It's

Cozy Food Friday!

That means it's time to share a recipe from 

another great cozy mystery!

Today I'm featuring a recipe from

FAT TUESDAY FRICASSEE

Book 3 in Biscuit Bowl Food Truck

 Mystery series

by

J.J. Cook!

The national bestselling author of Fry Another Day serves up a third helping in the Biscuit Bowl Food Truck Mystery series…

It’s Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, and food truck chef Zoe Chase is driven to distraction attending high-society soirees, feeding the partying masses, and getting the skinny on a Fat Tuesday murder…

Two weeks of carnival celebrations has got Zoe running ragged. By day, she charms hungry tourists with authentic Southern cuisine. At night, she accompanies her father to one masquerade ball after another, hobnobbing with the high rollers of the secret cabal known as the Mistics of Time.

But the fun turns frightening when Zoe stumbles across “Death’s” dead body. Journalist Jordan Phillips attended the Mistics’ latest bash in a traditional Death costume, and received a fatal bullet wound for the privilege. With more than three hundred masked suspects determined to remain anonymous, and the police covering up the facts behind the murder of the investigative reporter, Zoe realizes the Mistics have some serious secrets to hide…

I'm crazy about this series! 

If you haven't tried it yet, pick up the first two now and pre-order FAT TUESDAY FRICASSEE to get it on it's December 1, 2015 release date!

Book One                                  Book Two  

On to today's amazing recipe! 

PLUM CLAFOUTI

Clafouti is a traditional French dessert made by pouring custard over fruit and baking. The fruit is quickly sautéed to create a flavorful syrup that sticks with the custard. You can make this dessert with any ripe fruit suck as cherries. apricots, or plums. 

Ingredients

1 tbsp. sliced almonds 

7 tbsp. granulated sugar 

2 tbsp. unsalted butter 

3 to 5 medium red or black plums, pitted and quartered 

1 tbsp. brandy 

1 tbsp. amaretto 

1/3 cup all-purpose flour 

1/3 tsp. salt 

3 large eggs 

1/3 cup whole milk 

1/4 cup heavy cream 

1 tsp. pure vanilla extract 

Confectioners' sugar for dusting 

9-inch pie pan 

Directions 

Preheat over to 350° F.

Toast almonds in oven until golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer them to a small bowl to cool. Stir in 1 tbsp. of granulated sugar and set aside. 

Melt butter in a pan until bubbling and then add plums. 

Cook until they are soft on low heat, turning frequently. 

Reduce heat and sprinkle 3 tbsp. of granulated sugar over the fruit. 

Cook until the sugar melts into the fruit juices and becomes a syrup, about 1 to 2 minutes. 

Turn off the heat and stir in brandy and amaretto. 

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and the remaining 3 tbsp. of sugar. 

Whisk in the eggs until the mixture is smooth. Mix in milk, cream, and vanilla. 

Pour the fruit and syrup into a 9-inch pie pan, spreading the fruit evenly. 

Pour custard over the fruit. 

Bake until puffy with a set center, about 15 minutes. 

Sprinkle toasted almonds over the top halfway through baking. 

Allow to cool 10 to 15 minutes. 

The center will fall. 

Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve. 

All food photos are from Google Images. 

Your finished dish may differ in appearance. 

Doesn't this sound wonderful? It's so simple to make for something that looks so impressive. 

You could really wow your family and friends over the holidays by serving them this dessert!

Please keep reading and check out my 

installments of 

Book Beginnings on Fridays

and

The Friday 56

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My Book Beginnings and Friday 56

 for this week are also from

FAT TUESDAY FRICASSEE

 

Book Beginnings on Fridays is a meme hosted by Rose City Reader

Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading

My Book Beginnings...

"There you are, Zoe!" My father opened the door to his apartment. "I was beginning to worry." 

"Sorry. I put down my cat, Crème Brûlée. He immediately ran to his food bowl. He tends to eat when he's stressed. "It's been a rough day. I was out at six A. M. with the Biscuit Bowl after being up at the other masquerade ball last night until after midnight."

Daddy's critical eyes went over me. "Is there still time to get your hair and nails done? I know you want to look your best tonight." 

I slumped into one of his elegant but uncomfortable chairs. "I hope there's time for a nap. I'm so glad this is the last ball. Aren't you exhausted?"

"A nap? Will all this excitement?" He dragged me to my feet and danced me around the room. 

The Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda's Voice

Rules: *Grab a book, any book. *Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you have to improvise, that's okay.) *Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grab you. *Post it.

My Friday 56...

There was no chalk outline where the body had been a short while before, but I could trace it with my gaze.

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