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Chicken with Honey and Rosemary
By maredan
Directions 1. Preheat the gas grill, setting the burners to high, or prepare a wood fire, letting it burn down ...
- 8 * 8 chicken legs or 4 rabbit hind legs
- 8 * 8 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup honey
- 16 * 16 sheets aluminum foil
- * Salt and pepper
Champagne Shrimp on Endive
By maredan
Champagne Shrimp 1. For shrimp, bring champagne, lemons and tarragon up to a simmer (I start with chilled cha...
- Champagne Shrimp
- 1 * 1 bottle champagne or sparkling wine, chilled
- 2 * 2 lemons, sliced
- 3 * 3 sprigs tarragon
- 1 * 1 pound 16/20 shrimp, shelled and de-veined
- * splash champagne vinegar
- 2 * 2 heads Belgian endive
- * edible flowers, for garnish
- Dip
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 * 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
- 1 * 1 tablespoon champagne vinegar
- 2 * 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh tarragon
Cranberry Pound Cake
By maredan
Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- 16 tablespoon(s) (2 sticks) butter
- 1 1/2 cup(s) sugar
- 1 tablespoon(s) lemon zest
- 8 eggs
- 1 1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
- 1 1/2 cup(s) cranberries, fresh or defrosted
Fruit Salad Smoothie
By maredan
Directions 1. Put all ingredients into a large heavy pitcher and puree with a hand blender until smooth
- 1 * 1 banana
- 10 * 10 grapes, seedless
- 1 * 1 kiwi, peeled
- 1 * 1 apple, cored and chopped
- 1/2 * 1/2 cantaloupe, peeled and seeded
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup blueberries
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup strawberries
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup raspberries
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup frozen or fresh mango
- 3 * 3 cups orange juice
Chocolate Espresso Cake with Coffee Glaze
By maredan
Instructions To make the cake: Put rack in center position and heat oven to 350°
- For the filling:
- 6 * 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened plus more for pan (see Note)
- 3 * 3 large eggs
- * ¾ cup sugar
- * ½ cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 * 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 * 1 tablespoon finely ground espresso
- 1 * 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 * 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 * 1 cup (8 ounces) mascarpone cheese
- 1 * 1 tablespoon coffee-flavored liquor
- 1 * 1 tablespoon finely ground espresso
- For the glaze:
- 5 * 5½ ounces semisweet chocolate, roughly chopped
- * ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 * 1 tablespoon coffee-flavored liquor
- 1 * 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- * Whole coffee beans for garnish
Raspberry Tart
By maredan
Directions Put the milk in a saucepan
- 1 cup milk
- half of a vanilla bean
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 tablespoon framboise liqueur
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 pound fresh raspberries
- 1 9-inch/23 cm cookie crust, baked
Parsley and Parmesan Salad
By maredan
1. Mince the shallot and garlic and put in large bowl
- 1 * 1 pink shallot
- 1 * 1 clove garlic
- 3 * 3 large handfuls flat-leaf parsley leaves
- * Parmesan cheese
- * Lemon zest and juice, to taste
- * Olive oil, to taste
- * Salt and pepper
Spicy Tomato Salsa
By maredan
Directions Put the tomatoes, cilantro, garlic, olive oil, orange juice, and red pepper flakes in a food processor
- 4 * 4 medium tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 1 * 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 3 * 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 * 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- * Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- *
- * Serving suggestion: tortilla chips
Apricot Oat Bars
By maredan
Directions Put an oven rack in the center of the oven
- * Vegetable oil cooking spray
- * Filling
- 1 * 1 (13-ounce) jar apricot jam or preserves (about 1 1/4 cups)
- 8 * 8 dried apricots, chopped into 1/4-inch pieces (about 1/3 cup)
- * Crust
- 1 3/4 * 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 * 1 packed cup light brown sugar
- 1 * 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 * 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 3/4 * 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 3/4 * 1 3/4 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 * 1 cup (4 ounces) coarsely chopped walnuts
- 1 * 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 * 1 egg, at room temperature, beaten
- 1 * 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Lemon Marshmallow Cake
By maredan
Directions Cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees F
- Cake
- 2 1/2 cup(s) cake flour
- 2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
- 3/4 cup(s) (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 cup(s) granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon(s) grated lemon zest
- 1 large egg
- 3 large egg whites
- 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup(s) buttermilk
- Lemon Syrup
- 1/2 cup(s) sugar
- 1/4 cup(s) water
- 1/2 cup(s) fresh lemon juice
- Fillings
- 1 cup(s) heavy cream
- 2 tablespoon(s) confectioners' sugar
- 2/3 cup(s) Lemon Curd
- 1/2 cup(s) seedless raspberry preserves or jam, stirred to loosen
- Marshmallow Topping
- 4 large egg whites, at room temperature
- 1 cup(s) granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract