Now, on to the good stuff. I made two new recipes tonight--baked pickles and baked olives. If you haven't eaten fried pickles at a restaurant, you are missing out. The spears are the best, but the chips are good too. Now everyone knows that things taste better fried than baked, but that everything is also considerably more unhealthy fried. So, I decided to bake some pickles. While perusing the internet for baked pickle recipes, I had a wonderful thought--what about baking olives? So I looked up recipes for those too.
Here's what went down:
First, the pickles. I patted dry the spears with a paper towel to help get some of the salt out. Then, dipped in eggwash and finally rolled in italian breadcrumbs. I baked them at 400 for 15 minutes, turned them over, baked another 5 minutes and then broiled for 1 minute. They are good, but a few things I would change: they need broiled another minute or so, and they need some panko along with or instead of the breadcrumbs to help get crunchier; also, I only had zesty pickles--regular dill would be much better. Definitely making again!
Now the olives. Honestly, I didn't expect these to be so delicious. I think I got goosebumps after eating the first one. And they are super simple. The recipe I found online wasn't quite working, so I made some changes. First, it called for cheddar, but I used an Italian blend. I want to try it using just asiago, but the Hy-Vee drugstore didn't have that (yes, I buy groceries at the drugstore sometimes.) Anyways, about a cup of cheese, 3 tablespoons of very soft butter, and enough flour to make it doughy. You just mix that up, then roll about 1 tablespoon around the olives. Presto. That made 10 olives, but I'd recommend a bigger batch. You won't be sorry.
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