Perhaps one of the most arduous treks in literature, Leopold Bloom’s journey in Ulysses by James Joyce, which roughly follows The Odyssey, takes place only in a single day.
I’m sure you know that sometimes during a long trip, a fella’s gotta eat. In the midst of Bloom’s meanderings through Dublin, loose under ‘the heaventree of stars hung with humid nightblue fruit,’ he stops in for a quick bite at a pub.
“A cheese sandwich, then. Gorgonzola, have you?” Bloom asks, humorously paralleling Odysseus’ battle with the Gorgons in The Odyssey.
If only he’d hastened to Hoexters for something more substantial, such as their Gorgonzola Bread, dripping with an absolutely luscious garlic gorgonzola cream bechamel!
Should you not be able to make your own journey to visit Hoexter’s on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, I’ve included a recipe below to try at home. Or follow the recipe here for a simple bechamel and spruce it up with garlic and the pungent cheese that Leopold Bloom craved.
Gorgonzola Garlic Bread
Adapted from life-in-the-lofthouse.com
Ingredients:
1 loaf
French bread
1/3 cup salted
butter softened
1/2 cup Gorgonzola
cheese
2 cloves garlic minced
1/2 Tablespoon freshly
chopped parsley or 2 teaspoons dried parsley
Freshly grated
Parmesan cheese
Method:
Slice French
bread into 8 slices. Lay each slice on a baking sheet. Set aside.
Cream butter
and Gorgonzola cheese together in a medium bowl.
Stir in minced
garlic and chopped parsley to cheese mixture.
Spread mixture
evenly over each French bread slice.
Sprinkle tops
with a little Parmesan cheese.
Place under
broiler until cheese is melted and bubbly. (*Stay and watch the entire time to
prevent burning!)
Thanks to Hoexter's for the photo!
I believe a trip top NYC is in the offing, May, I think. I may have to try these at Hoexter's before attempting them in my own kitchen. This seems like a treat fit for the gods!
ReplyDeleteIt looks and sounds so good I’m drooling! Yum.
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