What’s Cooking with Dobra

The new feature on Around The Town with Al Bresloff is that on the 4th Sunday of each month, the show will be visited by the owner of “delightful pastries” a bakery and pastry shop that has been serving Chicagoland for a quarter of a century. But they are more than a bakery & pastry shop, so each month, Dobra will talk about specific recipes or holidays and how to best prepare for them.

If you have specific questions, you can send them to info@delightfulpastries.com or albresloff@yahoo.com.

We will make sure that every question is answered, either on-air or by e-mail. By the way: every question asked will qualify you for monthly drawings where we will give away theater tickets, dining gift cards and /or other items of great value.

To see what Dobra has in store for you and to learn about cooking classes ( or baking) visit www.delightfulpastries.com

Escarole and Bean Soup

2 quarts of chicken stock(if you want to make it vegan use vegetable stock)

1 TBL olive oil

2 onions, finely diced

4 garlic cloves, finely diced

Salt & pepper to taste

¼ tsp Aleppo chili pepper (or more if you like it spicy)1 can cannellini beans, rinsed well

1 escarole, well washed and chopped into large pieces

Sauté onion with salt and pepper till lightly brown about 7 minutes.

Add garlic and Aleppo pepper and sauté till fragrant add broth and bring to a boil.

Throw in the beans and taste for salt and pepper and bring to a boil again.

Add the escarole and let it cook only for a few minutes and turn off the heat.

Check for salt and pepper again then serve with a swig of extra virgin olive oil

or if you want it to be extra fancy shredded parmesan and fresh herbs.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Dobra

Delightful Pastries – Jefferson Park

5927 W Lawrence Ave