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RE: Share your recipes!!!! - 10/11/2008 10:24:40 AM
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cherish405
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TOAD IN THE HOLE
Serves 4
8 Pork Sausages
110g (4oz) Plain White Flour
300ml (½ pint) Milk
2 Small Eggs
½ tsp Salt
Place the flour in a bowl, then make a well in the centre and break in the egg.
Mix in half the milk using a wooden spoon, work the mixture until smooth then add the remaining milk.
Beat or whisk until fully combined and the surface is covered with tiny bubbles.
Allow to rest for 15 to 30 minutes, whisk again before use.
Preheat the oven to 230°C; 450°F
Fry the sausages in a pan to lightly colour and remove excess fat, reserve the fat.
Place the fat in a small roasting tin adding a little oil, if needed, to bring the amount of fat up to about 4 tbsp.
Heat the fat until smoking hot then pour in the batter.
Add the sausage chunks and place into the hot oven.
Bake for about 5-10 minutes at 230°C; 450°F, then reduce to 200°C; 400°F and bake 20 to 30 minutes or until the batter around the sausages has risen and is a deep golden brown.
Serve immediately or the pudding will deflate.
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RE: Share your recipes!!!! - 10/28/2008 6:38:53 PM
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cherish405
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Roasted pumpkin soup
2 tablespoons butter
1 onion, diced
2 carrots, peeled and diced
1 apple, peeled and diced
2 cups fresh pumpkin, roasted and diced, see note below
1 tablespoon sage leaves
3 cups chicken stock
1 cup cream
Salt and freshly ground pepper
In a stockpot over medium heat, melt butter and saute onion, carrot, apple, roasted pumpkin, and sage until all are tender, about 8 to 10 minutes. Puree the mixture in a food mill; if you do not have a food mill, then puree in a food processor or blender. Return the puree to the stockpot, add the chicken stock and simmer for 15 minutes. Then add the cream and simmer for 5 more minutes, lowering the heat if necessary so it does not boil. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
Divide soup among 4 soup bowls and serve immediately.
Cook's Note: To roast pumpkin, preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cut whole pumpkin in half and then cut each half into several pieces. Discard seeds or reserve for another use. Place pumpkin on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Roast in oven until tender but not falling apart, about 30 to 40 minutes. Let cool, peel away skin, and dice.
Roasting the pumpkin brings out more of the flavour. If you're watching your weight though, you could just boil the pumpkin instead, and leave out the cream.
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RE: Share your recipes!!!! - 10/28/2008 7:12:16 PM
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Roberta_
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Thanks Trish. Going to the pumpkin patch tomorrow. I can't wait to try that recipe!
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RE: Share your recipe's!!!! - 10/28/2008 9:37:03 PM
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REALLY EASY Chocolate truffles
Ingredients:
Cake mix - preferably chocolate, though I've tried several others, this one's my fav, and it's OK if it's el-cheap-o
Chocolate icing - regular pint sized of your favorite kind. I like the chocolate whipped.
16 oz of chocolate chips
mix and bake the cake as directed (i like to cook it in a little less time than required so that it's a little extra moist)
when cake has cooled enough to touch the bottom, break it up and put it in a bowl
add the icing and mix it all up
* I sometimes add extra flavors, i.e. cherry juice if doing chocolate covered cherry, or orange bits... whatever you choose this is SUPER customizable
roll dough into little 1" balls (for some reason I like to roll them, set them in the fridge overnight and dip them next day - they just taste better, but you can dip as soon as you roll)
melt chocolate (and a little cooking oil to keep it from burning as easily) in a double boiler or over light heat. Sometimes, if you work quickly, it's just as easy to microwave the stuff!
Dip 'em and put them on wax paper - freeze, eat. They are a hit wherever you go. SO Much you can do with them. I sometimes do a speciality cake from scratch and in the chocolate add different kinds - dark, milk, white... swirls, dots, tuxedos, whatever. You could even shape your little dough balls into something cute, but that might make them hard to dip. HAVE FUN!
