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Roasted Chicken with Caramelized Onions and Roasted Potatoes
By zboni
1. Fill the whole chicken with everything but the lemon, cut the lemon in half and grill the lemon with the grill o...
- 1 whole chicken
- rosemary and sage, enough to fill the chicken inside
- 1 lemon
- 6 cloves of garlic
- black pepper
- Kosher salt
Crepes
By zboni
To make the crepes, in a blender, combine the flour, water, eggs, and salt and blend, scraping down the sides of th...
- 1 * 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 * 1 cup water
- 3 * 3 large eggs
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 to 5 * 4 to 5 tablespoons olive oil
Cucumber Vodka Shooter
By zboni
Bring pineapple juice to boil, add mint leaves and allow to steep for 10 minutes
- 500 ml english cucumber juice
- 400 ml pineapple juice
- 150 ml vodka
- 10 x mint leaves
- sugar - to taste
- lime juice - to taste
Pasta w/Lump Crabmeat
By zboni
Sautee proscuitto w/thyme
- 1/2 lb. proscuitto, chopped
- 2 Tbsp. fresh thyme
- 2 shallots, diced small
- 2 cloves garlic, diced small
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1 lb. lump crab meat
- 1 lb. pasta
Roasted Beet Borscht
By zboni
Heat oven to 400 degrees F
- 1 pound beets
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 6 sprigs fresh thyme
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 6 cups chicken stock, heated
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Sour cream, for garnish
Crespelle Ai Piselli and Parmigiano: Crepes with Peas
By zboni
First make the crespelle: Place the flour in a large mixing bowl
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 * 4 eggs
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 * 2 cups milk
- 4 * 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 * 2 cup freshly shucked peas
- 2 1/2 * 2 1/2 cups ricotta drained in a strainer lined with cheesecloth for 30 minutes
- 1 * 1 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup butter, cut into small chunk
Betty's Pecan Cake
By zboni
Mix all ingredients, except frosting
- 1 Box, Butter Pecan Cake Mix
- 3/4 cup oil
- 1 cup water
- 4 eggs
- 1 can coconut-pecan frosting
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar + 1/4 cup chopped pecans, mixed together to coat pan with.
Tomato, Watermelon, and Basil Skewers
By zboni
Combine the balsamic vinegar and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 * 1 (4 to 5 pound) watermelon, cut into 32 (1 1/2-inch cubes
- 32 * 32 small basil leaves (or torn larger leaves)
- 16 * 16 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 * 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- * Kosher salt
- * Special equipment: 16 (6-inch) skewers
Duck Breast With Fig and Port Sauce
By zboni
Preheat oven to 400°F. In a pan, combine beef stock and chicken stock
- 2 large duck breast halves
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- salt & pepper
- 1 cup beef stock or beef broth
- 1 cup chicken stock or chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 large shallot, minced
- 1/2 cup port wine
- 4 tablespoons fig preserves
- 1 tablespoon flour
Sausage Roll
By zboni
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- 12 ounces lean ground pork or veal
- 1/2 medium onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 1/2 tablespoons crushed dried sage leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 package frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 1 egg, well beaten
- 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce