last recipe. :(

So, tomorrow I go back to school. Tonight, I'm going out for dinner with the family and the boy. So, I thought I'd make a fancy lunch for my last day home and last day cooking. I made walnut pâté sandwiches with pear, red pepper, and arugula. Recipe:

• Roasted red peppers: to roast your own peppers (like I did today!), see recipe here: http://cookincanuck.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-roast-bell-pepper.html. At end, soak pepper strips in olive oil with some salt and garlic for extra flavor.
• Walnut pâté : Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread 1 cup chopped walnuts on baking sheet, and toast in oven until brown, about 7-10 minutes, shaking occasionally. Transfer walnuts to a food processor. Add 1 can cannellini beans, 2 tbs lemon juice, 2 tbs olive oil, 1 clove minced garlic, 1/4 cup water. Puree until smooth.
• To make Sandwiches: Peel and cut 2 large Anjou pears into thin slices. Spread slices of multi-grain bread with pâté. Layer roasted red bell pepper, pear slices, and arugula as desired. Top with another slice of multi-grain bread with pâté spread.
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Good good. Recipe makes a ton of pâté, so be prepared to make a ton of sandwiches, or to keep some on hand. If you're only making 2-4 sandwiches, you might want to cut everything in pâté in half, and you might only need to peel and slice one pear. Meal was good. Might make again for fun one day, or for a lunch party. But it wasn't incredible. Overall, solid recipe with which to temporarily end my blog.


Thanks for reading! I'll see you in March. :)