Category Archives: Forking Dinner Idea

Pizza Style Focaccia for Dinner Idea

Pizza Style Focaccia

Pizza Style Focaccia

Pizza and Focaccia are not the same but you can start them out of the same dough. Pizza should be crispy and has toppings.

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This is the forking pizza I made with the same dough. In a home oven you have to double bake the crust if you want crispness.

Focaccia is different when you put it together and should look like this when you top it. (minus the optional cheese) You should taste olive oil and salt in the focaccia dough but not all pizzas have olive oil in the dough. I use olive oil in the dough because I bake mine in a home oven. Neapolitan Pizzas do not have olive oil in the dough because they are cooked at much higher temperatures where the olive oil would burn.

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After the olive oil indentations it really only needs salt, maybe some pepper and the most popular herb to add is rosemary.

It should be baked in a high oven and might look like this if you added extra untraditional toppings like I forking did.

Pizza Style Focaccia

Pizza Style Focaccia

Focaccia with  pizza topping is forking delicious.

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Forking Good!

Pickled Beets and Blue Cheese EZ Stuffed Wrappers

Stuffed Pickled Beets and Blue Cheese Wrappers

Stuffed Pickled Beets and Blue Cheese Wrappers

These are not ravioli but like ravioli – that are stuffed wrappers that are forking EZ and forking quick to prepare. I made some very basic pickled beets I just roasted beets in a little apple cider vinegar, sugar, little salt,  little bit of water till soft and pealed them. But you can just use your favorite pickled beets. With the blue cheese in the wrappers they came out delicious and and sort of seem forking fancy.

Then I used these fun and easy to use wrappers.

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And I put a little blue cheese in the middle of them.

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Then I topped the cheese with a piece of beet.

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Then I wet the edges of wrapper with water and topped each one with another wrapper.

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I pinched the edges up.

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They get gently boiled now only a minute or two in salted water.

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Now remove from water.

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Top with a small amount of extra virgin olive oil and fresh ground sea salt and black pepper.

Stuffed Pickled Beets and Blue Cheese Wrappers

Stuffed Pickled Beets and Blue Cheese Wrappers

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Forking Good!

Forking Dinner Idea Piri Piri Chicken

Piri Piri Style Chicken

Piri Piri Style Chicken

I put this forking photo up on twitter and it got retweeted to 44,370 people. It came out forking great!  Piri Piri is basically a spicy red pepper sauce that you also use as a marinade and let sit overnight and then cook the chicken.  I served mine with my new favorite grain freekah and roasted vegetables. I’ll post the forking  recipe this week.

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Forking Idea 4 Dinner – Chicken with a Kumquat Watermelon Seed Topping

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This is forking simple and very tasty.

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Just roast up some cauliflower and broil up your asparagus. Roast, peel and clean up one red roasted bell pepper.

Prepare your chicken however the fork you like!

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Clean up some kumquats. You need about 2 oz per every person.

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Cut the kumquats into quarters and remove any seeds you see. Add some chopped onions and sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar to every 8 oz of kumquats you used. Sprinkle the whole pan with extra virgin olive oil. Roast in 350 degree oven till slightly browned. (about 40 min.)

Remove from oven sprinkle with toasted watermelon seeds, Aleppo Pepper, fresh ground sea salt, fresh ground black pepper and pour over chicken. Fresh basil will complete the dish. To make the dish more filling add some rice, noodles or a chunk of delicious bread.

This came out more delicious than it looks. It very refreshing and a little sweet, tangy and  savory .

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Sometimes you don’t need a recipe and just need a Forking Idea!

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Forking Good!