Pizza Night

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pizza night is always a fun adventure of smoke alarms and creativity. It has been nice having friends living on our property during this pandemic to share this tradition with and see G&C's creative ideas for pizza.  This weeks is featured below. 

 

 

Balsamic Brussel Sprouts

 

 

My creation : beets and goat cheese. 

 

 

SP's creation - Buffalo chicken with Ranch 

 

 

My repurposing of left overs with a Chana Masala pizza. This is not the first time we have done it. And then below is red pepper, fresh Mozz and onions.

Orange Nut Bread

  

Ingredients

 2 cups flour

1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or pecans because walnuts make my mouth itch)

3 Tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 egg, beaten

1/8 teaspoon salt

3 large oranges, quarter and peel

Process

 "Slice oranges thinly and cover with cold water. Boil ten minutes and change water 3 times. Drain. Return to pan and add 1 Tablespoon sugar. Heat until sugar melts. Combine flour, orange rind, walnuts, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Moisten with egg. If not damp enough add 1 Tablespoon milk. Put into a greased loaf pan. Let stand covered for 10 minutes. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 45 minutes."

Oysters on Spinach

 

Makes 10, 4 a piece? I do not understand the notation but here is the recipe. 

"Wash and cook, uncovered, 2 pounds spinach. As soon as leaves are withered remove from fire and chop very fine. Add 1/2 small onion, chopped fine, a 1/2 cup thin white sauce, 1/8 teaspoon Mace, pinch of garlic salt, salt, pepper and 1 teaspoon Brandy. Put in the top of a double boiler over fire. Take oysters out of shell and lay on good firm bed of spinach with in shell oyster on top. Cover each with seasoned white sauce, sprinkle with mace, and set all in oven to bake bedded in pan, already heated with rock salt. Bake ten minutes. Serve Immediately. "

Onion Pie

 

This sounds good! The last couple of recipes have been hidden gems in the depths of the archaic recipes!

  

Ingredients

1 pound onions peeled

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup flour

4 cups milk

3 eggs, separated

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 Tablespoon parsley, minced

1 unbaked 8 " pie shell

Process

 "Boil onions until very soft. Drain, press through a fine sieve (or food mill). Melt butter, blend in flour. Add milk and onion puree, gradually, stirring over a hot water bath until smooth and thick. Blend with beaten egg yolks. Let cool. Add salt, pepper, parsley. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry; fold in. Turn into unbaked pastry shell, and place in very hot oven (450 degrees F) for 10 minutes, then bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 10 minutes or until knife blade inserted in the center comes out clean. 

 

Serve at once with plain boiled beef, freshly grated horseradish, and black bread. "

OK that last sentence needs to be disregarded and replaced with an updated version of dinner.

Onion Soup

 

 

Picture from Reddit's "Questionable recipe" page. 

 

"Take any kind of bone..."

 

Human? Ok I am already done with this recipe!

 

"...put in seasonings and boil a long time and season with salt, pepper, and spices (unspecified). Put in 1/2 bouillon and 1/2 cup water, making at least a quart of liquor.

 

Put 2 Tablespoons butter in frying pan. Slice 6 onions into frying pan and slice 6 onions into the butter and brown well. Add liquid and brown slices of bread and butter and add to bouillon adding cheese on top of the bread. Put in oven. You can put a little flour with the onions, stir, add bouillon and then proceed as above."

Ok, note to self, do not make this recipe as it does not make sense.

Mustard and Mayonnaise over Fried Cucumbers

 

Um, yum? I'm not entirely sure about this one but I would give it a try.

Ingredients

2 egg yolks

1/4 cup hot water

2 Tablespoons olive oil

1 Tablespoon vinegar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoons dry mustard

1 Tablespoon chopped chives

Process

"Stir oil into egg yolks a few drops at a time. Mix vinegar and water and pour into mixture slowly. Cook in double boiler until sauce thickens. Add seasonings and chives. 

Pout over prepared cucumbers. 

 

Cucumber prep: cut lengthwise and then in 1/2 slices. Dip in egg and bread crumbs and then fried in butter. "

Onions A Bellagio

 

Process

 "Cut Spanish onions in half and cook in salted water, drain, and put in well buttered baking dish. Prepare sauce as follows:

 

2 Tablespoons butter

2 Tablespoons flour

1 and 1/2 cup milk

salt and pepper

1/2 cup grated cheese. 

