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Horses Doovers The Sequel
We had no idea that KD readers would be so enamoured of Horses Doovers-Winter Edition, so here’s our Summer Edition with recipes for little somethings to have with drinks when the heat is on. I am inspired to copy one of my friends who frequently has guests over for what is really a meal of appetizers with a couple of different wines. While the international Winter winner was the roquefort pinwheels, most US KD readers downloaded the spiced pecans from Flour 
Bakery in Boston. And yet my favorite one to make for cocktails in cold weather is the bacon wrapped dates stuffed with Parmesan. The not-so-new recipes here are just what summer drinks need. Crabmeat Parmesan Triangles can be prepped the day before and then popped into the oven. Peter Reinhart’s Lavash recipe can be done any time, broken into shards and kept in an airtight container. Just serve with your favorite dips. The Italian melon one requires no cooking, and can be wrapped up to serve several hours before you start crushing the ice for daiquiris.
The Crab Meat Parmesan Triangles I have made for years from a 1994 issue of Gourmet Magazine. I found out that it is really an equally tasty but easier version of the Canapé Lorenzo from Louis De Gouy and Galatoire’s Restaurant in New Orleans. Not much is written about him, but he was the chef at the Waldorf and wrote The Gold Cookbook in 1946 (which I have) and also was a co-founder of Gourmet Magazine in addition to publishing sixteen cookbooks.
- 9 slices of white sandwich bread (homemade or from a good bakery)
- 1 cup fresh crab meat, lump is recommended
- 2/3 cup mayonnaise
- 2/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 4 scallions (with some green) chopped fine
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- Preheat oven to 400F
- Cut the crusts from each slice and cut each slice into 4 triangles
- Toast the bread on a baking sheet until golden - about 5 to 10 minutes depending on your type of oven.
- With your fingers, crumble the crab meat pieces so that they will blend more easily with the other ingredients when mounded onto the toasts.
- In a bowl, stir together crab, mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste, parmesan cheese, scallions
- Add a bit of lemon juice to brighten the flavors.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 375F
- Spread the crab mixture on toasts and arrange on baking sheet.
- Bake canapés in the middle of the oven until puffed - about 10-15 minutes.
- You can make the toasts and the crab mixture a day ahead and refrigerate.
- Bag the bread triangles and seal and cover the crab mixture tightly.
- You can assemble the canapés before the final baking about an hour ahead - just cover with cling wrap and refrigerate until ready to bake.
- I have frozen the toast triangles topped with the crab mixture, unbaked and then put them in a freezer bag and they bake off satisfactorily - not quite as good as when you bake them fresh.
In the shop, before the advent of the Tartine Bakery bread book and Ken Forkish’s Flour Water, Salt, Yeast – both excellent in what they teach , the Ur book on breads in La Cuisine was Peter Reinhart’s classic – The Baker’s Apprentice. We carried it when it first was published in 2001 and kept selling copies until we closed the shop in 2018. The current version is an updated 15th anniversary edition. So Mr. Reinhart has proven that this book is not a flash in the bread pan. Should you want to know more about how to approach a wider world of bread making but with a real hands-on approach and truly helpful rather than 
artsy photos, purchase this book. I actually read it at night when I really want to understand a certain technique as his writing is quite engaging. But back to his lavash – I use a tapered rolling pin so that I can get the dough paper thin as he advises.and I roll it out on Silpat which fits onto my carbon steel baking sheet. I can’t tell you how much fun I have choosing herb, spice and salt combinations to dash across the top before it’s baked! Sometimes, I just put Fleur De Sel or Maldon Salt and freshly ground Rainbow Peppercorns.
I serve his lavaash with this addictive dip from Munira Mamud which I found in the cookbook, Together, written to raise funds for a community kitchen after the hideous Grenfell Tower fire in London
- 1 1/2 cups (191gr) unbleached bread or all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp(3.5gr) fine sea salt
- 1/2 tsp(1.5gr) instant yeast
- 1 tbs I21gr) honey or sugar
- 1 tbs (14gr) vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup (112gr) room temperature water
- 1 egg white whisked with 1 tbs water for egg white wash
- Poppy seeds, sesame seeds, paprika, cumin seeds, caraway seeds are Peter Reinhart's suggestions.
- In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, salt, yeast, honey or sugar, oil and just enought water to bring everything together in a ball.
- You may not need all the water so just add gradually.
- Sprinkle some flour onto your counter and transfer dough to counter.
- Knead for six minutes until the dough components are thoroughly integrated.
- Use the windowpane test or check the temperature with an instant read thermometer (I use Thermapen) to get a reading betwen 77 and 81F or 25-27C
- Allow dough to rise until it is doubled in bulk - about 2 hours (or in fridge overnight)
- Preheat oven to350F (177C)
- I roll it out on a Silpat that fits my baking sheet, but you can roll it our on a lightly floured counter or use a bit of oil on the counter as Peter Reinhart suggests.
