Wine Glazed Potatoes

with the oven occupido, I decided to pan fry the tots.
I had some left over pinot noir from the night before and my friend brought over some pinot grigio for dinner, so I decided to go 1/2 white 1/2 red.

5 lbs red potatoes, eyed and cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes, soak in water
6 sprigs of fresh thyme (just the leaves) or 1 1/2 tbsp of dried thyme,
3 cloves of garlic (minced)
3/4 cup of pinot grigrio
3/4 cup of pinot noir
4 tbsp of butter
salt
pepper

1. heat oil in pan
2. add 1/2 of the thyme (just the leaves)
3. add 1/2 of the potatoes
4. fry potatoes in the pan, tossing occasionally, until some of it is gold and crusty (about 6 minutes)
5. add wine and cover (about 6 minutes) *note of caution: this might flame up - yes, wine + heat = fire*
6. remove cover, cook potatoes, tossing occasionally, until the wine dries out (most of it should be gone by now)
7. add garlic and toss (about 4 minutes)
8. add 2 tbsp of butter, toss to coat, set aside
9. repeat with the other 1/2 of the potatoes

Variaions:


Any kind of wine can be used; I used Shiraz on Thanksgiving.
I also used russell potatoes instead of red potatoes.

Spinach Pizza Quiche (left over)



3 slices of pizza (left over)
1 bag of shredded cheese (dag'nasty 4 italian cheese mix)
6 eggs
1/2 cup of milk
1 package of frozen spinach (chopped)
1/4 onion (diced)
2 cloves of garlic (minced)
pinch of oregano
salt
pepper
2 tablespoons of olive oil

1. heat pan, add oilve oil, sautee onion until soften - about 4 minutes
2. add garlic to onion, sautee for another 2 minutes
3. beat eggs with milk, mix in oregano, salt and pepper
4. remove the crust from the pizza slices - save for later
5. cut pizza into 1 inch pieces
6. slice crusts into 1/4 inch pieces
7. defrost, rinse and drain spinach
7. pre-heat oven - 375 degrees
8. mix spinach, onion, pizza, egg and cheese (reserve a handful) in a baking dish
9. let the mixture rest for about 7 minutes
10. spread sliced crust and reserved cheese on top
11. bake for 1 hour at 375 degrees, rotate baking dish after 1/2 hour

Mushroom version


revisions:
1. replace spinach with a package of white button mushrooms (rinsed and sliced)
2. sautee mushroom with onion and garlic - about 5 minutes