Keikos-cake.com — Enjoy baking with Pastry Friends. Channels. Golden Onion Tart with Gruyère and Thyme. Green Gumbo Recipe, Gumbo Z'herbes Recipe. Another hearty stew from Hank Shaw. Enjoy! ~Elise Green gumbo, or gumbo z’herbes, is a Lenten tradition in Louisiana. Ironically, it is not always vegetarian, as this hearty stew is often served on Holy Thursday to fortify the faithful for the Good Friday fast. Our version includes a ham hock and smoked andouille sausages, but you can leave them out to make a vegetarian gumbo. The tradition for gumbo z’herbes is to include many different kinds of greens in the gumbo—and to always include an odd number.
Which greens? A word on the roux: Try to use peanut oil if you can find it, as it lends a particularly excellent Cajun flavor to the gumbo. Tomato Pie Recipe. If you want to take this recipe up a notch, you can caramelize the onions while prepping the other ingredients.
If you do that, double the amount of onion. Ingredients 1 9-inch pie shell (see pie crust recipe for homemade version)1/2 yellow or red onion, chopped3-4 tomatoes, cut in half horizontally, squeezed to remove excess juice, roughly chopped, to yield approximately 3 cups chopped tomatoes1/4 cup sliced basil (about 8 leaves)*2 cups grated cheese (combination of sharp cheddar and Monterey Jack, or Gruyere or Mozarella)3/4 cup mayonnaise1 teaspoon (or more to taste) of Frank's Hot Sauce (or Tabasco)Salt and freshly ground black pepper *To slice basil, chiffonade them by stacking the leaves on top of each other, roll them up like a cigar, starting at one end slice the "cigar" crosswise in thin slices.
Method 1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Chile Relleno Casserole Recipe. Feel free to play around with the stuffing, Mexican chorizo is great for this, but we've also used hot Louisiana pork sausage.
Or you can skip the pork all together and just use a jack cheese stuffing. Note that this casserole serves 8; you can easily cut the ingredients in half and use an 8x8 dish for the casserole. Method. Poppy Seed Kolache Recipe. Ingredients 4 to 4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour1 package active dry yeast1/2 teaspoon ground mace or ground nutmeg1 cup milk1/2 cup butter1/4 cup granulated sugar1 teaspoon salt2 eggs1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 teaspoon lemon zestCanned poppy seed filling (or make your own*)Raisins (optional)1 egg1 Tbsp milk *Poppyseed filling (if you want to make your own filling, otherwise, you can use canned)
Perfect Pie Crust Recipe. 1 Combine flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor; pulse to mix.
Add butter and pulse 6 to 8 times, until mixture resembles coarse meal, with pea size pieces of butter. Add ice water 1 Tbsp at a time, pulsing until mixture just begins to clump together. If you pinch some of the crumbly dough and it holds together, it's ready. If the dough doesn't hold together, add a little more water and pulse again. Note that too much water will make the crust tough. Patricia's Holiday Fruitcake Recipe.
Best to slice this fruitcake with a knife with a serrated edge, such as a bread knife.
Method 1 Preheat oven to 325°F. In a small bowl, mix together the baking soda and sour cream; set aside. 2 Combine the dates, raisins, cherries, and nuts with 1/4 cup of the flour and toss to coat the fruit and nuts. Set aside. 3 Cream together the butter and sugar. 4 Pour batter into a prepared loaf pan (see note) and bake at 325°F for one and a half to two hours or until a toothpick or wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Molasses Spice Cookies Recipe. Preparation time: 30 minutes.
Method 1 Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice together in a bowl and set aside. 2 Use an electric mixer and beat the butter for 2 minutes. Guinness Bread with Molasses Recipe. This is fantastic eaten fresh, and nearly as good the next day toasted with some more butter.
Do not use stale beer for this recipe, you want the carbonation. Ingredients 3 cups self-rising flour*1/2 cup white sugar1/3 cup molassesA pinch of salt (roughly 1/8 teaspoon)12 ounces of Guinness extra stoutButter for greasing the pan and painting the top, about 3 tablespoons. Giant Ginger Cookies Recipe. Easy Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pão de Queijo) Recipe. Print Our tour of Brazil continues.
