Five Spice Apple Chips

These sure did make the house smell nice. While they crisped nicely on the cooling rack, I waited too long to get them into an airtight container, and they ended up losing a bit of crunch. Danny didn't seem to mind.

I can't seem to deal with the camera tonight. You know what apple chips look like. This used up two apples-I still have three bags left to deal with. I think there's some apple juice in my canning future, since it is so easy. Yeah, that's what I'm going to do.

The recipe may be found at the lovely blog of A Crafty Lass.

Five Spice Chicken

Pretty impressive cooking for a vegetarian, eh?

Once in a while I treat Mr. Eat The Blog to a roast chicken. I had bookmarked this recipe last fall, and just got around to it tonight. I did not try any, but it was well received. I'm glad he liked it because it was a large chicken and he'll be eating it all week.

The recipe may be found HERE.

One note, it smoked up my kitchen a bit but at least it smelled good from the five spice powder.

Parfaits With Five Spice Cream and Ginger Tea Jelly

I thought about presenting this as deconstructed* smears on an Asian style square plate but then, thought better of it. That really does deserve the special place in hell mentioned in the previous post.

The jelly recipe HERE.

For the Five Spice Cream:

You Will Need:

1 cup heavy cream
1 cup skim milk
1 teaspoon five spice powder
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 egg yolks
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons butter

In a heavy saucepan, mix the five spice powder, cornstarch. egg yolks, salt and sugar. Add the eggs and slowly whisk in the cream and milk. Over medium heat, bring to a boil, whisking constantly. Boil one minute longer. Remove from heat, whisk in the butter and vanilla. Cover with cling film, poke a few holes in it, and chill before assembling parfaits.

*Unless you're talking about Derrida, I'm not really interested in your "deconstruction"-particularly if it involves pastry cream smeared on a plate.