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Caterpillar Cake
By maredan
Directions Cake 1. With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F)
- Cake
- 2-1/2 * 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1-1/2 * 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 * 1 cup butter, softened
- 1-1/4 * 1-1/4 sugar
- 3 * 3 eggs
- 1 * 1 cup milk
- 2 * 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Butter Icing
- 1 * 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1-1/4 * 1-1/4 cups icing sugar
- Assembly
- * Red or black licorice twists, sticks or ropes cut into 40 pieces, each about 1/4 inch long
- 60 * 60 grams cotton candy in 3 colours
Sausage and Lentils
By maredan
Directions 1. Put the lentils in a saucepan with the stock, onion, and thyme
- 1 * 1 pound Puy lentils
- 6 * 6 cups chicken stock
- 1/2 * 1/2 onion, peeled
- 1 * 1 bunch thyme
- 4 - 6 * 4 - 6 fresh, fat sausages from the butcher
- 1 * 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 * 2 shallots, minced
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup walnut oil (or olive oil)
- * salt and pepper
Blackberry Jam-Filled Pancakes
By maredan
To make jam, in a bowl combine the blackberries and granulated sugar and stir until the sugar has dissolved slightl...
- For the blackberry jam:
- 3 c blackberries
- 3/4 c granulated sugar
- 1 vanilla bean
- For the pancakes:
- 1 1/4 c ebelskiver pancake mix
- 2 eggs, separated
- 1 c milk
Rum Cake
By maredan
Directions Preheat oven to 325
- 3 cup(s) flour, unbleached or all purpose
- 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1 cup(s) butter, softened
- 3 whole(s) eggs
- 2 cup(s) brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup(s) buttermilk
- 1 cup(s) rum, divided
Walnut Torte
By maredan
Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 °F and grease a 9-inch springform pan
- 1 * 1 cup walnut pieces
- * chopped walnuts and walnut halves, for garnish
- 1 * 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 7 * 7 large eggs, room temperature
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 * 1 cup 2% milk
- 3 * 3 tablespoons custard powder
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup honey
- 2 * 2 tablespoons brandy
- 1 * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 * 2 cups walnut pieces
- 1 * 1 cup icing sugar, sifted
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup apricot jam
Peach and Strawberry Crumble
By maredan
Directions Serving suggestion: whipped cream, vanilla ice cream or gelato Put an oven rack in the center of the o...
- Filling:
- * Butter, for pan
- 2 * 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (about 1/2 large lemon)
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 tablespoons arrowroot flour
- 1 * 1 pound medium strawberries, halved
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 pounds yellow or white peaches, peeled, pitted and sliced* see Cook's Note
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- Topping:
- 2/3 * 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 * 2/3 cup old fashioned style oats
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 * 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 * 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, chilled, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Sausage Mixed Grill
By maredan
1. Light a grill. Poke the sausages all over with a knife
- 1 . 12 breakfast sausages
- 2 . 4 weisswursts
- 3 . 4 hot or sweet Italian sausages
- 4 . 16 multicolored mini bell peppers
- 5 . 2 heads of radicchio, cut into 6 wedges each
- 6 . Olive oil, for brushing
- 7 . Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Hot Mussles
By maredan
1. Heat the oven to broil with the rack near the top
- 1 * 1 pound mussels
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup Pernod
- 3 * 3 tablespoons salted butter, softened
- 1 * 1 teaspoon chopped chives
- 1 * 1 teaspoon chopped tarragon
- 3 * 3 tablespoons fresh breadcrumbs
- 1 * 1 pinch Freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 * 1/2 lemon
Aloha L.A. Cocktail
By maredan
Garnish: 2 limes, cut into wedges Special equipment: a 60-ounce pitcher In a blender, combine the pineapple...
- 1 * 1 ripe pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into 1-inch cubes (to yield about 3 cups)
- 1 1/4 * 1 1/4 cups light rum
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup agave nectar
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup fresh lime juice (from 2 to 3 large limes)
- 2 * 2 cups ice
- 1 * 1 (1 liter) bottle ginger ale
Chocolate Cream Cake
By maredan
Directions 1. Heat the oven to 350°F/180°C
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup espresso
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup Cognac or rum
- 1 * 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 16 * 16 ounces bittersweet chocolate, broken into pieces
- 6 * 6 eggs
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup sugar, more to taste
- 1 * 1 cup heavy cream, chilled
- * Gold leaf (optional)