Chrusties FOUR WAYS and What is Friendship?

Hello everyone and welcome back to another brand new episode of Nikoli's Kitchen! Today in the kitchen I'm baking up Chrusties! Yes, I did talk about these in a previous Quick Bite, but I love these so much I had to try a few different variations of them. So in this week's episode you'll get not one, not two, not three, but FOUR different variations of Chrusties- including one that was a pretty spectacular failure. Also this week, after Rebecca suggested talking about Friendship for the positivity segment, I decided to go into what friendship truly means to me. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you so much for coming on this journey with me.

The original Lemon Curd recipe can be found at: https://www.tastesoflizzyt.com/lemon-curd-recipe/.

This week's promo: Varmints! Podcast

 

Featured Recipe Timecodes

20:53 - Introduction (General Rules/Tips)
22:33 - Breakfast Chrusties
25:06 - Margherita Chrusties
27:52 - Buffalo Chicken Dip Chrusties
33:43 - Blueberry Lemon Curd Chrusties

 

Featured Recipe for this Episode

All of these recipes require one pizza dough and bake at the same temperature. Pre-heat your oven to 400° and spray your baking tray with cooking spray. Roll out the pizza dough into a large rectangular shape, then follow the instructions for the variations below (or come up with your own!).

The Chrusties will bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown all around. A tight roll is key! Make sure you roll it as tight as you can and tuck in the ends when you roll it, then seal it. 

Sausage, Egg, and Cheese

8 oz cheddar cheese, shredded
Scrambled Eggs (about 8 eggs)
Breakfast Sausage, seared and finely chopped
Scallions
4 T or 1/2 stick of butter at room temperature
Cracked black pepper
Salt

Spread your butter across the dough.
Layer your cheddar cheese, then your eggs and sausage. Add scallions, black pepper, and salt to taste.

Margherita

6 roma tomatoes, finely chopped
10-12 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
2 cups basil leaves, roughly chopped
4 c shredded mozzarella cheese
4 T or 1/2 stick of butter at room temperature
Cracked black pepper
Salt

Prepare your tomatoes and garlic ahead of time by chopping them and then place them in a container with salt to taste. This will draw the water out of the tomatoes and make your Chrustie filling less "wet" in the end. 
Drain out as much liquid as you can from your container, then add a paper towel folded into the container. Re-seal it and flip it over so your tomatoes sit on top of it to drain out even more. Repeat as necessary.
Spread the butter across the dough.
Layer your mozzarella cheese, then your tomatoes, garlic, and basil. Add black pepper to taste (your tomatoes should be adequately salted from the previous step).

Buffalo Chicken Dip

4 oz cream cheese at room temperature
4 T or 1/2 stick of butter at room temperature
1/4 c bleu cheese crumbles
3 chicken breasts, pan-seared
8 oz cheddar cheese, shredded
Cracked black pepper
Salt

2 c red hot
1 red onion, diced
12 cloves garlic, finely chopped
4 T or 1/2 stick of butter
1/4 c dark brown sugar
Salt and pepper to taste

Combine your cream cheese and butter at room temperature in a bowl and whip them together with an electric mixer.
Spread the cream cheese/butter mix out in an even coating over your dough.
Roughly chop your chicken breasts into 10 or so large chunks.
Add chicken to a food processor and pulse a couple times until shredded.
Layer your cheddar cheese and chicken breasts over the dough. Add bleu cheese, then add salt and pepper to taste.

Add butter to a large skillet at medium heat. Once melted, add your onions and sprinkle salt to start sweating them. 
Add brown sugar, reduce your heat to low, and stir. Cover the skillet and let the onions saute for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown and soft.
Return heat to medium and add garlic. Cook for a minute to perfume. 
Add red hot. Stir together with onions and garlic and cook until thickened, should only take about 5 minutes. Add black pepper and salt to taste.

Blueberry Lemon Cream Cheese w/ Lemon Icing

4 oz cream cheese at room temperature
4 T or 1/2 stick of butter at room temperature
1 pint blueberries
1/4 c white wine
2 T white sugar
2 c lemon curd

4 T or 1/2 stick of butter, melted
2 c icing sugar
1 t pure vanilla extract
4 T lemon juice
Hot water as needed to thin

~| I'm posting this recipe with the others in the interest of transparency. I do not recommend replicating the steps here as my Chrusties were a complete fail; I want to make sure to record it now, though, so I can continue to workshop this idea in the future. |~

~| Lemon curd recipe followed EXACTLY from https://www.tastesoflizzyt.com/lemon-curd-recipe/. |~

Add your blueberries, wine, and sugar to a large saucepan.
Cook over medium heat until the blueberries are reduced into a compote, 15-20 minutes.
Combine your cream cheese and butter at room temperature in a bowl and whip them together with an electric mixer.
In diagonal stripes, alternate rows of cream cheese/butter, blueberry compote, and lemon curd across the dough.
Roll tightly.

Add the melted butter, vanilla and lemon juice into a large bowl and mix together. 
Begin adding your icing sugar 1/2 c at a time, adding more once the previous sugar is incorporated.
Once all the sugar is added, add hot water to thin to desired consistency. 

 

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Guest Appearances

I had the pleasure of guesting on Two Peas on a Podcast recently to talk about Holiday Foods! Please check it and Gerald out at https://twopeasonpodcast.podbean.com/e/top-5-holiday-foods-134/.

Check me out on Netflix 'n Swill with Dan and Caleb talking about David Fincher's Mank! https://www.netflixnswill.com/nnspodcast/226

Tune in to December 2020's Rabbit Ears TV Podcast with Ashlee and Shawn Ennis as we talk about our love of Parks & Rec! https://www.netflixnswill.com/rabbitears/2020/12/24/parks-and-recreation

I got to channel my inner book nerd and sit down with Melissa of Brook Reading to talk about Eugene O'Neill's "A Long Day's Journey into Night!" It was split up over two episodes you can find at https://www.spreaker.com/user/brookreading/episode-124 and https://www.spreaker.com/user/brookreading/episode-125! 

 

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