Mix in a pan and stir until boiling. Remove from fire and add the yolks of 3 eggs. Allow to cook a little and then pour over onions. Put melted butter on top and put in oven until brown. "

Left Over Ham

 

 

 

 

 

Process

"Mix  1/2 cup wine and 1/2 cup water, reduced to half with a bay leaf and cloves. Remove bay leaf and cloves. Brown slices of ham in their own fat, turn and brown the other side. Put in shallow baking dish. Put large piece of butter in pan and let brown. Add 1 and 1/2 Tablespoons flour, let burn, and add wine and water gradually. Add 3/4 cup hot water to make roux. Pour over ______ and heat in oven."

Let the mystery be! That card is so old the last sentence is cut off!

Mulligatawny Soup

 

 Serves 8 to 10. 

I am delighted to see that this recipe has an earlier origin in my family, long before Mom and Dad met Shani in NYC. Shani went on to give me his favorite Mulligatawny Soup recipe, found here: Shani's Mulligatawny. Let's see how this one compares!

Ingredients

3 quarts water

3 onions, finely cut

1 Tablespoons flour

2 carrots, peeled and sliced

1/2 pound sliced mushrooms

1/2 cup cream

4 or 5 pounds chicken, cut in pieces

1 pod garlic, minced

4 Tablespoons butter

3 stalks celery, sliced

1 Tablespoon curry powder

2 Tablespoons parsley

salt and pepper to taste

Process

"Place chicken in soup kettle, add water, salt, pepper, onions, garlic, celery and carrots and cook until tender, about two hours. Melt fat in skillet and mushrooms and simmer for 20 minutes or until tender. Add mushrooms to the soup. Brown flour in the fat in which the mushrooms were cooked and add 1 cup soup stock to make a smooth sauce. Pour into soup and continue cooking until the chicken falls off the bones (about 1 hour). Remove bones and skin from soup (maybe this isn't a recipe for me) and skim off excess grease. Dissolve cury powder in a few Tablespoons of soup and allow to simmer for 1 minute before adding cream. When soup is ready to remove from the stove, stir in parsley. When plated st the table, add a heaping Tablespoon of cooked rice. "

Lobster A L'Americana

 

Ingredients

 3 Tomatoes

3 cloves garlic

2 Tablespoons oil

1 Tablespoon tomato paste

Lobster

Process

"Put all ingredients but lobster in pot and reduce a little. Shake 1 Tablespoon flour into it and add 1 cup cold water mixed with white wine.  Season with salt and red pepper. Add 1 dried red pepper (remove before eating) , 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed, a piece of fennel leaf and saffron and 1 teaspoon sweet vermouth. Strain tomatoes into pot. Add uncooked lobster in shell, cut up. shake pot. Cook 25 minutes after it comes to a boil. Add a little burnt clcohol. Mix well and often."

Lamb , Oranges, and Barley

 

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 pound lamb shoulder, cut in 2 inch pieces

4 oranges, sliced thin, seeds removed but not peeled

1 cup barley

1 Tablespoon fat

1 teaspoon Marjoram

3/4 teaspoon chopped mint

salt and peper

Process

"Add barley slowly to 1 quart of salted boiling water. Boil gently for 30 minutes. Salt and pepper the lamb and scald in fat for about ten minutes. Put everything in a large greased casserole and stir well. Add more seasoning if barley absorbs too much. Cover tightly and bake 25 minutes at 375 degrees."

Kidney Beans and Red Wine

 Ingredients

 2 No. 2 cans baked kidney beans

3 small spring onions (aka scallions), tops and bulbs chopped

1 small can Italian Tomato paste

1/4 cup chopped cooked ham

1 bacon strips

1 cup red wine

1/2 green pepper chopped (without seeds)

salt and pepper

Process

 "Saute onions, pepper and ham in butter. Add tomato paste and wine and cook for 5 minutes. Add kidney beans, turn onto low. Turn into low buttered casserole and cover with bacon strips. Kake for 30 minutes in a medium oven. 

Serve 4 or more.

Kidney Stew with Chicken Livers

 

 

 

 

 

 

This recipe is the epitome of why I became a vegetarian. 

