Tuesday, January 19, 2016

The Perfect Cheese Board

Tips:
  • Serve 1-2oz of cheese per person
  • Mix of fresh, aged, soft & hard
  • Arrange starting freshest/softest to ripest and most intense

*Cheeses (Choose 3 or more):

  • Buffalo Mozzarella
  • Beletoile Triple Cream
  • Taleggio
  • 6mo. Aged Manchego
  • Pecorino
  • Capricciosa Dolce Bleu

*Accoutrements:
Honey, Cornichons, Marcona Almonds, Mitica Quince Paste, Mix of Olives, Crackers or Warm Bread

*Special Equipment:
Chalkboard Cheese Board, Gourmet Cheese Knives, Cheese Markers

*All of these items can be found in the market at Vine & Olive!

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Mini Pancake Stacks

  • 1 large egg
  • 3/4 cup whole milk or buttermilk
  • 1 cup Stonewall Kitchen Buttermilk* or Farmhouse Pancake & Waffle Mix*
  • 1 Tablespoon butter, melted
  • Stonewall Kitchen Lemon Curd*
  • 12 raspberries
  • 12 blueberries
  • 24 small mint leaves
  • 24 toothpicks
  • Confectioner's sugar

Beat egg & milk together in a medium bowl. Add pancake mix & blend well. Stir in melted butter & mix thoroughly.

Heat griddle to 350 degrees F. Spoon 3/4 teaspoon pancake batter onto hot griddle for each mini cake. Cook until golden brown on each side. Pancakes should be about the size of a quarter.

Stack cakes four high. Top with a small dollop of Lemon Curd, a raspberry or blueberry & a small mint leaf. Dust with confectioner's sugar. Stick a toothpick through the stack to serve.

Makes 2 dozen mini stacks.

*Products can be found in Vine & Olive's market.