Almost ready for the weekend

[melaniesuzanne]

I made sekanjabin and did the prep work for a garlic pie (making dough and peeling garlic cloves) last night. The antidote to the smell of simmering vinegar is the smell of garlic. The antidote to garlic smell on the fingertips is following up the peeling work with dicing very smokey bacon and getting bacon smoke on one's fingertips. No antidote is needed for smokey bacon.

pirategirleee is making chicken in green sauce and a cherry custard, I think. We'll also have cheeses, bread, grapes, strawberries, and lots and lots of water. So if you're wandering about, thirsty and hungry, at Storvik Novice Tourney/Dun Carraig Challenge of the Heart, please drop by our shade in the Artisans' Row and share our comestibles.

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[danabren.livejournal.com]

No antidote is needed for smokey bacon

Why on earth would one need an antidote for an aphrodisiac??

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[montuos]

Garlic pie?

:9

Recipe???

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

Sure thing! I got this from azpapillon many years ago. Unfortunately, I can't find the period version. I'll have to ask her where she found it.

Garlic Torte
Ingredients for the crust: Make at least 2 hours before making the pies and let it sit in the refrigerator.

2 cups flour
12 table spoons of butter, chilled and cubed
1/3 cup water
1 scant teaspoon of salt

Filling:
5 cloves of garlic (I don't find this to be garlicky enough. I use the cloves of two small bulbs instead)
1-1/2 cup freshly grated Pecorino Romano (I use parmesan instead)
1/2 pound pancetta, cut into 1/4" cubes (smokey bacon instead)
3 eggs
1/4 cup raisins, soaked in cool water for 30 minutes and drained
12 saffron threads
1 tsp salt
1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Glaze:
1 egg, beaten

Instructions
Make the dough: In a bowl, mix the flour and the butter with your fingers until it resembles a coarse meal. Add the salt and enough ice water to make an elastic dough. Shape into a ball, wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 24 hours.

Filling:
Preheat the oven to 400°.
Bring 1 quart of water to a boil. Drop in the garlic and cook for 15 minutes. Drain and rinse in cool water. Crush the cooked garlic cloves; place in a bowl and fold in the pecorino, the pancetta, eggs, raisins, saffron, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, and pepper.
Cut the dough in 2 equal pieces and roll each out into 1/2"-thick disks. Line a buttered 10" pie pan with 1 disk.
Spoon in the filling, mounding it high. Top with the second disk of dough and seal the edges with your fingers; trim off excess dough.
Glaze the top with the beaten egg.
Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until golden. Remove from the oven, place on a serving platter, and serve hot. Serves 8 (if cut into humongous pieces).

[cfram.livejournal.com]

I think I'll need to come visit. :)

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

Please do. We'd be delighted to share our shade and food. :)

[cfram.livejournal.com]

I'll be by unless I get sucked into MOL world.

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

See a couple of comments above. :)

[luscious-purple.livejournal.com]

Mmm ... I hope you are not too far from the heralds' table!!

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

I don't know where Artisans' Row will be, but we shouldn't be too far away. Come visit! :)

[tattycat.livejournal.com]

. . .

I know where I'll be mooching lunch!

I'll be bouncing around Artisan's Row, since I will be there sans household.

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

You're more than welcome to park your gear at my place. :)

[tattycat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I would love to hang out with you guys! I had so much fun at HRM, getting to visit with everyone.

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

Yay! I had fun, too. Despite the weather forecast, I think we're all going to have a good time.

[dawnhutchings.livejournal.com]

Heck I now know where my butt will be planted the whole of the day. :)

Is all this food going to be under your newly painted tent?

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

Yay!

It will, indeed. If you feed them, they will come. :)