1191 opposing sides Recipes

wild sea scallops, seasoned with white pepper and kosher salt on each side (note: before seasoning, pat each scallop dry very well with paper towels to remove as much moisture as possible---this will ensure a nice caramelized sear., clarified butter, orange zest, chives or daikon radish sprouts

consider pansies , violets, johnny-jump-ups, nasturtiums, and marigolds. all are edible with interesting flavors. use flowers that have not been sprayed with pesticides (some available at gourmet shops and whole foods markets), shaved cheese hard cheeses such as parmesan or pecorino romano take on an attractive lacy look when shaved paper thin and placed upon an open-faced sandwich, rolled cheese cut cheese into 1/4 squares. put 1 tsp of olive oil on your hands and roll cheese squares into balls. then roll in cumin, curry, or finely chopped herbs, piped herbed mayonnaise or creme fraiche use an icing flower tip and place a fresh or thawed frozen pea atop the piping, layer it place a small spinach leaf, with stem , atop an open-faced sandwich. place a thin slice of hard-boiled egg on top of that and sprinkle with either nutmeg and sea salt, pickled ginger and a dot of wasabi, or a combination of crushed herbs, chopped egg & asparagus finely chop hardboiled eggs, using only half as many whites as yolks, and press onto an open-faced sandwich with a mayonnaise based filling. upon this, lay a short piece of asparagus, citrus , herbs & spices cut small triangles of fresh lemon or orange, removing peel. sprinkle lemon triangles with fresh basil or parsley and orange triangles with cinnamon or curry, grilled vegetables grill red and green peppers, zucchini, or pearl onions. cut peppers into strips, zucchini into squares, and leave pearl onions whole, use a very small cookie cutter to cut hearts from thin slices of pickled beets. or, cut small hearts from bread, dip in melted butter, and sprinkle heavily with curry before toasting in a 350 degree oven, herb or nut dip cut filled tea sandwiches into triangles and butter the long cut side. press this buttered side into crushed s or very finely chopped nuts

chopped fresh cilantro, minced fresh garlic, minced jalapeno pepper (seeds and veins may be removed) skin removed, unsalted butter (reserve 1 tbsp for saute), chicken stock, freshly-squeezed lime juice, gold tequila , flamed, heavy cream, red onion, thinly sliced, red bell pepper, thinly sliced, yellow bell pepper thinly sliced, green bell pepper, thinly sliced, dry spinach fettuccine or 2 lb fresh, chicken breast, diced 3/4 inch, soy sauce, peel a jalapeno , heat about a quarter cup of olive oil in a saute pan over medium-high heat until the oil shimmers. add the jalapeno and roll it around until the skin is blistered on all sides. remove the jalapeno from the pan and robe with a paper towel -- the skin will come right off. use the olive oil for other dishes -- it is infused with jalapeno flavoring, fastest way to flame the tequila is to pour it into a wide glass, and light a match. when the flame dies out it is done. alternately you may use a small saute pan.

wonderful sunrise biscotti, this refreshing biscotti is brightened up by the beautiful colors of the blood orange. white chocolate & honey add sweetness., butter (no substitutes), white sugar, blood orange, honey, almond extract, eggs, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, white chocolate chips, chopped pecans, oven to 325 degrees ., mixer bowl, add sugar, butter & honey., peel from the blood orange using the large side of the cheese grater. take care not to grate the pith (the white layer between peel & fruit). add grated peel to mixer bowl., orange in half & squeeze juice out of both halves; add to bowl., all together til light & fluffy., almond extract & then both eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each., together flour , baking powder & salt. gradually blend into creamed mixture., wooden spoon , stir in chopped pecans & white chocolate chips., will be slightly sticky ., out onto lightly floured surface & divide into two halves., your hands , roll 1 half into a 10-12 inch log & place lengthwise on greased cookie sheet., flatten log into a long rectangle about 2-1/2 inches wide ., oven but leave logs on baking sheet til cool enough to handle., transfer to cutting board & slice each log on a diagonal into 1-inch wide slices.

green onion, thinly sliced, minced clove of garlic, egg, lightly beaten, fresh bread crumbs, grated parmesan cheese, plus extra to serve on the side for grating, ground turkey or chicken, olive oil, tomato sauce (recipe above), perciatelli pasta, salt and pepper to taste, parmesan cheese-to serve on the side for grating

baby eggplants, cut into 1/2-inch dice and tossed with lemon juice to prevent oxidation, zucchini, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice, garlic cloves, lightly crushed with the side of a knife blade and minced, red onion, minced, olive oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper, grapeseed oil, shallot, minced, orange juice, balsamic vinegar, mango, peeled , sliced away from the pit and cut into 1/4-inch dice, minced fresh parsley leaves, salt, ground black pepper, cornstarch made into a slurry with 1 tsp water, garbanzo beans, drained, garlic cloves, lightly crushed with the side of a knife blade and quartered, crushed red pepper, lemon, juiced, tahini, olive oil , preferably extra-virgin, grapeseed oil, cubes hard and firm tofu, sheets phyllo dough (based on 18 by 14-inch sheets which are often sold in packs of 18 to 20 for thickness number 4), melted butter, eggs, lightly beaten , for egg wash, sugar, ground cinnamon

beef marrow or knuckle bones, beef chuck, cut into 2 pieces, ginger , cut in half lengthwise and lightly bruised with the flat side of a knife, lightly charred, yellow onions, peeled and charred, fish sauce, rock sugar , or 3 tbsp sugar, whole star anise , lightly toasted in a dry pan, sea salt, dried 1/16 inch wide rice sticks, soaked, cooked and drained, beef sirloin, slightly frozen , then sliced paper-thin across the grain

firm tofu, shredded carrot, chopped bok choy, chopped water chestnuts, chopped bamboo shoots, chopped garlic chives, garlic, peeled and minced, dark soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, potsticker or gyoza wrappers, oil for frying the dumplings, drain the tofu , cut into cubes and mash. wash and prepare the vegetables. combine the tofu with the remainder of the ingredients and seasonings., lay out 1 of the gyoza wrappers in front of you ., dip your finger in the water and moisten the edges of the wrapper., place a heaping tsp of filling in the middle of the wrapper ., fold the gyoza wrapper over the filling and pinch the edges to seal it shut. (you may want to use a cornstarch/water mixture to make this easier)., heat 2 tbsp oil in a large skillet or wok.when oil is ready, carefully add the dumplings and cook on high heat until golden brown (about 1 minute). without turning the dumplings over, add 1/2 cup of water and cover. cook for about 1 minute to cook the raw filling and then uncover and continue cooking until most of the liquid is absorbed., serve the potstickers with the burnt side on top, with potsticker dipping sauce or soy sauce mixed with minced ginger for dipping.

i have made this many times and the recipe comes from a french/belgium restaurant i worked in once again no written recipe , but i will try and explain how i did it., we bought the escargots (ok, snails) in a a 1 or 2 lb. tub, they came frozen and cleaned, no shells. we had shells we could stuff them in, if needed., i took a small pyrex ramekin and filled it half full of a clarified unsalted-butter, parsley and a small bit of garlic mixture. i put in 6 snails and covered the top with a puff pastry sheet. i would cut the pastry to fit the ramekin with a little hanging over the sides of the ramekin and coat with a egg wash (egg white and water) and made sure it sealed, use egg wash to make sure, pastry could shrink if not sealed good ., i put in a 425 degree oven and browned the pastry. i would make some kind of design on the pastry from a small cutters, before i browned it. i served this on a small white plate with a small paper doily on it. this dish we sold for $9.95 and sold a bunch nightly., a few sliced button mushrooms would be an option

anchovy & cherry tomato bruschetta, french bread loafs, garlic, peeled but left whole, extra virgin olive oil, sea salt flakes and coarsely ground black pepper, tomatoes, stalks removed and sliced, anchovy fillets in olive oil, drained, grill the bread, cut the bread diagonally across into thin slices. heat a ridged cast iron griddle pan over a medium heat , add some of the bread slices and grill for about 1 minute on each side until golden and very slightly charred in places., season the bread, as soon as each batch of bread is ready , rub 1 side of each slice with a peeled garlic clove, then drizzle with a little of the olive oil and sprinkle with some sea salt flakes and pepper., finally, top each slice of bread with 2 slices of tomato and 1 twisted anchovy fillet. serve straight away.

lemon sticky buns, frozen bread dough, thawed - i use homemade, sugar, light corn syrup, margarine, grated lemon peel, lemon juice, margarine, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, in a saucepan , combine 1/2 cup sugar, corn syrup, spread, lemon peel, lemon juice. cook and stir just until sugar dissolves and mixture boils. pour into prepared 13 x 9 pan. on a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 16 x 8 rectangle. brush with 2 tbsp spread. in a mixing bowl, combine remaining sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon. sprinkle over dough. beginning with long side, roll up jelly-roll fashion and seal edge. cut into 16-1 slices. place, cut side down, atop sugar mixture in pan. cover and let rise in a warm place until nearly double in size (30 to 45 minutes). bake in 375of oven for 25 minutes. remove from oven and immediately loosen sides and turn onto wire rack.

