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RECIPE: Fuji Apple & Aged White Cheddar Scones
Last night, I was invited to a beautiful outdoor house concert / potluck… The Littlest Birds played a long, entertaining set amidst the garden and kids running about. Check them out on the Facebook, and if you’re in the Eugene Oregon area, check out Bronak House Concerts and Events.
Oh, but wait… I said “potluck”… I had a hankering for something new, and decided to take a classic flavor combination and see if it’d work with a tried-and-true scone recipe. I made…
Fuji Apple and Aged
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White Cheddar Scones
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Ingredients:
makes 8-10 regular sized scones
(I made a double batch and cut them smaller)
- 1 Fuji apple, cored & diced into small pieces
- 1 to 2 Tbls coconut oil
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
– – – - 4 to 5 oz. aged white cheddar, diced into small pieces
– – – - 1.5 cups flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream (split into 3/4 cup & 1/4 cup)
- 1/4 cup sugar & cinnamon, mixed
Steps:
- Sautée diced apple with the coconut oil until lightly brown (but still retain some firmness). Add cinnamon, stir and remove from heat. Cool the apples. If making the scones right away, place apples in the freezer for ~5 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. When mixed, make a big hole in the middle of the mixture and add 3/4 cups of whipping cream.
- Before mixing the liquid in further, spread flour out on a clean surface (keep extra flour handy in a bowl, as the mixture will be sticky).
- Add the cooled apples and diced cheese to the dry & whipping cream mixture. Stir or mix with your hands until the mixture is crumbly. Turn the dough onto the floured surface and continue to knead. At this stage, I ended up adding more flour to make it more doughy and less gooey. Rather than alter the recipe and add more flour to the mix early on, I figured that it’s good to play it by feel/texture. It should be soft and malleable dough, not too sticky.
- Roll out the dough flat until it’s about 1/2″ thick. Cut with a pizza cutter, sharp spatula, or other tool into the shapes / sizes that suit you. Place on a lightly greased or parchment papered baking pan.
- Bake for 21-24 minutes until lightly golden. After baking, brush with remaining whipping cream and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mix. Cool slightly before serving.
Prep time: 30-45 minutes… best served warm or within the day!
And, obviously, different apple and cheese choices open this up to MANY different options at your fingertips.
This is a mainly music-based blog. If you stumbled in on a recipe search, check out my other recipes at THIS LINK.
~Dan – np: Au4 – …And Down Goes the Sky
RECIPE: Creamy Avocado & Pepper Potato Salad
A perfect adaptation for a barbecue side-dish this Labor Day…
Creamy Avocado and
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Pepper Potato Salad
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Ingredients:
serves 8+
Adapted from Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s Vegan Brunch
- 2 lbs fingerling potatoes, cut into 3/4 inch chunks
— - 1-2 peppers, diced (jalapeno, anaheim, etc)
- 1 small red onion, diced small
- 1 Tbl olive oil
—- - 3 ripe avocados
- 2 Tbl lime juice
- 1/2 tsp salt
—- - 1 plum tomato, chopped
- 1 smallish cucumber, diced very small
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper (optional)
- Scallions for garnish (optional)
Steps:
- Put potatoes in a pot and cover with water. Cover pot, bring water to a boil. Lower the heat to a rolling boil and cook for 10 to 15 minutes, until potatoes are easily pierced with a fork. Drain and set aside to cool.
- Meanwhile, sauté or grill the peppers & onions over medium-high heat until browned.
- Once potatoes have cooled, prepare the dressing. Split the avocados in half, remove the seeds and scoop into food processor. Add the lime juice and salt and puree until smooth, scraping down the sides with a spatula as needed. Once smooth and creamy, add the tomato, peppers and onion. Pulse until they are incorporated but not completely blended. You should still be able to see the tomato and onion.
- Put the potatoes, peppers, and cucumbers in a large mixing bowl and mix them up. Add the dressing and mix well. Taste for salt and spice. Wrap tightly and chill until ready to use. Top with scallions, if desired.
Prep time: 15 minutes (active) / 1 hour (total)… serve soon!
This recipe is easy to make and it combines both guacamole and potato salad. Yum!
This is a mainly music-based blog. If you stumbled in on a recipe search, check out my other recipes at THIS LINK.
~Dan – np: John Zorn – Rimbaud
RECIPE: Carrotcake Cupcakes with Ninkasi double-IPA buttercream frosting
A blogpost by Eugene-Oregon bottle shop & taphouse Sixteen Tons recently mentioned the great flavor combination of carrot cake and India Pale Ale. I immediately exclaimed, “by golly (radio edit)… I’m going to make some carrot cake IPA combo… somehow!!” And thus this recipe was born…
Ginger Carrot-cake Cupcakes
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with IPA buttercream frosting
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Cupcake Ingredients:
makes about 12 cupcakes
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups peeled, grated carrots
- 2 tsp peeled and finely grated fresh ginger
Frosting Ingredients:
makes about 12 cupcakes
- 2/3 cup Ninkasi Tricerahops Double IPA (or any other hoppy beer of your choosing)
- 4 oz. (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 12 oz. low-fat cream cheese, softened
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2-3 cups powdered sugar
- candied ginger for garnish
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Steps:
Cupcakes~
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Insert 12 cupcake liners into a 12-muffin tin.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, and ground cloves.
- In a large bowl, stir together granulated sugar, unsweetened applesauce, and canola oil until thoroughly combined. Add 2 eggs, one at a time, stirring well after each addition.
