1886 friday night con Recipes

vegetable oil or peanut oil, corn tortillas, top-quality ahi tuna, olive oil, salt and freshly ground pepper, vegetarian black beans , recipe follows, or regular black beans, heated, seeded, diced watermelon, watercress, jalapeno , julienned, radishes , julienned, lime, juiced , plus 6 lime wedges, feta, crumbled, black beans , soaked in cold water over night and drained, red onion, diced, celery, diced, bay leaf, olive oil, red bell pepper, diced, minced garlic, green onions, chopped, fresh basil leaves, cilantro, chopped, soy sauce, lemon juice, ground cumin, ground cardamom, salt and freshly ground pepper

wheel of brie (the bigger the better), pillsbury pie crust at room temperature, cute mini star cookie cutters

chopped nuts, frozen parker house rolls, butterscotch instant pudding mix, brown sugar, butter or margarine, melted, cinnamon

all purpose flour, sugar, bk. powder, salt, cinnamon, egg well beaten, milk (if using powdered do 3/4 cup powder, 1 cup water), oil (canola), i bar chocolate (ghirardelli semi sweet or whatever suits your fancy,broken into pieces), anything else you want to add or take away such as bluberies, strawberries, bannanas..they all go good with chocolate and cinnamon)

milk, powdered milk, yogurt with live cultures, cooler with towels to snuggle yogurt for the night, sugar, vanilla

olive oil, canola oil, recommended, use whatever oil mixture makes sense to you , if you don tsp have 1 or the other, that s fine too), ice water, salt, whole wheat flour + 1/2 cup all purpose flour combined, olive oil or 1-3 tbsp. sauce, anything from enchilada sauce to the leftover tofu marinade from last night. you could throw something together with stock and spices or use meat marinade., veggies of your choice., here are some favorites of mine, broccoli , spinach, onion(a must), scallions, small diced tomatoes, asparagus, mushrooms, bell pepper, squash... needs to make about 2 cups or enough to fill shell., less healthy and more flavorful: would taste great with bacon, ham and cheese too. i d recommend stirring cheese in with the egg., eggs, milk , any kind of will work. even that awful powdered stuff will work just perfectly., decorations , it s all creative. you can use baby tomatoes to make a ring around the side, or cut a larger tomato into slices... use asparagus ends to make a sun shape in the center or onion ringlets. today i used baby spinach leaves around the edge.

pinto beans(rinsed and soaked over night, please...you don tsp have to do this, but i highly recommend it), jalapeno peppers, seeded and halved, onion, quartered, garlic, minced, cumin, salt (this recipe needs ...remember, you are making a lb of beans, so don t be too concerned about this amount. taste them, if they seem bland, which, they shouldn t, they most likely need a bit more .), liquid(all stock , half and half, or any other combo...all water can be used, but more seasonings, will need to be added)

any liquid can be reduced just by heating it - but why would you want to do that, answer comes back to two of our old friends, flavor and consistency (texture)., by reducing any flavored liquid you intensify its flavor and at the same time thicken it. you can continue this process until what you have left is a syrup if it contains sugar, or a sauce if it does not., this is 1 of the most important tools in the kitchen , believe it or not, because a great sauce can rescue an indifferent meal., literally any liquid can be reduced ., a few uses, wine is frequently used in cooking , both as a marinade and as an addition to sauces for meat., there are some problems with it though, 1 of which is that you need a really good wine and quite a lot of it to produce a reasonable sauce for, say, six people., on the other hand , if you use pure grape juice and reduce it to a syrup, that syrup, added to any sauce (or gravy if you prefer) will lift it into the realms of gourmet ., more , you don tsp have to make your reduction on the night you prepare your meal. you can reduce a liter of grape juice at any time to the consistency and flavor you want; then just store it in the fridge., you can do the same thing with any fruit juice - prune is sensational - and store it until needed. just about all of them will do things for ice cream, pies or tarts that will have your guests demanding the recipe, pork with apple sauce use a carton of fresh apple juice from the supermarket and reduce it. and if you want a real sensation add in a glass of apple brandy during the reduction process., are you getting an idea of how simple this is, take any carton of fresh stock straight of the shelf and reduce it. you will transform it into something even the manufacturer won tsp recognize. but beware, you need to start out with good quality in the first place, because when you reduce a liquid you intensify all the flavors, and not just the good ones., if it s salty to start with, for example, it will be salty beyond belief by the time you ve reduced it even by half. so if you are going to use a supermarket stock, make sure it s an extremely good 1., believe me when i tell you that stock cubes should not be used for reduction sauces., thickeners, because you will be tasting as you go (won tsp you ), you may find that you get the flavor you want before the desired consistency is reached., a couple of hints right now for your sauces., sweet ones can be thickened successfully without loss of color by adding in liquid glucose early on in the reduction process. surprisingly, this will add little in the way of sweetness and produces a beautiful velvety sauce when whisked., if you get it wrong and add too much, no problem. stir in a little extra water to thin it., reduction pans, reductions need to happen rapidly in serving to preserve flavors. and the greater the surface area of the liquid the faster the water will evaporate., however you may want to whisk something into the sauce while its cooking - such as butter or olive oil for example - and for that i find a small wok is best; 1 with a handle., a wok is less likely to reduce so fast that the sauce is burnt while your back is turned. but try both methods and see which you prefer. you may even end up using something totally different., no magic to this. whatever works for you, that s what you should use, in this and everything else to do with cooking., just bear in mind that what you re after is speed and ease of use. as well as a great tasting result, of course. :>), keeping, if they should dry out , simply add a little water and heat through., sauces containing meat juices of any kind must be frozen if you re going to keep them, and should be brought to boiling point before being used again. there is no need to thaw them out to do this, in fact it s better not to. simply drop the frozen cubes into a saucepan, melt them over a gentle heat, and then bring swiftly to the boil., why do you do this to avoid food poisoning, that s why. you are making sure that any bugs introduced into the sauce during the preparation process are killed off., worry , this will not be because of anything you have done wrong (i hope!), but because bacteria are part of our everyday lives and they exist in every kitchen, however clean., in fact your food , and especially your meat, is crawling with wildlife that you will never see. don tsp worry about them. careful handling and simple precautions will ensure that these miniature monsters can never multiply enough to harm either you or your guests.

chicken stock (*alternatively you can make your own stock from the unused turkey parts ), wild rice, butter (1 tbsp for rice and 3 tbsp for sauteing), sausage, casing removed, granny smith apples, peeled, cored and small diced, white onion, chopped, olive oil , if needed (approximately as needed to keep the pan oiled), liver , blood vessels removed (we used rabbit for the episode, but you can use turkey and/or chicken s), stalks celery, roughly chopped, chopped fresh thyme leaves (from about 5 or 6 large sprigs), fresh sage leaves, minced, chopped fresh marjoram leaves (from about 5 or 6 large sprigs), chopped fresh parsley leaves, salt and pepper, eggs, beaten, olive oil, fresh marjoram, leaves stripped from the stems, anise seed, fresh parsley leaves cut off (and stems reserved for the gravy - below), salt, black pepper, turkey , breast and legs cut away from bones and tendons removed and soaked in cold water with kosher salt (buy the breast and legs pre-boned or ask your butcher to do it), olive oil, garlic, lightly crushed with the side of a knife blade, then minced, shallot, minced, sage leaves, minced, bay leaf, ale (such as samuel adams boston lager), chicken stock (or turkey stock you have made), butter (1 stick or 8 tbsp), all-purpose flour, salt and freshly ground black pepper, special equipment : kitchen twine, leftover turkey parts, water, quartered onion, carrot, cut into chunks, celery stalk, cut into chunks, salt, peppercorns, sachet d epices containing : 1 handful parsley stems, a bay leaf, and 5 or 6 thyme sprigs

barra, flour, salt, curry powder, cumin, ground pepper, yeast, warm water, sugar, oil for frying, channa curry, chickpeas, canned or soaked over night and boiled until tender., curry powder, garlic, minced, onion, sliced, oil, ground cumin, ground allspice (if you have it), pepper sauce, salt, black pepper

fava beans , soaked over night, chick peas , soaked overnight, garlic, crushed, brown onion, finely chopped, green onion, finely chopped, hot red pepper or green pepper, finely chopped, level tbsp bicarbonate of soda, plain flour, chopped parsley, ground coriander, cumin, salt, tps black pepper, oil for frying

red bell pepper, water, raw cashews (soaked over night and rinsed well), tahini, nutritional yeast, raw onion, garlic, fresh lemon juice, salt (i use much less ), green onion (optional), jalapeno pepper (optional), green chilis (optional), red pepper flakes (optional), etc.

potatoes, diced, onion, diced, leftover meat , beef or pork roast, steaks, chops etc, chopped, eggs, garlic pepper, grated cheese , what ever kind you have in the fridge in whatever amount you like, peppers-hot or sweet , left over veggies, mushrooms, olives, herbs or what ever strikes your fancy.

lean ground sirloin, onion finely chopped, worcestershire, fresh mushrooms, ripe olives, sliced and drained, fresh spinach, washed, trimmed and chopped, salt and pepper to taste, eggs, beaten, ripe, medium. tomato chopped, sour cream, shredded swiss cheese

this dish is made the night before and allowed to set up before cfrying it in the morning. it keeps very well in the fridge if wrapped up correctly. you can certainly halve this recipe as this is a double recipe., ok here we go ..., cornmeal/polenta, boiling water, salt, when ready to fry, flour for dredging, crisco shortening (the white stuff is what we usually used) or, you can use bacon drippings or butter (for an oh my factor !), equipment needed, sauce pot with lid, whisk, loaf pan, plastic wrap, ice cubes and cold water

brown sugar, butter, light syrup karo, french bread (i use a loaf of 1 day old italian bread cut 3/4 thick slices), eggs, milk, vanilla, egg, evaporated milk/cream, triple sec, grated orange rind

potaotes - mom used bakers, i like to use yukons, butter, cheddar soup, half and half, shredded or crummbled sharp cheddar cheese (if it s available, i use white vermont cheddar... yum!), paprika (smokey hungarian is the best in my book!), vadalia onion, minced fine