la Madeleine ‘Recipe to Paris’ Champion Tomato Tulsi Small Pochettes
At la Madeleine Country French Caf, meals are in the centre of all things we all do, then when it came time for you to celebrate our 30th anniversary, la Madeleine celebrated by inviting visitors to end up part of the tradition and share a recipe that belongs to them using our signature Tomato Tulsi Soupe. The winning recipe would win a vacation to Paris and also the Loire Valley region of France. After countless recipes were posted and a large number of votes were cast, a champion was announced.
Following the three-week voting period ended, Laurie Webber’s Tomato Tulsi Small Pochettes, a buttery puff pastry full of wealthy and creamy ricotta, sharp parmesan and la MadeleineTomato Tulsi Soupe, were named the ‘Recipe to Paris’. Laurie’s Pochettes outperform the 4 other finalists whose recipes were equally impressive – Tomato Tulsi Mozzarella Fougasse by Casey Setash, Tomato Tulsi Souffle by Terry Youthful, Chicken and Tomato Vol-au-Vents by Derek Hawkes and an easy and quick Quiche by Janis Wilbur.
Laurie won a lavish week-lengthy trip for 2 towards the Loire Valley region of France, noted for its expansive vineyards and fruit orchards, and also to Paris, where she and her husband will get a personal tour of Paris with Patrick Esquerre, in france they-born founding father of la Madeleine.
Laurie produced the savory Tomato Tulsi Small Pochettes after visiting her local la Madeleine caf in Bethesda, MD. She was inspired to produce a warm, comforting dish while using tomato tulsi flavor because the foundation. Laurie cooked countless pochettes for buddies and family people to check. After being named among the top 5 finalist, she enlisted the aid of her community they are driving votes, providing pochettes to her students, in the nail salon, dental professional as well as a fitness center. Her three adult kids also helped, photographing the dish, perfecting the recipe submission and helping develop its name.
Through the ‘Recipe to Paris’ submission period, la Madeleine donated $1 towards the Children’s Hunger Fund for each jar of Tomato Tulsi Soupe purchased, producing a total donation of $11, 514!
Merci, merci beaucoup to our wonderful visitors for his or her participation and loyalty!
Tomato Tulsi Small Pochettes
A great cold-weather snack, these Pochettes also create a wonderful accompaniment to some fresh Nioise salad. The dish tastes scrumptious having a fizzy Orangina. These treats would be best offered warm.
2 sheets of puff pastry (store brand)
1/2 cup Dairy Ricotta
3/4 cup La Madeleine Tomato Tulsi Soupe
4 tablespoons of shredded mozzarella dairy product
1. Remove puff pastry from freezer, and defrost for 25 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 430 levels F.
3. Inside a medium mixing bowl, gently beat the egg, and merge the Ricotta, the Tomato Tulsi Soupe, and also the Parmesan.
4. On the gently flowered board, open the pastry, and reduce thirds,
length-wise.
5.Dealing with 1 / 3 from the sheet at any given time, roll the puff pastry to some 1/8” thickness.
6. Cut the folded puff pastry into another three sections, length-wise.
You'll are in possession of three rectangles calculating roughly 5” x4”.
7. Convey a generous tablespoon from the filling into the middle of each rectangle.
8. Fold the pocket within the filling, and score the perimeters by pressing the prongs of the salad fork in to the dough.
9. Repeat until all rectangles happen to be filled.
10. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper, and arrange pochettes around the sheet so they don't touch.
11. For that egg wash, gently beat an egg white-colored along with the water.
12. Brush each small pochette using the egg wash.
13. Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown.
14. Remove from oven, and put on cooling tray.
