vacation over.

ok so. i got married, my foot healed enough for me to walk, i went to catalina for two days, i found out i got replaced at the farmers market - a lot has happened. but most important is what kind of food did i eat while it was all happening.

while in california i can not remember eating dinner, except one time we ate hot dogs outside. i did eat some dinner at my wedding but i also broke a champagne flute while making fun of thomas so that pretty much made me not hungry.

but i had some delish seafood while in catalina fresh out of the sea. that was refreshing.

we technically got home on wednesday but we were available on friday. so chris and tricia had us over for dinner. chris made mussels and rosemary beans and bread. i made cream puff sans cream and a salad - first vegetables in weeks.

the cream puffs are so easy to make. the only reason i didn't put cream in them is because i couldn't find my pastry bag and we had nothing to make a make-shift one with. so i dusted them with powdered sugar and moved on.

cream puff sans o avec creme.

1 cup water
1/4 cup butter
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
4 eggs

preheat oven to 450
in a sauce pan boil water, butter and salt. when it gets nice and boily, remove from heat and add flour all at once. stir it vigorously until it forms a ball. as soon as it does add one egg at a time. incorporate the egg completely before adding the next. on a cookie sheet (i also used my silpat mat to keep them from sticking but you could use parchment, or just grease the pan really well. this egg fest of a cream puff will want to stick to the pan for sure) spoon out bits of cream puff batter. so, these things get pretty big - i put 12 on the pan and that was all the batter and they were really filling. you can make them smaller for sure too, just do it in a few batches.
put puffs in the oven for 10 minutes at 450. after 10 minutes drop the heat to 350 and bake for another 25 minutes. you're freaking out right now and saying food can't tell time, it's done when it's done -- but remember, eggs are the smartest and most evolved food, they can tell time and since this dish is mostly eggs, cream puffs can also tell time.
let cool and devour.

now do your thing as far as filling goes. i used powdered sugar on top but you could whip up some whipped cream you could make a cream cheese filling... sky's the limit.


glad to be back.

love,
keighty