- Gradually add the flour mixture and stir until just combined. Add grated carrots and grated fresh ginger. Stir to combine.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin tin, filling each liner about 3/4 full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cupcakes comes out clean, about 18 to 22 minutes. Let the cupcakes cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then remove and let cool completely on a wire rack.
Frosting~
- In a saucepan, add the IPA and place over LOW-medium heat. Reduce the beer by half (until it measures approximately 1/3 cup). It will be a darker caramel color from the original beer.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, add the cream cheese and butter. Beat with a whisk attachment until light and fluffy.
- Add in the vanilla, powdered sugar and beer reduction. Whip again until fully combined, and the finished product is light and fluffy.
- Cover the bowl and chill for 1 hour.
- If the frosting seems too thin when you remove from the fridge, add more powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until it reaches desired consistency.
- Frost when the cakes are at room temperature and garnish with candied ginger.
Enjoy!
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Seeing as Ninkasi Tricerahops comes in a 22oz bottle, you still have about a pints-worth of the beer to pair with a cupcake… well, if you didn’t drink it while you were baking.
Speaking of cupcakes…
Just around the corner is the 2nd annual Eugene Beer Week, and one of the events on Thursday, May 10th is a beer & cupcake tasting (FB event). Join 16 Tons and Divine Cupcake at the Supreme Bean Coffee Company (2864 Willamette, Eugene, OR 97405) for this unique event. They’ll be serving up 5 different pairings with Divine Cupcakes and a great flight of specialty beers:
- Boneyard’s Hop Venom IPA with IPA frosting carrotcake
- Widmer’s Imperial Stout with Death by Chocolate
- Rogue’s Hazelnut Brown Ale with Salted Caramel
- Elysian’s Avatar Jasmine IPA with Tao of Green (matcha green tea cake)
- Elysian’s The Peste Chocolate Chili Beer with The Swizzle (Mexican Chocolate Cake)
Cupcakes served 5:30pm-10pm on Thursday, May 10th. Free Entry, $3 per 3oz Beer + Mini Cupcake. Free Widmer Glass to first 60 people. Full Food, Beer, Wine, and Coffee Menu offered. All ages welcome.
Bon appetit!
This is a mainly music-based blog. If you stumbled in on a recipe search, check out my other recipes at THIS LINK. For specific “cooking with beer” links, go here:
- Oakshire Overcast (espresso stout) Chocolate Pudding
- Flat Tail Pumpkin Stout Tiramisu
- Framboise Cranberry Relish
- Blue Moon orange sherbet float
- Oakshire espresso stout float
~Dan – np: O.S.I. – Fire Make Thunder
RECIPE: Pear, Bleu Cheese & Walnut Mini Cheesecakes
Due to its proximity to March 14th (3/14), for Eugene Veggie Supper Club this month, I set our theme as PIE. Pie beats out cake any day of the week, in my mind. Cheesecake is a misnomer if I ever heard of one; so I dreamt up this recipe from a basic “normal” no-bake cheesecake recipe…
Pear, Bleu Cheese & Walnut
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Mini-Cheesecakes (no-bake)
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Ingredients:
makes about 12 to 14 mini-cheesecakes
- 12 mini-graham crusts (they come in 6-packs, or make your own small or large)
—– - 8 oz. cream cheese or neufchâtel
- 4 oz. bleu cheese crumbles
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 can of pears (in their own juice – not syrup) with about 1/2 of the juice from the canned pears
- 1 small (4 oz) container of diced pears (for blending)
Dole makes snack-cup sized diced pears - 8 oz. heavy whipping cream
—– - 1 small (4 oz) container of diced pears (for garnish)
- candied walnuts (for garnish)
- arugula (for garnish)
Steps:
- Combine cheeses, sugar, juices, extracts, and pears into a food processor or blender. Mix until smooth.
- Add heavy whipping cream and mix until fluffy.
- Scoop filling into crust(s) and chill for at least 3 hours.
- Garnish with extra diced pears, walnuts & arugula right before serving. Enjoy!
Prep time: 15-20 minutes, chill 3+ hours
Nutritional Info (per serving): With Crust: 280 calories, Fat 17g, Protein 4g. Without Crust: 170 cal, Fat 12g, Protein 3g.
This recipe is surprisingly easy to make. You can make your own crust, candy your own walnuts, etc – but there’s definitely no dire need. These cheesecakes could easily be make into a larger cheesecake as well (just use a bigger crust, the filling would be the same). It’s a beautiful mix of savory and sweet.
This is a mainly music-based blog (in fact my Puscifer Portland 3/14 review is coming shortly after their show). If you stumbled in on a recipe search, check out my other recipes at THIS LINK.
Happy Pi(e) Day!
