Guadalajara Bound…

…well dear readers, no recipe testing will occur this week as I will be in Mexico and Tucson for work. With that I leave you with a question, if you had to eat one type of food for a whole week what would it be? You know you have one!

I thought about this for some time and the one thing I can eat and eat and eat and never get tired of is chips and salsa, preferably from Luna de Noche but I’ve been known to devour any kind as well.

How about you? Adios until next week!

Doughnut Holes with Raspberry Jam

I saw this recipe in the July issue of Food & Wine magazine and had been dying to make it, but could never seem to find the time. Finally, I did and thank goodness! 

I got all the way through step two and my stupid dough would not form at all, I was frustrated to say the least but nothing would stop me now. I got through step two again and voila! the dough formed and I let it rise for an hour.
They didn’t have raspberries at HEB so I decided strawberries would work just fine. I followed the steps for making the jam, quite simple if you ask me, and I had a perfect dipping jam for the holes which I still had to make.
When I was working with the dough, which was quite sticky, I thought “I’ve messed these up again!” but when I formed into balls and deep fried them they looked like doughnut holes but I couldn’t tell until we tried them…
THESE ROCKED! The sugar coating was fantastic and I loved smothering them in the strawberry jam. These are labor intensive but I definitely can see these being a unique party snack, a fun dessert after dinner or anytime you want to treat yourself.
Here is what the doughnut holes are supposed to look like (photo from Food & Wine), mine were a little more misshapen but who cares they were still amazing!

I Spy Something Delicious!

Remember my Sean Thackrey wine post a few months ago? Well, I told you dear Austinites I would let you know when I found some and yesterday while perusing the wine section at Central Market on North Lamar, BAM! there were bottles of Pleiades.

Now the bottle price was a little higher than I’ve seen recently at $35, so this may be a splurge but if you are up for an enjoyable and new wine experience it might just be worth it.

Coming up…a weekend of delicious new recipes we tested and tasted including one that made me look like this.