I’m in a Facebook cooking group and they do a theme challenge each month. April is Depression Era or Frugal. So I decided to go as cheap and gourmet as possible. Soldiers and eggs with dead nettle pesto.
Homemade: bread, butter Home raised: goose eggs Home foraged: pecans, dead nettles, wild garlic
I made a soft skin and a hard skin loaf because my wife likes a softer crust.
Paid for: Salt, pepper, EVOO, flour, yeast, heavy cream. Cost per person: $1.13
Pesto needs a lot more oil but otherwise looks fantastic
It was a balance issue. The wild garlic was mild and the dead nettle was pretty neutral. The pecans were more texture than flavor. If I put in any more oil all you were going to taste was the oil.