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Chocolate Pudding Pie. <div><div class="item">Reviews for <span>Chocolate Pudding Pie</span></div><div class="rating"><span class="average">5</span> out of 5</div><div><span class="count">13</span> total review(s)</div></div> Customer Reviews 5out of5 (based on 13 reviews) 13 of 13(100%)reviewers would recommend this recipe to a friend.

Chocolate Pudding Pie

To make decorative chocolate curls, wrap a medium-size chunk of semisweet chocolate in plastic wrap. Ingredients: For the filling: 2 1/2 cups milk 5 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped into slivers 4 egg yolks 3⁄4 cup sugar 3 Tbs. cornstarch 1⁄4 tsp. salt 1 1⁄2 tsp. vanilla extract 1 cookie crumb crust (see related recipe at left), made with chocolate cookies. Alcohol Cooking Substitutions - Alcohol Substitute Recipes. Homemade Gyoza Wrappers. “Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth.” — Japanese Proverb I’m a huge lover of all types of dumplings, especially Japanese gyoza.

Homemade Gyoza Wrappers

Living in Japan meant I was able to feed my inner gyoza monster on a regular basis. In our apartment complex in Tokyo we had a little mini supermarket in the courtyard. Squirrel and I would make daily pilgrimages there for things like milk, fresh veggies, or a piece of fish for dinner. Every week a stand was set up in the middle of the store where a vendor sold something special, like a variety of miso pickles or tea.

Now that we’re in the States, far away from my gyoza man, my options are much more limited. Homemade Gyoza WrappersAdapted from The Japanese Kitchen, by Hiroko Shimbo Makes 40 wrappers. Spicy Pumpkin Soup Recipe. Cannoli. Holy Cannoli, these are awesome!!

Cannoli

As a good Italian girl, I’ve been enjoying cannoli for a long time, but I had yet to learn how they were actually made, until this holiday season. Sure you could buy the shells and fill them with a homemade filling, but I’m talking honest-to-goodness homemade, from start to finish. Enter my Chief Culinary Consultant’s Nana. I had been hearing about her cannoli since I met my Chief Culinary Consultant, but never had the opportunity to try one until now.

Not only did I get to eat them, but I got to watch them be made and enjoyed every minute of it! For those that are not familiar, cannoli are a traditional Sicilian pastry that is made by rolling out a circle of dough and wrapping it around a metal cylinder or “form” and then deep frying. I expanded on the recipe when I wrote it out below to provide some additional details, but wanted to share a photo of the original recipe. Prosciutto-Wrapped Melon Recipe. We admit, this is not really a recipe, but prosciutto-wrapped melon chunks are easy to make, really pretty and everyone loves them, so we thought they were an appetizer worth mentioning.

Prosciutto-Wrapped Melon Recipe

For presentation, we like to top each piece with a seedless grape and skewer them with a pick. A drizzle of balsamic vinegar and a bit of freshly ground pepper add a little extra pizzazz just before serving. 1/2 lb prosciutto, very thinly sliced1/4 of a medium cantaloupe1/4 of a medium honeydew melon2 to 3 dozen seedless grapesBalsamic vinegarCracked black pepper Preparation:Cut the cantaloupe and honeydew melon into 1-inch cubes. Cut each slice of prosciutto in half lengthwise. Chef Wolfgang Puck - Wolfgang Puck's Favorite Chocolate Cake. Photo Credit Illustration by Michael Toland Recipe courtesy of chef Wolfgang Puck.

Chef Wolfgang Puck - Wolfgang Puck's Favorite Chocolate Cake

SERVINGS 8 to 12 INGREDIENTS 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, broken into small pieces 1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 5 large eggs, separated 2/3 cup sugar Pinch salt Confectioners' sugar, for garnish Unsweetened whipped cream, for garnish Fresh berries, for garnish 1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Glazed Orange Rolls. 1 pkg. dry yeast 3/4 c. warm water (105-115 degrees) 3 to 3 1/4 c. all-purpose flour, divided 2 tbsp. sugar 1 1/2 tsp. salt 1 egg 2 tbsp. butter, melted 1 tbsp. grated orange rind 1/4 c. orange juice 1 orange, peeled, sectioned, and chopped 1 tbsp. sugar Orange Butter Glaze Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl; let stand 5 minutes.

Glazed Orange Rolls

Add 1 cup flour, 2 tablespoons sugar and next 5 ingredients; beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until blended. Gradually stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic (about 5 minutes). Place in a well-greased bowl, turning to grease top. Punch dough down; turn out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead lightly 4 or 5 times. Combine chopped orange and 1 tablespoon sugar; let stand 5 minutes. Make a crease across each circle, and place an orange piece in center.