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Entries from TurboChef tagged with 'appetizer' Recipe Request: Blue Cheese & Parmesan Crostini

A number of folks that have visited with us at the Charleston Food & Wine Festival and the Architectural Digest Home Design Show have been requesting a particular recipe we cook at our demonstrations. It's one of those quick, easy and delicious appetizers that you just can't get enough of. Enjoy. Blue Cheese & Parmesan Crostini TurboChef Cook Time: 2 minutes Serves: 6 1 cup mayonnaise 2 large cloves garlic, minced 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper 3/4 cup finely crumbled blue cheese 1 1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese 3/4 cup finely chopped green onions or chives 24 1/4" inch thick sliced baguette or sourdough bread 1. Select Toast > Bagels> Dark. Allow oven to preheat. 2. Combine the mayonnaise with the all other ingredients. 3. Spread a generous tablespoon of the mixture on each bread slice. 4. Place slices on baking sheet and place in oven. Press “Start” to begin baking. Bake 2 minutes until the cheese topping starts to bubble and the toasts are golden around the edges. 5. We serve these treats on a platter by themselves or with a thin slice of beef - most of the time it's a strip steak - on top. Enjoy....

Posted by Debbie Gore on March 18, 2008 3:37 PM

Skins 'n the Game

If you have a TurboChef oven, you're going to find preparing for sporting events like today's Big Game allows for more time in front of the tube and less time cranking out snacks from the kitchen. The oven crisps up wings like they came from a deep fryer by using the Air Crisp setting. Crispy potato skins are also easy and don’t require frying either. Here's how: Select Bake > Vegetables > Potatoes > Bakers > Quantity 4. Allow the oven to preheat. Brush your potatoes with a little olive oil, place them directly on the oven rack and hit “Start.” Four potatoes will take just 10 minutes to bake. This will give you enough time to prep any other ingredients you want to top them with later. Quarter your potatoes (or halve them if they are smaller), and remove some of the flesh. To crisp the inside of the skins select Air Crisp > Appetizers > Unfilled > Fresh >Toasted. Place the skins on a baking sheet flesh side up while the oven is preheating. Once preheated, place the sheet in the oven and press "Start" to begin baking. It takes about two minutes. When finished, the skins are ready to jazz up with toppings so select Toast > Cheese Melt > Count 6. Top the skins with grated Cheddar cheese, and place your baking sheet back in the TurboChef oven. Two minutes later, you're ready to garnish a perfect set of potato skins with salsa, sour cream, bacon and fresh minced chives. Touchdown!...

Posted by George Grieser on February 3, 2008 9:55 AM

Tags: appetizer , Recipe , Simple , TurboChef

Tart D’ Alsace

Traveling around the country conducting cooking demonstrations gives me exposure to many different foods. We are always looking for new and interesting flavors. On one such trip, while shopping at a Trader Joe’s in Atlanta, I came across a unique frozen flatbread pizza-like product called ‘Tart D’ Alsace’. When I picked up the box to examine it, a shopper in the store said, “ Oh, those are really good.” I bought 10 boxes. Alsace is an area located along the west bank of the Rhine between Germany and France. Between the 17th and 20th centuries Germany and France had a tug-of-war about who owned this region but King Louis XIV of France ultimately won. Today, the cuisine and the wine are influenced from both countries. Tart Flambé or Alsatian onion tart is a classic recipe of the region. The scratch recipe uses Crème Fraiche, bacon or ham, onions and a flour-based dough crust and takes about 20 minutes to bake at 400°F. The frozen tart I bought is made by Maitre Pierre and is based on a 100-year-old-recipe made with Crème Fraiche, caramelized onions, ham and Gruyere cheese. When you read the package instructions, they say to bake the tart at 475 degrees F for 10 minutes. So how do I do that in a TurboChef oven? Simple: Select Bake > Pizza > Frozen > Thin crust. The oven will bake it for 2 ½ minutes from frozen. I placed it right on the rack and it came out perfect. I recently bought a house in Santa Fe, New Mexico and I wanted to have a few neighbors over for hors d’ oeuvres and drinks. I thought, “why not serve the ‘Tart D’ Alsace’”? They have a Trader Joe’s in Santa Fe so off I picked one up. We had...

Posted by Alison Brushaber on January 31, 2008 10:26 AM

Tags: appetizer , Entertaining , Food , Simple

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