Friday, July 27, 2007

Food: Cheese and Garlic Crisps

Rating:★★★
Category:Other
I got inspired by reading a blog about food...so at 3:20 in the morning, I wracked my brains to see if I could remember one of my impromptu snacks. It could be that I was hungry..or I was determined to watch the movie Ratatouile by next week...so rat..mice..cheese, get it?

For after-work or during-work snacks, you can try doing these..they will keep crisp in an airtight container for probably 4 days.

Ingredients:

pita bread
melted butter (I use Anchor)
crushed fresh garlic cloves (I never tried the dried ones)
chopped fresh basil
grated Parmesan cheese

Process:

1. Split the pita bread into your desired shapes..I usually just go with the wedges

2. Mix butter, basil and garlic in a bowl.

3. Put the pita wedges on a lightly oiled baking tray (since I don't have an honest to goodness oven for baking, I opted for an oven toaster, which you can also try).

Brush the wedges with the butter mixture then sprinkle with the Parmesan.

4. Bake until golden brown and crisp..

I purposely did not put in the quantity and ratio to be used so those who dare experiment can adjust to their taste bud levels.

Next time I make it, I will take a picture and catch up in posting it here.

These are easy to prepare snacks which can be popped back into the oven with a sprinkle of olive oil...and it becomes ready for munching.

Of course I rate it 3 stars at least, but reviewing my own work seems self-serving, however I will be posting here future food or resto reviews...

Possible variations which I tried:
- using sun-dried tomatoes
- substituting mozarella cheese instead of Parmesan
- tomato sauce to make it look like a pizza wedge, and adding Tabasco
- native cheese

Judgement? Still yummy!

As they say, cooking is not just a science, its also art...

33 comments:

  1. sounds yummy Cat... will try this the next time i have pita bread. thanks!

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  2. hey thanks for this recipe...i think i made one before but i did not put basil, hmmmm i forgot what i placed na green non.... tagal to do, done in a jif...with my 3 kids and hubby...ang bilis...para silang si flash! before i knew it...gone! good thing i tasted one while i was doing batches..hay!

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  3. try mo..tapos tell me how it goes...if some people like banana q with catsup..I don't think skyflakes with this will go astray...*wink*

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  4. hmm...these herbs are so fragrant...ako parang fixture na yang basil and oregano sa aparador ko sa cocina..hehehe

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  5. Talking about food, pwede ba substitute Mango strips dipped in Bagoong sprinkled with mozzarella shreds dab with Patis? Ha! Ha! Well, creativeness in cooking is definitely the Pinays field of excellence. Men, we just enjoy ur cooking.

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  6. when it comes to food..be daring! as Nathan said sa taas, if hilig nya mango strips with bagoong, who is to say he is wrong?

    and yes, may classmate ako noon, banana q nga for merienda..with catsup ..(don't know though if banana catsup ba yon or tomato hehehe)

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  7. grabe ang taste buds nitong may gusto ng banana que with catsup!! bilib!!

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  8. well, there are those people..who aren't preggy (we could always attribute it to that state)...but they eat unusual food combinations...

    wala ba kayong maski isang food combo na gusto nyo na medyo out of this world?

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  9. pag iisipan ko ito ha...basta alam ko one time when i was preggy (so this one will not count kasi preggy nga eh) is eating indian mango and drinking fresh milk....

    or eating lansones and drinking coffee....

    but when i was a kid, i love eating pancit canton with rice...carbo loading!!
    rice na may kapeng matamis and tuyo....hmmm....makain nga ito ulit...

    pero isip pa ko ng mas weird dito...heheh!!

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  10. I find avocado sandwich yaiksss (sorry) and fresh onion sandwich too....:-)

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  11. hmmm, weird food combinations... maka-isip nga...

    ang sister ko, lacatan banana with nilaga.... blechhh!

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  12. eto naman ako...."cherries sinasawsaw ko sa patis" ; ok naman.......lol

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  13. cherries sinasawsaw sa patis?! parang ano? kiamoy? hehe

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  14. hmm..try ko nga yung avocado sandwich..malay natin...we will experience gastronomic wonders na di nating nagawa before dahil sa limits ng ating imagination...

    pano ba yan..avocado ilagay sa loob ng sliced bread?

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  15. mejo interesting ang avocado sandwich... mas weird yata yung cherry sa patis! ako naman lacatan banana nilalagyan ko ng knorr seasoning, he he he

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  16. medyo ok siguro yan..pero di ba..walang taste yon kc walang taste naman avocado eh...siguro mas weird onion sandwich...

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  17. yikes! ano lasa non...eh di ba alang lasa ang avocado on its own? oh dear....hahaha!!!

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  18. I haven't tried this but I'm imagining onion rings with bread. Can't be that bad.

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  19. actually I was imagining raw onions slapped between slices of bread...*confused look*

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  20. Lagyan mo ng konting sugar yung avocado. This is actually a healthy sandwich kasi masustansya ang avocado. You may also want to try another healthy sandwich, peanut butter and banana sandwich.

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  21. this i eat...peanut butter on banana...but sandwich??? hmmm...

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  22. i love to scoop out chilled avocado and drizzle a little bit of honey over it as opposed to making it into a shake which they do here all of the time... as in all the time, as if walang ibang gamit ang avocado... sarap din sa veggie salad!

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  23. Peanut butter and banana sandwich, yan ang paborito ng idol kong si Elvis. Try it Meann, you might like it.

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  24. thanks for the tip on the avocado..! i-try ko yun once I get my hands on one dito...

    peanut butter and banana? hmmm? peanut butter ilagay sa sandwich tapos cut pieces of banana and place it inside? usually peanut butter and strawberry jam pero banana?....hmm...try ko rin!

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