Archive for November, 2008

Lamb Broth

Lamb Broth

Servings: 6
Ingredients:

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Wash and remove the membrane from lamb shank. Clean thoroughly. Cover withcold water. Let stand 2 hours. Drain. Add fresh cold water in theproportion of 1 quart of water per pound of lamb. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt pereach quart of water. Simmer 2 hours. Cool. Skim off fat. Heat broth toboiling. Pour into [...]

Traveling Gal’s Chocolate Cake

Traveling Gal’s Chocolate Cake

Servings: 12
Ingredients:

1 1/2 c  Dates; diced
2    Eggs, beaten
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Baking soda
1 c  Water; hot
3 ts Water; hot
2 c  Flour
1 ts Cocoa
1 ts Vanilla
1 c  Sugar
1 c  Butter or margarine
1 c  Chocolate chips; 6 oz
1/2 c  Nuts; chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place dates in small bowl. Sprinkle withbaking soda; add hot water. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes to plump dates. Inlarge mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter or margarine together. Add eggs.Beat well again. Sift flour, salt and cocoa together. Add dry ingredientsto sugar-butter mixture in [...]

NOODLES WITH SNOW PEA GREENS

NOODLES WITH SNOW PEA GREENS

Servings: 1
Ingredients:

1/2 lb Snow pea greens
2    Red chilies
x  Some rice wine (sake,
Shaohsing, whatever)
1/2 c  Chopped shallots
12    Fresh shiitake mushrooms
2 tb Soy sauce
2 ts Rice vinegar
4    Chopped scallions
8    To 12 ounces japanese
Noodles (soba, udon,
Whatever – I used soba)

Lightly steam pea greens — crisp, but cooked. Chop chilies, shallots andscallons. Slice shiitake thinly.
Heat large non-stick skillet. Roast chilies for a minute, then add about1/4 cup rice wine. Add shallots and cook till they just start to darken(about 4 minutes). Add more wine if it starts to stick.
(put water [...]

King’s Arms Tavern Cream Of Peanut Soup

King’s Arms Tavern Cream Of Peanut Soup

Servings: 12
Ingredients:

1    Onion, chopped
2    Celery ribs, chopped
1/4 c  Butter
3 tb Flour, all purpose
2 qt Chicken stock
2 c  Peanut butter, smooth
1 3/4 c  Light cream
1    Peanuts, chopped

Servings: 12
Saute onion and celery in butter until soft, but not brown. Stir in flouruntil well blended. Add chick stock, stirring constantly, and bring to aboil. Remove from heat and rub through a sieve. Add peanut butter andcream, stirring to blend thoroughly. Return to low heat, but do [...]

PUMPKIN CHEESE SOUP

PUMPKIN CHEESE SOUP

Servings: 6
Ingredients:

1    Pumpkin (big enough                 1    Garlic clove, minced
-to hold 6-10                     1/4 t  Salt
-servings of soup)                1/4 t  Pepper
2 T  Butter, melted                    1/4 t  Nutmeg
2 T  Butter                            3/4 C  Cream, light
1 lg Onion, chopped                      1 C  Cheddar or gruyere
2 lg Carrots, shredded                        -cheese, grated
2    Celery sticks, chopped            1/3 C  White wine, dry
4 C  Vegetable broth                     2 T  Parsley, minced

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a baking sheet.
Prepare pumpkin: cut off the top, scoop out seeds, brush inside with about2 T melted butter. Replace top and place pumpkin on baking sheet. Bake 45mins or until tender when pierced with a fork. The pumpkin should be a bitdroopy but still hold [...]

Beggar’s Chicken

Beggar’s Chicken

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

3 1/2 lb Frying chicken                      4 lb Wet modeling clay
3    Dried lotus leaves

———————————-STUFFING———————————-1/2 lb Ground pork 1 tb Peanut oil2 tb Salted mustard green 1 ts Sugar-minced 1 ts Fresh ginger root, minced
——————————MIXTURE FOR SKIN——————————1/2 ts Salt 1 ts Sesame oil1 tb Medium sherry 1 tb Dark soy sauce
Prepare Chicken: Trim excess fat from chicken; remove wing tips. Mixmixture for skin; rub chicken inside and [...]

Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies

Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies

Servings: 8
Ingredients:

3/4 c  Flour                             1/4 c  Plus
1 tb Plus                                1 tb -peanut butter
1 ts Unsweetened cocoa                   1 ts Vanilla extract
1 ts Baking powder                       1 tb Vegetable oil
1/8 ts Salt                              1/4 c  Plain lowfat yogurt
3    Eggs                               12 ts Sugar

Preheat oven to 350. In a small bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powderand salt. In another bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Beat on low speeduntil well blended. Stir in dry ingredients by hand until well moistened.Place in 8-inch square pan that has been sprayed with a nonstick cookingspray. Bake 15 minutes. Cool [...]

Toll House Layercake

Toll House Layercake

Servings: 1
Ingredients:

1 c  Butter, softened
1 c  Brown sugar, firmly packed
2/3 c  Sugar
2 ts Vanilla
1/2 ts Salt
4    Eggs
2 c  Flour, all-purpose
1 pk Chocolate chips, ’Little
-Bits’ semi-sweet,
-divided 12oz pack

3/4 c Butter, softened1 1/2 c Sifted confectioners’ sugar2 ts Vanilla
Cake: Preheat oven to 350~F. Grease 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1′ baking pan. Linewith waxed paper. In bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, sugar, vanilla andsalt. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Graduallyadd flour. Stir in [...]

OVEN CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

OVEN CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Servings: 8
Ingredients:

6 sm Onion, cut in half
6    Whole cloves garlic
1 cn Peeled, diced tomatoes
2    Chickens (3-4 lb)
Salt
Pepper
1 tb Sweet Hungarian paprika
1 cn Chicken broth (14 1/2 oz)
1 cn Sour cream (8 oz)
1 lb Wide noodles cook according
-to package directions,
-drained

Put onions, garlic and tomatoes in bottom of large roasting pan.Season chicken to taste with salt and pepper. Put chickens inroasting pan, breast side up. Sprinkle paprika over chickens. Pourover chicken broth. Cover with foil tightly and roast at 325′F. 31/2-4 hours or until meat is falling off bone. Last hour of [...]

Kidney Stew

Kidney Stew

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

1 lb Spanish onions, peeled and
-cut into eighths
1/2 c  Red wine
1 1/4 c  Water
1/4 ts Dried thyme or 1/2 tsp
-chopped fresh
Salt and pepper to taste
10    Lamb kidneys (about 1 1/2
-lbs)
4 tb Flour

Place the onions, wine and 3/4 cup water in saucepan. Season with salt,pepper and thyme, bring to boil. Lower heat, cover and simmer 20 minutesor until the onions are tender. Remove any surrounding fat and thetranslucent membrane from the outside of the kidneys and cut them intoabout 1′ cubes. Stir the kidneys into [...]