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Fried Banana Split
By exdircomp
Directions For the chocolate sauce: Combine the chocolate and 1/4 cup water in a heavy small saucepan
- Chocolate Sauce:
- Ingredients
- One 4-ounce bar semisweet chocolate, chopped
- Small pinch cayenne pepper (less than 1/16 teaspoon)
- Bananas:
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 4 slightly underripe bananas, split lengthwise in half, then cut crosswise in half
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds, toasted
- wonton wrappers
- vanilla ice cream
Apple Pomegranate Smoothie
By exdircomp
1.Add all ingredients to the blender and blend until perfect consistency is acheived
- Ingredients:
- 1 large apple
- 1/2 pomegranate (seeds and some white)
- 1/2 cup frozen mango
- 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- . 1 cup ice or pomegranite sorbet
Jaegar Schnitze
By exdircomp
Season the meat with salt and pepper, dip the pieces in the flour, and shake off excess
- 20 ounces beef or veal or venison leg, tri tip or shoulder, cut into 1/2-inch
- Salt and pepper
- Flour, for dredging
- 3 ounces olive oil
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup chopped carrot
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- Bouquet garni (thyme, bay leaf, parsley)
- 2 cups red wine
- 1 cup veal stock
- 1 ounce butter
- 2 ounces thick cut bacon, diced
- 6 ounces pearl onions, boiled
- 2 cups wild mushrooms
- 2 tablespoons minced parsley leaves
Tuscan Lemon Chicken
By exdircomp
You can also bake it over a rack pour a beer on the baking sheet so the vapor of the beer can give it a little ext...
- 1 (3 1/2-pound) chicken, flattened
- Kosher salt
- 1/3 cup good olive oil
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest (2 lemons)
- 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic (3 cloves)
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary leaves
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 lemon, halved
Spaghetti (Tricia's)
By exdircomp
In a large pot, bring 6 quarts of salted water to a boil
- 1 pound ground strip steak
- 1 pound of italian sausage
- 1 onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic sliced
- 1 pound of assorted mushrooms
- 4 Tablespoons of capers
- 1 roasted pepper sliced
- Kalamata olives sliced
- 3/4 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes, or to taste
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
- 1/2 cup basil leaves, shredded
- 1 jar of homemade sauce
- 4 servings of linguine (I used DeCio Pasta - Red Bell Pepper, Tomato Basil Garlic ,Tomato, Spinach, and Garlic
- http://www.deciopasta.com/) - optional
Peanut Butter Fruit Dip
By exdircomp
Directions In mixing bowl, place softened cream cheese, peanut butter, and brown sugar
- Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup light or dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
Sweet White Wine and Fruit Smoothie
By exdircomp
1.Add all ingredients to the blender in the order of items listed
- Ingredients:
- 8 oz sweet white wine
- 1 orange, peeled
- 1/2 cup frozen mango
- 1/2 papaya
- 1/2 cup watermelon
- . 1 cup mango ice cream or sorbet
Halibut with Bechamel Sauce
By exdircomp
Spray a 7 by 11-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray
- Bechamel Sauce:
- Ingredients
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 cups whole milk, warmed
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Pinch ground nutmeg
- Halibut:
- 1 (750 ml) bottle white wine, such as pinot grigio
- 2 cups water
- 4 (6-ounce) center-cut halibut fillets, about 1-inch thick (see Cook's Note)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter, diced into 1/4-inch pieces
Boxty Cakes served with Double Jack Stew
By exdircomp
Irish Potato Cakes with irish stew
- Marinade:
- 1 cup peeled, grated raw russet potato
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 (3/4-pound) russet potato, peeled and quartered
- 2 cups fresh cauliflower florets
- 3 cups chicken stock, or more as needed
- 2 tablespoons cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup canola oil, divided
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons snipped fresh chives
- Ingredients
- 3 pounds hanger steak, cut into 2-inch cubes, trimmed as needed
- 1/2 cup Irish stout
- 1/4 cup applejack (recommended: Laird's)
- 1/4 cup whiskey (recommended: Jack Daniel's)
- 2 tablespoons stone-ground Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons agave
- 1 tablespoon granulated garlic
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons fresh cracked black pepper
- Stew:
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 Spanish onion, cut into 3/4-inch dice
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided
- 1/3 cup whiskey (recommended: Jack Daniel's)
- 4 cups beef stock, divided
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed fine
- 1/2 teaspoon dried savory, crushed fine
- 4 red potatoes, washed and quartered
- 1 turnip, peeled, halved and sliced into 1/2-inch half rounds
- 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch coins
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- Kosher salt
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons butter
Coconut-Key Lime Pie
By exdircomp
Directions 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- Ingredients
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 1 can (13.5 ounces) unsweetened coconut milk
- 1/3 cup fresh or bottled Key lime juice
- 7 large egg yolks
- 1 Easy Press-In Pie Crust, made with graham crackers
- 2 cups cold heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons sweetened shredded coconut, toasted