One of the great joys of being a teacher is the summer holidays. They are not quite as long as they seemed when we were young but they do provide a proper break from the battle to educate. One of the nicest aspects of this time off is the fact that it provides the opportunity to take lunch rather than grabbing lunch. For the beautiful wife an I this is often some homemade bread and a lump of pate or maybe some cheese. This is sometimes accompanied with a salad or two and followed by fruit. There is no better way to use up cold cuts from a roast or any over left overs than an idle lunch which is not limited by time. We have been working hard in the garden at Corner Cottage during the last few weeks so lunch has been taken at any time from 11.45 to 3pm.
A few days ago I made the following recipe for lunch. It's based on an idea from the food phenomenon that is Rick Stien.
Take five or six ripe tomatoes and cut them in half. Place them on a baking sheet and smear some finely chopped garlic on the cut side of the toms. Season them well and pop them in a low to medium oven and allow them to dry in the heat. After about an hour they should look like jelly when gently squeezed with a pair of tongs. (Do not do this with your fingers, the juice of the tomatoes will be hotter than the sun!) Take the toms out of the oven and allow them to cool a little. Take a sheet of puff pastry and roll it to the same size as a heavy baking sheet. Cut a magin around the outside of the pastry without cutting completely through the pastry. Place all of the toms on the inner area of the the pastry and sprinkle over a blue crumbly cheese. Bake in a medium oven until the pastry is cooked and the cheese is all melted. Cut up into "hungry man" slices and serve with salad.
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Sounds wonderful! I shall try this recipe tomorrow. And you are right: I remember how year by year the summer holidays seemed to get shorter - but I suppose they just somehow went faster:
Eheu fugaces, Posthume, Posthume! (Ovid)
I have updated with photo now - the technology wouldn't allow this yesterday!
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