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white polenta with sausage and fresh mozzarella polenta bianca con salamelle e mozzarella
By stancec44
Made similar to pizza (a round of creamy polenta is topped with sausage, tomato sauce, and mozzarella cheese then b...
- Unsalted butter for greasing pans
- 4 cups water
- 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil plus more for drizzling
- 2 bay leaves
- Fine sea salt
- 1 1/2 cups coarse white polenta
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1 (14-ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes in juice (preferably
- San Marzano)
- 1 1/2 cups dry white wine
- 1/2 pound pork sausages
- 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped thyme
- 4 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- Freshly ground black pepper
- SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: 2 (8-inch) round cake pans
Homemade Tater Tots
By stancec44
Say goodbye to those frozen bags of tater tots
- 2 2 2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled
- 1 1 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 1 1 1/2 garlic powder ( 1 1/2 tsp)
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 teaspoon onion powder (3/4 tsp)
- 1/4 1/4 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano (almost 1/2 tsp)
- 1/4 1/4 1/4 teaspoon dried dill
- to salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 1 1 cup vegetable oil (Little more)
- 2 2 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Toasted-Chile Skirt-Steak Tacos With Avocado Crema
By stancec44
Overnight
- 4 dried guajillo chiles
- 4 dried pasilla chiles
- 12 whole black peppercorns
- 6 whole allspice berries
- 4 whole cloves
- 2 1/2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 1 1/2 cinnamon sticks
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon water
- 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup plus 2 teaspoons canola or grapeseed oil, divided
- Four 3 1/2-ounce skirt steaks
- Kosher salt
- 8 corn tortillas, warmed
- 2 tablespoons cilantro, roughly chopped (optional)
- Avocado Crema
- 1/4 cup fresh spinach leaves
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 jalapeño, roughly chopped
- 2 large or 3 small avocados--halved, pitted and chopped
- Juice of 1 lime
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Vanilla & Cider Panna Cottas w/Spiced Ginger Cookies
By stancec44
Step 1 In a large saucepan, combine the milk with the cream, 3/4 cup of the sugar, the vanilla beans and seeds ...
- 3 cups whole milk
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 plump vanilla beans, split and seeds scraped
- 3 cinnamon sticks, cracked
- 4 teaspoons powdered unflavored gelatin (from 2 envelopes)
- 3 cups apple cider
- Spiced Ginger Cookies, for serving
Very Vanilla Cake (have made)
By stancec44
Good. With high altitude adjustments
- 4 oz (8 Tbs.) unsalted butter softened, plus more for pans
- 5 oz. cake flour (original was 10 oz.)
- 8 3/8 oz. flour (original was 3 3/8 oz.)
- 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder (original was 1 Tbsp.)
- 7/8 tsp. baking soda (original was 1 tsp.)
- 3/4 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 c. + 1 Tbsp. ice-cold water (original was 1 c.)
- 1/2 c. + 1 1/2 Tbsp. whole milk (original was 1/2 c.)
- 1/2 c. + 1 1/2 Tbsp. buttermilk (original was 1/2 c.)
- 1/2 c. veggie shortening (scant)
- 1 3/4 c. minus 1 3/4 Tbsp. sugar (original was 1 3/4 c.)
- 2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
- 1 lg. egg (or 1 & 1/2)
- 3 lg. egg whites @ room temperature
- 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
Thai Pork Stuffed Omelette (Kai Yad Sai)
By stancec44
This recipe consists of an omelette stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
- 3 eggs
- 100g minced pork
- 1/2 cup diced tomato
- 1/2 cup diced carrot
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1 clove finely chopped garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp ketchup
Thai Curry Turkey Burgers
By stancec44
Prepare a medium gas or charcoal grill fire
- 1-1/4 lb. ground turkey (not ground turkey breast)
- 2 Tbs. red or green Thai curry paste
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Vegetable oil, for the grill
- 1 medium lime
- 2/3 cup mayonnaise
- 3/4 cup thinly sliced seedless cucumber
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 1 small shallot, thinly sliced
- 1 Tbs. seasoned rice vinegar
- 4 sesame seed hamburger buns
- Sliced tomato, for serving
Marjolaine
By stancec44
This cake combines layers of nutty meringue, praline buttercream and chocolate ganache
- For the dacquoise
- 125 125g 1/2oz) (4 1/2oz) blanched almonds
- 125 125g 1/2oz) (4 1/2oz) blanched hazelnuts
- 300 300g 1/2oz) (10 1/2oz) caster sugar
- 25 25g 25g (1oz) cornflour
- 6 6 6 large free-range egg whites (reserve the yolks)
- For the chocolate ganache
- 270 270ml 1/2fl (9 1/2fl oz) double cream
- 360 360g 1/2oz) 46% 1/2oz) plain chocolate, 46% cocoa solids, broken into pieces
- For the praline
- 300 300g 1/2oz) (10 1/2oz) caster sugar
- 100 100g 1/2oz) (3 1/2oz) blanched almonds
- For the buttercream
- 225 225g 225g (8oz) caster sugar
- pinch pinch cream of tartar
- 8 8 8 free-range egg yolks
- 350 350g 350g (12oz) unsalted butter, slightly softened, cut into pieces
- To assemble
- 150 150g 1/2oz) (5 1/2oz) flaked almonds
- 50 50g 3/4oz) (1 3/4oz) hazelnuts, chopped
- 50 50g 3/4oz) (1 3/4oz) pistachios, slivered
Southern Thai-Style Fried Giant Prawns
By stancec44
Smash turmeric, garlic, lemongrass, and 1 tsp
- 1 tknob (about 1/2 oz.) fresh (or frozen) turmeric, peeled, cut into rounds (about 1 Tbsp.
- 4 tlarge garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 lemongrass stalk, trimmed, tough outer leaves removed, bottom 4' thinly sliced (about 2 Tbsp.)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt plus more for seasoning
- 1 pound uncooked giant prawns or colossal shrimp, peeled keeping tails intact, deveined
- Palm or vegetable oil
- Coconut Rice (recipe in Veggies)
Easy Berry Crumble Bars
By stancec44
Place butter into a 2 quart microwaveable bowl
- 3/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Cinnamon
- 1 cup Raspberry, Blackberry or Mixed Berries preserves