August 2023 – Gardening Gems Meeting
Karla Kimball – Advanced Master Food Safety Advisor
Bruschetta Dip
4 -6 firm tomatoes
1 t. garlic salt
2 T. chopped basil
3 T. grated parmesan
¼ c. chopped red onion
2 T. chopped parsley or 2 t. dried parsley
1 T. olive oil
2 t. balsamic vinegar
Dice the tomatoes and toss with the other ingredients. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Serve on toasted bruschetta bread.
Toasted Bruschetta Bread
1 loaf small round bread (2-3 inches in diameter)
Olive oil
Kosher Salt
Slice the bread into ½ inch slices and place on a cookie sheet.
Brush olive oil on top of the slices and sprinkle with kosher salt.
Bake at 350 for about 5 minutes, until the top is crispy.
Serve with Bruschetta Dip.
Tomato Appetizer
Sliced tomato
Sliced fresh mozzarella cheese
Chopped basil
Chopped oregano
Salt & Pepper
Start with a tomato slice and top with the other ingredients in the order listed. Serve.
Creamy Tomato Sauce
4 - 6 large tomatoes, cored
1 small onion, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 T. fresh basil, chopped
1 T. fresh oregano, chopped
1 t. salt
½ t. pepper
8 oz. cream cheese
¼ c. olive oil
Place tomatoes in a baking dish with core facing down and skin side up. Add remaining ingredients and drizzle with the olive oil. Bake at 400 for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from oven and blend with a hand blender or mash and stir with a fork.
Serve over cooked pasta, rice, shredded chicken, grilled shrimp, steak, or whatever you like.
Bread Machine Dough
1 1/3 c. warm water
1 egg
2 T. potato flakes
2 T. dry powdered milk
2 T. coconut oil, or butter, or oil
4 c. flour
¼ c. sugar
1 t. salt
1 T. yeast
Place ingredients into the bread maker pan in the order listed. Place on dough setting. When cycle is completed remove dough and shape as desired. Let rise for 15 to 20 minutes. Bake at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes.
Great for making rolls, bread, cinnamon rolls, fruit rolls, etc.
COOL RISE DOUGH
5 to 6 c. flour (added at various times)
2 T. yeast
½ c. sugar
2/3 c. dry powdered milk
1½ tsp. salt
½ c. oil
1½ c. hottest tap water
2 eggs
2 to 3 T. oil
Place in large mixing bowl in the order listed: 2 c. flour, yeast, sugar, powdered milk, & salt. In a 2 c. measuring cup pour in ½ c. oil and 1½c. of hottest tap water. Add all at once to the dry ingredients and beat until well blended and smooth. Add eggs and 1 c. flour. Mix well. Add2 c. flour and mix well. You may need to add more flour at this point,
¼ c. at a time until you have a soft smooth dough that is not overly sticky. Place in an oiled bowl and cover with a towel. Let rest for 20 to 30 minutes. Punch the dough down and form as desired.
(You can shape the dough in any roll shape you choose, including; rolls, bread sticks, cinnamon rolls, bread, etc.) Place on a greased cookie sheet. Makes 24 rolls.
Now you can either; cover the rolls with sprayed saran wrap and place them in the refrigerator to bake within the next 24 hours OR put them in the freezer to use in the next month OR let them rise for
about 20 minutes and bake immediately.
Bake at 375° for 15 to 17minutes. If you put them in the refrigerator to bake later; when you take them out of the refrigerator, remove the saran wrap, let them sit while the oven preheats, and then bake as directed above. If they were in the freezer thaw and let rise (3 hours on the counter OR 8 hours in the refrigerator) and then bake. This recipe can be made into 3 loaves and frozen to be used as you would any frozen bread dough.
TOMATO BASIL BREAD
1/2 c. warm milk - microwave 30 seconds
1-2 ripe tomatoes, pureed (1/2 c.) I use 3- 4th of July Tomatoes.....they are small and juicy
1 egg
2 T. oil
1/2 t. salt
1 T. sugar
2 T. fresh basil, minced
1 T. fresh chives, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 t. fresh oregano, minced
3 rounded c. bread flour
1 scant T. yeast
GARLIC CHIVE SPREAD
1/2 c. butter, softened
1 T. fresh chives, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
Place bread ingredients in bread machine pan in order listed. Check dough after 5 minutes of mixing, add 1 to 2 T. water or flour if needed. Bake in bread machine or remove dough, form as desired. Bake in oven at 375 for 20 minutes.
In bowl, combine spread ingredients. Serve with bread.
