I lightly browned them, then lowered the heat and covered the skillet and let it cook, turning the vegetables now and then.
Once they were nicely done, I added some sliced ham cut in strips about 1 inch by 2 inches, covered again and let that meld its flavors.
Then I added a small can of mushroom slices, drained, and let that heat through.
While all that had been minding its own business getting ready, I had prepared this pretty salad.
So, here we have it: my new dinner creation! I've recently discovered the joys of tarragon vinegar and olive oil for a salad dressing. I recommend it! And have you seen these sea salt and pepper grinder/shakers? They're the best.
After all that I decided to cook some dessert. I had some dried apple slices, and those I put in a skillet, covered them with water and simmered until they plumped. I then added about a quarter cup of sugar and a tablespoon of cinnamon and simmered some more.
While that was cooling, I made up some plain pie pastry, rolled it out and cut in 4 inch circles. I heated about a half inch of canola oil in a skillet. (Can you tell that I really love cast iron skillets?) On one pastry circle I put two of the cooked apple slices and then covered that with another pastry circle, crimped around the edges and cooked it in the canola oil, turning once.
I drained them on paper plates and sprinkled with sugar.
YUM!
It was really good. I had vanilla ice cream with mine.
My grandmother used to make these little fried pies for us when we were kids. We loved them. The dried apples give them a more authentic flavor for me, but you could just use canned pie filling if you didn't want to go to that extra bit of trouble.
Enjoy your evening, and I hope you've had something really good to eat, too!
~Elaine~
2 comments:
Mmmmmmm...mmmmmmm! Please come and cook for me! Those little pies look especially tasty :)
I love the quilt you're making too, the colours look great.
What time do we eat???? One thing to say yum, yum, yummy - Ok, more that one thing!!
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