Beg For More Divine Potato Purses Recipes

BEGGARS' PURSES

Steps:

• Make crêpe batter:
• Melt butter in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat and set aside 2 tablespoons for cooking crêpes. Continue to cook butter remaining in skillet until it has a nutty fragrance and is golden brown, about 2 minutes. Blend brown butter with remaining crêpeingredients, except chives, in a blender until smooth. Add chives and pulse 1 or 2 times to just combine. Let batter stand 30 minutes.
• Blend brown butter with remaining crêpe ingredients, except chives, in a blender until smooth. Add chives and pulse 1 or 2 times to just combine. Let batter stand 30 minutes.
• Blanch whole chives:
• Blanch chives in a small saucepan of boiling water 10 seconds. Drain and plunge into an ice bath. Pat dry.
• Make crêpes:
• Lightly brush skillet with butter, then heat over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Stir batter. With skillet off heat, add a scant 1/4 cup batter, tilting and rotating skillet to coat bottom. (If batter sets too fast, reduce heat slightly.) Cook until golden around edges, 15 to 30 seconds. Loosen with a heatproof plastic spatula, then flip crêpe over with your fingertips. Cook until underside is set, about 30 seconds. Slide onto a plate. Make more crêpes, brushing skillet with butter and stacking crêpes on plate.
• Assemble purses:
• Top each crêpe, browned side up, with about 1 1/2 tablespoons sour cream and 2 teaspoon caviar. Gather crêpe around filling and tie 1 or 2 blanched chives in a knot to close purse. Trim ends of chives if necessary.

CHICKEN AND LEEK BEGGARS PURSES

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients for the crepe recipe, excluding the oil, in a bowl and whisk until smooth. The batter should be the consistency of heavy cream. Adjust with flour or water. Let the batter rest for 30 minutes before making crepes. Coat a crepe pan or saute pan with oil. Add enough batter to cover the bottom of the pan. Cook until the edges begin to curl and flip over for a few seconds to cook the other side. Remove to a plate and continue with remaining batter.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Saute the leeks in butter until translucent and cool in the refrigerator. Place the chicken in a food processor and puree until smooth. Transfer the chicken mixture to a bowl and fold in the remaining ingredients.
• Place about 1 tablespoon of chicken mixture in the middle of a crepe; pull the edges up to form a beggar's purse and tie with chive that has been blanched for 20 seconds in boiling water. Place the purses on a sheet-pan and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for approximately 5 minutes or until cooked through.

S 'MORES AT THE DOOR

Steps:

• Lay the graham crackers in a single layer on a microwave-safe plate. Heat them in the microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minute on high.
• Using a metal cookie cutter, cut the graham crackers into a Halloween shape (pumpkins, bats, cats, and eyeballs without too many little details work best).
• Light a hibachi on a table near your door. Make sure there is fireproof stone underneath to prevent melting things. Next to the hibachi, put some wooden skewers. Set out a tray of the marshmallows, graham cracker shapes and chocolate near the hibachi.
• Encourage trick or treaters to make their own s'mores at the door!

POTATOES DIVINE

Steps:

• COOKING DAY INSTRUCTIONS:.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 13x9x2 casserole dish.
• Put potatoes directly on oven rack and bake for 45-60 minutes or till done. I put the potatoes in the microwave till done and use a small cookie scoop to remove potato pulp.
• Mash potatoes with mixer or by hand until smooth (my family likes lumps so mine isn't smooth). Add butter/margarine and milk and mix.
• Spread in a prepared pan. Freeze using foil & plastic wrap method.
• SERVING DAY INSTRUCTIONS:.
• When casserole is thawed, preheat oven to 500 degrees.
• With electric mixer, whip cream to soft peaks, then fold in Gruyere by hand. Spread evenly over potatoes and sprinkle with Parmesan.
• Bake until heated through and topping is golden brown. Garnish with parsley and serve.