maple pecan sticky buns, melted butter, maple syrup, brown sugar, chopped pecans, thawed bread dough or fresh made bread dough, butter, softened, sugar, cinnamon, pour melted butter into the bottom of a 13-by-9-inch baking pan. drizzle evenly with maple syrup, then sprinkle with brown sugar and pecans; set aside. roll out dough into a 12-by-16-inch rectangle. spread softened butter over the surface. stir together sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over butter. roll up dough (starting with the short side) and pinch seams to seal. cut dough into 9 slices and place in prepared pan. cover and let stand in a warm place for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until doubled in size. preheat oven to 350f. bake for 20 to 25 minutes. let stand for 5 minutes, then invert rolls onto a serving platter., makes 9 rolls

garlic bread, this goes great with any italian dish , and is simple to make., garlic powder, oregano, basil, dired minced garlic, kosher salt, parmesean cheese, butter, softened, italian bread, preheat oven to 375 degrees. combine spices in a mortar in pestle, and grind until the salt and minced garlic have been broken down and combined. if you don tsp have a mortar and pestle, simply put the spices in a zip loc freezer bag, and beat with the flat side of a meat tenderizer or rolling pin until crushed and combined. slice loaf in half length wise, and spread each half with a half stick of butter. divide the spice mixture in half, and spread each half evenly over each piece of bread. wrap each half in aluminum foil and bake for about 15 minutes. to crisp it up a bit, open the foil up and bake another 5 to 7 minutes.

instant yeast (2 1/2 tsp, or 4 oz), honey, warm water (divided ), bread flour (plus additional for dusting the work surface), whole wheat flour, kosher salt, extra virgin olive oil, cornmeal for sprinkling the baking pans, special equipment : baking pans or cookie sheets, pizza stone (optional), makes eight 6-7 inch pitas, procedure, combine the two flours in a medium bowl., whisk in 1/2 cup of the flour mixture and keep whisking until the mixture is very smooth. cover with plastic wrap and let sit in a warm place for 45 minutes to an hour, or until doubled and bubbly., stir the salt into the remaining flour mixture ., mix in the remaining flour , 3/4 cup water, and olive oil. stir until a shaggy dough forms., turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 8-10 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic., lightly spray a large, clean bowl with cooking spray (or coat with olive oil). place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat in the oil. let sit in a warm spot for at least an hour, or until the dough has doubled in size., punch down the dough (it s fun) and cut into 8 fairly even pieces., lightly flour a work surface ., roll each dough piece into a ball between your hands. flatten 1 of the dough balls , then roll out on your floured work surface to 6-7 inches in diameter. transfer the pita to the cornmeal-dusted baking sheet. repeat with each dough ball., let the dough rest, loosely covered with a clean kitchen towel, for 30 minutes., if you are baking your pita on a pizza stone , place the stone on the oven floor, and remove the middle oven rack (move the second oven rack to the top position, out of the way). if you don tsp have pizza stone, remove the top oven rack, and place the second rack in the lower middle position., preheat the oven to 500of., transfer the pitas , two at a time, to the pizza stone or oven rack. bake for 2 minutes on 1 side, gently flip with tongs or a long spatula, and bake on the other for 1 minute., pita to a cooling rack. cool for 1-2 minutes, then stack to keep warm.

most of my recipes are open to fit your tastes and i usually add some options to make the recipe more to what you like., risotto is a very nice dish than can be use as a complete meal or a side dish. the preparation for risotto requires more simmering than boiling and 1 must be gentle in the cooking process., rice (use what kind you like)( i have made this with several kinds of ), olive oil (and/or butter), chopped onion, rice per person if it is a main dish or 2 oz per person if it is a side dish., canned or homemade chicken broth, white wine ( a good your favorite), saffron ( pinch), parmesan cheese (use your tastes on this ), chopped spinach, chopped porcine mushrooms, chopped asparagus, other vegetables to your taste, i have also used orzo to make a version of this., when buying rice to make a risotto, choose short-grained round or semi-round rice; among the best rices for making risotto are arborio, vialone nano, and carnaroli. other short-grained rices such as originario will also work. long grained rice such as patna won tsp do, because the grains will stay separate. nor should you use minute rice -- it won tsp absorb the condiments, and again the grains will remain separate.

ortega whole green chilies ., montery jack cheese, flour, eggs, water, flour, salt, enough vegitable oil to fill a wide, deep sided fry pan to 1 1/2 inches deep. you can use a deep fryer but it s to confining for me.

all-purpose flour, powdered sugar, ground walnuts, margarine or butter, softened, ground cinnamon, red raspberry preserves, make apricot linzer bars: substitute ground almonds for the ground walnuts and apricot preserves for the raspberry preserves.), be sure and use the pan size called for in this recipe. cookie dough needs to be spread to the sides and into the corners of the pan.