~Dan – np: Stabat Akish – Nebulos
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RECIPE: Oakshire Overcast (espresso stout) Chocolate Pudding
Cooking with wine is common place. What should also go hand-in-hand with cooking and foodies… craft beer. There are many styles out there and many different types of dishes that you can make anything from appetizers to entrees to desserts. Earlier in January, I invited some friends over for a five-year Deschutes’ Abyss vertical tasting (2007-2011). We had pita & hummus, brie and bleu cheeses, honey & pear pizzas, and more. I also made some dark chocolate pudding with the use of one of my favorite beers from Eugene, Oregon…
Oakshire Overcast (espresso stout)
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Chocolate Pudding
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Ingredients:
makes about ten 6 oz. servings
- 1 cup milk, or soy/rice/almond/hemp/coconut milk alternative
- 5 Tbl cornstarch
——— - 1 1/2 cup (12 oz) Oakshire Brewing Overcast espresso stout (or another stout/porter)
- 1 can (14 oz) coconut milk + 1/4 cup (2 oz) regular milk/rice/soy/etc milk alternative
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (or 4 to 5 oz in chopped up chocolate bars)
- 1 cup sugar (I used 3/4 white, 1/4 dark brown)
- 1 tsp sea salt
- pinch ground nutmeg
——— - 3 tsp vanilla extract
Ingredient Notes: slideshow below shows component detail
- There is a total of 4.5 cups of liquid. If you choose against using a can of coconut milk (usually 14 oz), you can use heavy cream or whipping cream in its place (you need something thicker than normal milk).
- I opted for the candy bar route. I got some fancy chocolate bars and chopped them with a knife to aide in their melting quicker. I used a full 3.5 oz (100g) extra dark chocolate bar from Panama (80% cacao) and about a 1/4 of a 3oz (~22g) milk chocolate bar. You can choose whatever style of chocolate that you like. About 4.25 oz (~122g) of chopped chocolate bars was 1 cup in a measuring cup. When making this again, I will likely opt for a higher milk chocolate mix… the pudding turned out great, but the 80% dark definitely made it more on the bittersweet side.
Steps:
- Whisk together 1 cup milk and cornstarch in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Combine craft beer, coconut milk, additional milk, cocoa, chocolate chips, sugar, salt, and nutmeg into a large saucepan. Warm over medium heat until chocolate chips have melted.
- Whisk in cornstarch mixture and cook for 15 minutes over medium-low heat or until pudding thickens* and begins to boil.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
- Cover and chill well before serving (4-6 hours, or overnight).
- Stir again prior to serving. Enjoy!
*Prep Note: If you double the recipe, you need to heat it longer… you don’t want to apply extra heat to do it quicker… it may not thicken properly/consistently.
Photo Slideshow:
The above pudding recipe would work great for a get together… say, the Super Bowl, or even just a nice dinner party. It’s a very versatile dessert. This is a mainly music-based blog. If you stumbled in on a recipe search, check out my other recipes at THIS LINK. For specific “cooking with beer” links, go here:
- Flat Tail Pumpkin Stout Tiramisu
- Framboise Cranberry Relish
- Blue Moon orange sherbet float
- Oakshire espresso stout float
~Dan – np: John Zorn – Mount Analogue
RECIPE: Pumpkin Stout Tiramisu
For New Year’s Eve 2011, I took a classic tiramisu recipe and altered it a little bit into…
Pumpkin Stout Tiramisu
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Makes 12 large servings
Ingredients: makes a 9″ x 13″ pyrex sized tiramisu sheet
- 6 egg yolks
- 1 ¼ cups white sugar
- 16 oz. package of mascarpone (soft Italian cheese)
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- one (1) 12 oz. package of lady fingers (about 40 of 4″ cookies used)
- ½ cup (4 oz.) pumpkin stout
I used Corvallis-based Flat Tail Brewing’s Feathertop Imperial Pumpkin Stout, which was aged on vanilla beans and sweet cinnamon bark - ¼ cup strong coffee (espresso or strong batch of french press)
- cocoa powder (for dusting) or semi-sweet chocolate bar (for grating or curling)
Steps:
- Combine egg yolks and sugar in the top of a double boiler, over boiling water. If you don’t have a double-boiler, here are some alternatives. Reduce heat to low, and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and whip yolks until thick and lemon colored.
- Add mascarpone to whipped yolks. Beat until smooth. Using a hand mixer will help.
- In a separate bowl, whip the heavy cream to stiff peaks (also with a hand mixer). Gently fold into yolk mixture and set aside.
- Take half of the lady fingers (about 20 cookies) and line the bottom and sides of a large glass bowl (9″ x 13″ pyrex). Mix the stout & coffee together and then brush about half of the mixture over top of the lady finger layer. Brushing (versus dipping the cookies or pouring the liquid) gets some of the flavor into the cookies, but it doesn’t turn into a soaking mess. Spoon half of the cream filling over the lady fingers.
- Repeat ladyfingers (remaining 20 cookies), stout/coffee, and filling layers. Garnish with cocoa powder or chocolate curls. To make the chocolate curls, use a vegetable peeler and run it down the edge of the chocolate bar.
- Refrigerate several hours or overnight. Enjoy!
I think this would be great with any darker beer… a coffee stout, like Eugene-based Oakshire’s Overcast espresso stout would be amazing – and I think I’ll try that next. Also, if they make the imperial chocolate pumpkin porter Big Black Jack next fall, I may have to try it with that as well. Since craft beers vary by region, if you can’t find the exact beers above, I’m SURE you’ll find something suitable. The best part of the recipe… you get plenty of beer to drink while you’re making it.
This is a mainly music-based blog. If you stumbled in on a recipe search, check out my other recipes at THIS LINK.
~Dan – Mike Patton – The Solitude of Prime Numbers
The GREAT Holiday Recipe Collection
Re-runs are on TV. Re-runs are on this blog… it’s a “slow news day” as it were, and since Thanksgiving is coming up, why not create a “best of” recipes blog? It’ll be your one stop shop!
An all vegetarian, mostly vegan recipes list for your holiday get-togethers. Great for Thanksgiving, Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, Eid ul-Fitr عيد الفطر, Christmas, or the also popular Xmas…
Here are some of my favorite recipe creations (dreamt up here)…
- S’mores Pouches – super fun, not too difficult, I’m really proud of this creation…
- Chantrelle & Gruyere Quiche – I also made it with a Cheetos crust, but don’t feel as if you have to follow suit…
- Jalapeno Brie Poppers – Great served with a blueberry compote!
- Taco Scones – How could something so easy and so delicious never have been conceived of before? These are flippin’ brilliant (and versatile for substitutions). Have some salsa, guacamole or sour cream on hand for dippin’…
- Savory Feta & Kalamata Pound Cake – I took an olive oil poundcake recipe and “Greek’d” it up. It’s a fave!
- Peanut Butter & Jelly Cocktail paired with…
Grilled Mac & Cheese Sandwiches – This was one of my favorite, unique recipes. It took some time to test (oh no, I have to taste test vodka again!?). The pairing with the grilled mac & cheese sandwiches worked really well. The peanut vodka is too late to start for Thanksgiving, but I’d recommend trying it!
Here are some classics… they’d go great for your holiday noshing…
- Mushroom Dumpling Stew – brilliant for the cold rainy fall!
- Vegan Biscuits & Mushroom Gravy – I could eat this year ’round, any meal!
- Framboise Cranberry Relish – Easy, but almost a waste of beer. Delightful – no lie!
- Cute Olive Penguins – I wish I had thought of this… I did make ’em though… super cute…
- Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake – super easy, and pretty quick (outside of the chill time).
- Pumpkin-infused Vodka Cocktail – A little too late to start for this year, but outside of time letting it sit, it’s pretty easy.
- Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls – Very time consuming, but oh-so-delicious!
- Bleu Cheese Buttermilk Biscuits – Sort of my own creation, but enough of a staple to include down here. I took a biscuit recipe and added about a cup of bleu cheese to the dough. I’m making these again for Thanksgiving 2011…
- Avocado Fries – I heard about these from Punchy, bassist from one of my favorite bands. They’re super decadent. The avocado fries are, too.
Desserts…
- Vegan Chocolate Pudding – I couldn’t believe how smooth & rich it was…
- Spiced Biscotti – with or without fruit – a really flexible recipe.
- Blueberry Muffin Bread Pudding – I don’t really like bread pudding. But I looooove blueberry muffins.
Raw Vegan Pies – apple & strawberry pies from Jónsi & Alex’s raw cookbook. The crusts are the big takeaway here… super awesome raw pie crusts!- Raw Vegan Blueberry Cheesecake – The secret ingredient is elementary school kids’ hopes & dreams. Tastes as expected… awesome!
- Carl Sagan’s Simple Apple Pie – you must first create the universe…
Back to the normal music blogging shortly… have a great Thanksgiving holiday!
~Dan – np: Peter Mulvey – Letters From A Flying Machine
RECIPE: Chanterelle & Gruyere Quiche w/ Cheetos Crust
A little belated, November’s Veggie Supper Club in Eugene had the theme of “Animated Flavor.” We were to pick a cartoon and design a dish that represented it in some manner. I made something I’d call “Gargamel’s Wish” (blueberry muffin bread pudding recipe here) – as in… he finally caught the Smurfs. I also made Chester the Cheetah’s…
Cheetos Crust Chanterelle & Gruyere Quiche
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Makes 8-10 servings
Pie Crust Ingredients: makes a 9″ pie crust
- enough Cheetos to make 2 cups of crumbs (a large bag less some for snackin’ worked out)
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten with 1 tsp water
Pie Crust Steps:
- Put Cheetos crumbs in large bowl.
- Add beaten egg, mix thoroughly.
- Let the melted butter cool below 150 degrees, then add melted butter and mix thoroughly so the butter is evenly distributed.
- Press evenly into pie pan (don’t grease the pan) to make firm, even layer throughout.
- Blind bake @ 300°F for 8 – 10 minutes or until firm.
- Cool before filling.
Quiche Ingredients:
- 1 pie crust (above)
- 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter
- 2/3 cup chopped shallots (about 3 medium)
- 4 to 5 cups sliced/chopped assorted mushrooms (such as chanterelle, stemmed shiitake, oyster, crimini, and button; 12 to 14 ounces)
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup half and half
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated or ground nutmeg
- 1 1/2 cups (packed) coarsely grated Gruyere cheese (about 7 ounces), divided
Quiche Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallots; sauté until beginning to soften, about 2 minutes.
- Add mushrooms; sprinkle with salt and pepper and sauté until mushrooms are tender and beginning to brown, about 8 minutes. Transfer to plate; spread out to cool slightly.
- Whisk eggs, half and half, milk, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and nutmeg in large bowl to blend.
- Stir in 1 cup Fontina cheese and sautéed mushrooms. Pour filling into crust. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup cheese over quiche.
- Bake quiche until puffed, golden brown, and just set in center, about 45 minutes.
- Cool 30 minutes. Cut into wedges.
You’ll look at the recipe and think that it’s not enough eggs and too many mushrooms for a quiche. I thought that before making it, and well, it turned out FANTASTIC. Perfect ratio. While I don’t know if I’d go to the trouble of making a Cheetos crust again, this quiche recipe is GREAT and the Cheetos crust was a fun experiment.