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RE: Share your recipe's!!!! - 10/29/2008 8:36:54 AM
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cherish405
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I've never heard of that recipe before. We normally make truffles out of plain cookie crumbs, not cake.
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RE: Share your recipes!!!! - 11/3/2008 7:41:28 PM
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ORIGINAL: cherish405
Here's something I don't think you would have heard of.
DEVILS ON HORSEBACK
Prunes
Bacon
Almonds or cream cheese (optional)
Remove stones from prunes and replace with almonds or cream cheese if desired. Wrap each prune right around with a slice of bacon, and secure with a toothpick. Grill or bake until bacon is cooked. Both adults and children enjoy these.
Variation: Substitute chicken livers for prunes.
Or pineapple
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RE: Share your recipes!!!! - 11/6/2008 10:14:41 PM
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Here's a really good beef stew I just made tonight.
- 2 pounds of beef, cubed (I used shortrib chuck. It's a little fattier but very tastey. I don't make beef tooo often so when I do, I go for the good stuff)
- 2 cups of cubed carrots (medium sized cubes)
- 2 cups of sweet potato (medium sized cubes)
- 1 onion, rough chop
- 5 cloves of garlic, crushed or finely chopped
- 3 small pieces of peeled ginger
- 2 tomatoes, seeded and cut into large pieces
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 1 cup of beef stock
- 1 can of crushed tomatoes (the larger size. Forgot the ounces)
- Three teaspoons of Herbs de Florence. This is an herb mix with lavendar. If you can't find it just combined dry rosemary, thyme, pepper, garlic power)
- A few dashes of Worcestershire sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- a teaspoon of crushed red pepper for a little heat
Brown the meat. Put aside. Add onions, carrots and potatoes to the pot and soften the onion. Add garlic and ginger and cook for one minute. Add wine and reduce to almost half (while boiling). Add browned beef and the rest of the ingredients. Turn down heat to a simmer. Simmer for at least 2 1/2 hours on low. The longer the more tender the meat, potatoes and carrots. Keep on low so you don't overcook the potatoes before the meat gets tender.
The ginger adds a nice kick and flavor and the lavender in the herb mix adds a great fragrance!
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RE: Share your recipes!!!! - 11/8/2008 9:11:31 AM
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cherish405
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VEGETABLE PAELLA
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 small fennel bulbs (halved lengthways)
8oz cherry tomatoes (halved)
2 teaspoons crushed coriander seeds
salt
pepper
1.5 pints vegetable stock
4oz wild rice
7oz long grain white rice
2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander
juice of 1/2 lemon
Preheat the oven to 400F.
Brush a roasting pan with oil.
Place the fennel and tomatoes in the roasting pan and sprinkle the coriander seeds, salt and pepper over them.
Roast the vegetables, turning them once or twice, for about 40 minutes or until tender.
Bring the stock to the boil in a large saucepan. Add the wild rice and continue to cook for 15-20 minutes or until both types of rice are tender. Drain through a sieve.
Turn the rice and vegetables into a large bowl and toss to mix.
Add the chopped coriander and lemon juice.
Serve hot.
Serves 4.
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RE: Share your recipes!!!! - 11/27/2008 8:56:38 AM
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cherish405
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Anybody else got any good recipes?
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RE: Share your recipes!!!! - 11/28/2008 2:46:12 AM
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cherish405
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MEXICAN HOT CHOCOLATE
3 tablespoons instant hot chocolate mix
1 tablespoon chocolate syrup
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 pinch chilli powder
1/4 cup milk
3/4 cup boiling water
Get a nice big mug and mix up the hot chocolate mix, cinnamon, chilli powder and chocolate syrup. Add mix and boiling water, stir and enjoy.
< Message edited by cherish405 -- 11/28/2008 2:52:37 AM >
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