It's out! It's here! The 7th Cheese Shop Mystery:
FOR CHEDDAR OR WORSE
It's release week for Sheila and me!
I hope you've ordered, pre-ordered, or hope to get to a bookstore this week!
Good reading for all. Congrats, Sheila!
To celebrate, I have a give away below!
FOR CHEDDAR OR WORSE is the 7th in the series. What's it about?
The whey to a
woman’s heart is murder...
It’s time for the
annual Cheese Festival in Providence, Ohio, and Charlotte Bessette’s Fromagerie
is ripe with homemade specialties. Meanwhile, her friend Erin is prepping her
dairy farm and inn for cheese makers, marketers, journalists, and one surprise
guest from the past—Lara Berry, pretentious cheese whiz, pompous bestselling
author, and pungent critic whose extra sharp tongue can crumble a reputation.
Since any love for Lara curdled long ago, Charlotte isn’t surprised when the
foodie is smothered to death in her room at Erin’s inn. Accusations start
flying, but the one sticking to Erin strikes Charlotte as a crock. Now, to
clear her friend’s name, Charlotte has to sift through Lara’s ex-lovers, former
business partners, and unforgiving enemies to find a killer before Lara’s past
casts a gamey pall on the festival’s future.
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And, now, here's a delicious recipe that I created for For Cheddar Or Worse. You know there are recipes in all the books, right? And did you know that there has been a quiche recipe in every book since The Long Quiche Goodbye?
When I am in recipe-making mode for a book, which means I wrack my brain trying to figure out new and fun recipes to include, I try to imagine tasty items, but sometimes I have to force the issue. Now Charlotte, of course, is always thinking quiche since she offers those in the shop on a daily basis. So I, channeling Charlotte, decided upon quiche, too. I love when Charlotte and I are in synch.
I love the texture of quiche. I love the combo of flavors.
For this experiment...I had a ton of carrots in the refrigerator, just sitting there staring at me one day, and I knew that I needed to do someone with them. I'd recently made a carrot cake. I didn't need another.
Carrot quiche, I thought. Hmm. What would pair well with carrots? This time I scoured my cupboards and found pine nuts and thought, yes! Nice texture with toasty flavor. Perfect!
(serves
6)
1
frozen 9-inch ready-made pie shell (regular or gluten-free)
1
1/2 Tbs. olive oil
1
tsp. garlic powder
2
cups shredded carrots
1
tsp. salt
1/4
tsp. white pepper
1
tsp. dried sage or 1 Tbs. fresh sage, chopped
1/2
cup pine nuts, toasted
1
cup Cheddar cheese, grated
1/4
cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1
cup milk
2
large eggs
Preheat
the oven to 350°F. Remove pie shell from
the freezer and thaw for ten minutes. Prick the bottom with a fork and bake for
7 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove crust from the oven to cool.
[Of course you can make your own pie shell if you wish...this was just the easy way!]
Chop
the carrots. I used my Cuisinart to shred really small. Heat olive oil in a
sauté pan on medium-high. Reduce heat to medium. Add garlic powder (or garlic
cloves, chopped), carrots, salt, white pepper, and sage. Cook, stirring
constantly, for about 1 minute. Stir in pine nuts.
In
a small bowl, mix Cheddar and Parmesan cheeses. In another bowl, whisk milk and
eggs together.
Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the cheese mixture on the cooled piecrust. Top with half of the carrot-pine nut mixture.
Add 1/2 cup cheese mixture and then remaining carrot mixture. Top with
remaining 1/2 cup cheese mixture.
Don’t
worry – I didn’t forget the milk mixture. First, place the pie pan on a sheet
pan.
Carefully pour in the milk mixture. Bake for 40 minutes. Check. If necessary, cook
another 5-10 minutes, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
Cool slightly before cutting.
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Now I have to knuckle down for recipes to include in my next Cookbook Nook Mystery, GRILLING THE SUBJECT. Barbecue is the theme. I think I'm going to have fun! Don't you love the festive cover?
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TODAY'S GIVEAWAY!
Leave your name and email so I can contact you if you WIN, and tell me if you like to attend festivals and such! I'll be giving away a SAVOR THE MYSTERY MUG. Winner will be picked Friday, the 5th.
Savor the mystery and say cheese!
Daryl Wood Gerber aka Avery Aames
Tasty ~ Zesty ~ Dangerous!
