Nicole Tries Blaak Onion Jam

First off yes, I know tomatoes are out of season. And secondly, yes, I know I used crescent rolls. And thirdly, I really can't wait till summer starts hitting, so I can go looking around for farmers markets.

I know there is some variation of this on the beekman1802 website, but this was based off the little tart thing that Josh made in S2 Ep. 5 at the cooking demonstration.

I wanted something to easily throw together and make.

So:

My weapons of choice.

I should also note, I don't want to say I dislike onions, because I'm sure I don't, it's just growing up in a family with a parent allergic to onions and garlic, they are flavors I have to grow into and realize that now that I don't live at home, I can make all the recipes in the world that call for onions and garlic.

But for tonights simplicities sake, I wanted to "recreate" the tart.

I opened the crescent rolls, and laid each one out and put a little onion jam in and half a tomato. Then rolled them up.

I put them into the oven and baked. So they came out like this:

So they look all nice and done on the outside. The inside was one gooey mess. :/  Next time I'll try using my oven instead of the toaster oven, or even moving the rack around in the toaster oven. I never had trouble when I made pigs in a blanket in my toaster, but who knows. I seem to be losing my magic cooking touch here, just when I want to keep trying new things.

So I know this is what you've all been waiting for my verdict on the Onion Jam.

*drum roll*

I like it. I don't love it, but I definitely don't hate it. I love the flavors of the ingredients and am surprised at how well they go together (actually I shouldn't be because it's a beekman 1802 product, and they strive for perfection).

As someone who doesn't love onions, I think next time I want to try and pair it with something, like pork. It says pork on the jar, so I figure I'll give that a shot sometime.

So in all, I just need to experiment with it.

Nicole Tries Crackers again

So I was a fan of the cinnamon sugar ones I made last time. So I tried to make it again. This time I'm back at my apartment.

First thing I noticed this time around the dough wasn't as sticky. Which is good I guess, but I'm not so sure. The only difference was I didn't have sea salt, so I used regular salt.

I coated my crackers with the cinnamon sugar and placed in the oven.

Half of them came out burnt. It seems the ones that were in the middle of the cookie sheet came out fine and the rows on the ends were burnt beyond belief. At least I had the fan on and didn't set off my smoke detector.

Here's a shot of the decent ones.

I will say this time they are Crispy.

Now I also did a batch of plain ones. Again most came out, but a few on the ends burnt to a crisp. I'm thinking maybe not to keep the oven at 450 since it seems it burns a bit more. But at least I have some of each so I can have a snack of  crackers, and with the plain ones honey.

Here's a shot of the plain crackers:

Also, while you are at it, go to beekman1802.com and go buy their original cajeta. It's amazing with ice cream, apples, and off the spoon.

Cajeta Picture