This is a mainly music-based blog. If you stumbled in on a recipe search, check out my other recipes at THIS LINK.
~Dan – Mike Patton – The Solitude of Prime Numbers
RECIPE: Blueberry Muffin Bread Pudding
A little belated, last month’s Veggie Supper Club in Eugene had the theme of “Animated Flavor.” We were to pick a cartoon and design a dish that represented it in some manner. I made a Chester the Cheetah Cheetos-crust Mushroom Quiche (recipe here), and something I’d call “Gargamel’s Wish” – as in… he finally caught the Smurfs. I used blueberries and one lone strawberry (aka “Papa Smurf“)…
Blueberry Muffin Bread Pudding
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Makes 10-12 servings
Ingredients:
- 10 blueberry muffins (your favorite recipe or box mix)
- 1 cup fresh or thawed frozen blueberries
- 2 cups soy/rice/almond milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 eggs or vegan egg replacer
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- optional: whipped cream and fresh berries
Steps:
- Crumble ½ of the muffins into a buttered baking dish.
- Add 1 cup blueberries in a layer.
- Crumble remaining ½ of the muffins over the top.
- Beat together milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla.
- Pour mixture over crumbled muffins.
- Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees until pudding puffs and forms a crust.
- Spoon warm pudding into individual serving dishes and top with whipped cream and fresh blueberries.
This is a mainly music-based blog. If you stumbled in on a recipe search, check out my other recipes at THIS LINK.
~Dan – Chali 2Na – Fish Outta Water
REVIEW: Puscifer @ Paramount Theatre (Seattle, WA – 11/7/11)
FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW are at the BOTTOM
A 6 week tour from Puscifer with no Oregon date? Well, pack up and drive to Seattle is what I’ll do! Seeing as Conditions of My Parole is vying quite strongly for one of my favorite albums of 2011 (and a marked improvement on Puscifer’s already strong work previously), I wasn’t going to miss this one.
This was only my second time to the Paramount Theatre (first time was for Spinal Tap Unwigged in 2009). It’s a really gorgeous venue.
I opted for the “VIP” plan; so 99 other rabids & I got to see a special “VIP Soundcheck” performance… 
stripped down acoustic on both songs – “The Chain” [Fleetwood Mac] and the personal favorite “The Humbling River” (with Carina Round on banjo). Maynard flubbed the lyrics slightly to the Fleetwood Mac song and joked about needing to google the lyrics later. After their short warm-up, Maynard talked about what they were trying to do with Puscifer – small, indie, sustainable. He joked about that with their small distributor that “even Hot Topics won’t take their call.” He thanked us for our support and then they left…
Also, being a sucker for Maynard, I also opted for the wine tasting session… For those not in the know, Maynard is an artist. He started with Tool. Branched out with Billy Howerdel on A Perfect Circle. But then he found his creative juices flowing with his boutique Caduceus Cellars / Merkin Vineyards in Jerome, Arizona. He makes fantastic wine with Eric Glomski and much help from his local friends… I’ve nabbed a few bottles in Ohio when I lived there, had some tastings at the 1st night Nov 2009 Puscifer show in Portland, and finally was able to direct order some at a local bottle shop in Eugene, Oregon (thanks, 16 Tons!).
Last night, we had the Merkin Vineyards’ The Diddler (2010) & Chupacabra (2010) and the Caduceus Cellars’ Sancha (2009). The Diddler was a nice white, primarily California Viognier, Arizona Pinot Grigio/Chardonnay/Malvasia Blanca blend. It was floral aromatic and a sweet in the nose, dry with a little sweet on the tongue. I’ve had the Chupacabra before (2005 & 2006). As a shape-shifter, it changes with each vintage. The 2010 had caramel and toffee on the nose. It was a deep, rich Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Syrah blend with all California grapes. The final wine was special, the 2009 Sancha was a gorgeous all Arizona grape Tempranillo blend (with Garnacha). Dark, deep fruity nose, slightly chalky tannins (thanks to the host for pointing out chalkiness in some tannins). I love Tempranillo! Maynard came up to the room we were in near the end of the tasting and flashed us the peace sign and said “thanks.” Much less interaction than two years ago, but he’s a busy guy.
“Drink responsibly… even at a rock show!”
-Puscifer road manager
I missed the front end of Carina Round’s opening set due to wine tasting and needing to run to my car to get my camera. Her short (30 minute?) set struck me as a singer-songwriter turned rocker. I like her sound, and I have enjoyed some of her singles in the past. Her latest is the 2009 EP – Things You Should Know. She also has a new exclusive video for “The Last Time” on AOL Music. Despite her shortish set, I knew we’d see her shortly, as she’s in the band…
The Puscifer show started shortly after Carina left the stage with the VH1 Behind the Music-esque videos chronicling the honky-tonk performers struggles in life and love and incarceration. The odd things about the stage set-up was that… there was no stage set-up. The stage was completely empty when the show-proper started. At around 9pm, out came a small silver-bullet camper that housed some campfire chairs, tables, and some band members. Maynard moved the camper into place while talking to us about sustainability and the tour.
Puscifer shows in the past had some complex set design & changes, but the set for this tour was fairly steadily a campfire scene – with of course, an audacious light and video show at times. The juxtaposition of simple and complex, like Maynard’s nature, was also similar to the juxtaposition of melodic and heavy. The set was pretty much the entire Conditions album, with some V is for… and C is for… songs thrown in, too. No skits, some videos (Meats Meier’s and others), no over the top costuming, just a focus on the great music!
