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Salmon Lasagne leftover
Onion Biscuits

Cooking time:  25 minutes for menu
Cooking schedule: see below for "menu" instructions

Salmon Lasagne leftover                                                Time: 25 minutes

leftover lasagne

Remove from fridge.  Assuming your dish can go from fridge to oven - put it into 425F (215C) oven and reheat for 15 - 20 minutes.  (Put it into a baking dish if you have to.)    This can go into a cold oven - no need to preheat.   The oven temp is solely based on the temp needed for the biscuits

Onion Biscuits (they're light)                                            Time: 25 minutes

1 small or 1/2 large onion left from yesterday
1 tbs olive oil
1/4 cup plus 2 tbs milk
3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour or use all white
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp oregano
2 tbs butter (chilled is best)

Chop onion and sauté in oil over medium heat until tender.  Put in blender along with milk and puree until smooth  Put all dry ingredients into bowl.  Add butter and cut in with pastry blender, fork or 2 knives.  The idea is to get the butter and flour mixed so that it looks like tiny pebbles or coarse sand.  Add onion/milk and stir lightly and briefly until just sort of combined.  (The way to make light biscuits is a minimum of handling - trust me, it works.)  Scoop dough out onto a heavily floured surface - any clean counter top or table will work.  Knead lightly 5 - 7 times - that is: press it together lightly, turn it over and do it again, folding it over on itself as you turn it. It is not going to look well mixed or smooth like bread dough.  Rub flour on a rolling pin and lightly roll dough out to 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) thickness.  Cut into circles - either with round cookie cutter, biscuit cutter, or glass or cup, 2 - 3 inches (5 - 7.5 cm) in diameter.  Put on lightly oiled baking sheet.  Leftover dough can be lightly re-rolled and more biscuits cut.  Bake for 10 - 15 minutes in 425F (215C) oven or until lightly browned.  Remove and serve immediately.  For those not familiar with baking powder biscuits - they are light and wonderful eaten with melted butter while still hot from the oven.  They resemble hockey pucks the next day so don't bother to save the leftovers.

Note:  This will yield 5 - 8 biscuits.  I cut my regular biscuit recipe in half.
                                                                                             

Cooking Schedule: 25 minutes
Assemble all ingredients and utensils
Put the salmon in the oven to reheat
Turn the oven on
Chop onion and sauté
Purée onion and milk
Mix dry ingredients

Cut in butter
Add milk/onion and mix lightly
Roll out and cut
Repeat
Bake
Remove biscuits and lasagne
Relax and enjoy

 

 

 

 

 

 

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