Thursday, February 25, 2010

On a Cold Minnesota Morning

One of my favorite breakfasts is twice toasted bread with Brie and orange marmalade. Use your favorite bread, toast it, butter it w/ cold butter, toast it again on a short cycle - it gets really hot when you toast it with butter, which in turn warms and softens the Brie, top w/ orange marmalade or apricot preserves.

The double toasting changes the texture of regular toast - softer interior, crunchier perimeter. A duality of textures which becomes even more when you add the cheese and jam. Exquisite. Yoghurt and hot tea on the side.

Simple pleasures can be great pleasures. This is one of those.

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