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Pear Clafouti
By fsilver4
This dessert is like a giant custard based pancake
- 1 tablespoon butter, room temp
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 extra large eggs, room temp
- 6 tablespoons flour
- 1 1/2 cups cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest (2 lemons)
- 2 tablespoons pear brandy, such as Poire William
- 2 to 3 bartlett pears
Brownies: Cocoa
By fsilver4
Preheat oven to 325*. Line an 8x8x2 glass baking dish with foil, pressing firmly into pan and leaving a 2" overhan...
- 1 stick butter, cut into 1" pieces
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 34 cup Scharffen Berger natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
Topping: Oatmeal Crisp
By fsilver4
For a pie plate size crisp, here's the topping without the waste
- 1/2 cup oatmeal
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- l stick of cold butter
Pizza Dough
By fsilver4
Combine water, yeast, honey and olive oil in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook
- 1 1/4 cups warm (100 to 110 degrees) water
- 2 packages dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 3 tablespoons good olive oil
- 4 cups all purpose flour, plus extra for kneeding
Pasta: Tortelloni with Ricotta and Spinach in Tomato Sauce
By fsilver4
I have my own pasta recipe that I roll out on my counter top pasta roller so I don't use wonton wraps as this recip...
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup minced onion
- 12 garlic cloves, sliced
- 12 skinned and seeded Roma tomatoes, about 5 cups
- 1 cup chopped fresh basil
- (skin tomatoes by slicing crosses on ends and dropping into boiling water for 2 minutes)
- Seed by food processer and then sieve the seeds.
- 1 10 oz. package spinach leaves with stems trimmed
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup fresh grated Parmasan cheese
- ground nutmeg
- 24 square wonton wrappers
Cookies: Outrageous Peanut Butter Cookies
By fsilver4
Demo
- 1 cup chunky peanut butter
- 1 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
- 3/4 stick butter, room temp
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons dark corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 1.8 to 2-oz. candy bars with peanuts, peanut butter, chocolate and caramel (such as Nutrageous) cut into 1/2" cubes.
Shrimp Salad
By fsilver4
Bring 5 quarts of water, 3 tablespoons salt, and the lemon to a boil in a large saucepan
- 3 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1 lemon, cut into quarters
- 4 pounds large shrimp in the shell (16 to 20 shrimp per pound)
- 2 cups mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons white wine or white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 6 tablespoons minced fresh dill
- 1 cup minced red onion
- 3 cups minced celery (6 stalks)
Bread, Triple Cheese
By fsilver4
Dissolve the yeast in 1/4 cup of the lukewarm water
- 3/4 cup (6 oz.) water
- 2 teaspoon yeast
- 3 cups (12 3/4oz.) unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons butter, soft
- 1/2 cup Cabot cheddar, shredded
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese
- 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Beef: Tenderloin steaks with Cranberry-Port Sauce and Gorgonzola Cheese
By fsilver4
Demo
- 1/2 stick of butter
- 2 large garlic clove, sliced
- 1 large shallot, sliced
- 1 1/4 cups canned beef broth
- 1 cup ruby Port
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 4- 5 to 6 oz. beef tenderloin steaks (each about 1" thick)
- 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary
- 1/2 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
Cake: Angel Food
By fsilver4
This is a standard recipe with a little added flavor because of the lemon zest
- 1 1/3 cups cake flour sifted
- 1/2 cups superfine sugar
- 1 1/2 cups egg whites
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 1/2 cups superfine sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 whole zest of lemon or 1 1/2 teaspoon zest