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Ingredients
- 8 thick slices challah bread, cut 1/2-inch thick Cranberry Spread, recipe follows
- 8 thin slices Gruyere cheese (about 1-ounce each - (4 by 4-inch, or size of challah) or grated
- 4 slices deli-sliced honey-baked ham
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 tablespoon spicy brown mustard (recommended: Gulden's)
- 4 eggs
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- Filling
- 16 ounces fresh blueberries
- 2 Golden Delicious apples, cored, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into small cubes
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
- Special equipment: food processor, 9-inch pie pan
Details
Servings 1
Adapted from thenateshow.com
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat a griddle. Lay 4 slices of challah on a work surface. Spread each evenly with a generous amount of Cranberry Spread (recipe follows). Top with a slice of Gruyere, then with a slice of ham, and cover with another slice of Gruyere. In a small bowl, add the mayonnaise and mustard and stir to combine. Spread the mayonnaise mixture on the remaining 4 slices of challah and lay, mayonnaise side down, on the Gruyere. One side of the sandwich will be lined with the Cranberry Spread and the other side with the mayonnaise and mustard mixture.
In a wide bowl, add the eggs, heavy cream, chili powder, and salt and pepper, to taste, and whisk well. On a griddle over medium heat, melt the butter. Carefully dip each sandwich in the egg mixture, coating all sides. Transfer to the griddle and cook until the batter is set, bread is golden, and the cheese oozes, about 4 to 6 minutes on each side. Transfer to serving plates, dust with powdered sugar, and serve immediately.
Cranberry Spread
Ingredients
2 (8-ounce) packages frozen cranberries
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup sugar
1 cinnamon stick
1 bay leaf
Directions
In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, add the cranberries, orange juice, sugar, cinnamon stick, and bay leaf. Stir to combine. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Break up the cranberries using a potato masher until it forms a chunky paste. Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature. Store leftover spread, covered, in the refrigerator.
Directions
In a stock pot on medium heat add olive oil, onions, thyme, paprika and serrano pepper. Season with a pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper. Stir with a wooden spoon and cook until onions are tender and translucent, but not browned, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and tomato paste, stirring to coat everything in the pot. Cook while stirring on medium until paste appears a deep red color, about 5 more minutes. Add tomato chunks and raise the heat until they begin to bubble. Cook while stirring the tomatoes to insure a bit of moisture evaporates from them, but they don't burn. Cook this way until the tomatoes are tender and the skins are peeling off, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken stock and raise to a boil then lower to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
Remove pot from the heat and using an immersion blender, blitz soup in the pot leaving a few chunks of tomatoes for texture. Slowly stir in cream. Serve warm.
*If using a blender, remove a few chunks of tomato from the pot with a slotted spoon and set aside. Blitz remaining soup in batches, only filling the blender 1/3 of the way with the hot soup. Any more than that and the blender could burst with pressure upon blending. Be safe! It's hot! Return blended soup and reserved tomato chunks back to the pot. Serve warm.
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
For the crust: In a food processor, add the flour and a nice pinch of salt. Pulse very lightly just to blend. Add the butter evenly around the flour and quickly pulse until the flour resembles small crumbles. Slowly pour the water through the spout until the dough begins to come together. Remove and quickly form into a disc. Tightly cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, for the filling: In a large bowl, add the blueberries, apples, sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Stir to combine and set aside.
Remove the dough from the refrigerator and place on a lightly floured surface. Gently roll the disc into a circle big enough to fit into the pie pan and leave a 3-inch overhang. The dough should be about 1/8-inch thick. Using a pizza cutter, trim the edges of the dough. Place the dough into the pie pan and press gently against the bottom and sides to fit the dough into the pan. Pour in the fruit filling, and then scatter the butter evenly around the top of the pie. Fold the extra dough that's hanging off the edge over the top to create the top of the pie crust. Leave a hole in the center for ventilation.
Whisk the egg with 1 teaspoon water and brush the top with egg wash and then sprinkle with the sugar.
Place in the oven and bake until the crust is golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let the pie rest at least an hour before serving to let the filling set.
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