Thursday, September 30, 2010

HOME BAKED FOCACCIA AND ROASTED SWEET POTATO AND GARLIC SOUP

Sooo since it's been so cold and rainy, I thought it was time for some autumnal comfort food!


This was the first time I baked bread, so I think it turned out pretty okay! It was a little too dense though.. I used too much flour and didn't let the dough rise enough. Poo. It was super yummy anyway, and this is what you get when you type focaccia into google:
Sooo.... serious win! :D Next time I'll use more salt, less flour, more olive oil, let it rise longer and spread it out thinner.

Gaaaah damn blogger keeps rotating my photos!
So the soup was delicious but the texture was something like baby food.... I don't know what I was thinking. I think there is a lesson to be learned here: LEAVE THE COOKING TO SAM.

Ingredients:

2 sweet potatoes
1 big normal potatoes
4 cloves of garlic
olive oil
1 cup of warmed milk

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 250°
2. Cook potatoes until almost tender
3. Drain and place on baking tray with unpeeled garlic cloves
4. Drizzle with olive oil and stick in oven
5. Roast for 5 minutes (this was my mistake, I roasted the hell out of them, making them gluey)
6. Squeeze the garlic from it's skin into a bowl or food processor
7. Add potatoes and milk and either puree using one of those puree sticks or blitz it all in the food processor.
8. Add salt and pepper to taste.



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