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Birthday Bug Cake
By maredan
Bake the Easy vanilla cake in a greased, lined deep 20cm cake tin as in the basic recipe; drench with syrup and lea...
- Easy vanilla cake and syrup mix (see recipe below)
- 100 g white chocolate (I used Milkybar)
- Basic vanilla buttercream mix (see Easy vanilla cake recipe below)
- 12 giant chocolate buttons , 6 cut in half
- treat-size pack chocolate buttons
- 2 chocolate sticks (I used Matchmakers)
- hundreds and thousands
- multicoloured candles
- red (or whatever colour you like) writing icing tubes (I used Asda)
- multicoloured candles
Easy Sticky Buns
By maredan
Directions Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F
- For the filling:
- 12 * 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup pecans, chopped in very large pieces
- 1 * 1 package (17.3-ounces/ 2-sheets) frozen puff pastry, defrosted
- nocoupons
- 2 * 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 2/3 * 2/3 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- 3 * 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 * 1 cup raisins
Cream of Shallot Soup
By maredan
Directions 1. In a saucepan over medium heat, soften the shallots in the butter
- 3/4 * 3/4 pound shallots
- 2 * 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 * 4 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup 35% cream
- 3 * 3 egg yolks
- * salt and pepper, to taste
Basil Beef with Potatoes
By maredan
1. For the beef: Heat the oven to 375°F/180°C
- 2 * 2 pounds beef filet at room temperature
- 1 * 1 cup olive oil
- 1 * 1 Grated zest of 1 lemon
- 2 * 2 Juice of 2 lemons
- * Several fistfuls of basil leaves, chopped
- * Fleur de sel and pepper
- 2 * 2 pounds fingerling potatoes, scrubbed
- * Coarse salt, for the water
- * A generous dribble of olive oil (for the potatoes)
- * Fleur de sel and freshly ground pepper (for the potatoes)
Tomato Mac and Cheese with Italian Sausage
By maredan
Directions Preheat your oven to 350 F
- 1 box of penne pasta (454g)
- 4 Italian sausages
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 8 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 cup flour
- 1 can chopped tomatoes (28oz)
- 1 can of evaporated milk 357mL (or 1.5 cups cream)
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves (or dried, or basil or oregano)
- sprinkle or two of salt
- 8 ounces or so of grated Fontina cheese
- 8 ounces or so of grated Grana Padano Parmesan cheese
Maple Pecan Pie
By maredan
Directions Pastry 1. Process flour, butter and a pinch of salt in a food processor until mixture resembles big...
- Maple Pecan Pie
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1 * 1 egg
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup 35% cream
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1 * 1 cup pecans
- Pastry
- 1 2/3 * 1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled, rough chopped
- 1 * 1 egg, chilled
- 1 * 1 tablespoon ice water + more if needed
Chocolate and Almond Cake
By maredan
Instructions For the cake: Heat oven to 350º with rack in middle
- For the cake:
- * Unsalted butter, for greasing parchment paper
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon unbleached all-purpose
- * flour plus more for dusting
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup raw almonds
- 2 * 2 large eggs
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup plus 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- For the ganache:
- 1 * 1 (9.7-ounce) bar semisweet chocolate (62 percent), cut into small chunks
- 11/4 * 11/4 cups heavy cream
- 1 * 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
- 1 * 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise, seeds scraped, bean and seeds reserved
- For the sugar rose petals (optional):
- 1 * 1 large egg white
- 12 * 12 small organic rose petals
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- * Special equipment: 4 (3-inch) square cake rings molds; parchment paper
Mint Limeade
By maredan
Directions 1. Pour everything into a large pitcher and puree with an immersion blender
- 8 * 8 cups cold water
- 1 * 1 cup of limejuice and the zest from the limes
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup honey or 2 cups of sugar
- * A large handful or two of fresh mint leaves
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon salt
Rouge 75
By maredan
1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle 1 orange twist, the berries and the Simple Syrup
- 1 . 2 orange twists
- 2 . 2 raspberries
- 3 . 1 ounce Simple Syrup
- 4 . Ice
- 5 . 1 1/2 ounces gin
- 6 . 1 ounce chilled Champagne
Crusty Bread
By maredan
1. TO MAKE THE DOUGH: In the bowl of a standing mixer, whisk 6 cups of flour with the salt and yeast
- 1 . About 6 cups bread flour
- 2 . 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 3 . 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 4 . 3 cups warm water
- FOR FOCACCIA
- 1 . Extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 . Coarse salt
- 3 . Water
- 4 . Fresh rosemary leaves