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Besciamella
By cuznvin
Melt the 1/2 cup butter in a pan over medium heat
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 1/2 cups whole milk
- Pinch freshly grated nutmeg
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Ricotta Filled Chocolate Cannoli
By cuznvin
1. Make the filling: In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together ricotta, m...
- # FOR THE FILLING
- # 1 cup drained sheep's-milk ricotta
- # 1/2 cup mascarpone
- # 1/4 cup sugar
- # 1/4 vanilla bean, scraped
- # 1 to 2 drops cinnamon oil
- # 2 tablespoons chopped dark chocolate (at least 75 percent cacao)
- # FOR THE DOUGH
- # 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
- # 2 tablespoons sugar
- # 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
- # 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- # 1/2 teaspoon salt
- # 1 large egg white
- # 1/2 cup sweet Marsala wine
- # 3 tablespoons olive oil
- # 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- # FOR FRYING
- # Canola oil, for molds and frying
- # 1 large egg, lightly beaten
Lemon Semifreddo
By cuznvin
Line a loaf pan with plastic wrap
- * 1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
- * 2 cups heavy cream
- * 1 1/4 cups sugar, plus 1 tablespoon
- * 8 egg yolks
- * 1/2 cup lemon juice
- * 3 lemons, zest finely grated
- * Pinch salt
- * 3 oranges, supremed, plus the juice
- * 1 mango, cut into small cubes
- * 10 mint leaves, cut into chiffonade
Sugar Buns
By cuznvin
Generously grease one 12-cup muffin tin with softened butter
- Makes 12 sugar buns
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for muffin tins
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- AP flour, for rolling
- 1 3/4 pounds Yeast Dough, room temperature
Spinach Torta
By cuznvin
Torta comes in infinite varieties
- Spinach Torta via Hoboken
- 4 pkgs frozen chopped spinach
- 8 eggs (beaten)
- 1 cup grated Parmiggianno-Reggiano cheese
- 1 large 8 oz cream cheese at room temperature (or ricotta, or cottage cheese if you prefer)
- salt, pepper, parsley--or other fresh herbs such as marjoram--to taste
Brownies cakey or fudgy
By cuznvin
Heat the oven to 350 and lightly grease an 8-inch baking dish
- Ingredients:
- 12 Tablespoons butter
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/12 cups sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon table salt
- 2 large eggs(fudgy) OR 4 large eggs (cakey)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3/4 cup flour
Raisin Challah
By cuznvin
The suggested glaze, made with a whole egg and water, makes the bread's crust deep-brown and shiny
- Dough
- 4 * 4 ounces lukewarm water
- 2 5/8 * 2 5/8 ounces vegetable oil
- 3 * 3 ounces honey
- 2 * 2 large eggs
- 17 * 17 ounces King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 5 * 5 teaspoons instant yeast
- 9 * 9 ounces golden raisins, packed
- Topping
- 1 * 1 large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon cold water
- 3/4 * 3/4 ounce coarse white sparkling sugar, optional
- OR
- Dough
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup lukewarm water
- 6 * 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup honey
- 2 * 2 large eggs
- 4 * 4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 5 * 5 teaspoons instant yeast
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 cups golden raisins, packed
- Topping
- 1 * 1 large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon cold water
- 2 * 2 tablespoons coarse white sparkling sugar, optional
Hot Crab Dip
By cuznvin
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 1 cup chopped red bell peppers
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon Emeril's Original Essence
- 1 pound cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 tablespoon minced scallions
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 pound lump crabmeat, picked through for shells and cartilage
- 1/2 cup saltine or butter cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- Toast points or crackers, for serving
Banana Bran Muffins
By cuznvin
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- * 1 cup unprocessed wheat bran
- * 1 cup buttermilk (shaken)
- * 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- * 1/4 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- * 2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
- * 6 tablespoons unsulphured molasses
- * 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
- * 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- * 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- * 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- * 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- * 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- * 1 cup raisins
- * 1 cup large-diced bananas
- * 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Cranberry Island Whoopie Pies
By cuznvin
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Makes 10 Add to Shopping List
- Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, preferably organic, room temperature, plus more for muffin pans
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, preferably organic
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup buttermilk, preferably organic
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup boiling water
- Whoopie Pie Filling
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, preferably organic, room temperature
- 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
- 1 jar (7 1/2 ounces) marshmallow Fluff
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, preferably organic