Gizzis; Frozen butter pie crust, rolled up with cinammon, sugar, salt and melted butter. Bake for 35-40m @ 350°F on parchment. It's all about a killer pie crust recipe...I use a 1:1 flour to butter ratio, meaning 1 stick to 1 cup. Slice the stick into pads and freeze the butter till solid. Put butter, flour, and salt into food processor and let her ride till it's smooth. Use ice water till it barely holds it's shape and you can work with it. Less water and more crumbly the better. Now THAT is a pie crust recipe that'll get ya on your way to a blue ribbon at the county Fair, lol. I stole it from Alton Brown, so he gets the credit. Google it for the official recipe, once you do it a few times, it's automatic.
Some white garlic, parm, olive oil and mozzarella flat bread...I wish I had some right now. Real good.
So...Those Gizzis require Frozen butter. No problem. Lemme just get out the ole trusty chop-o-matic and we'll make quick work of...CRUNCH. I broke my chopper. This was a super cheap $20 Christmas special from Aldi 6 years ago. It was okay...for $20. Fast forward to Thursday when I wrecked it. I stopped by the high end suburban Goodwill and grabbed this super old school Black n Decker Pecker Wrecker for $8
Plug it in....motor feels solid. Go to grind the butter, and FAIL. Something was slipping. So I grab my trusty screwdriver and take a peek. It's belted!!! That's no good. I tightened the belt to the point there was so much friction it was killing the power and it was STILL SLIPPING. I took it back.
Now I have nothing. Again. So I take a look at the old Amazon and see what a real one is gonna cost me. Holy shit, at least $100 for a halfway decent one. I figured I would check Craigslist. I found a $185 Cuisanart for $100 that was new in the box...not bad. I read some reviews on it, and my hopes are dashed because it isn't what I was hoping. Kinda ugly too. I keep perusing the Craig's and I come across this KitchenAid for $40 with a whole box of attachments...new in the box. I Google the model, and my jaw hits the floor. This is a $225 badass KitchenAid, and they want FORTY BUCKS????? No phone number, so I send em an email. By this time I am thinking this can't be real and I'm gonna get an email with a link to a penny auction. It's going on midnight and no response still. I went to bed.
Next morning, I am awakened by a text saying that it's available. I literally jump in the truck at 7:45am and haul ass out to the boonies. It's icy as hell, we had a mini ice storm the night before. Everything is shiny. I get there and run inside. There she is sitting on the counter already plugged in. I push the buttons and I'm sold. TAKE MY MONEY. The guy put everything in a big box and I leave....walking out the door and BOOM, down I go on the black ice. I took one for the team and caught this fucker midair. NO WAY this wasn't getting home. I was more careful in my own driveway and got her inside. She is fucking GORGEOUS.
BUBBLES IN LOVE. The end.
THEY'RE called KAAAAHBS Joe's dad's stuff
