Savoury Bread Cases Food

SAVOURY BREAD CASES

Steps:

• Cut the crusts from your bread, and the tips off the corners.
• Spread with margarine, very lightly.
• Press, butter side down, into a 12 hole muffin tin, or a tart pan.
• Bake at 180°C for about 15 minutes, until the breadcases are dry. (These can then be frozen for a few months).
• Melt your butter and oil over medium heat, using a medium sized fry pan.
• Add the diced bacon and diced onion and saute for about 5 minutes, then add the garlic and saute a minute longer.
• Using a metal strainer, strain the bacon and onion mixture.
• In a middle size heavy saucepan, measure in 2 tablespoons of the strained oil, and the bacon mixture. (if you need to add oil to make up the 2 tablespoons, that's fine).
• heat until sizzling, then stir in 2 tablespoons of the plain flour, stirring with a wooden spoon.
• When the flour is absorbed, add another tablespoon, stir until you cant see any flour, and then sprinkle the last spoonful, stirring until it is totally absorbed. (all flour is different, you only need enough to absorb all the flour, without white "bits").
• Keep stirring and add 1.5 cups of milk.
• Stir briskly until the mixture thickens, and there are no lumps.
• Add the last cup of milk.
• Allow to cook for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Take off the Heat and add the cheese and mustard, stirring until the cheese has melted. (the mustard brings out the flavour of the cheese, but if you don't like it, you can leave it out).
• refrigerate the mix till serving time.
• Put the bread cases onto a tray, and fill with the cheese mixture. You may like to sprinkle a little more cheese on top, either Cheddar or Parmesan.
• Bake at 180°C for about 15 minutes.
• Leave to cool slightly before serving.
• You can make a heap of variations to this recipe, like replace the bacon with a small tin of savoury tuna or salmon, or leave out the bacon and add chopped smoked salmon with the cheese.

CREAMED CORN BREAD CASES

Steps:

• Spread bread with butter.
• Remove crusts.
• Cut into rounds and use to line patty tins, buttered side down.
• Bake at 190°C degrees for 10 minutes until crisp and lightly golden.
• Fill with hot filling and serve.
• -------Filling------------.
• Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté onion until clear.
• Add the corn.
• Chop ham into small cubes and add to corn with the parsley.
• Heat until bubbling.
• Fill bread cases.
• Other filling ideas: Curried egg mayonnaise, guacamole and salsa, smoked fish in parsley sauce.

KERRI'S SAVOURY BREAD CASES AND FILLINGS

Steps:

• Using electric knife remove crusts.
• Press slices into patty tins, brush with butter.
• Bake in moderate oven 180degC (350degF)(lower if fan forced) 12 - 15mins or until golden brown.
• Allow to cool in tins.
• Basic white sauce; melt butter and whisk in flour, cook for 1 minute; add milk slowly, off stove, while whisking; put back on stove and heat to boiling, whisking all the time; add mustard, pepper, salt, paprika, parsley and shallots - and whatever other ingredients you wish.
• Spoon prepared filling into cases, place on oven trays.
• Bake 180degC (350degF) unless fan forced, 12 mins or until filling is heated through.
• Salmon filling; Add salmon, and cheese if you are using, to basic filling.
• Asparagus filling; Stir until cheese melts so work quickly before basic sauce gets cool; add to basic sauce.

SAVORY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 3-quart casserole dish with butter.
• Whisk the eggs, heavy cream, cognac and some salt and pepper in a large bowl. Place the bread slices into the egg-cream mixture and let sit for 5 minutes.
• Cut the mushrooms into large dice and add to food processor along with the shallots and process until finely, finely chopped. Put a large cast-iron pan over medium-high heat and add 4 tablespoons of the butter. Once the pan is heated, add the mushroom/shallot mixture and cook until browned, about 5 minutes.
• Turn the heat under a medium cast-iron pan to medium-high and add the oil. Once heated, add the sliced spring onion and sear until browned on both sides, about 5 minutes total.
• To assemble, first put a third of the bread in the prepared casserole dish, then half of the mushroom duxelles, half of the seared onion and another third of the bread. Press down and top with the remaining mushroom duxelles and onions. Top with the remaining bread and dot with the remaining 4 tablespoons butter. Put into the oven and bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes.