Brie A La Chume

We are not really sure where this name came from, as a quick Google search did not turn up any other recipes by this name.  Hilary recalls having it at the Bloor St. Diner in Toronto, so maybe they can have credit for the name. (Though it's not currently on their menu)

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Ingredients:

• 1-2 Granny Smith Apples
• Brie (as much or as little as you like)
• Garlic powder to taste
• Mini pitas or cut up baguette to serve with

Steps:

1. Core and cut up apples into wedges
2. Cut up Brie into small cubes, include the rind
3. Intersperse apple wedges and brie in an oven proof dish, sprinkling with garlic powder as you go
4. Bake in 400 ° oven till heated through and cheese is melted, approx 15 minutes
5. Serve immediately

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Home Made Pasta

The July Daring Kitchen Challenge was to make home made pasta.  Be sure to check out my full post on my main blog.

Pasta:
Ingredients
2 cups semolina flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp olive oil
2 large eggs

• Make a well of the flour and salt on your work surface

• Add eggs and olive oil to the well, mix into flour until a stiff dough is formed

• Wrap dough in plastic wrap and let rest in fridge for approx. 1 hour

• Divide dough into small portions, flatten into a disk and feed through pasta roller at widest setting.  Fold the dough in 3 and feed through again.  Repeat this step 5-6 times.

• Change the roller settings to a smaller width and continue to feed dough through.  Lower the setting with each pass.  You can cut the dough if it gets too long to work with.

• Once the dough is the desired thickness, pass it through the cutting end of the pasta machine.

• Hang pasta to dry.

Tomato, Basil, Brie and Fresh Pasta
Ingredients
Fresh Pasta
Cherry Tomatoes
Fresh Basil Leaves
Brie

• Quarter tomatoes.
• Remove stems from basil leaves, cut a Chiffonade
• Remove rind from Brie, cube.
• Cook Pasta - fresh pasta only takes 1-2 minutes. Drain.
• Toss tomatoes, basil and Brie with hot pasta till Brie is melted.
• Serve and enjoy.