Ingredients

2 veal kidneys

1/4 pound sliced mushrooms

1/4 pound chicken livers

3 oyster plants (also called salsify), scraped, slices, and soaked in vinegar and water

1 cup red wine

2 Tablespoons fat

2 Tablespoons flour

Juice of 1/2 lemon, grate part of peel

1 clove garlic, minced

1 bay leaf

salt and pepper

Process

"Remove fat and white hard material from kidneys, and cut in small pieces. Soak for 1 hour in salted water. Parboil oyster plant for 15 minutes. Rinse kidneys carefully and saute in the fat with the chicken livers. Put in individual casseroles. Saute the mushrooms, garlic, and oyster plants in the same fat. Put in casseroles. Blend the flour with the fat and juice remaining in the skillet and wine and seasonings to the ingredients int he casseroles. Cover and bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes."

Ice Box Rolls

 Ingredients

1 cake yeast

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups cool water

1 egg

7 cups flour

4 teaspoons Spry

Process

 "Crumble yeast into bowl, add sugar, salt and water. Add well beaten egg. Sift flour once before measuring. Add half the flour and beat well. Add melted spry and mix in remainder of the flour with your hands. Let it rise to double its bulk and punch down. Cover tightly and place in ice box. For making rolls, remove desired amount of dough, shae, let rise to double its bulk and bake 20 minutes in a hot oven. "

French Dressing and Salad

 

 The French dressing I know today is red in color and none of these ingredients are red so this must be pretty old! Looking at the process it sounds like this might be a fermented version.

Ingredients

 1/4 Tablespoon salt (this translates today to 3/4 teaspoon)

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 Tablespoon mild mustard

1 cup good vinegar

cream

Process

 "Mix salt, mustard, and pepper together and add vinegar. Put it in a bottle or jar and let stand for a week, shaking every day. To mix dressing use a Tablespoon of vinegar with 4 to 6 Tablespoons cream according to taste. Rub salad bowl with garlic. Toss in well dried greens in the dressing so that every leaf is coated. If necessary, add more dressing but never start with too much. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. For a change, add either crushed soft-boiled eggs, a pinch of curry, a chopped deviled egg, some chopped herbs, or a minced shallot. "

Hominy Grits Soufflee

 

 

"Take 2 cups cold cooked Hominy grits and add 1 cup warm milk. Heat mixture to soften, beat well and stir into it 1 teaspoon salt and 2 Tablespoons butter. When it has cooked somewhat add well beaten yolks of 2 eggs. After mixture has become quite cool, gently mix in stiffly beaten egg whites. Turn into a buttered baking dish, place in oven, and cook until it becomes delicate brown and firm through out. "

Eggplant Soup

 

 

 "Peel and slice 3 medium eggplants. Soak in salt water for 20 minutes and drain. Cook in 4 to 5 Tablespoons chicken or meat fat in large heavy pot, covered, over a slow fire. Stir occasionally and let brown. After 1.2 hour, add 2 crushed bay leaves, a pinch of marjoram, 4 unpeeled chopped tomatoes, a clove of garlic minced, and 1 finely chopped onion. Cook, stirring, for 15 minutes. Add 1/2 cup rice (cooked?), 2 and 1/2 quarts water or boillion, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cook slowly, covered, for about 40 minutes. Put through a strainer. "

Egg Salad Ring

Ingredients  

10 hard boiled eggs

small bunch parsley

1 green pepper

1 small onion

1 clove garlic

1 cup mayonnaise

1 envelope Knox Gelatin

crab meat or shrimp

salt and pepper

several stalks celery

Process

 "Grind together eggs, parsley, pepper, onion, and garlic. Add mayonnaise. Mix gelatin with a little cold water. When cool add to mixture. Pour into ring mold and let set. Serve with crab meat or shrimp."

Duck Garnish

 

 

"Squeeze 3/4 cup orange quince and 2 Tablespoons lemon juice. Grate rind of oranges and half the lemon. Mix and sweeten with 1/4 cup sugar. Section 2 more oranges. Melt 2 Tablespoons gelatin in a cup of cold water, dissolving it in a cop of boiling water, and add to it other ingredients including orange sections. when cool, poit out into flat pan and set to chill. When very firm, cut in squares like fudge and use to decorate roast duck. "

Eggs in Jelly (canned consoume)

 

 "Boil eggs in very salted water, for 5 minutes after water is rapidly boiling. Put in cold water right away. Take individual cups and put jelly in the bottom. Add egg ..."

