strawberry rhubarb rolls plus my 8th catering gig

last week i went to albuquerque and brought home a strawberry rhubarb pie from the flying star cafe for gillian. she was raving about it and it really was delicious. it made me look up some strawberry rhubarb recipes and i came across this one for strawberry rhubarb rolls.

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

1 cup water

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 egg, beaten

2/3 cup light cream

Melted butter

1 cup sliced fresh strawberries

2 cups finely diced rhubarb

Combine 3/4 cup sugar and 1 cup water in a pan and boil for 5 minutes. Pour into a 9-inch square pan.

For shortcake, mix together the flour, ba8king powder, 2 tablespoons sugar and salt. Cut in the butter until mixture is like coarse crumbs.

Combine egg and cream and add to dry ingredients, stirring only to moisten. Roll dough into a 9 x 15-inch rectangle. Brush with melted butter and top with berries and rhubarb. Sprinkle with 1/3 cup sugar. Roll this lengthwise, like you would a jellyroll and cut into 12 slices. Place on top of syrup in square pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 450 degrees F.

Serve warm.

my only issues with this recipe were that i could only cut 9 rolls not 12. the rolls would have been way too thin. it was also really messy to cut after rolling them so the rolls weren't very pretty. also baking them in a 9 inch square pan would have been too small for these large rolls so i used a 9 X 13 inch pan. in the end they were ugly but so delicious. i recommend trying this recipe even if it is a little bit of a pain in the ass.

so next tuesday will me my ninth and final catering gig for that class at mesalands. i thought this week was, and i had no idea what to cook. i ended up making easy and fast recipes that i already tried before. i made sweet & spicy kielbasa, mashed red potatoes, buttered cabbage and chocolate cake.