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Asian sesame chicken noodle salad
By Birgitta
Instead of the usual heavy peanut sauce, this recipe uses a sesame seeds
- 250 g boneless chicken breasts
- salt
- 3 tbsp cooking oil (peanut, vegetable or canola)
- 1/2 large red chili pepper, sliced
- 1 cucumber, washed and thinly sliced
- 1-2 tsp Sichuan peppercorns (optional)
- 5 tbsp toasted sesame seeds, divided
- 1 garlic clove, peeled
- 4 tbsp kejap manis
- 2 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 100 g thin, dried Japanese or Chinese noodles (such as somen or soba)
Pastry Ring with Dark Chocolate and Cardamom
By Birgitta
In a small bowl, beat the eggs well
- For the pastry:
- 2 lg. eggs
- 3/4 c. warm water
- 1 pkg. active dry yeast
- 4 c. all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 2 T sugar
- 2 c. unsalted butter, divided
- 1-1/2 tsp. ground cardamom
- For the filling:
- 1/2 c. powdered sugar
- 1/2 c. butter at room temp
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 c. ground almonds
- 1/2 c. finely grated semi-sweet chocolate
- For the wash:
- 1 lg. egg yolk
- 2 T milk
Ranch Rugelach
By Birgitta
Take a good old cozy country recipe and you, ahem, New York it up
- Dough:
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil (I haven’t tried this with melted butter instead, but if you do, let us know how it goes)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 package (2 1/4 teaspoons) active dry yeast
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour plus plenty of extra for flouring the surface
- 1/2 heaping (slightly more) teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 scant (slightly less) teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Filling:
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup light or dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 cup jelly or jam (raspberry and/or apricot are traditional, but anything you like will work), divided
- 6 tablespoons salted butter melted (or unsalted, with a pinch of salt in it), divided
- 1 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans (although there’s no reason you can’t use any other nut you prefer), divided
- 2/3 cup finely chopped semisweet chocolate or miniature chocolate chips, divided (optional, but use slightly more dried fruit if you’re omitting this)
- 2/3 cup dried currants or chopped dark raisins, divided
- Glaze:
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 3 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk, approximately
Claridge's Yorkshire pudding
By Birgitta
Chosen by Adam Byatt
- 220 g plain flour
- pinch of salt
- 4 whole eggs
- 450 ml full fat milk
Potatissallad med rädisor, rödlök och buljong
By Birgitta
Knepet för att få en perfekt, smakrik potatissallad är att koka potatisen i skivor
- Dressing:
- 800 g färskpotatis, ej mjölig
- 1 knippe rädisor
- 1 färsk rödlök
- Grovhackade örter: dill, körvel, gräslök, persilja, libbsticka
- 3/4 dl buljong från koket
- 3/4 dl kallpressad rapsolja
- 1/2 dl pressad citron
- 1 msk finstrimlat citronskal, enbart det gula
- Salt, nymald vitpeppar
- Till buljongen:
- 1 l stark kycklingbuljong
- 1 tsk fänkålsfrön
- 1 tsk korianderfrön
- 1 lång strimla citronskal
- 2 lagerblad
Mini Easter basket cupcakes
By Birgitta
http://bakerella.blogspot
- 2 1/2 dl all-purpose flour
- 3/4 dl cocoa
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 5 dl sugar
- 3/4 dl unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 eggs, room temperature
- 3 dl milk, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla
Broccoli and gorgonzola pie
By Birgitta
This versatile pie would be good for brunch, a light supper or almost any meal, come to think of it
- 500 g all-butter puff pasty
- 2 broccoli heads (about 700g in total), cut into florets
- 25 g butter
- 3-4 leeks, washed, trimmed and sliced thinly
- 150 ml double cream
- 80 ml water
- 15 g each chopped chives and tarragon
- 3 tbsp grainy mustard
- 1 tsp salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 200 g gorgonzola, cut into chunks
- 1 egg, beaten
Hummingbird Cake
By Birgitta
Adapted from a recipe by Mrs
- Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
- 2 cups chopped pecans, divided
- 2 chopped bananas
- 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 2 pounds powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Chocolate chip and walnut cookies
By Birgitta
Chosen by Michael Caines
- 220 g butter
- 255 g caster sugar
- 115 g soft brown sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 eggs
- 315 g plain flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 450 g chocolate pieces
- 290 g walnuts, chopped
Grilled Pork Belly
By Birgitta
(Παντσέτες στα κάρβουνα) In Greece, pantsetes are served much like a pork souvlaki is…gril...
- 1 kg. of pork belly (skin removed if desired)
- sea salt
- black pepper
- fresh lemon juice
- dried Greek oregano