I presume peeled?

"... fill cup with more jelly. Put tarragon and strip of carrot on top. Put on ice to jell. "

Duck Casserole

 

 "Cut a 5 or 6 pound duck into pieces for searing. Dredge in flour and sear carefully in skillet with 2 ounces of butter, fairly hot. When well browned on all sides, put pieces in a casserole dish with salt, pepper, a pinch of thyme, leaves of sweet basil, and one small white onion that has been finely chopped, a Tablespoon chopped parsley, the chopped giblets and a glass of white wine that has been heated. Cover casserole and put in the oven to cook for about an hour. Then add 1/2 cup cream and finish the cooking, which should take another 20 minutes to a half hour. Serve with braised celery. "

Curry of Meats

 

bouquet garni 

 

Serves 4 to 6 people

 

"Use 2 pounds of meat or 5 pounds chicken. Cut into small pieces (if veal use 1 pound shoulder) ..."

yea none of that makes any sense

"... 4 onions, Brown in 2 Tablespoons peanut oil. Heat water to boil 3 cloves garlic. Put meat with onions when they are brown. When it is brown gradually cover with bouillon and ounces of hot water. Add salt and pepper, bouquet garni, 2 carrots, 1 to 2 cloves, and ginger. Don't let it boil too hard. Prepare sauces: 3 Tablespoons flour, 3 Tablespoons  curry, 3 Tablespoons peanut oil. Mix well. Make sauce with butter, flour, and tomato paste. Cover and cook for 1 hour. When ready to serve, add 1 Tablespoon soy sauce. Serve with chopped hard boiled egg, chutney, coconut, sliced radishes, lettuce leaves, chopped peanuts, Bombay duck, dry rice, soy sauce in cups, a little bit of green onion, and thin slices carrots."

Coq Au Vin

 

Ingredients

1 chicken, cut into pieces

3 ounces butter

1 ounce flour

1 dozen small whole white onions

1/2 bottle Burgundy

1 Tablespoon chopped parsley

pepper

1 pound raw ham

1 clove garlic, chopped

1 dozen mushrooms, sliced

1 bay leaf

1 small glass brandy

3 cloves

thyme

Process

"Put everything in pot except the wines. Stew over quick fire, shaking until chicken is light brown. Drain off fat and cook until tender. Towards the end of the cook time, add wine. Let stand overnight. Put in casserole and put in oven. Heat. Just before serving add more wine and the brandy. Put butter on top. Serve with French bread."

Chocolate Ice Box Cake

 

Ingredients

30 Lady Fingers

4 eggs, separated

3 Tablespoons water

1/2 pint whipped cream

1/2 pound sweet chocolate

3 Tablespoons sugar

Process

 "Line sides and bottom of mould with lady fingers. For the chocolate filling, melt chocolate in a double boiler. Add sugar and water with yolks of eggs well beaten. Cook slowly until thick and smooth, stirring constantly. When cool, add stiffly beaten egg whites. Cover lady fingers with the chocolate layer setting on top of this and other layer of lady fingers. Place in icebox for 12 hours or more and when ready to serve, remove to a cake platter and cover with whipped cream, 1/4 cup powdered sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. If desired, decorate with pistachios and candied cherries. "

Deviled Chicken Balls

 

 "Mix 6 ounces chicken meat with 2 Tablespoons chives and 1 Tablespoon parsley, both finely chopped, 2 Tablespoons ground celery, 2 Tablespoons fresh bread crumbs, and 1 Tablespoon grated onion. Add to the mixture 1 Tablespoon curry powder, salt to taste, and enough prepared mustard to moisten and bind the mess. Shape into little balls, roll in fine dry bread crumbs, in beaten egg diluted with a little cream and again in crumbs. Chill in refrigerator. Just before serving fry in deep fat 1 minute. Drain on paper and pile on a hot platter. Garnish with fried sprigs of curly parsley and serve as hot as possible. "

Chicken Mousse with Nut and Celery Salad

 

 "Scald 1 cup milk, cream or chicken stock. Beat yolks of 3 eggs, add 1/4 teaspoons salt, celery salt, pepper, and paprika. Cook as a custard. Add 1/4 package gelatin softened in 1/4 cup cold water. Strain custard over 1 cup cooked chicken, chopped very fine and pounded. Stir over ice water until thick. Add 1 cup whipped cream, mould, and chill. When ready to serve, cover with chopped celery and pecans. Pour over it French dressing. 4 lbs chicken serves 18. "

