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Chocolate Truffle Cheesecake
By LoriCaputo
Preheat oven to 300 degrees
- 18 oreo cooies, finely crushed
- 2 tbs. butter, melted
- 3 pkg. cream cheese, softened
- 1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 pkg (12 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chuns, melted, slightly cooled
- 4 eggs
Onion Potato Gratin
By LoriCaputo
Combine potatoes and sliced onions in a pan
- 1 1/2 lbs. Yukon gold potatoes
- 3/4 lb. onions, thinly sliced
- 1 cup grated Gryere cheese
- 8 tbs. grated cheese
- 2/3 cup whipping cream
Fresh Egg Pasta
By LoriCaputo
Make a well in the center of the flour, add lightly beaten eggs, drawing in some flour as you go, until the eggs ar...
- 3 1/2 3 ½ cups flour
- 5 eggs
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. olive oil
Mashed Potatoes
By LoriCaputo
Boil potatoes and drain well
- 2 lbs. potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks
- 6 tbs. cream, half and half cream, or buttermilk
- 3 tbs. butter
- Salt and pepper
Marinated Olives
By LoriCaputo
Place the olives in a jar
- 1 cup each green and black olives
- 1 cup olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp. hot pepper flakes
- 3 thin slices lemon, quartered
Peperonata
By LoriCaputo
Sprinkle the eggplant with salt and leave for 1 hour
- 2 small eggplants, cubed
- Salt
- 4 tbs. oil
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
- 300 grams small onions, peeled
- 3 large sweet yellow or green peppers, seeded and sliced
- 150 ml. white wine
- 5 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
Crunch Topped Banana Bread
By LoriCaputo
Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
- 2 cups pastry flour
- 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- ½ cup shortening
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- 1/3 cup butter
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 3 tbs. light cream
- 1 cup coconut, flaked
- ¾ cup chopped nuts
Barbequed Pork Chops
By LoriCaputo
Coat chops in seasoned flour and brown in oil
- 4 pork chops
- 3 tbs. seasoned flour
- 2 tbs. oil
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup diced celery
- 2 tbs. brown sugar
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- Salt
- 1/8 tsp. red pepper
- 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
- 1/2 tsp. chili powder
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup tomato sauce
Deck's Apple-Cinnamon Crepes
By LoriCaputo
1 For crepes, combine eggs, flour, milk, sugar, salt, vanilla and melted butter in a blender or food processor and ...
- 2 eggs 2
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 125 ml
- 3/4 cup milk 175 ml
- 1 tbsp sugar 15 ml
- pinch salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla 2 ml
- 1 tbsp butter 15 ml
- Filling
- 1 large apple, peeled, halved, cored and sliced as thinly as possible
- 1/4 cup sugar 50 ml
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon 2 ml
- 4 small scoops vanilla ice cream
Banana Cream Pie
By LoriCaputo
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 3 tbs melted margarine
- 2 tbs. sugar
- 2/3 cp sugar
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 yolk, lightly beaten
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 2 drops yellow food color
- 2 1/2 cups sliced ripe bananas, divided
- 1 cup whipped topping