August.... and "gastrique"

The August cqjp2015 block was fun because I was able to find a use for some funky 3-D rose fabric I have had in my stash "f o r e v e r....."  and do a few fun seam treatments as well..  and I am still in love with ribbon folding for seams.... I think I got the fabric from Cathy Kizerian when we visited Susie in LA.  I had to kinda mooch  and manipulate it to get it to work but I like it.  Have a little left.

 

The other day I found a recipe for chicken crepes topped with a raspberry gastrique... I had no idea what a "gastrique" was but since then I have found recipes for raspberry gastrique used on pork, salmon, and duck..  It is a sweet and sour sauce and it can be made with other fruits besides raspberries.  Here is squab with a blueberry gastrique.   Now OF COURSE I have to try it on the chicken crepe recipe and luckily for me Emeril Lagasse has a video on the internet with excellent instructions. 

I haven't made crepes since the 1970's when they were all the rage... But I ran across my beloved crepe cookbook and am inspired to try some of my old favorites. My kids loved them and it was always a cool way to sneak extra veggies into their diet.  They balked at broccoli just by itself but tuck it in a crepe with a little cheese sauce and they devoured it eagerly.