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Soy-lebrations
As I previously posted, September is National Biscuit Month, and so in order to celebrate I made some delicious and very easy biscuits. I found recipes online, and since most of them called for shortening, which I didn’t have, I chose a really simple one with just flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and milk. I’m not a huge milk fan, and so I didn’t have any of that, but I decided to go ahead with the endeavor anyway, instead using some vanilla soy milk I already had in my fridge. I made an egg wash to spread on top of them for a little fancy shine, and after the first batch of plain ones I started to experiment with different flavor combinations. I had some leftover roasted garlic and [spicy] red Thai chiles from a couple of days ago, and so i chopped them up and stuffed them inside a few of the biscuits. For some of the other ones, I got some fresh basil from my mini-garden, chopped it up, and put it on top of one and in combination with the red chiles on another.
I think the biscuits would have been delicious with regular milk, but I kind of like the sweetness that the soy milk added, and that same sweetness contrasts really well with the spicy chiles and the flavorful basil and garlic. Soy biscuit success.
On the menu for tonight— roasted asparagus and leeks with parmesan pecorino cheese and spicy garlic mashed potatoes.
