156 cook bottom Recipes

pie crust, enough for bottom and top of large pie pan (i use the frozen crust), cooked chicken, leftover vegetables (such as broccoli, mushrooms, carrots, spinach), tomatoes, chunk-chopped (if using fresh veggies, parboil or steam slightly before using), basil, oregano, garlic powder, paprika, salt & pepper, sour cream, cream, grated cheddar cheese or 2 cups monterey jack cheese

pastry for double-crust pie, sufficient for top and bottom 9 inch crust (see classic pie crust, idiot proof step-by-step photo tutorial), rhubarb, stalks unpeeled and cut into 1 inch lengths (2 1/2 cups), strawberries, hulled and halved lengthwise, sugar, quick-cooking tapioca or 1/4 cup cornstarch, salt, unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, milk or cream, sugar

head cauliflower, cooked, tomatoes, halved, red apple, thinly sliced, carrots , julienned and cooked, green beans, cooked and halved, artichoke bottoms, sliced, onions, cooked and sliced, fresh parsley, chopped, french dressing, salt and pepper, lemon juice (optional), spinach leaves, eggs, hard-boiled and quartered

olive oil, garlic cloves, crushed and chopped, jalapeno, seeded and chopped, water, chicken broth, broccoli , bottoms sliced (about 3 1/2 cups), carrots, sliced (about 1 cup), seasoned salt, pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, fresh lemon juice, ground ginger, quick-cooking barley (i like quaker brand)

i use a 3 1/2 to 4 lb chuck roast, well marbelized with fat, and if you can find a bone-in roast, that s better yet (but it s almost always boneless chuck that you find at the grocer). i like to quickly rinse the roast in cold water just before i lay it on the cutting board to coat it with seasoned flour. place the following ingredients in a small baggie and shake the closed bag to mix it up, flour, salt, garlic salt, crazy mixed-up salt (if you can tsp get this seasoning, use seasoned salt instead, but jane s is by far the best), pepper, use your hands to generously pat the seasoned flour into the roast, on both sides, flipping the roast a couple times and repeating the process., in a dutch oven or roasting pan large enough to hold the roast, heat 1 tbsp oil over medium high heat - you want your pan and oil to be hot enough to sear the roast well when you put it in the pan. when the oil is just about to the smoking point, put the roast in and cover the pan. let the meat sear until nicely browned on the bottom, then flip the roast. let it sear for a minute or two on the second side, then add, beef stock (i much prefer the boxed stock to the canned broth - it just seems to give the gravy a much richer taste in the end), cover the roasting pan and place it in a pre-heated 300 degree oven. roast for 4 to 5 hours, until the meat is fork tender and falls apart easily. i check the roast each hour, quickly opening the lid, just to make sure the stock has not evaporated. as long as your pan has a good seal on it, this shouldn tsp happen. but if necessary, add more stock to the pan., an hour before the roast is done , prepare the mashed potatoes. peel 6 large red potatoes (these work better - at least for me - because they are much moister than the russets, so the mashed potatoes are creamier); cut into 1/4th, and place them in a large saucepan - rinse the cut potatoes 2 times in cold water, then cover them in fresh cold water and place the pan over medium high heat; boil until tender. this is usually about 30 minutes, but it depends on the size of your cuts, so just cook them until you can easily insert a fork into a potato. drain potatoes well, reserving 1 cup of the water for the gravy. add the following to the hot potatoes, butter, sour cream, milk, salt, crazy mixed up salt (use regular salt or garlic salt if jane s salt is not available), pepper, i use a hand masher , but you can use an electric mixer or however you chose to mash the potatoes into a creamy yet firm texture. add more milk if potatoes are too stiff. place the mashed potatoes in a buttered casserole dish, cover with foil, and place in the oven to keep warm while you make the gravy., prepare the gravy, melt 2 tbsp butter, stir in 1/4 cup flour to make a paste, stir in enough beef stock to thin the paste enough to pour., finished roast from the pan and place it on a plate; cover meat with foil to keep warm., place the roasting pan over a medium flame and bring the liquid to a gentle boil (i usually seem to have about 1 1/2 to 2 cups liquid in the pan when the roast is done - if you have less, just use the beef stock to increase your liquid)., use a whisk to gradually whisk in the butter/flour/stock liquid., add 2 tbsp beef base - i use tone s (i prefer beef base to buillon - has a richer flavor and is really worth having on hand, but if you can tsp find this, try knorr s beef buillon extra large cubes), add the 1 cup of reserved potato water, add 1/2 cup beef stock, taste the gravy and see if you want more seasoning. i usually find i don tsp need to add anything at this point, since i have the seasoning from the flour coating and the stock and the beef base. if you think you need more seasoning, add salt and pepper to your taste. beef base will also give you more saltiness., keep the gravy warm while you uncover the meat and use 2 forks to pull the meat apart into small to medium chunks., you are now ready to assemble...