Setlist: about 90 minutes
Maynard Monologue while setting up camper/stage- The Green Valley
- Tiny Monsters
- Vagina Mine
- Dozo
- Toma
- The Rapture (Fear is a Mind Killa Mix)
- The Weaver
- Rev 22:20 [Carina Round on lead vocals]
- Polar Bear
- Indigo Children [2011 Mix]
- Oceans
- Monsoons
- Horizons
- Conditions of My Parole
- Man Overboard
- Telling Ghosts
- The Undertaker
- Tumbleweed
- No Encore
Conditions of My Parole is a brilliant record; so I think you should go buy it if you haven’t yet. It’s at the top of my pile for 2011 releases (by far).
The 1st night of tour had very minimal hiccups (if any). Check it out, if you happen to be in the markets they’re hitting on this leg (see dates below). I was able to shoot the 3rd & 4th songs; so check back for my photos once I have time to get home and edit them.
The Appropriate Linkage:
- Puscifer’s Site
- Caduceus Cellars (Maynard’s wines)
- Puscifer’s Social Media Links (see below)
- Carina Round’s Site
- Carina Round’s Facebook / MySpace / Twitter
- Gene Shilling’s photos from the 11/19 Detroit show
- My Other Related Reviews~
- Puscifer Night #1 w/ wine tasting (Portland – Nov 2009)
- Puscifer Night #2 (Portland – Nov 2009)
- A Perfect Circle (Portland – June 2011)
- STG/Paramount Theatre’s Site / Facebook / Twitter
Check out more tour dates below the photos.
Next shows for me… a three-day run by Peter Mulvey (11/10 @ Sam Bonds in Eugene, 11/11 @ private house concert in Creswell, 11/12 @ Majestic in Corvallis).
~Dan – np: dredg – Chuckles and Mr Squeezy
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Puscifer Fall 2011 Tour Dates
- 11/7 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
- 11/9 Salt Lake City, UT Capitol Theatre
- 11/10 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre
- 11/12 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House
- 11/14 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
- 11/15 Chicago, IL Cadillac Palace Theatre
- 11/17 Cleveland, OH Lakewood Civic Auditorium
- 11/18 Toronto, ON Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
- 11/19 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
- 11/22 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
- 11/23 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre
- 11/25 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Academy of Music
- 11/26 Washington, DC Lisner Auditorium
- 11/27 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium
- 11/29 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre
- 11/30 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
- 12/2 Tulsa, OK Brady Theatre
- 12/3 Dallas, TX Majestic Theatre
- 12/6 Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre
- 12/7 San Francisco, CA Palace of Fine Arts
- 12/9 Mesa, AZ Ikeda Theater (previously listed as Phoenix)
- 12/10 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl
RECIPE: Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake
A little belated, but for the Gonzalo Bergara Quartet house concert, there was a potluck element, and I brought…
Pumpkin Cheesecake
…
Makes 6-8 servings
Ingredients:
- 2 (8 ounce) cream cheese containers
there are good vegan options, like Tofutti Better than Cream Cheese - 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 small pie pumpkin (roasted) or 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon, ginger, all-spice, nutmeg mixture)
- 1 graham cracker crust – prepared or homemade
- optional: whipped topping
Steps: prep time ~10 minutes, cook/cool time varies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat cream cheese until soft. Add in sugar, and continue mixing.
- Add in pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice.
- Pour into prepared crust, and bake for 35-40 minutes until soft but still set in the center.
- Let cool for 1 hour, then refrigerate for 3+ hours.
Since the above recipe is fairly remedial ( but still delicious), if you want to “fancy” it up… here’s a great, more complicated recipe with a ginger-pecan crust and sugared pumpkin seeds! Hat-tip to Panda le Chef for passing on that fancier recipe (I’ll have to try it soon).
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~Dan – Peter Mulvey & David Goodrich – Nine Days Wonder
RECIPE: Pumpkin Vodka Cocktail (repost)
Since Thanksgiving is coming up soon… this weekend, you should start infusing some pumpkin vodka. Seriously, it’s easy… and yummy! Here’s my old post for a pretty amazing Pumpkin Vodka cocktail recipe!
Enjoy!
~Dan
RECIPE: Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
For some friends’ Canadian Thanksgiving get-together last night, I adapted this recipe from Don’t Eat Off the Sidewalk. I changed up the glaze (using spiced rum instead of water)…
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
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Makes 12 servings
Ingredients:
Dough~
- 1 package dry yeast (about 2 1/4 tsp)
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 3/4 cup Pumpkin Puree
- 1/4 cup soy, rice, or almond milk
- 1/4 cup margarine, melted
- 1 Tbl granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbl vegetable oil
Filling~
- 3 Tbl granulated sugar
- 3 Tbl brown sugar
- 2 Tbl all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 Tbl chilled margarine, cut into small pieces
Glaze~
- 3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbl hot water (or spiced rum)
Steps:
note: takes time, but generally due to waiting to let dough rise several times
- In a large bowl, combine the warm water with the yeast and whisk together with a fork, let stand for 5 minutes. Add the pumpkin, milk, melted margarine, and sugar in with the yeast, and lightly mix. Sift in the first two and a half cups of flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth.
- Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Take the remaining 3/4 cup of flour and use it to flour the top of the dough and your surface a tablespoon at a time, as needed to keep the dough from getting sticky as you knead it. Knead the dough for about ten minutes, the dough will be elastic but soft and still a little sticky to the touch without being floured.
- Place the dough in a large bowl coated with oil, turning to coat the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, for 45 minutes or until doubled in size.
- Punch the dough down; cover and let rest for 5 minutes.
- Combine the sugar, brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Cut in margarine with a fork until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Roll the dough into a 12 x 10-inch rectangle on a floured surface. Sprinkle with brown sugar mixture. Roll up the rectangle tightly, from the long side, pinch seam and ends to seal. Cut roll into 12 (1-inch) slices. Place the slices in a 9-inch square or round baking pan coated with cooking spray. Cover and let rise 25 minutes or until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Bake the rolls for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 15 minutes in pan on a wire rack.
- Sift the powdered sugar into a small bowl. Add the water (or rum) and vanilla, and whisk until smooth. It should be thick, but easy to drizzle. If it’s too thick, add another 1/2 teaspoon of water.
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~Dan – Tool – Ænima
RECIPE: Jalapeño-Brie Poppers with Blueberry Dipping Sauce
For this month’s Eugene Veggie Supper Club…
Jalapeño-Brie Poppers
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Recipe below is for 8 peppers, but it’s easily scalable
Ingredients:
- 8 medium sized jalapeño peppers
- 2 tubes of crescent rolls
- 1-8oz. wheel of brie or other soft cheese
- optional: blueberry dipping sauce (from this recipe)
Preheat oven to 375°
Steps: super easy
- Wash, halve & de-seed the jalapeño peppers.
- Cut brie wheel into 16 approximately half-ounce pieces.
- Open crescent roll packages.
- Place 1/2 oz. wedge of brie into jalapeño half and roll up in one crescent roll. Make sure to ensure cheese is fully covered, or you’ll have a higher risk of significant cheese leakage. Note: I made these with one whole jalapeño for each crescent roll, and it was too much to fit... they still turned out OK, but I think they’d be better with a half pepper per roll. Experiment with what you think works best.
- Place on baking pan (greased or lined with parchment paper) and bake for 16-20 minutes, or until browned.
- Serve warm and enjoy!
If you’re vegan, you can also try it with commercially available vegan cheese, or try to make you own vegan brie. I haven’t tried this yet, but this vegan brie cheese recipe may work out for you. Also, you’ll want to find a suitable vegan crescent roll (Pillsbury crescent dinner rolls are vegan if you don’t get the “butter flake” variety).
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~Dan – np: Chromeo – Business Casual
jalapeno
Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon Porter
Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Voodoo Doughnuts is famous for their crazy and amazing doughnuts… they now have two locations in Portland and one in Eugene (represent!). They also recently came up with a special Eugene Slug Queen doughnut for the annual crowning of the new Slug Queen (this year is Holly GoSlugly)…
Well, just across the craft beer wire, Newport, OR-based Rogue Ales they got label approval for their new Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon Porter in tribute to Voodoo’s maple bacon bars. It’ll be out in 750mL bottles and is made with maple syrup, apple-smoked bacon and vanilla beans…
http://voodoodoughnut.com/
http://www.rogue.com/
Personally, I’d have gone for a “jelly & pretzel voodoo doll beer” over this one, but you know, they don’t really poll the vegetarians before proceeding. LOL! Anyway, an interesting concept… I’ll check with my meat-eating friends when it comes out.
~Dan – np: Talat – The Growl
Vegan Black Metal Chef #2 – All-Star Medley
If you came here for the U2 Seattle review, GO HERE.
New today, the second episode of Vegan Black Metal Chef… making an “all-star redneck medley”… three recipes:
- mashed potatoes, corn & baked beans
- brussels sprouts, mushrooms, and red pepper sauteed in truffle oil, and
- vegetable pasta upon the throne of the apocalypse
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~Dan – np: Remy Zero – Villa Elaine 
RECIPE: Taco Scones
I had been thinking of making this for a while. I had never seen “taco scones.” I quick search on google & food.com‘s recipes came up with nothing outside of something called a Navajo Scone, which looked like taco stuff on navajo bread. Mexican scones came up, but were usually chocolate/cinnamon or apple-somethings. Anyway, I’m considering this a fairly novel concept, but I don’t know why. They’re super easy, all of the ingredients are pretty basic, and it’s a classic combination of flavors. For a Memorial Day / birthday party, I made…
Taco Scones
photo by emobiephotography
Makes 8-12 large scones
Ingredients:
- 3 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
- 1 Tbl baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ Tbl black pepper
- 1 Tbl taco seasoning (plus add’l to top scones – I buy in the bulk section)
- 1 stick chilled unsalted butter (or Earth Balance, etc), cut into cubes
freeze butter for 15 minutes for “chilled” butter - 1 ½ cups grated medium/sharp cheddar cheese (or vegan substitute)
- 1 red bell pepper, diced small
- 2 jalapeno peppers, diced small
- 1 small can of sliced olives
- 1 lb soy crumbles, warmed & sautéed with taco seasoning
- ¾ to 1 cups buttermilk (or soy creamer / coconut milk / vegan buttermilk)
- ¼ to ½ cup cheddar cheese to top scones (or vegan substitute)
- 1 large egg for top glaze (optional)
- 2 tsp water for top glaze (optional)
- salsa, sour cream, guacamole (for dipping)
Preheat oven to 400°
Steps:
- Using a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or do by hand), combine flour, baking powder, salt, black pepper & taco seasoning in a large bowl on low speed.