After posting the moqueca recipe, several of you asked if I had a recipe for Pão de Queijo, or Brazilian cheese bread, sort of like a chewy cheese puff made with tapioca flour. As a matter of fact, I do. My friend Bill gave me this recipe years ago, a favorite from his Brazilian wife Silvia. I’ve made it several times, each time with different cheeses. There are several ways to make Pão de Queijo. The beauty of this recipe is that you can make a big batch of batter and just store it in the refrigerator (for up to a week), pouring out just as many mini-muffins as you want to eat. The only weird ingredient is tapioca flour. The recipe as presented is fairly basic. Blueberry Pie Recipe. Buttery Apple Torte Recipe. Blueberry Cake Recipe. Print Have an abundance of blueberries?
When they are in season you really have to enjoy them while you can, right? Here is a lovely blueberry cake that makes the most of fresh blueberries (though you can use frozen if you want). In fact, it almost seems like there is more blueberry than cake in this cake; that’s a problem I can live with! Often times the issue with blueberries in baked goods is that they sink to the bottom of whatever you are baking. We take advantage of gravity in this cake by scattering the berries on top of the batter, and letting them sink if they will while they bake. Smoked Salmon, Dill, and Goat Cheese Quiche Recipe. Method 1 Roll out dough into a 12-inch circle.
Place it into a 10-by-1 1/2-inch round tart pan (with or without a removable bottom), pressing dough into corners. Place in freezer to chill for 30 minutes. 2 Preheat oven to 350°. Line pastry with aluminum foil or parchment paper, pressing into the corners and edges. 3 Heat oil in a small skillet on medium heat. 4 Line the bottom of the quiche crust with cooked shallots. Zucchini Ricotta Frittata Recipe. Method 1 Beat the eggs in a medium bowl. Add the ricotta and Parmesan and beat to combine. Add the salt, freshly ground black pepper, basil and thyme and beat to combine. Set aside. 2 Heat the olive oil in a 10-inch oven-proof stick-free skillet on medium high. 3 Reheat the skillet. 4 Set the top rack 5 inches from the heating element in the oven. Alternatively, instead of using the broiler, you can place a plate face-down on top of the skillet. Huevos Motuleños Recipe. 1 Heat 2 Tbsp olive oil in a large sauté pan on medium high heat. Add the onions, garlic, and sliced mushrooms.
Cook until onions are translucent, but not browned, and the mushrooms have given up some of their moisture, about 5 minutes. Stir in the refried beans and epazote (if using). Cook for another 3 or 4 minutes. Dutch Baby Recipe, German Pancake Recipe. Method 1 Preheat oven to 400°F. Put a 10-inch cast iron skillet into the oven and heat for at least 8 minutes.
Chilaquiles Recipe. It will help with the frying if your tortillas are a little dry. If they are fresh, cut them first, put them in a warm oven for a few minutes first to dry them out a bit, then proceed. Ingredients. How to Prepare a Cheese Board. Please welcome guest author and cheese fiend Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic as he walks us through how to put together a fabulous cheese plate. ~Elise. Crab Fondue Recipe. We also peeled and chopped up bosc pears to use for dipping in this recipe. Caramelized Onion Tart with Gorgonzola and Brie Recipe. A little while ago, on a visit to Annisquam, Massachusetts, my friends Ann and Nick hosted an “Impress the Food Blogger” dinner at their home. Baked Stuffed Jalapeños Recipe. Are you a risk taker? I think one has to be a bit adventurous to eat jalapeños.
You never know if biting into one is going to yield that wonderful flavor and kick that is the basis for so much of Southwestern food, or if that one little bite will pack such a fiery punch that you’ll be running around the room mouth agape and tears in your eyes, begging for something to cool it all down. Rose Petal Flan Recipe. Ingredients. Cooking with okara. When soybeans are made into soymilk (which can then be made into tofu), there is a byproduct created known as soy pulp or tofu lees - or okara in Japanese. Fresh okara is fluffy and white in color.
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