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Mean Chef's Ribs
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Mix rub ingredients together and apply rub to ribs
- 1/2 cup new mexico chile powder (not chili powder)
- 2 tablespoons black pepper
- 2 tablespoons celery salt
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 4 lbs pork baby back ribs or 4 lbs pork spareribs
GOLDEN FRUIT CAKE
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To prepare the fruit: Combine the dried fruit (except for the candied cherries) with liquid in a bowl
- FRUIT
- 2 cups raisins: golden, jumbo, or your favorite type of raisins
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup dried apricots, chopped
- 1 cup candied lemon peel
- 1 3/4 cups candied red cherries
- 3/4 cup brandy, rum, or whiskey; or apple juice, plus extra to brush over the cakes when they come out of the oven
- CAKE
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon Fiori di Sicilia, optional (I used vanilla)
- 5 large eggs
- 3 3/4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups diced pecans or walnuts, optional
Marty's World Famous Butter Tarts
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Preheat oven to 375ºF and grease 2 jumbo muffin pans
- 1 recipe Century-Old Nun's Pastry Dough
- 3/4 lb butter, melted
- 3 cups brown sugar, packed
- 3 cups corn syrup, slightly warmed in microwave
- 6 eggs
- 2 1/2 tblsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 tblsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 1/2 tsp lemon rind
- 1/8 - 1/4 tsp nutmeg
Raspberry Pie
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Line 9-inch (23 cm) pie plate with pastry
- 1 pastry for 9-inch (23cm) Double Crust
- 4 cups (1 L) raspberries
- 1 cup (250 mL) granulated sugar
- 3 tbsp (45 mL) all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) lemon juice
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) butter
- milk or cream
- Sprinkle granulated sugar
Dan Lepard’s Sourcream Sandwich Loaf
By broots
In a large bowl, mix the cream with 150ml cold water and 100ml boiling water, add the salt, sugar and yeast, then m...
- 125 g cold sour cream
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp caster sugar
- 1 sachet fast-action yeast
- 550 g strong white flour, plus extra for shaping
- Oil, for kneading
Ritzy Chicken Nuggets by Nigella
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1. Cut off the chicken peg bone if there is one, and put the chicken breasts one at a time into a freezer bag so th...
- 2 (each weighing approximately 8 ounces with the peg bone, less without) chicken breasts
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup oil (if you are frying the nuggets)
- 1 3/4 cups cracker crumbs (recommended: Ritz Crackers)
Strawberry Ice Cream
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1. Place milk in the top of a double boiler and bring just to a simmer over gently boiling water over medium heat
- 1 1⁄2 cups whole milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 3 ⁄4 cup plus 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 1 1⁄4 cup heavy cream
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced
- Juice of 1⁄2 lemon
Apple Pie
By broots
from Betty Crocker
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- dash of salt
- 6 cups thinly sliced, pared tart apples
- 2 tblsp butter
- Pastry for 9-inch two crust pie
Roasted Beet, Onion, and Orange Salad
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F
- 1 pound beets, preferably very small ones
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 20 large pearl onions, about 1/2 pound
- 2 oranges, peeled and cut into wedges
- 2 tablespoons hazelnut oil
- 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped fresh coriander leaves (also known as cilantro) plus extra for garnish
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 2 tablespoons hazelnuts, toasted and peeled
- 1-ounce pecorino, optional, grated on medium-sized holes of box grater
Lemon Shortbread Tarts
By broots
FOR SHORTBREAD TARTS: Lightly grease or spray with Pam 24 miniature muffin tins (approximately 1 l/2 inches (3
- CREAM CHEESE FILLING:
- 1 cup (227 grams) (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup (72 grams) powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cups (210 grams) all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon (15 grams) cornstarch or rice flour
- One 8-oz. (227 grams) package cream cheese - softened
- 1-14 ounce (396 grams) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1/3 cup (83 grams) lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
- 1 teaspoon (4 grams) pure vanilla extract
- GARNISH:
- Any combination of berries (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries) or other fruit such as slices of kiwi.
- Note: Cornstarch (corn flour) or rice flour replaces some of the all purpose flour to produce a more delicate and fragile shortbread.