Lamb Casserole

 

 "Use a think shoulder lamb and chop for each person to be served. Dredge in seasoned flour and brown lightly on both sides. Place in casserole and cover with a layer of sliced onions and add 1 thick green pepper chopped and a think slice of lemon for each chop. Pour tomato sauce over all of it, with a couple dashes of Tobasco. Cover the casserole and bake in 350 degree oven for 1 1/2 hours. "

Rice Pudding

 

 

4 Tablespoons rice

1 quart milk

1 cup sugar

salt

1 pt milk

Cook 4 hours, brown under broiler. 

Could this be any less specific???

Saddle of Lamb

 

I am not sure what a saddle of lamb is, but it might also be called a loin.  

 "Rub (saddle of lamb) with garlic, salt, pepper, and chopped parsley. Add pieces of cut up onion to pan around the lamb. Spread butter all over lamb and underneath. Sprinkle with a lot of paprika. Put in hot oven. In the middle of the cooking time, add 1/2 glass of hot water and sprinkle with flour. Baste every 7 minutes. Cook for 1 1/2 hours. "

Honolulu Salad Dressing

 

Combine all Ingredients:

1 saltspoon salt (1 saltspoon = 1/4 teaspoon)

1 saltspoon mustard

1/2 saltspoon paprika

1/2 saltspoon black pepper

Juice of 1/2 lemon

1 Large spoon vinegar

4 large spoons oil

1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire

1 teaspoon tomato catsup

chopped onion

a little sugar. 

* What is a salt spoon?

Clearly a very small amount, more than a pinch but not measurable as a teaspoon? It dates back to the 18th century and measures 1/4 teaspoon.  

*What is Honolulu Salad? 

It appears the ingredients are roughly:

 1 can (20 oz) pineapple chunks, drained 

1 can (15 oz) mandarin oranges, drained 

1 cup sweetened shredded coconut

 1 cup miniature marshmallows 

 1/2 cup maraschino cherries, halved 

1 cup sour cream  

1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts or walnuts (optional)  

 

A studious look at a Honolulu Salad and a recipe can be found here.  

Lemon patties

 

 "Put grated crumbs of 1/2 a stale loaf of bread in basin. Pour over it 1/4 pint boiling milk. When cold, mix in grated peel of 1 lemon, 2 well beaten eggs, 1/8 pound butter beaten to a cream. Sweeten to taste with powdered sugar. Butter some small cups, fill with mixture, and bake 20 minutes in moderate oven. Turn patties on hot dish. Serve with wine sauce."

I can't find a direct reference to this, but here is a blog post that sums it up in a more savory way. Others I find to have grated chicken in it. Who knows?

Lemon Cream

 

 Ingredients

 2 eggs

2 Tablespoons sugar

1 lemon, juiced and rind zested

Process

 "Beat whites and yolks separately. Add to the yolks the rind, juice, and sugar. Beat in bowl and place in pan of hot water until it begins to set. Then fold in the stiff beaten whites. When hot remove from fire. Serve chilled. "

Left over Lobster

 

 "Add 1/4 pound mushrooms or shrimps to the meat of 1 lobster. Melt butter in frying pan and slice mushrooms into it. Add parsley and cook 5 minutes. Take out mushrooms and add a little flour to make a sauce with some bouillon. Add lobster meat and mushrooms, salt, pepper, and saffron. Mix and cook a minute. Add 1 Tablespoon bourbon (browned) . Take off fire and put in baking dish. Add grated cheese and put in oven until cheese melts. "

 

And then as if my nemesis, "she" writes " (can also add mushrooms)". 

 

More? How much? Cooked or raw? 

 

<cringes>

 

I have always despised mushrooms but am learning their addition to flavor and a certain gravy texture, but I can not handle the texture of their meat. I digress as I have no mushroom recommendation.

Dried Beans or Lentils as Vegetables

 

 

*. Photo credit to UMaine Extension *

 "Put beans in pan and add cold water to cover - thyme - 1 onion with cloves (cut into 4 pieces), 1 bay leaf, and pepper and salt to taste. Add a little olive oil and mix. Let stand overnight. Cook for 1/2 hour if lentils, cook for 2 hours if beans. Ise water to make sound. Pan strain, chill and add onions or chives for salad. "

This is one of the weirdest recipes I have read to date. I am thinking the beans are not sting beans but some sort of dried beans. 

