Hi! I am thinking I'll get back on schedule, with one of my Friday---yes, should be Thursday---updates. The weather isn't cold here but it grey and drippy with a week of fog. Oh my bones are complaining!
This is a recipe from a UK blog, Bovey Belle/ codlinsandcream2, in Wales. Her daughter made this tart or galette with chorizo sausage and blue pumpkin, but I think I prefer the original which is butternut squash and bacon.
The recipe calls for 1" dice squash. Probably best purchased pre-cut, but I like my squash fresh and I like the outer skin left on. Here's a hint for safely chopping a squash. I put the squash on a dampened towel. I save and hot water wash worn out towels for use in the kitchen. Probably a few tea towels layered would do, though the squash stains orange.
I microwaved my squash instead of sauteing which seemed like it'd be a big fat mess. Pinch of olive oil , a few tablespoons of water. Microwave in 3 minute increments---mine took 7 minutes. The squash need not be entirely soft as the galette bakes another hour at 375*.
I caramelized a sliced sweet onion til glassy and soft, a bit brown on the edges; added the garlic, plus the paprika, black pepper Worcestershire sauce; I used tarragon because I dislike thyme; and a tiny sprinkle of roasted cinnamon powder. Pinch of salt; remember the bacon is salty.
The bacon is a package of thick cut Boar's Head microwave bacon. You can use the bacon you like best. I mixed the veggies but left the bacon separate while everything cooled down. Be sure to plan for this cool down step! Set my schedule back a bit. Maybe the tart will be a bedtime snack, I wondered.
Since this is an experimental try out dish, I used a pre-made pie crust, reshaped. No sense spending time on handmade crust if it is a FAIL, right.
Hmm. One crust was too small.
I combined the two pre-made crusts, refrigerated them one hour and re-rolled. Not the prettiest but functional.
Filled and shaped and sprinkled with parm as recipe calls for. It seemed very dry, s o I dotted on some butter.
Out of the oven now:
Baked much shorter time than recipe, maybe 40 minutes at the most.
How beautiful.
I will be back with a taste result in a few hours.
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My friend L is one of the few people in my social bubble, but she is back at work so no weekday outings for us lately. We hope to get together on Sunday instead. She has a way of texting on her way to pick me up:What is on our list [itinerary] today? So I plan ahead. Here is my fantasy outing for a long, busy, fun day out.
Working along in a big circle:
-Big flea market! Open for a few fall dates. My favorite thing!
-Home Goods. Maybe I'd find a new mercury glass pumpkin?
-Trader Joe's. Stock up on pumpkin spice everything, and stocking stuffers for gourmet friends.
-[run into the nursery for some pumpkin orange pansies and a warty pumpkin for my front door step?]
-Fancy health food store for iron supplement and vitamin supplements and fresh cauliflower and vegan oatmeal.raspberry bars. Flowers for L just because she's my best friend.
-The church fair ! Is it open on Sundays now? Must investigate.
-Back home over the bridge to the new Dollar Store. You may pooh pooh Dollar stores but we have never had one here, so we're intrigued.
-end the big circle with a glass of wine and sweet potato fries at the pub in rhe village. They the Best outdoor space around.
Oh my, I'd be exhausted but how fun to imagine, like what used to be. I hope you're inspired too, to do fun but safe activities this Autumn.
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Last: a tempting project from TQC, for next winter. here
With fabric running almost $11.oo a yard, it is priced quite reasonably---but with a few additions, like that pumpkin stripe: HERE ...I could get by with just buying the pattern. Or maybe I'll start my Christmas list!
have a good weekend.
PS Please come visit me on Instagram!? My followers count is pathetic, and even has gone down. How mortifying is that, hee hee hee. my Instagram
love
lizzy
gone to the beach....
Galette recipe: HERE
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Found you on IG. I love IG but also do hope we all keep blogging!
ReplyDeleteLove the goldenrod color--if not the sneezes it provokes!! I've only made fruit galettes but this does sound interesting...
ReplyDeleteDreaming of former day tripping here, too.
The TQ quilt is charming...
Take care and stay safe...hugs, Julierose
The kit looks interesting, and composed of blocks that look easy enough to incorporate without spending a ton of money. With your designer sense you could create something similar without a formal pattern! I checked out your IG page but it's just not the same without the narrative of the blog. Blogs seem to be the last vestige of the old letter-writing habit of our ancestors who included little swatches of their new hand-sewn dresses for friends and relatives to remember them by.
ReplyDeleteOoh, pumpkin fabric! Love it. The tart looks lovely. Its amazing what dogs see at "their" level. Love and Blessings!
ReplyDeleteThe galette looks good! Maybe cook the squash with butter to help retain moisture? Although adding a bit of cider sounds good.
ReplyDeleteI read somewhere to microwave a washed, uncut squash 1 minute before cutting it and it would be much easier to deal with. I tried it (I stood on the opposite side of the kitchen in case the microwave exploded, lol) and it WORKED! It made it MUCH easier to cut up, and I didn't feel like I was going to slip and chop off a finger. Maybe try it next time?
The quilt project looks pretty nice, make a great fall lap quilt! Am I the only one that looks at the pattern on that pumpkin stripe fabric and sees rows of little beetles? LOL! The black check with red dots fabric on the quilt looks familiar to me, I think my Mom had something made with that although I can't quite remember what.
Is the new seawall what they were building when they drove in all those pilings a while back? Hmm, maybe Mo's barking through the hole is like yelling "hello, is anyone there?" Does he listen for a reply?
Your fantasy day out would wear me out, but sounds fun! Except I'd want to go to Hobby Lobby, too, lol.
I looked at your IG page, but it wouldn't let me 'like' anything or continue looking without signing up, and I really don't want to sign up on anything else right now. Besides, like QB says, I like it better with your chatty explanations of what's going on in the pictures, too, so I much prefer your blog! It makes it feel more like we're chatting!
Take care and have a great weekend, and a great time out with L! Tell her hello for me!
No it's the original steel seawall. In the winter an extra set of barriers is installed to add three more feet of wall, for storm and esp wind protection. Been there since the 1960s, I think. Prob the source of those washers I find. I ll post a picture.
DeleteI love using Pillsbury crusts! I can't remember the last time I made one from scratch. Your pie looked great! I had no idea you were on IG. I love it there.I try and post each day. It's like a daily journal. Kit
ReplyDeleteLooks like your Galette turned out well. I agree, this is SO full of flavour. Definitely something we would make again here.
ReplyDeleteThat quilt looks pretty but I would probably make it in a different colour-way (NOT that I am going to be doing any quilt-making until we finally move and have unpacked (and found!) everything.
The galette was delicious, even better the next day w a glass of wine!
DeleteI'm a bit ambivalent about the quilt project's colors too, tho the fabrics are lovely and it will be a very beautiful very classically colored American quilt.
The galette looks like just the thing to warm your cold bones ;)
ReplyDeleteGosh, sigh, what a wonderful itinerary for a Sunday outing. I think Dollar Stores are fun. I get lint rollers, and laser pointers there. I've been going to our nearest thrift stores since they reopened. I don't think I've purchased anything significant, but still enjoy myself. Sweet potato fries and red wine! Yummy!