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Profiteroles
By maredan
Choux pastry 1. With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F)
- Choux pastry
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 * 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 * 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 4 * 4 eggs
- Chocolate Sauce
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup 35% cream
- 3 * 3 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
- Ice Cream
- * Vanilla, pecan or caramel ice cream to taste
Whole Roasted Chicken
By maredan
Directions Chicken 1
- Chicken
- 1 * 1 4 lb (2 kg) roasting chicken (air chilled, preferably)
- 1 * 1 onion, sliced
- * extra virgin olive oil, for basting
- * coarse salt and ground black pepper
Shrimp and Zucchini Skewers
By maredan
Directions Skewer the shrimp, with zucchini slices ribboned in between each piece
- 24 large shrimp, peeled and tailed
- 24 thin zucchini ribbons
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon chili pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint or basil
- 1 pinch Salt
Sangria Flora
By maredan
Your guest will love you when you shout, Sangria!
- One (750-milliliter) bottle Sauvignon Blanc
- 1 1/2 cups St. Germain elderflower liqueur (or elderflower cordial)
- 1/4 cup Cointreau
- 6 strawberries, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 6 raspberries
- 2 peaches, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 1 orange, thinly sliced crosswise
- 1 pound green and red grapes
- Ice
Tarragon Potatoe Salad
By maredan
Directions Put the potatoes in a pot and cover with cold water
- 4 pounds Yukon Gold or Charlotte potatoes
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 pink shallots, sliced into very thin rings
- 2 handfuls of torn fresh tarragon and chives
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup grape-seed or olive oil
- 1 pinch salt and pepper
Sangria with White Grape Juice
By maredan
Directions In a large pitcher, combine all the ingredients except the cherries and ice cubes
- 1 bottle Spanish red wine, chilled
- 1/2 can white grape cocktail concentrate, thawed
- Juice of 4 clementines
- Juice of 2 oranges
- 2 clementines, sliced
- lemon, sliced
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
- Fresh cherries
- 1 handful Ice cubes
Whole Apple Tart
By maredan
Directions Apple Tart Preheat oven to 375 °F and grease a 6-inch round cast iron pan (not a ceramic dish or gla...
- Apple Tart
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- or 1 tablespoon white corn syrup
- 4 small Spy apples, peeled and cored but left whole
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
- Salted Caramel Sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup white corn syrup
- 3/4 cup whipping cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fleur de sel
Crab Cakes with Caper Aioli
By maredan
Crab Cakes 1. Preheat oven to 375 F 2
- Crab Cakes
- 2 * 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1/2 * 1/2 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 * 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
- 2 * 2 tablespoons white wine
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 pounds lump crab meat, drained and picked over
- 1 * 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and grated
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup finely chopped chives
- 2 * 2 tablespoons finely chopped tarragon
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 * 1 egg yolk
- 1 * 1 cup breadcrumbs, divided
- Artichokes
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 2 * 2 tablespoons salt
- 4 * 4 large artichokes, quartered (or 8 small artichokes, halved) stems trimmed, outer leaves removed
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup olive oil
- * juice of half a lemon
- 1 * 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- * salt and pepper, to taste
- Tomato Salsa
- 1.5 - 2 * 1.5 - 2 cups cherry tomatoes, sliced in half or 2 cups chopped Roma tomatoes
- 2 * 2 tablespoons good quality olive oil
- 1 * 1 tablespoon chopped chives (or basil)
- 1 * 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- * salt and pepper, to taste
- Caper Aioli
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 * 2 tablespoons chopped capers
- * zest of 1 lemon
- * juice of half a lemon
- * salt and pepper, to taste
Chuck's Smoothie
By maredan
1. Put all in blender except honeycomb and whip up
- 6 * 6 oranges
- 1 * 1 cup frozen berries (blueberries/cranberries)
- 1 * 1 ripe banana
- 2 * 2 tablespoons high fat yogurt
- 1 * 1 tablespoon honey
- * A small pinch salt
- * A slice of honeycomb for garnish
- * Fresh blueberries for garnish
Banana Rum Fritters
By maredan
Directions Banana Rum Fritters 1
- Banana Rum Fritters
- 4 * 4 banana
- 4 * 4 tablespoons rum
- 1 * 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 * 1 cup + 2 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- * dash of salt
- 1 * 1 egg
- 1 * 1 cup cold water
- * icing sugar, for dusting
- Chocolate Sauce
- 5 * 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 * 1 cup water
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup sour cream, full-fat
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 * 2 teaspoons rum
- Coconut-Rolled Ice Cream
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 6 * 6 scoops vanilla ice cream