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Dixie Pie
Cook Time: 40 to 50 minutes
Servings: 8
Source:
Deanne Baker
Ingredients
2 large eggs
½ cup flour
½ cup unsalted butter
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup pecan halves
1 tablespoon bourbon whiskey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 9-inch pie shell, unbaked
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Melt chocolate and
Double Pie Crust
Servings: 8
Source:
Bebe Huxtable
Ingredients
For one 8- or 9-inch double pie crust:
½ cup flour
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup shortening
4 tablespoons cold water or more
For one 10-inch double pie crust:
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
⅔ cups shortening plus ⅛ cup more
5 tablespoons cold water or more
Directions
French Apple Tart (Tarte de Pommes a la Normande)
Servings: 8
Source:
localhost
Ingredients
Pastry:
1⅓ cups all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt
½ cup butter softened
1 egg yolk
3 tablespoons cold water or as needed
Frangipane:
½ cup butter softened
½ cup sugar
1 egg beaten
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon apple brandy
⅔ cup ground almonds
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Apples:
Fresh Fruit with Honey Vanilla Mascarpone
Source:
Ina Garten/Barefoot Contessa/All rights reserved
Ingredients
Fruit:
2 apricots pitted and sliced
2 plums pitted and sliced
1 kiwi peeled and sliced
1 cup cherries pitted and sliced
Dressing:
1 cup mascarpone
2 tablespoons honey
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 vanilla bean seeds only
2 tablespoons heavy cream
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Servings: 6 dozen small cookies
Source:
Cliff Stoll
Ingredients
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup granulated white sugar
2 eggs
2¼ cups flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons vanilla
3 tablespoons cocoa (optional)
2 cups chocolate chips
Directions
Cream the butter and both sugars. Add
Chicken on Rice with Poblano Cream Sauce
Servings: 3
Source:
kathrynhuxtable.org
Ingredients
For the chicken:
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
2 teaspoons paprika
½ teaspoon ancho powder
½ teaspoon cumin powder
½ lime zest
¾ lime juice
2 tablespoons tequila
olive oil
For the cream sauce:
2 poblano peppers
⅜ onion
½ tablespoons garlic minced
2 teaspoons paprika
½ teaspoon
Cauliflower and Caramelized Onion Tart
Difficulty: Easy
Servings: Serves: 4
Source:
Smitten Kitchen
Ingredients
1 small head cauliflower cut into 1-inch florets
3½ tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon truffle oil optional
1 tart shell
1 large onion halved lengthwise and sliced thin
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
2 large eggs
8 ounces mascarpone or a bit
Monterey Seafood Watch
I’ve talked about this before, but not here. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a well respected Seafood Watch program, giving advice on what seafood is harvested sustainably.
This came to mind because I noticed that Orange Roughy was on the menu at a local seafood place. No one should
Southwest Potatoes with cheddar, corn, and patience
I made Mark Bittman’s Southwest Potatoes from September 7th’s New York Times. Excellent! The recipe includes corn kernels, which you brown with chilis in oil, potatoes, which you cube and cook in oil, and then you add them together, along with some black beans and chili powder, and
Southwest Potatoes
Servings: 6
Source:
Mark Bittman/NYTimes 2010-09-10
Ingredients
5 tablespoons olive oil (more as needed)
2 tablespoons fresh jalapeño, minced, to taste
1½ cups corn kernels, fresh or frozen (maybe a bit
less)
salt
black pepper
2 pounds new potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch
chunks
1 teaspoon chili powder,