing more time.
Chocomouse--It is so nice to have the summer bounty in the freezer for winter.
We had friends over for dinner tonight, and I made "Pork Loin Roast with Barley, Butternut Squash, and Swiss Chard"--except that I substituted Kale for the Swiss Chard and adjusted the cooking time at that step of the process. I would do that again, especially since kale's calcium can be used, while Swiss chard holds onto its calcium.
I always thought this recipe, from Cook's Illustrated collection "Fall Harvest Recipes" (p. 22) would be great for company in the fall or winter, and it is.
I do have one issue with the recipe. It uses a three pound boneless pork loin. After it is browned in a 5 1/2 qt. Dutch Oven (I use Le Creuset), the barley and onion and garlic are sautéed in the pan, then after deglazing with 1/4 cup white wine 4 cups broth is added. After bringing that mixture to a low boil (recipe says simmer), the roast goes back in. A piece of foil is placed tightly over the top of the pan, then the lid goes on and it is put on the bottom shelf of a 250F oven.
Here's the problem: Although the recipe states that the roast will be done in 25-35 minutes (temperature 135F), I've never had it finish at 25, so this time I didn't even check until 35 minutes. It wasn't done. I turned the roast over (which supposedly the recipe does not require), and I returned it to the oven, increasing the oven temperature to 275F for another 10 minutes. It still wasn't done. I increased the temperature to 300F and cooked another 10 minutes, and this time it registered done.
I've made this recipe in three different electric ovens, and this was the first time in my new oven. I looked at the recipe again, it says 25-35 minutes. However, in the introduction, where the format has the recipe developer go through how the recipe was developed, it clearly says 40 minutes, which contradicts the recipe as given. I plan to write up a version for myself that is easier to follow than the Cook's format, and I'll be sure to include the correct time. That way, dinner won't be twenty minutes late.
