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Caesar's Salad
By maredan
Directions Croutons 1
- Croutons
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup butter
- 3 * 3 cups baguette bread, cut into 2 cm cubes
- Mayonnaise
- 1 * 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon anchovy paste
- 1 * 1 egg yolk
- 2 * 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 * 2 tablespoons capers, chopped
- * salt and pepper
- Salad
- 1 * 1 large large romaine lettuce, shredded
- 10 * 10 slices 10 slices of bacon, chopped
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup parmigiano reggiano cheese, grated
- * pepper
Pan Fried Fennel
By maredan
Directions 1. Trim the fennel bulb and cut into slices about 1/4-inch/1/2 centimetre thick
- 1 * 1 large fennel bulblarge fennel bulb
- * Salt and pepperSalt and pepper
- 2 * 2 tablespoons olive oilolive oil
Pear Spice Cake
By maredan
Poached Pears 1. Peel the pears, leaving the stems in place and the pears whole
- Poached Pears
- 3 * 3 Bartlett pears, ripe but firm, with stems
- * Juice of 1 lemon
- 4 * 4 cups water
- 1 * 1 cup sugar
- 1 * 1 cinnamon stick
- Spice cake
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup ground almonds (see note)
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon ground star anise
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 * 1 pinch ground cloves
- 1 * 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 * 1 egg
Crisp Chewy Meringues
By maredan
Directions 1. Whip the whites and salt into peaks, add the vanilla, and continue beating to stiff peaks
- 4 * 4 egg whites
- * pinch salt
- 1 * 1 teaspoon vanilla (or orange flower water, or maple extract)
- 1/8 * 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 2/3 * 2/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 * 2/3 cup icing sugar
- 1 * 1 tablespoon cornstarch
Mangoes and Raspberries in Prosecco Syrup
By maredan
For the syrup: In a medium saucepan, bring the Prosecco, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, star anise, and cinnamon s...
- Syrup:
- 1 (750-ml) bottle Prosecco
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 2 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 large, ripe mangoes, peeled, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch pieces or 1 (12-ounce) bag frozen mango, thawed
- 2 cups (8 ounces) raspberries
- Directions
- Whipped cream:
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 lemon, zested
Strawberry Galette
By maredan
Directions Pastry Mix the flour, sugar, and salt
- Pastry
- 1 2/3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup butter, cut into pieces.
- 2 to 4 About 2 to 4 tablespoons ice-cold water
- Filling
- 1/2 cup ground almonds, lightly toasted
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 pounds strawberries , hulled and halved if large
Vanilla Cupcakes
By maredan
Directions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- 1 1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
- 8 tablespoon(s) (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup(s) sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup(s) milk
Strawberries in Orange Juice
By maredan
Directions 1. Stem the strawberries and put them in a serving bowl
- 2 * 2 pounds Strawberries in Orange JuiceStrawberries in Orange Juice
- * SugarSugar
- 3 * 3 Juice of 3 orangesJuice of 3 oranges
San Marzano Sauce
By maredan
Directions Sauté the onions in a sauce pan over medium-high heat with the oil
- tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, peeled and minced
- 8 cloves garlic, minced
- a few sprigs fresh thyme
- salt and pepper
- 1 can San Marzano whole tomatoes (28 oz)
Roasted Celery with Garlic
By maredan
Directions 1. With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F)
- 8 * 8 stalks celery, cut on the diagonal into 1/2-inch pieces
- 20 * 20 cloves garlic, peeled and cut in half length-wise
- 2 * 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 * 2 tablespoons chopped celery leaves
- * fleur de sel or medium-coarse sea salt, to taste