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Sour Cream Muffins
By zboni
Combine butter & sour cream
- 1 cup soft butter (2 sticks)
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 cups self-rising flour
Roasted Red, Gold, Candy Stripe Beets with Beet Juice Reduction
By zboni
Put the beet juice in a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat
- 2 cups red beet juice (see note)
- Kosher salt
- 3 baby red beets
- 3 baby gold beets
- 3 baby white beets
- 3 baby candy-striped beets
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Fresh thyme leaves, for garnishing
Chopped Apple Salad with Toasted Walnuts, Blue Cheese and Pomegranate Vinaigrette
By zboni
For the vinaigrette: Directions Whisk together the pomegranate molasses, vinegar, mustard, honey and salt and p...
- Pomegranate Vinaigrette:
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup pomegranate molasses
- 2 * 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 * 1 heaping tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 * 1 tablespoon honey, or more to taste
- * Salt
- * Freshly ground black pepper
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Salad:
- 6 * 6 apples (Granny Smith, Gala, Fuji) any or a combination of all, skin left on, core removed and cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 2 * 2 cups baby spinach
- 2 * 2 heads endive, thinly sliced
- 1 * 1 cup toasted coarsely chopped walnuts
- 3/4 * 3/4 pound blue cheese, crumbled (recommended: Maytag, Danish, Cabrales)
- * Salt
- * Freshly ground black pepper
Ricotta Cavatelli w/Broccoli Rabe & Walnut Pesto
By zboni
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F
- 1 recipe Ricotta Cavatelli (see below)
- 1 cup walnuts
- 3/4 pound (1 bunch) broccoli rabe
- 1 1/2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup Pasta Water (see below)
- Grated pecorino Romano for garnish
- Ricotta Cavatelli
- Makes about 2 pounds cavatelli
- Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup rice flour, plus more for dusting
- 3/4 pound whole milk ricotta
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- Manual cavatelli maker
Christmas Nuggets or Italian Wedding Cookies
By zboni
Cream the butter. In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt, sugar and nuts together
- 1 Cup Butter
- 2 Cups Flour
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1/2 Cup Confectionary Sugar
- 1/2 Tsp Almond Extract
- 1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 Cup Chopped Nuts (Walnuts, Pecans and/or Almonds)
Sgroppino - Italian Lemon Cocktail
By zboni
• Step #1 Pour the Prosecco & vodka (or limoncello) into 2 champagne flutes, diving equally
- • 1/3 c lemon sorbet .
- • 2 tbsps vodka or limoncello, chilled .
- • 1/4 tsp fresh mint leaves, very finely sliced .
- • 1 c sparkling white wine, chilled (like Prosecco)
Roasted Asparagus Bundles
By zboni
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
- 1 pound fresh asparagus spears, tough ends trimmed and discarded
- 4 scallions, root end trimmed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Citrus Panna Cotta
By zboni
Pour milk and cream into sauce pan, add mint and bring to simmer
- 5 cups heavy cream
- 1-1/4 cup milk
- 16 mint leaves
- 1-1 1/2 packets gelatin
- 2/3 cup sugar
- zest of 6 limes (use the fruit segments as garnish when plating)
- 3 tbsp tequila
Connie’s Rice & Almonds
By zboni
Chicken: Srinkle chicken with salt, pepper, chili powder and cinnamon
- Chicken Section:
- 4 cloves of garlic diced small
- 2 large onions chopped (split in 3 parts)
- Slivered almonds
- 1 lb chicky breast
- 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- salt & pepper
- cinnamon
- chili powder
- Beef Section:
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1/3 rd of chopped onions
- 1 Tbsp. butter
- 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- Rice Part:
- 2-1/2 cups long grain rice
- EVOO
- 3 Tbsp. butter
- 1 cup Beef broth
- 1 cup Chicken broth
- 2/3 cup water
Cheese & Fruit Dessert
By zboni
Using a mandolin or sharp knife, cut a cored Granny Smith apple and cored firm pear into thin matchsticks
- 1 Granny Smith apple, sliced into matchsticks
- 1 Pear, sliced into matchstiks
- EVOO
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp. fresh basil
- kosher salt
- black pepper
- 8 chunks of Parmigian-Reggiano cheese
- 4 tsp. aged Balsamic vinegar