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[Fugee]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Put aprocot jelly and dried cranberries on top of it when you wrap it, then bake at around 400 for about 20 minutes. Give it time to cool off before taking it out of the oven or else you end up with runny brie.

This sounds pretty good. Do you think it would be good like this without wrapping it in dough?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Fugee
This sounds pretty good. Do you think it would be good like this without wrapping it in dough?

I think it wouldn't work well to bake bare apricots jelly/jam and cranberries? If people don't want the dough, they can always just leave it to the side.

Fig is good, also.

Coincidentally, last night I picked up a tube of crescent rolls, a wedge of brie, and apricot jam (they did not have fig at CA's version of Safeway, even in Beverly Hills) and made single servings. For me. For dinner. Chunks of brie topped with dollop of jam wrapped in crescent roll and baked.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Fugee
This sounds pretty good. Do you think it would be good like this without wrapping it in dough?

on atkins huh? substitute bacon for the roll, or even a sausage patty.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
on atkins huh? substitute bacon for the roll, or even a sausage patty.

Not Adkins. I was thinking of serving it with slices of french bread & the pastry wrap seemed like overkill.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Fugee
I bought a wheel of Brie for Christmas. Anyone have good recipes or ideas for serving it besides just serving plain or wrapping it in crescent roll dough and baking it?

These looks good too:

baked brie with caramelized onions

brie with mushrooms

Both call for puff pastry and not crescent roll dough -- I don't know how different they are.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Fugee
This sounds pretty good. Do you think it would be good like this without wrapping it in dough?

Oh sure. The (whatever kind you like) jelly drizzled over unbaked brie is one of my standard appetizers.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
These looks good too:

baked brie with caramelized onions

brie with mushrooms

Both call for puff pastry and not crescent roll dough -- I don't know how different they are.

My friend Tina makes the one with carmelized onions. Very yummy.

[tmdiva]

Wow. I think of myself as fairly knowledgeable in the food world, but this is a new one on me. I don't even dare Google.

tm

[Fugee]

I made 3 different pies for Christmas Day.* The Southern Praline Pecan Pie from the Cooks Illustrated Holiday Baking Issue; Chocolate Espresso Pecan Pie from Fine Cooking magazine; and Eggnog Custard Pie from the Paula Deen magazine holiday issue.

Eggnog Custard was nice but nothing special. Probably wouldn't make again. Southern Praline Pecan Pie was quite good; I liked it better than traditional pecan pie recipes. Will try it again with the crust in the recipe that has brown sugar in it. The jury is still out on the Chocolate Espresso Pecan Pie. I overbaked it a little so that influenced the taste/texture. It was seriously coffee flavored so if you like coffee, you'd love it. I think I'll try it again, perhaps with a little less espresso powder because I'm not a big coffee fan.


*To get technical, I made the fillings for 3 pies. I used Pillsbury refrigerated crusts much to the disgust of the Fugee Sister.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

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[Fugee]

I don't know if city people do this, but in the country when someone dies the neighbors and friends bring over all kinds of food so the bereaved don't have to cook for awhile.

A friend's mom just died suddenly and I'm going to bring her family a hotdish (casserole for the nonproles) with chicken, french style green beans, Uncle Bens long grain & wild rice, sliced water chestnuts, cream of chicken soup (this is Minnesota -- cream of something soup is a requisite) and lots of cheese. And I'm making a pan of brownies (from a box -- gasp!)

I thought of making a bread pudding because that was one of the most comforting things the neighbors brought over when my Dad died. But I don't know if everyone loves bread puding as much as my family does.

In the past year I've had friends undergoing chemo, back surgery, etc. and need to expand my repetoire of meals and other foods that can be frozen and reheated so the recipient can keep them until they are needed. Any ideas?

tmdiva, I seem to recall you talking about MO funeral potatoes.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Fugee
I don't know if city people do this, but in the country when someone dies the neighbors and friends bring over all kinds of food so the bereaved don't have to cook for awhile.

A friend's mom just died suddenly and I'm going to bring her family a hotdish (casserole for the nonproles) with chicken, french style green beans, Uncle Bens long grain & wild rice, sliced water chestnuts, cream of chicken soup (this is Minnesota -- cream of something soup is a requisite) and lots of cheese. And I'm making a pan of brownies (from a box -- gasp!)

I thought of making a bread pudding because that was one of the most comforting things the neighbors brought over when my Dad died. But I don't know if everyone loves bread puding as much as my family does.

In the past year I've had friends undergoing chemo, back surgery, etc. and need to expand my repetoire of meals and other foods that can be frozen and reheated so the recipient can keep them until they are needed. Any ideas?

tmdiva, I seem to recall you talking about MO funeral potatoes.

It seems like potatoes do not freeze well?

Lasagne (and all its variations) or cannoli or baked ravioli? My mom used to make homemade spaghetti sauce, freeze it, and we'd reheat it for dinner. Most kinds of soup do well. Don't know how well macaroni and cheese (like, the complete with bechamel kind) would do. Enchilada casserole?

[Fugee]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
It seems like potatoes do not freeze well?

Lasagne (and all its variations) or cannoli or baked ravioli? My mom used to make homemade spaghetti sauce, freeze it, and we'd reheat it for dinner. Most kinds of soup do well. Don't know how well macaroni and cheese (like, the complete with bechamel kind) would do. Enchilada casserole?

I bet enchilada casserole would freeze well and lasagna does too. Good ideas.

I have the feeling everything is going to fall on the shoulders of my friend so I'll probably bring something else later in the week. Maybe a lasagna.

[Sparklehorse]

Thanks to all of the previous postings here (and recipes in Fine Cooking), I have become a convert to the brussel sprout way of life. I have been eating the sprouts several days a week for the past several weeks. The recipe I've been using from Fine Cooking calls for oven roasting them after tossing them with olive oil, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, caraway seeds and then adding toasted bread crumbs and walnuts. Really delicious. If anyone's interested, I can post the recipe.

[tmdiva]

Originally posted by Fugee
tmdiva, I seem to recall you talking about MO funeral potatoes.

Sorry so slow on the uptake--I don't check this board every day and somehow missed this.

Funeral potatoes in their easiest form rely on frozen grated hash browns, and so freeze quite well. I don't seem to have the recipe I've used in the past on my computer, but I could probably dig it up if you want me to. I'm sure a Google search would turn up lots of wonderful possibilities. Anyway, you should have frozen grated (not cubed) hash browns, an onion, sauteed in a little butter, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, and grated cheddar cheese.

Good luck!

tm