Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Amateur Hour


Tonight’s stint in the kitchen is not going to get me nominated for a James Beard award.  For dinner I put together some tomato soup (Campbell’s) and grilled cheese (store bought baguette).  I got a little fancy mixing a little homemade pesto into the soup, but, nothing to make me any better than a yankee Sandra Lee.
After eating every last bite of carbs dipped in cheesy sodium goodness, it was time for the dessert round. I wanted to put together a little dessert to augment my annual Thanksgiving contribution of random appetizers so I hit the cupboard for options.  Simple, sweet, bite sized, white chocolate pretzels.
 
I’ll start by conceding that this cannot even be called a recipe. It’s truly just food assembly.  That said-these things are good.  You can store the two ingredients for this dessert in the pantry for a last minute dessert to whip up for a party or to cure a sweet and salty hankering.  No one will ever be impressed with this dessert, but they will be thankful you brought it.
 
Like a true amateur, I messed up and got unsalted pretzels.
 
 
I distinctly remember looking between salted and unsalted options at the store and thinking “obviously salted.”  But, apparently my brain and my hands weren’t talking.
 
After admonishing myself for picking up the wrong pretzels, I melted the chocolate in a far too hot double boiler.
  After stirring to a smooth consistency, it was time to dip away. 
 
Simply enough, each pretzel is just dipped half way into the chocolate and laid down on waxed paper to cool. Ten minutes and a few samples later, ta-da,  a little army of salty sweet pretzels (salt added).
 
 
Now, back to the couch.
 

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