green peppers or 4 red peppers or 4 orange bell peppers, with flat bottoms, cooking oil, onion, peeled and diced, jarred minced garlic, diced cooked chicken, spaghetti sauce, shredded cheddar cheese, salt, ground black pepper

ground chuck hamburger meat (you can also use deer meat or turkey), cayenne pepper, cooked rice, cream of mushroom soup, french onion soup (or cream of onion), stalks celery diced, yellow onions diced, chopped parsley, green onions (bottom & tops), bell pepper diced, seasonings: salt , pepper and garlic (to your taste), a little water, you can also add crawfish tails , cooked eggplant, chicken gizzards or oysters to this recipe ( she dont but some do)

pastry for double-crust pie (top and bottom crust), salmon, cooked or canned, broccoli, chopped and cooked, eggs, hard-boiled and sliced thinly, celery, finely chopped, scallion, thinly sliced, dried dill, pepper, mayonnaise, swiss cheese, shredded and divided

chef karen harper , pastry chef for the black rabbit restaurant at mcmenamins edgefield in troutdale, oregon, courtesy of chef harper and mozzarella fresca. the cheesecake must be made a day in advance. (i first saw this recipe in a newspaper, but it s readily found throughout the internet.), all refrigerated ingredients should be at room temperature ., mascarpone (you can, substitute cream cheese ), sugar, grand marnier, eggs, kosher salt, in grand marnier, must be done in advance; cover and refrigerate., preheat the oven to 300of., beat the mascarpone/cream cheese until creamy. gradually beat in the sugar , salt and grand marnier., at a time add the eggs , scraping the sides of the bowl often., scrape batter into the crust and smooth the top. bake on a cookie sheet until the center barely jiggles when the pan is tapped, 45 to 55 minutes. let cool in the pan on a rack for 2 hours., unmold, cover and refrigerate overnight., chocolate graham cracker crust, chocolate graham crackers, melted unsalted butter, springform pan, preheat oven to 375of., in a food processor , blend graham crackers and butter until completely incorporated., mash the crumb mixture evenly into bottom of a 10 springform pan. bake 10 minutes ; cool completely., chocolate ganache, chopped semisweet chocolate (use top quality chocolate), heavy cream, grand marnier, be done in advance, covered and refrigerated ., bring cream just to the boil. remove from heat and stir in chocolate till incorporated., using a whisk , very gently stir in grand marnier. let ganache cool till is thick enough to spread. if ganache becomes too thick, warm it in a water bath or double boiler., candied orange slices, unpeeled oranges, sliced from top to bottom in 1/4 thick slices, sugar, water, be done in advance, covered and refrigerated ., boil orange slices in water for 10 minutes, gently stirring occasionally., stir in sugar and cook for another five minutes. remove orange slices with tongs to a baking sheet and allow them to cool completely. reserve the orange simple syrup for other culinary uses, mousse, do not do this step till ready to build the dessert., mascarpone, zest from 1 orange, heavy cream , whipped stiff, sugar, unflavored gelatin, cold water

flemish beef stew, american-style beer is used in this recipe. if you want to try another beer, go for a belgian ale - an imported pilsner might be too bitter., beef chuck, cut into 1- to 1 1/2-inch cubes, salt, black pepper, vegetable oil, unsalted butter, onions (6 to 8 medium), chopped (7 cups), turkish or 1 1/2 california bay leaves, pilsner-style beer such as budweiser, dijon mustard, thick) slices country-style bread, beef dry and sprinkle with pepper and 1/2 tsp salt., heat oil and butter in a wide 6- to 8-quart heavy pot over high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown beef in 2 to 3 batches (without crowding), turning over once, until dark brown, about 5 minutes. transfer to a plate., add onions and remaining 1/4 tsp salt to pot and cook over high heat, stirring occasionally and scraping up brown bits from bottom of pot, until pale golden, about 5 minutes. reduce heat to moderately low and cover pot, then cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are golden, about 10 minutes more., add beef along with any juices on plate, bay leaves, and beer and bring to a simmer., meanwhile , spread 1 tbsp mustard on each side of bread slices, then place bread on top of stew. simmer stew, covered, until beef is very tender, about 2 hours., just before serving, stir bread into stew, breaking it up with a spoon, until it is incorporated and stew is thickened. season with salt., stew can be made 1 day ahead and cooled completely, uncovered, then chilled, covered. reheat over moderate heat., makes 6 to 8 main-course servings.

