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Currant Jelly Sauce
By Janet-2
Preheat oven to 350°F. Scrape marinade from pork
- Sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cups dry red wine
- 1 1/2 cups pitted prunes (about 10 ounces)
- 3/4 cup prune juice
- 1/2 cup brandy
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 3 bay leaves
- 1/2 cup red currant jelly
Amaretto Brioche Baked Dish
By Janet-2
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine
- 1/4 cup amaretto
- 2 tablespoons light-color corn syrup
- 1 12 ounce loaf brioche or other sweet bread, cut into 8 slices
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 cups half-and-half, light cream, or milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg or cardamom
- 1 1/2 cups blackberries (optional)
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (optional)
White Gazpacho
By Janet-2
1. Cook leeks in a medium-size sauté pan over medium-low heat until translucent and tender, then chill in refriger...
- ¼ cup whites of leeks, sliced thin and washed
- 3 slices white sandwich bread, crusts removed
- 10 green grapes, washed
- ¼ cup blanched almond slivers
- 1 ½ tablespoons sherry vinegar
- 2 cups cucumbers
- ½ cup English cucumbers, peeled and juiced
- ½ tablespoon sour cream
- ¼ cup good quality olive oil
- 2 cups cold water
- 1 tablespoon salt
Shortcake (shortbread) Cookies
By Janet-2
Peek Freans ingredients
- 2 cups wheat flour
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- vegetable shortening
- beef fat shortening
- 2 cups (1 stick) butter
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
Soupe de Poisson
By Janet-2
Red Pepper sauce: Place the red pepper, garlic cloves, tomatoes, salt and cayenne pepper in a blender or small food...
- Red Pepper sauce:
- 1 large red bell pepper, roasted
- 2 garlic loves
- 2 ripe, juicy tomatoes, peeled
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. cayenne pepper
- 3 to 4 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
- Soup:
- 6 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 2 lbs. of whole fish (such as smelt, rock cod, or snapper), cleaned but heads and tails intact
- 2 onions, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2-3 small rock crabs, if possible
- 4 potatoes, peeled, and cut into pieces
- 6 ripe, juicy tomatoes, peeled and chopped coarsely
- 3 six-inch sprigs of fresh thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 10 inch length of wild or cultivated fennel stalk, chopped, leaves included
- ½ to 1tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. freshly ground pepper
- 4 ½ cups water
- 2 cups white wine
- Garlic rubbed toasts
- ½ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
Acorn Squash - Baked
By Janet-2
1 Preheat oven to 400°F. 2 Using a strong chef's knife, and perhaps a rubber mallet to help, cut the acorn squash...
- 1 Acorn squash
- 1 Tbsp Butter
- 2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Maple Syrup
- Dash of Salt
Food of the Gods
By Janet-2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup melted butter (2 sticks)
- 2 cups chopped dates
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking powder
Rum Swizzle
By Janet-2
Fill a mixing glass with crushed ice, and add all ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz. dark rum
- 3/4 oz. lime juice
- 1/2 oz. velvet falernum
- 3 dashes of Angostura bitters
- slice of lime
Sausage & Bean Soup
By Janet-2
Brown the sausage in a soup pot over medium heat, breaking it up with a spoon as it cooks
- 1/2 lb. pork sausage, i.e. chorizo
- 1 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1 can kidney beans (15 oz), drained and rinsed
- 1 can (14 1/2oz) diced tomatoes with juice
- 1 russet potato (about 1/2 lb.), peeled, and cubed
- 1/4 tsp. chili powder
- 1/4 tsp. dried thyme
- 1 tsp. salt
- freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1 bay leaf
Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Cherries and Pecans
By Janet-2
Use the Cocoa Cookie Dough recipe as the basis for this recipe
- One -third of a batch of freshly made Cocoa Cookie Dough (about 1 1/3 cup)
- 2 1/2 ounces (2/3 cup) toasted and coarsely chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips or chunks
- 3 ounces (1/2 cup) dried tart cherries, very coarsely chopped