So I found out that I hated the closest grocery store to me when I went looking for frozen pastry puffs and they had none.
Really? I mean come on now. Going up and down the same 2 aisles about 5 different times also made me realize that pretty much all they have is convenience foods. Not that it's bad to have some, but I guess the enormity of the convenience market really hit me that day (I'll hold off on food politics for another day). The only thing close to puff pastry I could find was an apple filled puff pastry that I think may have been made by Pepperidge Farm - hah, not really gonna work. So I improvised, because who really wants to find a 3rd grocery store in 1 day??
What I decided to go with was crescent rolls - because I saw one that said it was light and flaky. Sounds close enough, right?
Anyways, the recipe I was making it in was this: Zucchini, Tomato, and Gorgonzola Puff Pasty Tarts. Sometimes cooking food is all about figuring out how you want to change it though - I am generally not a huge gorgonzola fan (although I'm coming along), so I decided to use goat cheese instead (The cafe I liked to go to for brunch in Goshen, NY had a fantastic goat cheese tart, oh the memories).
There's how mine turned out. I added some basil too, for kicks. Ultimately I thought it was just ok. Crescents just aren't really meant to be cooked rolled out like that, plus I missed the first cooking timer bell, so they got a little overcooked and brown on the bottom. And I actually went beyond the recipe, and sliced the zucchini in half lengthwise to make it thinner, and felt like some of the pieces were still too thick. To me, zucchini does have much taste, so I don't want it to stick around in my mouth too much.
Final decision? I still like the idea of a goat cheese tart due to the Goshen Cafe, so I'll continue to look for recipes.
I realized that all of these posts so far, besides Sunday links, have been about food. That's ok, because I like to cook. I have some other financially related stuff in mind for the future though, just FYI to my 3 followers. And really it ties into food as well, because what I cook is very much related to how much (or little) money I have.
Bon appetit!
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