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Green Beans with Toasted Hazelnuts and Browned Butter
By norsegal8
Tongs are the tool best suited to tossing the beans in the pan and arranging them on the platter
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- 1 pound green beans, stem ends snapped off
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup hazelnuts (about 2 1/2 ounces), skinned, chopped fine, and toasted in small skillet over medium heat until just fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes
- Salt and ground black pepper
Prosciutto Purses
By norsegal8
Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis
- 1 medium cantaloupe (about 3 pounds)
- 1 medium honeydew (about 3 pounds)
- 1 1/2 pounds thinly sliced prosciutto (about 36 slices)
- 2 bunches fresh chives, blanch 36 and save remaining for garnish
Churros
By norsegal8
Churros, mildly crunchy, tender sticks of fried dough, are a typical breakfast treat in many Hispanic countries
- 1 cup water
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3/4 teaspoon salt*
- 1 1/4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, optional
- 4 large eggs
- 3 about 3 tablespoons cinnamon-sugar, for coating
- Use 1/2 teaspoon salt if you use salted butter.
Christmas Crispbread (Julknäckebröd)
By norsegal8
Of all breads, Swedes love crispbreads the most and eat them at any time of day, especially during the Christm...
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 2 packages active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 3 1/2 to 4 cups bread or all-purpose flour
Baked Sweet Potato and Carrot Gratin
By norsegal8
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 medium Spanish onions, sliced
- 20 ounces baby spinach
- 2 2/3 cups cream cheese (21 ounces), cut into small cubes
- 1 1/3 cups vegetable stock
- 1 cup full-fat yogurt
- Zest of 2 oranges
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- 2 sprigs fresh sage, minced
- 4 large sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced 1/8-inch thick
- 4 large carrots, sliced on the bias 1/8-inch thick
- 1 1/2 cups toasted breadcrumbs
- 1 cup pomegranate seeds
Raspberry Truffle Bars
By norsegal8
These squares are over-the-top rich!
- Squares
- 2 cups (4 sticks, 16 ounces) unsalted butter
- 2 3/4 cups sugar
- 6 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate (a generous cup of chopped chocolate)
- 1 teaspoon salt (if you've used salted butter, reduce the salt to 1/2 teaspoon)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon raspberry flavor
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- Topping
- 1/2 cup raspberry jam
- 4 ounces chopped semisweet or bittersweet chocolate (about 2/3 cup)
- 4 ounces heavy cream
Easy Cinnamon Bread
By norsegal8
This bread is a cross between a typical baking powder-leavened quick bread, and a yeast bread
- 3 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour OR Perfect Pastry Blend
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons instant yeast
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup warm milk
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup cinnamon chips or cinnamon Flav-R-Bites
- Cinnamon-Sugar Plus or cinnamon-sugar, for topping
Hermit Bars
By norsegal8
Hermits have a lot in common with good King Arthur Flour
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 1 cup sugar, white or brown (or a combination)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 fresh eggs, well beaten
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup dark, unsulphured molasses
- 4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 cup dried fruit such as raisins, currants or chopped apricots, which you've plumped in a cup of tea or water
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts or sunflower seeds or whatever you like that's crunchy and good for you (optional)
Apple and Thyme Martini
By norsegal8
Special equipment: melon baller Chill the martini glasses
- Ice
- 10 ounces vodka
- 6 ounces apple juice
- 1/4 cup thyme syrup, recipe follows
- 1 large apple, peeled
- 4 fresh thyme sprigs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 5 large sprigs fresh thyme
Cracklins Corn Bread
By norsegal8
When the oven, the pan and the fat are so hot that the fat actually fries the bread as you pour the batter into the...
- 3 tablespoons rendered bacon fat
- 1 cup organic white cornmeal
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 dash cayenne pepper
- 2 tabeslpoons baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/2 cup pork cracklins (fried bits of skin and meat)