Here are the Father's Day foods that we had at our house today. Marinaded chicken, corn bread (or as Scott likes to call it "cone bread"), watermelon and veggie kabobs with my favorite kabob veggies: zucchini, green peppers (which I don't really like but put on because it seems like most everyone likes 'em), boiling onions (just really small onions) and my all time favorite kabob vegetable: mushrooms. I could eat those all day! When we grill veggies we just brush olive oil on 'em, then generously sprinkle garlic salt and lemon pepper on them. YUM!
This here is Tina's Chocolate Tart. So delicious and so easy! In case you wanted to know the difference between a tart and a torte here is what the all knowing, always 100% correct Wikipedia says (...that's sarcasm just in case you can't tell):
A tart is a pastry dish, usually sweet, that is a type of pie, with an open top that is not covered with pastry.
A torte is a cake with many layers. The bottom layer is made of chocolate or vanilla cake, surrounded by a sugary or unsweetened icing. A thick layer of icing is placed between it and the second cake. They can be anywhere from two to five layers high.
So there you go! What did you feed your fathers for Father's Day?
Here's the recipe for:
Tina's Chocolate Tart
CRUST:
1/2 c. butter, melted
1/2 c sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 c. cocoa powder
1 1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs
Mix together and press into two pie pans. No cooking needed
FILLING:
1 lb. semi-sweet chocolate
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Melt have the chocolate and all the butter in microwave in 30 second increments. Then add other half of chocolate. Stir till melted. Stir in sugar. Add eggs till incorporated well. Pour into crusts and bake at 350 for about 20 minutes. Let cool for 1 1/2 hours. Serve with whipped cream. Serves about 16.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Father's Day Foods
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4 comments:
i have a new and improved crust recipe!! it's much better!
chocolate crust:
2 (ish) cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs
2 T. brown sugar
1/4 cup (i think) of melter butter
blend it in a food processor and press it like the other crust. it's much better because there's no 'graham' flavor. yum!
ps. those kabobs (and everything else!) look soo tasty! yum!
Hey, that's a good tip on the crust. I don't have a food processor :( so I have to do it by hand and there are always bigger hunks of graham cracker that you can see, so using chocolate graham crackers would be better.
Thanks!
Hey! Thanks for the link for our other blog. I love all the yummy things on here! I need to take pictures but I haven't made many delicious things lately.... But I do feel motivated now!
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