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Showing posts with label soup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soup. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Elle's Kitchen: Popovers

Crunchy on the Outside, Almost Custard on the Inside


When I was in college, my friend Brian
and I used to steal away to go to lunch
at a place called the Soup Emporium.
We would sample different kinds each
time, soups that were made with love,
nothing from a can.  A few years later,
Mr. Wonderful and I would go to a place
in the same location, now called Popovers.
They still had great soups on the menu
and every 15 minutes, fresh from the oven
popovers would be served ~ heaven...
And that started our love affair with
the popover.


Ingredients:

1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted
6 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups, milk
2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
butter for greasing pans

I have 2 six cup nonstick
popover pans for this recipe.


Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Coat popover pans with butter.

Place 1/2 tsp. of the melted
butter in each cup.


In a medium bowl, whisk together the
eggs and milk, then whisk in 2 tbls. of
 the melted butter.


In a large bowl, whisk the flour and salt,
then whisk in the egg mixture.  Whisk
vigorously for 2 minutes, until smooth.
Divide the batter equally among the
greased cups and bake for 20 minutes.
Reduce the heat to 325 degrees F. and
bake for 15 minutes more.

Serve with butter and jam.


And every once in a while, Mr.
Wonderful and I still treat ourselves
to homemade soup and popovers.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Elle's Kitchen: Chicken Noodle Soup

Is It Food or Is It Medicine?


Today I had to bring my son
home from school because he
is very sick.  He was too sick to
even walk from the dorm to
the cafeteria.  This is what I
always make when someone
is sick in our house.

I got this recipe from my friend
Susan, we have each tweaked it a
bit but both agree the nutmeg
makes it!


Ingredients:

2 Tabl. Olive Oil
1 cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 scallions, chopped
3 medium carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
2 cups cooked chicken, cubed
1 1/2 cups uncooked egg noodles
1 Tabl. fresh parsley, chopped
1/2 Teas. freshly ground nutmeg
1/4 Teas. ground pepper
49 1/2 oz. can chicken broth


Heat oil in a soup pot
over medium high heat. 
Add garlic, onion, carrot,
scallion and celery and
cook for 4 minutes,
stirring occasionally.


Stir in remaining ingredients.
Heat to boiling: reduce heat.
Cover and simmer for 15
minutes, stirring occasionally.


Serve with love.