these vintage cake icing recipes are taken from mom s old recipe scrapbooks , circa 1929. mom often used these easy cake frosting recipes to decorate cakes for birthdays and everyday use., seven minute icing recipe, egg white , 3/4 cups white sugar, 1 tbsp corn syrup, 1/4 tsp cream of tartar, 3 tbsp water, 1/2 tsp vanilla. combine all ingredients, except flavoring, in top of double boiler and beat; place over rapidly boiling water and beat 7 minutes or until frosting is fluffy and will hold shape; remove from stove, add flavor and beat 1 minute longer; spread immediately., easy vanilla icing recipe, butter , 1-1/2 cups icing sugar, 1-1/2 tbsp milk, 1/2 tsp vanilla; beat., vanilla butter cream icing recipe, butter , 1/2 tsp salt, 2 tsp vanilla, 3 cups icing sugar, 1/4 cup milk. combine all ingredients and mix., butterscotch icing recipe, in a saucepan combine 3 tbsp butter , 3 tbsp milk, 1/2 cup dark brown sugar. heat till dissolved, beat in 1-2/3 cups icing sugar and 1/2 tsp vanilla; beat till creamy., icing recipes, these old-fashioned , homemade icing recipes are taken from the white house cook book by hugo ziemann, steward of the white house, and mrs. f. litre. gillette, a celebrated 19th-century cookbook author, published by the saalfield publishing company, new york, in 1913., cake frosting tips, in the first place , the eggs should be cold, and the platter on which they are to be beaten also cold. allow, for the white of 1 egg, 1 small teacupful of powdered sugar. break the eggs and throw a small handful of the sugar on them as soon as you begin beating; keep adding it at intervals until it is all used up. the eggs must not be beaten until the sugar has been added in this way, which gives a smooth, tender frosting, and 1 that will dry much sooner than the old way., spread with a broad knife evenly over the cake, and if it seems too thin, beat in a little more sugar. cover the cake with two coats, the second after the first has become dry, or nearly so. if the icing gets too dry or stiff before the last coat is needed, it can be thinned sufficiently with a little water, enough to make it work smoothly., a little lemon juice , or half a teaspoonful of tartaric acid, added to the frosting while being beaten, makes it white and more frothy., flavors mostly used are lemon , vanilla, almond, rose, chocolate, and orange., if you wish to ornament with figures or flowers, make up rather more icing, keep about 1-third out until that on the cake is dried; then, with a clean glass syringe, apply it in such forms as you desire and dry as before; what you keep out to ornament with may be tinted pink with cochineal , blue with indigo, yellow with saffron or the grated rind off an orange strained through a cloth, green with spinach juice and brown with chocolate, purple with cochineal and indigo. strawberry, or currant and cranberry juices color a delicate pink., cake in a cool oven with the door open to dry, or in a draught in an open window., almond frosting (marzipan icing recipe), whites of three eggs, beaten up with three cups of fine, white sugar. blanch a lb of sweet almonds, lb them in a mortar with a little sugar, until a fine paste, then add the whites of eggs, sugar and vanilla extract. lb a few minutes to thoroughly mix. cover the cake with a very thick coating of this, set in a cool oven to dry, afterwards cover with a plain icing., chocolate frosting, whites of four eggs , three cups of powdered sugar and nearly a cup of grated chocolate. beat the whites a very little, they must not become white, stir in the chocolate, then put in the sugar gradually, beating to mix it well., plain chocolate icing, put into a shallow pan four tablespoonfuls of scraped chocolate , and place it where it will melt gradually, but not scorch; when melted, stir in three tablespoonfuls of milk or cream and 1 of water; mix all well together, and add 1 scant teacupful of sugar; boil about five minutes, and while hot, and when the cakes are nearly cold, spread some evenly over the surface of 1 of the cakes; put a second 1 on top, alternating the mixture and cakes; then cover top and sides, and set in a warm oven to harden., all who have tried recipe after recipe , vainly hoping to find 1 where the chocolate sticks to the cake and not to the fingers, will appreciate the above. in making those most palatable of cakes, chocolate eclairs, the recipe just given will be found very satisfactory., tutti frutti icing, mix with boiled icing 1 oz each of chopped citron , candied cherries, seedless raisins, candied pineapple, and blanched almonds., sugar icing, extra-refined sugar add 1 oz of fine white starch ; lb finely together and then sift them through gauze; then beat the whites of three eggs to a froth. the secret of success is to beat the eggs long enough, and always 1 way; add the powdered sugar by degrees, or it will spoil the froth of the eggs. when all the sugar is stirred in continue the whipping for half an hour longer, adding more sugar if the ice is too thin., take a little of the icing and lay it aside for ornamenting afterward. when the cake comes out of the oven, spread the sugar icing smoothly over it with a knife and dry it at once in a cool oven., ornament the cake with it, make a cone of stiff writing paper and squeeze the colored icing through it, so as to form leaves, beading or letters, as the case may be. it requires nicety and care to do it with success.