Okay so Saturday, I decided to be super adventurous and make my first apple tart and Paella and two pies. Now the pies were a sweet potato pie, which I am a pro at making and could make with my eyes closed; the second was a sweet potato cheese cake pie, which is only my second time making it. I have to admit, the first time I made it was much better than this time, probably because I was trying to do to many things at one time. I mean I can multi-task with the best of them, but 4 dishes in 4 hours, yes 4 hours, each having lots of steps to complete, is pretty dang-on good. Never-the-less, the sweet potato cheese cake was a bit too lemony which isn’t actually a bad thing if you like lemons, but I will keep working on the particular dish.
Now for the apple tart, as a rule, I typically never make my own crust, just because I suck at it, but this time it came out very good. The tart on a whole was good; however, I used granny smith apples. These apples are fine if you like a sour apple, but I am a sweet apple kind of girl, so next time I will try a sweeter apple. However my husband likes it, although he said he would like it “more sour…” go figure.
The Paella was something I have always wanted to try, and for the first attempt I think it came out better than I could have expected. My oldest daughter is in love with it. The paella has shrimp, lobster tail meat, andouille sausage, and chicken in it. However, I think the next time I make it I will use the Arborio rice instead of the Long grain rice.
Over all I think it was a raving success. Don’t know what my next food venture will be, but I will definitely enjoy it.
