Cheesy outdoors spring picnic #1
I have not written anything for a long time since I had a lot of work and Spring has also started here therefore I tried to spend as much time out in the nature as possible.
I really had to abandon my kitchen for a while but the thought of creating cheesy recipes for sunny outdoors events inspired me a lot. You know you don’t always have to create something totally mind-blowing if you would like to both enjoy good weather and your favourite ingredients . 🙂
So what I figured out for a perfect picnic is…. ok, I have several ideas so lets make a series of outdoors indulgence and let ourselves be as greedy as possible on cold beer and tasty cheese….yummmm
The 1st recipe to be shared is a Stout beer bread based grilled cheese with fresh rucola salad.
If you only wish to have the salad or the grilled cheese on its own, its totally fine of course, but the 2 dishes together would make a match made in heaven for a Sunday eat-out with your friends or family.
So here you are… the magnificent grilled cheese and the salad….:)
STEP #1 – Preaparation of stout beer bread:
Ingredients:
- 2 3/4 cups of rye flour ( 350 gramms)
- ‘/4 cup milk ( 0, 5 dl )
- 1 tablespoons cane sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 package yeast
- 1 cup Stout or Porter beer ( I used Guinness)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 egg
Preparation:
1. Put the yeast to the slightly warm milk for 4-5 minutes ( my grandma always said it should be just as warm as your hand) to ferment it a little bit.
2. Mix the flour, sugar, salt, and yeast in a large bowl till thoroughly mixed.
3. Get a small sauce pan and warm the beer on the stove, then add the butter and the honey until they are melt together ( Warning! don’t let it boil)
4. Crack the egg in with the dry ingredients, then pour in the warmed beer/butter/honey mixture and stir till you get a mixed, slightly sticky dough
7. Put some butter to the bread pan to grease it and place the dough in the pan. Let it raise for an addititional 20-25 minutes back under the blankets.
8. Preheat the owen to 375 Farenheits and bake the bread for 30-35 minutes till the top is golden brown. You can also check with a needle if the dough is ready inside. As the rye flour itself is darker than plain flour it might get tricky if you are only checking the color changes of the crust.
STEP #2. – Stout bread Grilled Cheese
Ingredients:
- 2 slices of the freshlybaked stour beer bread
- ‘ tablespoon butter
- ruccola
- 4 slices of Old Amsterdam Gouda Cheese
Preparation:
1 . Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a cast-iron or nonstick skillet over medium-low heat.
2. Put some butter, ruccola and the Old Amsterdam cheese together as a sandwich
3.Press the sandwich slightly and place it in the skillet. Cook until golden on the bottom, 3 minutes.
4.Flip, adding more butter to the pan if needed, and cook until the other side is golden and the cheese melts, 3 minutes.
STEP #3 – Fresh ruccola salad:
Ingredients:
- 1 box of ruccola ( approx. 250 gramms)
- 1 box of blueberries ( 100 gramms)
- 2 pears ( the type does not matter, its delicious with all )
Dressing :
- juice of a half lemon
- 2 tablespoons of honey
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil ( extra virgin)
Prearation:
Well there is not much to say. Mix the ingredients of the salad. Mix the ingredients of the dressing and pour it on the salad. … Ready to be served 🙂
And here you go, the perfect picninc menu to be enjoyed with a bottle of stout beer and ones you’d like to share it with.
Have a nice sunny Sunday and let me know it the recipes worked for you as well ….:)
Source:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-Awesome-Beer-Bread-with-Yeast/?ALLSTEPS
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