Core the tomatoes and stuff each with one sprig of rosemary and one garlic clove. Smoke the tomatoes in a smoker or in the oven on a tray sprinkled with wood chips, at 120°. Smoke them for one hour or until they begin to collapse.
Remove the tomatoes and take the rosemary sprigs out of them. Place the tomatoes and the garlic in a food processor or blender. Puree the mixture.
Strain the tomato mixture through a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth into a bowl. Discard the pulp. Add the balsamic vinegar and the salt and pepper to the tomato mixture.
Warm before using with the moughrabiye. Can be made up to three days ahead.
This dessert begins with delectable French Madeleines. Chocolate mousse is placed in between two Madeleines. The dessert is finished with a chocolate sauce and a raspberry coulis.
Coat the tins with the butter and lightly dust them with flour. Shake out the excess flour and set the tin aside.
In a large saucepan, heat the butter over medium-high heat. When the butter begins to brown and give off a nutty aroma, it is done. Transfer the butter to a metal or ceramic bowl to stop the cooking. Set it aside to cool.
Melt the chocolate over a double boiler, stirring frequently. Make sure that the water is just simmering. Remove it from the heat before all of the chocolate has melted. The residual heat will melt it the rest of the way. Set aside to cool.
Sift the flour and sugar into a medium-sized bowl. Stir in the almonds and set the bowl aside. With your electric mixer beat the egg whites until frothy. Add the almond mixture and combine thoroughly. Stir in the butter and the honey. Finally, slowly add in the melted chocolate.
Spoon the batter into the Madeleine tins, filling them almost to the top. Refrigerate for fifty minutes to firm up the batter. Preheat the oven at this point to 375°.
Place the tin in the oven and bake until evenly dark brown and springy to the touch, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove them from the oven. Sharply rap against the tin to loosen the Madeleines. Remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature. Can be made several days ahead and stored at room temperature in an airtight container.
Place the chocolate in a medium mixing bowl. In a small saucepan bring 6 tablespoons of the heavy cream to a boil. Remove from the heat and add it to the chocolate. Whisk until blended, add the cinnamon, mix thoroughly, and set aside.
With an electric mixer, beat the remaining cream until it holds stiff peaks. Fold in the chocolate mixture, add the cocoa powder, fold it in, and then set the mixture aside.
Put the mousse in a pastry bag fitted with a star tip. Place a Madeleine upside down on the right side of a large plate. Decoratively pipe the mousse onto it and then place another Madeleine on the top. It should look like an open clamshell with the mousse in the middle.
Take the raspberry coulis and the chocolate sauce and place each of them in a squeeze bottle. Squeeze a decorative pattern on the plate with each. Dust the plate with cocoa and powdered sugar. Finish with a sprig of mint.
Place the raspberries, sugar and liqueur in a blender and puree until smooth. Press the mixture through a fine mesh strainer to remove the seeds. Place in a squeeze bottle. Can be made up to five days ahead.
Place the cream in a large saucepan and bring it to a boil. Reduce the cream by half. This will take about fifteen minutes. Stir in the brown sugar, heat and stir until dissolved. Remove the pan from the heat and add the chocolates and the butter, stirring until smooth and the mixture is combined. Stir in the rum.
Can be made up to five days ahead. Reheat over a double boiler or at fifty percent power in the microwave.
Place water in large bowl of electric mixer fitted with dough hook. Add yeast and pinch of sugar; stir to blend. Let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon of salt and chopped rosemary; beat at medium speed until blended. Add 4 cups flour, 1 cup at a time, beating until well incorporated.
Mix milk and oil in small bowl. With mixer running on low speed, gradually add milk mixture. Increase speed to medium; beat 6 minutes. Scrape dough from hook and sides of bowl (dough will be soft and sticky). Let dough rest in bowl 15 minutes.
Sprinkle 2 large heavy baking sheets generously with cornmeal.
