We've somewhat revived our potlucks at work, and have had 2 in the past few months. For the first one I was on dessert duty, so I busted out the great recipe for Chocolate Valentino Cake from the February 2009 Daring Bakers challenge. It's a very simple recipe that results in a decadant cake that was a hit at the lunch.
No photo.
Since I heard the news about Lis passing away I have visited her blog a few times, reading random posts, bookmarking a few recipes to try. Last week we had our Christmas appetizer potluck, and I decided to make one of the recipes I saved from her blog - Antipasta Squares. It's one of her very first posts, and it made me smile to read it.
I did a test run on the recipe, using the meats and cheeses she suggested. It was good - but a little too meaty and eggy for me. I decided that for the potluck I would change the meats to ham and turkey, and use marble cheese.
The night before the potluck I found some home-roasted bell peppers in the freezer, so I thawed them, chopped them and stirred in some salt, pepper and balsamic vinegar.
We are lucky to have an oven at work so I baked the squares about an hour before the lunch started. I layered the ham and turkey on the bottom crust, topped with the cheese, and sprinkled a layer of the roasted peppers on. The second crust went on, and into the oven it went. They turned out quite well, other than being a bit ugly to look at (so no photo!). My co-workers ate more than I had expected, but luckily there were a few squares to take home for snacking.
The possibilities are truly endless with this recipe; you are limited only by your imagination for your filling. I'll be coming back to this recipe again.
Recipe: Antipasta Square
