Saturday, January 16, 2010


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  1. Natasha's Caramelized Onion Quiche with Chestnut Crust was out of this world. Can't wait to see how she made it. Way to go, girl!

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  2. french slice 4 red onions and saute for 40min(!) to caramalize. I used a local pumpkin oil from flora, a company based in lynden although butter would have been fine. Make the crust while the onions are cooking. To do this I grinded in the cofee grinder 2 cups of chestnuts which were pre peeled and frozen. (In mnt vernon on mcclean road there is a great u pick nut farm run by a delightful old lady with chestnuts, walnuts and hazels. pick nuts with kids or friends, go home with a whole seasons dvds of your fav. mindless tv; mine was law and order, boil chestnuts for 10 mins, put in dvds and start peeling chestnuts for the freezer.) this gave a very fine cold flour to which i added 1/2 cup of water, then rolled out and pieced together in the pie dish. I pre baked crust for 10 mins at 350 and then spread 1/2 a cup of grated ferndale gouda (found at haggens for a great price) then the onions then the remaining 1/2 cup of gouda then 3 eggs -thank you girls - whipped up with a cup of heavy whipping cream (from lynden) and baked for 35 mins at 400. Voila!

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  3. I think this was my favorite dish. How do you people think of all these unique solutions to local ingredients...locally picked chestnut crust; i would have thought of that eventually.

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