Liz * Fruit-Nut Balls and Cranberry Chutney
A Liz/Kalli food post is in order, don’t you think? Especially since tomorrow is our one national holiday devoted specifically to food! And because Kalli sent me her photo, oh, about a month ago. To be honest, I am not doing much cooking these days. Ryan has officially taken over dinner duty. He likes to cook and is very skilled in the kitchen. Plus, I need the time to devote to my projects and this here blog. But tonight, tonight is special. I am doing a little pre-Thanksgiving dinner for Ryan and I. On the menu? I am making this Sweet Potato Soup, Cranberry Chutney and goat cheese on Golden Fig toast and Fruit-Nut balls for dessert. The Fruit-Nut Balls and the Cranberry Chutney are both from Molly Wizenberg’s A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table which is a very charming memoir/cookbook. Molly is the inimitable creator of one of my favorite food blogs, Orangette, which is where you can find the recipe for the chutney.
Kalli * Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti
I've only made biscotti once before, lemon pistachio, a flavor combo I think I prefer. This time I tried this recipe, for Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti. I followed the recipe almost exactly, except used strong coffee instead of coffee extract (which I've never even seen for sale before) and semisweet chips instead of bittersweet. I also let them cool for at least 20 minutes before slicing and toasting because they seemed a little too fragile at first to slice. They turned out pretty well, so now I'm thinking I might make a few flavors of biscotti and mail them out as family Christmas gifts. If I made this again, I'd probably switch the nuts to almonds, and maybe even toss in some raisins, or better yet, chocolate-covered raisins.
Oooh, I think chocolate covered raisins would be really great in biscotti. You can put that down as my order for Christmas. Which reminds me, I have officially decided that I don’t really need any other sweets in life as long as I have chocolate covered pretzels. I’m kind of obsessed with those right now.
Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving weekend!
Hello! I'm Liz Scott - mama to two little ones, maker, and all around curiosity chaser. I live with my family in Los Angeles, where we seek to fill each day with adventure, joy and creativity. I write about it all here on the blog. Thank you for visiting.
