Pave Food

ROOT VEGETABLE PAVE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. With a mandoline or vegetable peeler, cut the first 5 ingredients into very thin slices. Transfer to a large bowl; toss with flour. Stir in the cream, thyme, 1 tablespoon rosemary, salt and pepper., Place half of the vegetable mixture into a greased 9-in. springform pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup cheese. Top with remaining vegetable mixture. Place pan on a baking sheet and cover with a double thickness of foil., Bake until vegetables are tender and easily pierced with a knife, 1-3/4 to 2 hours. Remove from oven and top foil with large canned goods as weights. Let stand 1 hour. Remove cans, foil and rim from pan before cutting. Top with remaining cheese. Add reserved fennel fronds and, as desired, additional fresh thyme and pepper. Refrigerate leftovers.

POTATO PAVÉ

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine cream, thyme, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add potatoes to cream mixture.
• Remove a small amount of potato slices from cream mixture with a slotted spoon. Place potato slices in a layer in a greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Repeat procedure until no potato slices remain; discard remaining cream mixture.
• Bake, covered, until potatoes are tender, about 50 - 60 minutes. Remove baking dish from oven and place on a rack; uncover.
• Place a piece of parchment paper on top of potatoes. Place an empty baking pan or dish of the same size, bottom side down, on top of parchment paper. Fill empty pan with cans to weigh potatoes down. Let stand for 1 hour.
• Remove pan with cans from bottom baking dish. Remove parchment paper from potatoes. Cool potatoes in baking dish for 1 hour. Cover baking dish loosely and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or up to 24 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Remove baking dish from refrigerator. Uncover and run a knife around sides of dish to loosen potatoes. Invert potatoes onto a cutting board. Cut potatoes lengthwise into 3 equal strips. Cut each strip crosswise into 4 equal squares. There should be 12 squares. Place squares on a parchment paper-lined rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake until potatoes are heated through, about 20 - 25 minutes.

POTATO PAVE

Steps:

• Thinnly slice potatoes with a mandolin.
• Place in bowl and pour heavy cream over potatoes.
• Preheat oven to 375.
• Line a baking pan with foil.
• Layer potatoes. Salt & peper and grate parmesan cheese over each layer.
• Pour remaining cream over potatoes.
• Top with a buttersheet of aluminum foil and bricks.
• Bake for one hour.
• Cool & trim edges, cut to serving size.
• Heat a saute pan with oil and saute each pave until golden brown turning once.

PAVE

Steps:

• Boil the unopened can of condensed milk in a large amount of water for 1 1/2 hours; let cool to room temperature.
• Mix butter, sugar, and shipped topping until blended.
• Dip individual graham crackers in shallow bowl of milk.
• Place crackers in square or rectangular casserole dish in one layer.
• Spread half of whipped mixture over crackers.
• Place a second layer of crackers over the topping.
• Spread other half of whipped mixture over crackers.
• Top whipped mixture with remaining crackers.
• Open can of condensed milk; stir, then pour over top of crackers.
• Sprinkle with crushed cashews.
• Freeze overnight.
• Serve frozen.