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Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes
By maredan
Pistou 1. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients
- Pistou
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup oil-packed chopped fleur d’ail (garlic scapes) or 2 cloves garlic, pressed
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh basil
- Pasta
- 2 * 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, diced
- 3 * 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3/4 * 3/4 pound tortiglioni or penne
- 2 * 2 cups blanched garlic scapes, cut in 2.5-cm (1-inch) lengths (or thin asparagus spears or thin green beans)
- 2 * 2 small yellow zucchini, cut in 1/2-cm (1/4-inch) rounds
- 1 * 1 green zucchini, cubed
- 2 * 2 cups cherry tomatoes
Watercress Salad
By maredan
Directions Toss the greens with the oil, vinegar, salt and pepper, to taste
- 4 handfuls watercress, with the stems trimmed
- Extra virgin olive oil to taste
- Champagne vinegar to taste
- 1 pinch Salt and pepper
- 2 handfuls small green grapes
- 1 handful slivered almonds, toasted
Pumpkin Donuts
By maredan
1. Bring a large pot of oil to 350 degrees (180 degrees celsius)
- for the glaze:
- 8 cups vegetable oil for frying
- 1 3/4 cups (250g) flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 cup (55g) vegetable oil
- 6 tablespoons (60g) unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar
- 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup 200g) pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- glaze (recipe follows) or powdered sugar for dusting
- 1 cup (130g) confectioner’s sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
French Custard Ice Cream with Wine-Steeped Plums
By maredan
Directions For ice cream, heat 1 cup cream and milk with the scraped seeds of vanilla beans (let pods steep in cre...
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
- 1 vanilla bean
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/3 sugar
- dash salt
- dash ground cinnamon
Fresh Fruit Ideas
By maredan
Directions Pineapple Boats 1
- Pineapple Boats
- 1 * 1 pineapple
- * Splash of rum (optional)
- Melon with Strawberries and Raspberries
- 1 * 1 melon of your choice
- 1/2 * 1/2 pint strawberries
- 1/2 * 1/2 pint raspberries
- * Splash of Grand Marnier (optional)
- Oranges with Cinnamon
- 2 * 2 Oranges (or as many as you like)
- * Cinnamon
- * Caster sugar
- Watermelon
- 1 * 1 small watermelon
- * Rose Water
- Figs with Honey and Fresh Cheese
- 4 * 4 figs
- 2 * 2 scoops fresh cheese (fromage blanc from a farmer’s market)
- 1 * 1 spoon light honey (acadia or wildflower)
Strawberry Shortcake Torte
By maredan
Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350F and grease and flour two 8-inch square cake pans
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 * 1 cup sugar
- 3 * 3 large eggs
- 1 * 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup 2% milk
- 1-1/4 * 1-1/4 cup pastry flour
- 1-1/2 * 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 2 * 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped to soft peaks
White Sangria
By maredan
Directions 1. Combine the Vinho Verde, Triple Sec, apple juice, gingerale, lime juice and lemon juice in a pit...
- 2 * 2 cups Vinho Verde or a crisp white wine (500 ml)
- 1 * 1 ounce Triple Sec or fruit brandy, optional (30 ml)
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup apple juice (125 ml)
- 1 * 1 cup gingerale (250 ml)
- * Juice of 1 lime
- * Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 * 1 lime, cut into wedges
- 1 * 1 lemon, cut into wedges
- 1 * 1 kumquat, sliced
- 1 * 1 starfruit, sliced
- * Small wedge watermelon, melon balled
- * Handful strawberries or raspberries
- 8 * 8 mint leaves
- * Handful ice cubes
Pumpkin Pie Spice Pumpkin Seeds
By maredan
Directions 1. Preheat your oven to 375°
- 1 * 1 egg white1 egg white
- 1 * 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 * 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 * 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 * 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- * Sprinkled sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste Sprinkled sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 * 2 cups raw pumpkin seeds raw pumpkin seeds
French Style Omelette
By maredan
1. Melt butter in an omelette or crêpe pan
- 2 * 2 teaspoons butter
- 2 * 2 eggs
- 1 * 1 teaspoon chopped fresh herbs (such as basil, dill, thyme, chervil or parsley)
- * Salt and pepper
Chevre Chaud with Nuts
By maredan
Filling 1. In a bowl, combine all the filling ingredients
- Filling
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup pecans or walnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup blanched almonds, toasted and coarsely chopped
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds, coarsely chopped
- 2 * 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 * 1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- * Pepper
- Goat Cheese Triangles
- 6 * 6 sheets phyllo dough, defrosted
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup melted butter
- 200 * 200 grams feta or firm goat cheese, sliced into 8 sticks
- Salad
- 2 * 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 * 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 2 * 2 tablespoons Zante currants
- 1 * 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives
- 3 * 3 cups mixed baby greens or baby spinach
- * Fleur de sel