- You want a "paper" thin sheet of about 15x12 inches or 38c30cm.
- You can allow the dough to rest for 5 minutes and then transfer it to a parchment lined bake sheet.
- Mist the dough with water spray or brush with egg white and sprinkle with choice of seeds, spices and salt.
- You can pre cut the crackers before baking if you prefer.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes - the cracker sheet should be lightly golden.
- Allow the lavash to cool before breaking into shards or separating crackers.
- I have made this with both all-purpose and bread flour. The texture of the lavash is a bit different with each style of flour.
- Bread flour made the cracker a bit chewier, and the all purpose flour made a crisper cracker.
- Both are nice.
This no-cook entry for our Summer Edition of Horses Doovers is due to the diligence of the Resident Wine Maniac in our house. A triple treat on a toothpick is a delicious combination. I was surprised at how good it was. And once again it comes from a Gourmet Magazinepublished in 1992! It was written up as an Italian antipasto, and even though getting the sizes of the three components is a bit fiddly, once you get them all lined up on a platter, covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated, you are good to go.
I cut the melon in half like a grapefruit. Scoop out the seeds and then slice two 1 -1/4 inch rings. slice the rings in half and remove the rind with a flexible kinfe. Then cut slices as you would a stick of butter. These I cut in half, but you can leave them larger, if you prefer. I cut the taleggio into approximately the same size. The prosciutto gets sliced or torn into thinner strips (1/2 inch approximately). Sandwich the melon and taleggio pieces ( you can smoosh the taleggio so that it fits the melon) and then wrap the prosciutto around and secure with a toothpick. I place them on a paper towel on a tray and cover with cling wrap because ususally I make them several hours ahead of a party. That takes care of the melon leaking out moisture while waiting to be devoured. Bring them out a half hour before you start pouring something bubbly.
- 1 2.2 lb (1kg) green melon such as honeydew.
- 1/3lb (152gr) Taleggio cheese, rind removed
- 1/4 lb (114gr) prosciutto, thinly sliced
- toothpicks
- Cut the melon in half like a grapefruit.
- Scoop out the seeds and then slice two 1 -1/4 inch rings.
- Slice the rings in half and remove the rind with a flexible kinfe.
- Cut 1/2 inch slices as you would a stick of butter. These I cut in half, but you can leave them larger, if you prefer.
- Cut the taleggio into approximately the same size.
- The prosciutto gets sliced or torn into thinner strips (1/2 inch approximately).
- Sandwich the melon and taleggion pieces ( you can smoosh the taleggio so that it fits the melon) and then wrap the prosciutto around and secure with a toothpick.
- These measurements are all approximate; do not feel like you must be an architectural engineer!
- Save the prosciutto trimmings and use in a pasta dish.
- I place them on a paper towel on a tray and cover with cling wrap if I am doing these several hours ahead.
- The melon pieces over a long period of time can leak out moisture.
- We have been known to just eat these and maybe some salted Marcona almonds with Prosecco and then go out for ice cream.
What Is Your Favorite Horses Doover Recipe
And since we want to hear from you about your favorite Horses Doover inventions (hereafter known as HDs)we’re holding a contest for your favorite little bites to have with a cocktail or a mocktail It can be your own original recipe or an adaptation of an existing one. And certainly tell us a bit about the recipe itself, such as if there is a bit of family history to it. Did you make it up with ingredients you happened to have on hand and it was a wild success? Or it can be your take on something you tasted in a restaurant or party and recreated. We want to know all about how it came to be your favorite Horses Doover.
First Place winner will receive the best bread knife on the planet (we tested so many) from Messermeister. We figured that most of you already have a chef’s knife that you are happy with, but have denied yourself a first rate bread knife. 
Second Place winner will receive one of Ernst & Company’s chic and functional painted canvas bags that I fell in love with on my trip to Sicily 
Third Place Winner will receive one of our large prints of the hilarious Roger Blachon poster commissioned by L. Tellier in France that we call “Chaos In The Kitchen”.
Roger Blachon poster commissioned by L. Tellier in France is a classic laugh
Rules Of Engagement
- To enter you have to subscribe to the newsletter. You can subscribe here.
- You can enter more than one recipe.
- Entries accepted from July 5 through July 31.
- Recipes will be tested and photographed during August.
- Winners will be announced in the Juicy Post of September 3.
- You must include at least one photo.
- 24-36 portions is suggested but not a game breaker.
Let the games begin! Good luck to all.
After owning one of the best cooking stores in the US for 47 years, Nancy Pollard writes a blog about food in all its aspects – recipes, film, books, travel, superior sources and food related issues.
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