"Midwife" Tickets

If you live in the Twin Cities, tickets are now on sale for the premiere screening of my documentary, "Midwife".

Click the link below to purchase tickets:

https://midwifethedocumentary.eventbrite.com/

And here is the trailer for the film:

Midwife Documentary - Trailer from Allison Kuznia on Vimeo.

Smoked Salmon and Sweet Potato Pizza

Loved this pizza. Great combination of ingredients. Great taste. And my daughter made the whole thing all by herself! (Inspired by this recipe.)
 
Ingredients

• 1 large pizza base
• 1 large sweet potato
• 8 oz smoked salmon
• 8 oz sour cream
• 2 cup grated cheese
• Fresh thyme
• 1 lemon

Preparation

1. Pre-heat oven to 390 degrees.
2. Spread sour cream on pizza base and top with half of the grated cheese.
3. Slice sweet potatoes as thin as you can. Chop salmon into bite sized pieces.
4. Arrange potato slices and smoked salmon on top of pizza. Top with the rest of the cheese and bake for 15 minutes until potatoes are cooked, cheese is golden and pizza base is cooked through.
5. Gather fresh thyme and cut some thin lemon slices. Top pizza with lemon slices and thyme and bake for a further 5 minutes.
6. Squeeze lemon juice over pizza or serve with lemon wedges.

Tandoori Paneer Pizza

I adapted this recipe from here. It was good, but nothing extraordinary.

For the Marinade

• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 2 tbsp garam masala
• 2 tsp ginger, finely grated or paste
• 2 tsp garlic, finely grated or paste
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 4 tbsp cilantro leaves
• 1 cup paneer cheese, cubed

1. Mix all the ingredients together. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the marinade.
2. To the remaining marinade, add the paneer cubes.
3. Mix and let marinade for 15 to 30 minutes.

Assembly

• 4 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tsp honey
• 2 tbsp Sriracha (or chili sauce)
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 2 bell peppers, thinly sliced (a combination of colors looks beautiful but anything works)
• 1 medium potato, thinly sliced
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Slice the potatoes, onions, and peppers, I use a mandolin. Keep the potatoes separate from the onions and peppers.
3. Spread out the dough on a sheet pan or round pizza pan.
4. Mix the tomato paste, honey and chili sauce. Spread onto the pizza dough in a thin layer.
5. Slice the potato. In a bowl, mix the slices of potato with 1 tbsp of the paneer marinade and coat evenly. Spread the slices onto the pizza.
6. Spread the onion and pepper mixture on top of the potatoes.
7. Pick out the paneer cubes from the marinade, place evenly over the pizza.
8. Place the pizza in the oven for 20 minutes.
9. Pull out and sprinkle the mozzarella over the pizza.
10. Put back in the oven for 5-10 minutes. Until the edges are golden brown and crisp.

Coconut Curry Ice Cream

I adapted this recipe from here. It was good enough.

• 2 cups unsweetened flaked coconut
• 4 cups coconut milk
• 3/4 cup unrefined cane sugar
• 2 teaspoons curry powder
• 1 (2-inch) piece ginger, grated
• Pinch of salt
• 6 large egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Combine everything except egg yolks and vanilla in a medium saucepan and whisk until evenly combined. Place mixture over medium-high heat, whisking regularly, until it just boils and the sugar is dissolved.

Meanwhile, whisk the yolks in a medium bowl until they are smooth and evenly combined. When the coconut milk is ready, slowly whisk in 1 cup of the milk mixture into the yolks until well combined. Add the yolk mixture to the pan, add in the coconut, and cook the custard over medium heat until it just coats the back of a spoon, about 1 minute more.

Remove from heat, stir in vanilla, and pour mixture into a medium glass or metal bowl. Cool in the fridge for several hours, then, process in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Transfer ice cream to a shallow 2-quart container (preferably glass or metal), cover, and freezer until thoroughly frozen, at least 2 hours.

 

Olive Oil Gelato

This basically tasted like vanilla. Except richer. (I got the recipe here.)

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
6 egg yolks
2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 cups milk
1 cup heavy cream
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. salt
Sea salt, for serving

Instructions

Using a hand mixer, beat sugar and egg yolks in a large bowl until pale yellow, about 5 minutes. Add oil in a steady stream, and continue beating until smooth and airy, about 3 minutes. Add milk, cream, vanilla, and salt, and beat until combined. Pour into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Serve with a sprinkling of sea salt, if you like.

Thai Chicken Pizza

This was yummy. Here is where I got the recipe. And here is the recipe:

• Pizza dough
• 1/2 cup peanut sauce
• 3 cups chopped cooked chicken breast
• 1 cup red onion slices
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• 1/2 cup chopped green onion
• 2 cup2 shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.

Spread the pizza crust with the peanut sauce. Top with the chicken, red onion, carrots, green onion, and cheese.

Place the pizza on an oven rack and bake for 8-10 minutes or until the pizza is lightly browned. Top with cilantro, if desired.

What I've Done This Summer

So, this is what I have been doing on this summer:

1) Editing my documentary.

2) Watching the entire series of The Office with Vernon (we're on Season 6, episode 7... 99 episodes down, 92 to go). I think that everything one needs to know in life can be learned from watching The Office. (Remember in the series finale where Pam says, "There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that kind of the point?" Wasn't that amazingly poignant?!?!)

3)Working on my dives.

4) Playing poker. I think you can learn a lot about someone by the way they play poker. (It's more than a game, people. It's more than a game.)

5) Trying new flavors of ice cream and pizza.

Other than that, just trying to have a lot of unscheduled time for the kiddos.