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Margeux Cornbread
By vail28
PREHEAT oven to 400 degrees
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons sour cream
- 3 tablespoons applesauce
- 1 egg
Sautéed Chicken Breasts With Tarragon
By vail28
1. In a small bowl mix together paprika and curry powder, and sprinkle on both sides of chicken breasts; cover and...
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1 teaspoon Madras curry powder
- 6 large (about 6 ounces each) or 12 small (about 3 ounces each) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Kosher salt
- Canola oil
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon minced shallot
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped tarragon plus 1 tablespoon whole tarragon leaves
- Freshly ground black pepper.
Caramel Nut Tart
By vail28
1. In heavy saucepan, bring water and sugar to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved
- 1/4 C water
- 1 C sugar
- 2/3 C heavy cream
- 1/4 C (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 3 T honey
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2 1/2 C walnuts (10 oz)
- 2 oz bittersweet chocolate
Potatoes, Beans, and Corn in Lemon Brown Butter Sauce
By vail28
Put the potatoes in a medium-sized pot with one tablespoon of salt and cover with cold water
- 1 pound waxy red potatoes, cleaned and cut into bite-sized chunks
- 1 pound green beans, cleaned, trimmed, and cut into bite-sized pieces
- 3 ears sweet corn
- 1 onion, frenched into thin slices
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
- 1-2 tablespoons juice from 1/2 lemon
- 4 ounces feta or goat cheese, optional
- salt and pepper
Leek Bread Pudding
By vail28
1. Place a medium sauté pan over medium-high heat, drain excess water from leeks, and add to pan
- 2 cups 1/2-inch-thick slices leeks, white and light green parts only, cleaned and rinsed
- Kosher salt
- 4 tablespoons (2 ounces) unsalted butter
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 12 cups 1-inch-cubed crustless brioche or Pullman loaf
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped chives
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- 3 large eggs
- 3 cups whole milk
- 3 cups heavy cream
- Freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 cup shredded Comté or Emmenthaler cheese.
Sticky Coffee-Toffee Pudding
By vail28
1. Preheat oven to gas 4/180°C/ 375°F
- Sponge
- 150 * 150 g/5 oz pitted dates, diced
- 250 * 250 ml/1 cup hot but not boiling water
- 1 * 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 60 * 60 g/2 oz soft butter
- 100 * 100 g/3 + 1/2 oz/1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 * 2 small pinches salt
- 2 * 2 large or extra large eggs
- 175 * 175 g/6 oz/1 + 1/2 cups self rising flour
- Coffee-Toffee Sauce
- 125 * 125 g/4 oz/3/4 cup muscovado (dark brown) sugar
- 250 * 250 ml/8 oz/1 cup granulated sugar
- 125 * 125 ml/4 fl oz/1/2 cup strong coffee (or whiskey)
- 125 * 125 ml/4 fl oz/1/2 cup double (whipping, heavy) cream
- 2 * 2 tablespoons butter
- * tiny pinch of salt
- 1 * 1 teaspoon pure vanilla essence (extract)
Pate Sucree
By vail28
Pulse flour and sugar in food processor
- 2 1/2 C flour
- 3 T sugar
- 2 sticks cold unsalted butter
- 2 lg. egg yolks
- 4 T ice water
Spaghetti with Frisee and Fried Egg
By vail28
1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente
- * Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 1/2 * 1/2 pound spaghetti
- 8 * 8 ounces bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 * 1 large head frisee, chopped
- 2 * 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
- 4 * 4 large eggs
- * Grated Parmesan, for serving (optional)
Ham, Gruyere and Shallot Pizza
By vail28
1. Heat oven to 425º F
- cornmeal for the pan
- 1 pound pizza dough, thawed if frozen
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 shallots, cut into thin rings and separated
- 12 sprigs fresh thyme
- kosher salt and black pepper
- 1/2 pound thinly sliced deli ham
- 1/2 cup grated Gruyere or Swiss cheese (2 ounces)
Puffy Maine Pancakes
By vail28
These pancakes work even better if you make the batter a day ahead and chill it over night
- 2 * 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup milk
- * Pinch of salt
- * Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
- 3 * 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- * Confectioners' sugar, for dusting