Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti

First off....it's not pistachio. Rochester Fruit was out, so I subbed in almonds. AND I thought I had semi-sweet chocolate chips at home, which I didn't. So, I subbed in semi-sweet swirled with white chocolate chips. These were good. Bob said they'd be better with pistachios though, and he is probably right. I do love biscottis! check them out.

Chocolate Mint Sandwich

These took pretty much all afternoon to make, so it's a good thing I have a lot of spare time on my hands! While rolling out the cookies, I should have used more powdered sugar than I did, they became sticky. Even though my hands were ice cold. Also, I let the chocolate covering cool too much before pouring it over top, the chocolate kind of stuck to the stop of the cookie, instead of covering them. The taste is good, remind me of a chocolate thin mint, with some mass. Check it out, but make sure you have a few hours on your hands!

Blueberry Pie

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 sticks chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces

The trick is to keep everything COLD. Using pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour/salt/sugar. Add tablespoon by tablespoon of freezing cold ice water into mixture. Up to maybe 8 or 9. Divide into two pieces, form to discs and wrap in plastic wrap. Cool it down for at least an hour. Roll out. I roll on floured surface, with plastic wrap between the crust and the roller. Blind bake it for a bit, like 375 for 20 minutes so.

I don't know what my recipe is for the filling.....but it's something like 6 cups of blueberries (de-thawed and drained), 1/3 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, lemon juice, ginger, and cinnamon. Just sprinkle, season and test. Adjust accordingly. Bake for 45 minutes or so.

Blueberry Pie

Chocolate Meringue

This was fun. I have made a meringue once before, but my first try at the Swiss style of making it. The cook time is long, 2 hours, but some meringues are overnight! The recipe is on her site. It takes simple ingredients, ones I had in the pantry. I don't have a set of pastry bags and tips (I WISH I did). So I did the old cut off a tip of a ziplock bag trick. Also, it says to use parchment paper, but I use Sipats, which I find to always be interchangeable.

Chocolate-Malt Sandwiches

Pretty good, a lot of work, makes way too much filling. Check her out here

Little People

An awesome $2 garage sale find.