Potato Leek Soup . Roasted Yam/Potato Pizza . Apple Turnovers

This started out with trying to figure out what to do with these apples my mom sent me home with. Apple Pie! Shit. Alice didn't print a recipe for apple pie... apple tart? Not feelin' it. Apple Turnovers, yes, sounds good. (wait, don't all these taste the same?). Google.

I went with Tartine's tart crust recipe. Cut into squares.

Filling, a variation on an "All Recipes": 1 apple peeled cored sliced 1/4", chopped. 1 Tbsp Raisins. 1 Tbsp. Dried Cranberries. 1 Tbsp Chopped Walnuts. 1/4 Cup Sugar. 3 Tbsp butter. So, what went different here is that I forgot to put in 1/8 tsp of vanilla, I didn't have dried currants so I used rasins and cranberries. And I didn't have apple sauce so I used butter.

Mix the filling together. Split the filling amongst the squares, fold into triangles, and try to seal it up. Use a fork to clamp more and make those stylin' imprints. poke some venting holes on top. Bake 20 mins at 400 degrees, or until brown.

What I would do differently next time: I got lazy and didn't make an egg wash which probably resulted in leakage and why the top didn't come out all golden brown. I was thinking that I should've used the ravioli cutter, and why not just make them ravioli sized? Would be fun.

The pizza. I attempted to copy a pizza I had at Pizetta which was roasted yam with mustard greens. I didn't see mustard greens at the store and I didn't feel like walking any further to another grocer, so I settled with Arugula... it's kinda bitter spicy... I added some walnuts to get some nutty.

The dough, since this was last minute I made a quick Yeasted dough. Half of the flour was rye, half all-purpose. I thought I'd help out the yeast and match the potatoes and yams with some lavender honey. I was wrong; more later.

I used some left over Russets/Yukon Golds from the soup. And sliced up a yam. Tossed it all with olive oil, rosemary, lavender, and thyme. Salt and Pepper. Roasted them.

The cheeses were boring, Mozzarella (this organic brand is pretty good for a dry one, but I don't remember the name of it anyway) and Parmesan.

** What I would do differently next time: ** The crust was too sweet, I shouldn't have put the honey in. I think a very plain crispy crust would've worked better. And also find those damn mustard greens, arugula was a nice try though.

The potato leek soup turned out OK. I love this stuff. I'll probably be drinking it for a bit.