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German Pancakes
By JimMac, www.rovingculinarian.com
Place the eggs, milk, flour and salt in a blender; cover and process until smooth
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
Pinto Beans Cassoulet
By JimMac, www.rovingculinarian.com
Preparation: In a 6- to 8-quart Dutch oven, cook bacon until fat is rendered
- Ingredients:
- 4 slices bacon, diced
- 4 chicken thighs, with skin and bone
- Salt and pepper
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 1 large carrot, diced
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 12 ounces andouille sausage or other spicy smoked sausage, sliced or diced
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning blend
- 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes with juices
- 3 cans (16 ounces each) pinto beans, or about 4 to 5 cups cooked pinto beans
Deluxe Oven Roasted Caramelized Onions
By JimMac, www.rovingculinarian.com
Preheat oven to 425. Cut the onions into quarters, then cut again so there are 8 pieces
- 3 large onions (any variety)
- 2 shallots
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 t. dried thyme or 10 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 T olive oil
- 1/2 t salt
- 1/4 t black pepper
Pressure Cooker Barley Casserole
By JimMac, www.rovingculinarian.com
Directions: Combine all the ingredients except nuts in your pressure cooker
- Barley Casserole
- Serves 4
- 1 cup (250 ml) uncooked pearl barley
- 1 1/2 cups (350 ml) eight vegetable juice
- 1/8 teaspoon (1 ml) pepper
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- 1 large carrot, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped 1 green or red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 cup mushrooms, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 - 1 1/2 cups (250-350 ml) chicken or
- vegetable stock
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) toasted pine nuts or chopped walnuts
Canadian Nanaimo Bars
By JimMac, www.rovingculinarian.com
Heat 1/2 C. butter, sugar, cocoa and peppermint in saucepan
- 3/4 C. butter + 1 Tbs.
- 5 Tbs. sugar
- 5 Tbs. cocoa
- 1 tsp. peppermint extract
- 1 egg
- 2 C. graham cracker crumbs
- 1/2 C. vanilla pudding
- 2 C. sugar
- 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
Tortilla Soup
By JimMac, www.rovingculinarian.com
Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot
- Garnishes:
- 3 Teaspoon Olive oil
- 4 Corn tortillas, torn into spoon-sized pieces
- 5 Garlic cloves, minced
- 1 Large onion, pureed
- 3 Large, ripe tomatoes, peeled and pureed
- 1/4 Cup Canned tomato puree
- 1/4 Cup Fresh lime juice
- 1 Teaspoon Chili powder
- 1 Teaspoon Ground cumin
- 1 Teaspoon Canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
- 1/2 Cup Fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
- 8 Cup Chicken stock
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
- 1 Skinless, boneless chicken breast, cooked and chopped
- 1 Ripe Haas avocado, peeled, seeded and chopped
- 1 Cup Shredded cheddar cheese
- 3 Corn tortillas, cut into strips and fried crisp
- The onion and tomato may be pureed together in your blender or food
- processor.
Rustic Italian Bread
By JimMac, www.rovingculinarian.com
1. To make starter: Dissolve the yeast in the 1/3 cup warm water
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast or bread machine yeast
- 1/3 cup warm water (105 degree F. to 115 degree F.)
- 3/4 cup bread flour
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 4 teaspoons olive oil
- 3/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 1 teaspoon bottled minced roasted garlic
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2-1/4 cups bread flour
- Yellow cornmeal
- 1-1/2 teaspoons bread flour
Glazed Radishes
By JimMac, www.rovingculinarian.com
Servings 4
- 45 radishes, ends trimmed (approx)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 ⁄4 teaspoon ground pepper
Savory Bread Pudding
By JimMac, www.rovingculinarian.com
In a blender rough chop the tomatoes, onion, basil Toss into the torn muffin pieces Pour in the milk/eggs Bak
- 6 muffins torn to 3/4-1"
- 2 lbs tomatoes quartered and cored
- 1 large onion sliced and carmelized
- 1 cup chopped basil (added to the onions)
- 3 eggs blended into 2 cups lowfat milk
- seasoning of choice... Montreal chicken works
Real Southern Cornbread - From Husk Restaurant, Charleston S.C.
By JimMac, www.rovingculinarian.com
Heat the oven to 450 degrees
- 2 cups coarse yellow cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 5 tablespoons fresh lard, melted but not hot (found at butchers or specialty shops)
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- Large pinch of salt