Puff Pastry Pizza Pockets

Preheat oven to 375 F. Try to work quickly with puff pastry and in a cooler area of the kitchen.

If the oven is not preheated in time just pop the tray in the fridge and then insert in the oven when ready to bake.

- Puff pastry (the frozen kind, thawed according to instructions)

- Pizza Sauce

- Mozzarella cheese

- Fresh basil

Roll out puff pastry, I used tenderflake and it looks like two squares in the pack, I rolled each into a larger rectangle and then cut down the middle for 2 pockets.

So in total the box made 4.

Add a little sauce in the middle, some grated mozarella, a few leaves of basil and fold over. Press and use a fork to secure the edges.

Egg wash using 1 egg, and bake on 375 F until golden and puffed.

Kale Chips

Here's a healthy snacking recipe!

Kale chips, they've been all over the internet lately and I was shocked to see people carrying little bags of the stuff at my local farmers market the last time I was there.

When I found the vendor selling them, boy were they expensive!

So here's my attempt at making them.

Ingredients:

A bunch of kale.

To clean: run the knife down the stem to remove the leaves and discard the stems (or use them if that's what you do - I haven't a clue)

Cut them in evenly sized pieces (bite size sort of - remember they do shrink so keep them a little larger)

- Olive oil

Salt & Pepper

Now that's your basic recipe above. Now go crazy and season the way you like.

I went with:

- Hungarian Smoked Paprika

-A squeeze of lemon juice

- Garlic

- Finely grated dry aged cheese (in my case master's choice beemster - which is a dutch cheese)

Use Parmigiano-Reggiano, an old aged cheddar or any strong dry cheese so it gives a punch of flavour without liquid or gooeyness which will only weigh the chips down (we're not making nachos here!)

Ok so get a pan and line it with parchment (I know I didn't do this in my instructional photos and that's because I forgot the parchment paper on my last shopping trip)

You want a big pan and to spread the kale pieces out.

At this point heat your oven to 375 F.

Drizzle olive oil on your kale, just a light drizzle. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and whatever spices you like. Grate the garlic and toss with your hands to coat everything.

Spread it in an even layer.

Now squeeze the lemon over and sprinkle the cheese (do not toss after this!)

Bake for 12 mins (set your timer!) and then give it a check and finish another 3 minutes if needed. You can flip them or move them around the pan. If the tiny pieces are done then remove them and allow the larger pieces to finish baking until crisp and dry. (they should still be greenish and not brown or burnt)

So the whole pan shrunk down into that one dessert plate. I started out with about 1/3 of a bunch of kale.


I think next time I'll do spices and lemon alone for a fresh version and cheese and garlic for a "comfort food" version.

Enjoy!

Go for tea - again!

I already have a post about this, but I just had to reblog another.

This is my third visit, the sticky sweet condensed milk toast is as good as ever. Pineapple slush this time because they ran out of my regular lychee favourite but it was very smooth and refreshing... a good choice for this hot summer day!

So I'm going to say, if you haven't gone already then be sure to GO FOR TEA! ;-)