chicken, water, white potato, yellow onion, stalks lemongrass (bottoms only, minced), green onion , bottoms chopped, cabbage (optional), salt or pepper, shrimp paste, toasted rice powder, powdered rice root (probably not available), fish sauce, curry powder (or to taste see recipe below ), chopped mint leaf (optional), cooking oil, angel hair pasta (the ones i had were very thin), bean sprouts (optional), coriander seeds, cumin seeds, yellow mustard seeds, fennel seed, peppercorns, turmeric, red peppers

apple tartin, quick cooked tart it is called an apple tartin and is very simple and beautiful. my daughter has made this for school and she never brings any back, plus she always has a large number of requests for the recipe. this depends on the size of the saute pan you use. i start with about a 10 pan well coated with no stick pam and i use about 2 sliced apples, about a 1/2 to 1/4 thick (i like granny smith, but use what you like). i then melt unsalted butter and enough brown sugar to cover bottom of the pan and make a thick syrup after it cooks. i thin put the apples into the syrup and cook a few minutes so they get coated good with the syrup., i over lay the apples or shingle them is the tech term in a round circle like a huge sun flower design or something that works for you, be creative! i then use bought flake pastry dough and put on top of the apples enough to cover completely and make an edge on the outside of the tart. you can roll the dough at the edge make a little design in it to close the edge or just leave the edge open but in a round shape no rough edges.then i put in the oven and brown the pastry dough. when it is done (doesn tsp take long to cook) i have a large plate that i put over the saute pan and invert so the whole thing comes out with the, apples on top and the crust on bottom. i then coat with my simple water and sugar syrup ( recipe above) for a shiny coat and then i serve with cool whip or ice cream. 1 thing i forgot . you will have a center hole the apples you can cut a round shape ot of the apple or fill with cool whip, but if you can cut the top of the apple with the stem intact it looks nice in the hole. i have used cookie dough for this recipe and it works , but the pastry works best for me.

vegetable broth, garlic, peeled, fresh ginger, coriander, cumin, eggplant (or 2 japanese s), cut into 1/2-inch slices, tomato paste, baby carrots, cauliflower florets, zucchini , cut into 1/2-inch slices, sliced radishes, oyster mushrooms , bottom ends of stems trimmed (or button mushrooms, quartered), frozen pearl onions, tomatoes, garlic, peeled and minced, extra-virgin olive oil, garam masala spice (found in supermarkets), roughly chopped mustard greens, cooked whole-wheat couscous

salt, muscovy ducks, washed, patted dry and excess fat discarded, soy sauce, brewed coffee, light brown sugar, kona confit duck stir-fry cashew rice , recipe follows, umeboshi plum sauce , recipe follows, sliced green onion tops, for garnish, soy sauce, granulated sugar, toasted sesame oil, peanut oil, diced onion, diced carrot, minced garlic, minced ginger, minced green onion bottoms (white part ), plus 1/2 cup green onion tops, shredded kona confit duck leg meat , recipe follows, cooked white rice, salt, fresh ground white pepper, eggs, whisked, scrambled and rough chopped, frozen green peas, cashews, toasted and chopped, duck leg quarters, kosher salt, cracked black pepper, carrot, coarsely chopped, rib celery, coarsely chopped, onion, coarsely chopped, rendered duck fat, brewed kona coffee, vegetable oil , if needed, rice wine vinegar, sugar, japanese pickled plums ( umeboshi), drained, seeded, and chopped, minced seeded jalapeno peppers

homemade pizza rolls, shredded pizza cheese or mozzarella cheese, sausage, cooked, drained, sliced pepperoni, chopped, green pepper, finely chopped, fresh sliced mushrooms, coarsely chopped, onion, finely chopped, chopped black olives, pizza sauce or spaghetti sauce, egg roll wraps, oil (for frying ), combine above ingredients except wrappers (and oil)., place a 1/4 cup filling in center of each egg roll. fold bottom corner over filling. fold sides toward center over filling. moisten remaining corner w/water and roll up tightly to seal. fry in 1-inch of 375o oil for 1-2 minutes til golden brown., serve with addition pizza sauce for dipping if desired., extra cooked rolls can be frozen ., reheat :., place on cookie sheet and bake in 375o oven for 20-25 minutes til heated through and nice and crispy on the outside., i make some with homemade sausage, some with chopped peperoni, some with a couple of my italian cheese blends, etc., your only limited to what you can imagine

butter, onion, chopped, garlic clove, minced, mushroom, chopped, prosciutto, chopped, artichoke bottoms, diced, fresh spinach, chopped, cooked, rice, cooked, boneless chicken breast halves, seasoned flour (about 1 cup), extra butter, salt, pepper, tarragon, oil, butter, onion, chopped, garlic clove, minced, mushroom, chopped, celery, chopped, carrot, chopped, flour, white wine, chicken stock, tomato paste, thyme, bay leaves

frozen package. of stouffers creamed spinach (in the box), cooked according to package. directions ), frozen package. of green giant chopped spinach (in the box), cooked according to package. directions ), reese artichoke bottoms chopped into bite size chunks, cheese italian shredded cheese, philly cream cheese warmed, grated parmesan cheese, garlic crushed, cracked pepper or more to taste, olive oil

boneless beef chuck shoulder pot roast or 1 3/4-2 lbs bottom round steaks, olive oil, garlic, crushed, pepper, ready-to-serve beef broth, dried thyme leaves, vegetable oil cooking spray, mushrooms, tomatoes , each cut lengthwise into quarters,seeded, onions , each cut lengthwise into quarters, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, balsamic vinegar, cornstarch , dissolved in 2 tbsp. water, thyme, chopped fresh (optional), cooked couscous