- With mixer running, gradually add cubes of butter until the mixture is crumbly and studded with flour – butter bits about the size of small peas.
- Add 1 ½ cups grated cheese and mix just until blended.
- Add peppers, soy crumbles, olives and 3/4 cup buttermilk to flour and cheese mixture. Mix by hand just until all ingredients are incorporated. If dough is too dry to hold together, use remaining buttermilk, adding 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough is pliable and can be formed into a ball. Stir as lightly and as little as possible to ensure a lighter-textured scone.
- Remove dough from bowl and place it on a lightly floured flat surface. Pat dough into a ball. Using a well-floured rolling pin, flatten dough into a circle about 8 inches wide and 1/2 inch thick. Cut dough into 8 to 10 equal wedges, depending on size scone you prefer.
- Whisk egg and water in a small mixing bowl to combine. Brush each wedge with egg wash. Top with taco seasoning and the remaining ¼ to ½ cup cheddar cheese.
- Place scones on a lined baking sheet and bake for 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown and no longer sticky in the middle. Serve warm with salsa, sour cream and/or guacamole for dipping.
This will definitely be a repeat recipe! Taco scones, “Mexiscones,” or whatever you want to call them – these savory scones are delicious.
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~Dan – np: David Bazan – Strange Negotiations
Vegan Black Metal Chef #1 – Pad Thai
This was uploaded 4 days ago, and I thought it fitting to post for Friday the 13th. Behold, the first episode of Vegan Black Metal Chef… making vegan pad thai!
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~Dan – np: Poundhound – Massive Grooves from the Electric Church of Psychofunkadelic Grungelism Rock Music
RECIPE: Savory Olive & Feta Poundcake
For last weekend’s vegetarian supper club in Eugene, the theme was Greek food. I had the idea for an olive oil/chardonnay poundcake in my queue of potential recipes, and I thought it was a good one to modify and “make Greek.” It was going to be an experiment, and I think it worked out quite nicely…
Savory Olive & Feta
Poundcake (or cupcakes)
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Serves 12
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 1¼ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- ⅓ cup Chardonnay
- 1½ cups unbleached white flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ⅛ tsp kosher salt
- ½ cup kalamata olives, pitted & sliced
- 1 cup feta cheese (to taste)
Preheat oven to 350°
Steps:
- In a mixer, beat eggs. Gradually add sugar, beat until batter is light with no lumps.
- Slowly stir in olive oil and chardonnay (you can combine these together before adding to mixture).
- Sift together flour, baking powder & salt. Fold into egg mixture.
- Stir olives and cheese into the batter.
- Gently pour batter into a 9” bread or cake pan.
- Bake at 350° until cake reaches 200° internally, approximately 45 minutes to an hour.
- Turn out onto a baking rack and allow to cool completely.
- Slice and serve!
Cupcake Update: makes 12+ cupcakes, baking time at 350F is 25-30 minutes (or until golden and a fork or toothpick comes out clean).
This will definitely be a repeat recipe.
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~Dan – np: John Zorn – Nova Express
Oakshire’s Hellshire I (5/7/2011)
My favorite local Eugene brewery Oakshire has been delving into single batches and barrel-aged beers lately. One of my favorites so far is the Heart-shaped Box… a barrel-aged espresso stout with cherries, cocoa nibs and vanilla beans. Freakin’ wondrous. Well, they’re going to start bottling and releasing some of their barrel-aged creations under the moniker “HELLSHIRE.” The first one hits May 7th at 8am, the morning after the Sasquatch Brewer’s Dinner:
Hellshire I – barleywine aged in bourbon barrels
The official press release on Hellshire I…
For 10 months, it has rested quietly and now it is time for it’s triumphant unveiling!!
Our new line of barrel aged beers, dubbed The Hellshire Series, will have it’s first release with a grand party on Saturday May 7th beginning at 8AM. A limited number of bottles will be sold in 22 ounce, wax dipped bottles for $15 each. Along with live, local music, we’ll have complimentary coffee and we will have a local food cart on site cooking up breakfast sandwiches. Oakshire beers will be sampled and sold along with the last of the Heart Shaped Box and any other goodies we can dig out of the cooler. Come and have brunch at Oakshire Brewing!
Hellshire I is a bourbon barrel aged barleywine. It is 10% abv and spent 10 months in Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels. Notes of vanilla, coconut and bourbon intertwine with the complex malt and hop flavors. We’ve bottle conditioned it, so enjoy it now, or store it in your beer cellar for months.
Hellshire, our barrel aged beer program, is currently underway and growing. With an inventory of 50 barrels, we’ve got plans for wild (sour) beers, bourbon aged beers, gin barrel aged beers and more. We expect someday to be able to release 3-4 unique barrel aged beers per year, but for now we’ll wait until the beer tells us it is ready. All of the Hellshire beers will be released in bottles in limited quantities at the brewery.
I’ll be camped out at 8am… despite the brewer’s dinner the night before. It’ll be a fun morning… I’m looking forward to more bottled goodness, and maybe the Heart-shaped Box bottles will rise up one of these days.
Related Sidenote: Love Oakshire’s beers? Wanna try a warm weather treat? How about an Overcast espresso stout float. Yum!
~Dan – np: Radiohead – The King of Limbs
-Eyvind Kang
-Frank Zappa
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