Turn out dough onto floured surface and knead until soft and slightly sticky, adding more flour if necessary. Divide dough into 12 equal pieces. Let dough rest 10 minutes.
Roll each dough piece between work surface and palms of hands to 12-inch-long rope. Arrange 6 ropes on each baking sheet, spacing apart. Break off rosemary sprigs. Insert stem end of rosemary clusters along top of breadsticks, spacing rosemary 2 inches apart. Using sprayer filled with cold water, lightly mist breadsticks. Let rise uncovered in warm draft-free area until puffy and light, about 30 minutes.
Position one rack in lowest third of oven and one rack in center and preheat to 450°. Place a pan of water on the lower rack. Brush breadsticks lightly with glaze. Sprinkle very lightly with coarse salt, if desired.
Place baking sheets on racks in oven. Bake 30 minutes until breadsticks are golden and sound hollow when tapped. Transfer breadsticks to racks; cool. (Can be made ahead. Wrap tightly in foil and freeze up to 2 weeks. Thaw breadsticks. If desired, rewarm wrapped sticks in 350° oven 15 minutes.) Makes 12 breadsticks.Happy Saturday. I have a headache and my neighbor has been doing something loud and obnoxious outside since 7 something this morning. How has your day been? 😛
Twins 8, Blue Jays 15. Ouch.
Phillies 4, Mets 9
Indians 12, Rangers 1. Texas done got their bells rung. Welcome back, Land of Cleve.
Pirates 5, Brewers 3. I tried to watch this game last night but it was just bad all the way around, and I turned it off before any runs were scored. Errors all over the place. The only exciting inning was the sixth, where everyone scored all of their runs. Jordy Mercer hit a grand slam.
Cubs 6, Dodgers 4 F/10. KRIS BRYANT. Really, that’s all I need to say, just KRIS BRYANT.
Braves 0, Giants 7
Orioles 4, Yankees 14. Ouch, again. Basically Gary Sanchez is life for New York.
Rockies 5, Nationals 8
Royals 6, Red Sox 3
Angels 2, Tigers 4
Padres 6, Marlins 7
Mariners 3, White Sox 1. Chris Sale pitched great, five hits and three earned runs over nine full innings, and still lost the game. No run support. Gets ya every time.
Rays 4, Astros 5
A’s 1, Cardinals 3
Reds 3, D’backs 4 F/11
Gio Gonzalez got his 100th career win last night, Daniel Murphy got his 500th career RBI, Trea Turner wreaked havoc, forcing the Rockies into three throwing errors, and Bryce Harper continued his resurgence with a double and a triple, but all of those things and the Nats’ win were overshadowed by this:
Y’all have a good weekend.
C’mon, you didn’t find that absurdist humor at its finest? Please tell me that it’s not just me! I mean Curt Schilling has really let himself go and you know that he did this to let Trump know that he’s auditioning.
I think Secretary of Interweb memes thingy. REALLY? It’s just me?
Cheers
In the Rays’ game, Mikie Mahtook hit a go-ahead HR ( a loooong goa-ahead HR) in the top of the 9th. Then, Alex Colome gave up back-to backs to Correa and Gattis for the loss in the bottom of the inning.
And Bartolo was a HR and a triple short of the cycle in the Mets’ win. Hooray, Beast.
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You’re truly an optimist with the Bartolo thing. I am neither a optimist nor a pessimist, I just look at my drink and think some fucking asshole stole half my fucking shit!
Wait a minute, after checking my comment I now realize that I meant that I’m a misanthropic fuckknuckle. It’s just the Trump supporters that I have no faith in, the other 60%……let’s just say I hear that Montreal can be just as nice in the Winter as Maine.
Those Canadians though, what will they think of my fucking profanity?
Eh…they’ll deal with it, I heard that they are REALLY nice.
Ours is gonna be wet, but we can win with Frenchy (see the succeeding post) so who cares? Batrachians! Your time is come. It’s all yours until Tuesday, so sayeth the meteorologists.
You Sir are what gamblers call a ” Mark ” and yes, I