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rebeccareviews · 1 year

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The Princess Bride: The Official Cookbook by Jenn Fujikawa

Jenn Fujikawa’s The Princess Bride: The Official Cookbook is an excellent collection of fun and approachable recipes.

Confession time: I have never seen the movie! But, after this cookbook, I am ready to whip up a feast and have a viewing party! Fujikawa makes the movie and these delicious recipes so fun and accessible. Her easy-to-read writing is light, witty, and fun without being cheesy.

This excellently organised book is divided into chapters on Enchanting Breakfasts, Gallant Lunches, Adventurous Dinners, Swashbuckling Snacks, Valiant Desserts, Triumphant Drinks, and Momentous Soirees. I love the creativity and range of delicious dishes. I also love the creatively named goodies and how perfectly they relate back to the movie! There is the Most Likely Kill You In The Morning (aka eggs in purgatory which is a spicy egg, tomato, and feta concoction!), Mostly Dead (seared tangy tuna steaks with two kinds of sesame seeds!), and Bonetti’s Defense (juicy beef sirloin kebabs). I am fascinated with the uniquely lovely Princess Crown Breakfast Tart which features a baked granola crust and and an array of fresh fruit. There’s even a healthy and herby Queen of Slime salad dressing which can also be used for vegetable dipping!

Desserts range from the easy Bread Pirate Roberts (a hearty bread pudding of ready made croissants and chocolate chips) to the slightly more difficult Farm Fresh Pie (a rich custard pie) There are cool drinks like Sea Water (a creamy combo of sparkling water, blue curacao syrup, and sweetened condensed milk) and the beautiful purple sangria Inigo Montoya’s Taste of Revenge. I especially love the book’s final chapter which gives us set menu ideas for our special occasions. I love the extra attention because Fujikawa doesn’t simply write up possible menus but instead, interestingly and briefly sums up the dishes and neatly relates them back to the movie!

The recipes are clearly-detailed and easy-to-follow. Each recipe begins with a brief and interesting write-up which usually details important aspects from the movie and relates the dish back to it. I love the approachability of all the dishes! Although several of the recipes may require a little more effort, all the recipes in this book are very doable for even the most amateur cook. I love that all the dishes contain fairly inexpensive and very accessible ingredients like potatoes, dry red wine, and ground beef. The most elusive ingredients are saffron threads and dashi granules but these items appear infrequently and can be found in specialty stores. I also appreciate the focus on fresh ingredients but I like the use of convenience items like croissants and frozen pie dough. I also like that Fujikawa labelled the gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan recipes.

The book’s clean, simple, and elegant design nicely supports the recipes. I like the added touch of featuring dialogue and scenes from the movie. Several of the recipes have simple but lovely full-colour and full-page pictures. I really would have liked to see more pictures of the finished dishes because there are far too many movie pictures. However, I can’t complain too much because the movie pictures are fun–there are even cute behind-the-scenes ones!

Thank you to NetGalley and BenBella Books for this book in exchange for an honest review.

🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄 out of 5 spoons!

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tiefighters · 5 years

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Porgin Pie - The Galazy’s Cutest Thanksgiving Dessert

Porg popularity is at its peak and with less than one month until The Last Jedi, it’s the perfect time of year to give thanks…for porgs! Combine Thanksgiving desserts with Ahch-To creatures to bake up a sweet and satisfying pumpkin pie topped with edible porgs.

Made from pie dough and painted to look like porgs, these tasty treats make the perfect pie topper this holiday season.

This Thanksgiving, gather your friends and family around your table to give thanks and share the love of porgs.

What You’ll Need:

Pre-made pie dough

Brown food gel dye

Black food gel dye

Porg template (Right click - Save As)

Pie ingredients:

1 (15 oz) can pumpkin

1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon cloves

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

Pinch of salt

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Step 2: Roll out one of the pre-made pie doughs and place it into a 9-inch pie plate.

Step 3: In a large bowl stir together the canned pumpkin, evaporated milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt.

Step 4: Pour into the prepped pie dough. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 350 degrees and bake for 50 minutes, until set. Let cool.

Step 5: While the pie is baking roll out the second pre-made pie dough onto a floured surface. Use the template to cut out porg shapes approximately 2-1/2-inches tall.

Step 6: Move to a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet. With a clean kitchen paintbrush, paint on the porg’s body details with brown food gel dye, then the face details using the black food gel dye. Bake for 12-14 minutes until browned.

Step 7: For the little porglets cut out 1-1/2-inch shapes using the template, follow the same steps, and bake for 10 minutes.

Step 8: Once the porgs are cool, place into the cooled pie to serve.

Happy Thanksgiving! May the porgs be with you.

Recipe by Jenn Fujikawa.

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