Roasted Cauliflower & Goat Cheese Soup We stumbled across the most delicious Cauliflower and Goat Cheese Soup at Dean & Deluca last week and thought it was perfect for the fall. When we saw a HUGE head of cauliflower at a farmers market stand on our way back from apple picking we knew we’d have to try and recreate it at home. Ingredients: Cauliflower (1 head) Goat Cheese (6 ounces) Chicken Stock (4 cups) Onion (1 medium) Olive Oil Garlic (2-4 cloves depending on taste) Bay Leaf (1-2) Salt and Pepper to taste Instructions Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut cauliflower head into smaller pieces. Since you’ll be blending it…
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Ricotta Pie
I still remember the first time I tasted Ricotta Pie. I was at one of my best friend’s house studying, and her mother, Tia Telma, a Paulista of Italian descent, brought us this fresh and hot out-of-the-oven deliciousness as our afternoon snack. It was so good that this pie was forever marked in my mind. Recently, in a fit of nostalgia and sweet cravings, I asked Tia Thelma for this recipe, but she didn’t even remember she used to make this pie for us! Haha! After endless search on the internet, I found a recipe that didn’t really look the same to Tia Thelma’s but luckily for me it tastes exactly the…
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Fresh Beet Pasta
Last month we bought our first pasta machine, and we are having so much fun trying all kinds of pasta shapes and flavors. So we decided to have some friends over for lunch to help us test out this recipe. We found this easy fresh pasta beet dough at Martha Stewart‘s site. We had to up the baking time on the beets and add much more flour than her recipe suggested to achieve a perfect dough texture. INGREDIENTS 8 ounces red or golden beets (about 2 medium), without greens 2 teaspoons olive oil Coarse salt 2 large eggs 1 large egg yolk 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for…
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A Simple Autumn Tablescape
Autumn is my favorite season; I love the colors, the weather, and seeing the amazing cycle of nature. Last Friday, my husband and I went apple picking in the Virginia countryside, a few hours from DC. We picked some pink lady apples for my Apple Rose Pie (I’ll post this recipe very soon) and also bought some beautiful pumpkin gourds and huge fall mums, which I trimmed a little and spread in a few mini vases around our dinner table.