Why couldn't my relatives be more specific?

Marrietta's Fried Chicken

 

* Photo of friend chicken from Marietta Diner in Georgia!? *

I have no idea who Marietta is. Mush - do you?

"Halve 3 fryers and roll well in flour, salt, and pepper. Melt 2 Tablespoons butter and the same amount of lard in deep iron skillet. Fry chicken quickly, cover tightly and steam for 1/2 hour until tender. Shake some flour over chicken. Pour 2 cups cream over the whole and simmer until gravy thickens. Serve hot chicken gravy separately. "

Mayonnaise

 

 I personally feel that there's nothing better than Hellman's Mayo, I will venture to say that home made mayo is the all time best. 

"Place 2 egg yolks in bowl with 1/2 teaspoon English mustard, a pinch of salt, and 1/2 teaspoon red pepper. Stir well for 3 minutes. Pour in a drop at a time, 1 and 1/2 cups olive oil. If it becomes thick, add vinegar a little at a time.

Mexican Stew

 

Wouldn't this be called chili?  

Ingredients

 1 pound hamburger

1 can tomatoes

2 cans kidney beans

2 green peppers chopped

2 teaspoons salt

2 bay leaves

2 onions chopped

4 cups boiling water

4 teaspoons chili paste

Process

 Combine all ingredients, simmer until thick, roughly 2 hours.

Mexican Souffle

 

* photo by Recipe Girl * 

 

 "Scald 1 cup black coffee and stir into 3 Tablespoons butter creamed with 3 Tablespoons cornstarch and 2 Tablespoons grated chocolate. Remove from fire and stir it slowly into yolks of 3 eggs beaten well with 1/3 cup butter. Fold in whites, beaten stiff and back in dish set in hot water for 25 minutes."

 

Is it the chocolate that makes it Mexican? Is this a mole? I'm confused.

Mint Frappe

 

Is this like a Shamrock Shake for SP's birthday? 

 

 "Mix 1 quart water and 1/2 pound sugar and boil for 5 minutes. Remove leaves from 10 stalks of mint and mash/chop to a pulp. Work the pulp into the hot syrup. Cool and strain. Add juice of 2 lemons. Freeze."

Poor Man's Omelet

 

 This recipe's name is just screaming with Yankee ingenuity!

"Dice cold boiled potatoes, cook with minced onion until just turning yellow. Pour over eggs beaten with 1 Tablespoon sour cream. Stir until eggs are just set, sprinkle them with salt and freshly ground pepper."

Omelet, Asparagus Sauce

 

 Ingredients

 yolks 3 eggs beaten well

3 whites , beaten stiff

3 Tablespoons boiling water

salt and pepper

1 cup cooked asparagus

Process

 1. Add water to the yolks, salt and pepper to taste, and fold in the whites. 

2. Cook as any omelet. 

3. Serve with highly seasoned white sauce to which has been added 1 cup chipped asparagus. 

OK... where's the ingredients for a white sauce? It's Bechamel Sauce, bailed out once again by The Spruce Eats

Minced Lamb with poached eggs

This sounds like Shashuka! 

Photos recipe here.  

 

 "Take some cold roasted lamb, mince, season with salt and pepper and a little chopped mint. Make some gravy in a saucepan, thicken with browned flour, stir in meat and heat. Put poached eggs on triangles of toast to garnish with the lamb."

Omelet Souffle

 

Have I told you I'm not very good at making souffles? I will keep trying tho! 

 

"Take yolks of 3 eggs mix with 6 heaping Tablespoons of powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon and flavoring essence or cordial. Beat to a stiff cream. Beat whites stiff and add the yolks, folding them in quickly. Put in baking pan lined with cold butter. Dust with powdered sugar and bake until delicately brown. 10 minutes in a medium oven, but have oven hot first."

Individual Jam Cakes

This is another Martha Stewart recipe I have loved for years. She calls is Individual Strawberry Jam cakes. This recipe was one of those pull out recipe cards from Martha Stewart’s Living in November of 2003. This HM (high Maintenance) muffin recipe is a superb use of time, particularly when looking for a breakfast option when your house is full of men heading out to go hunting or fishing in the early morning hours, which is what I did, that fall of 2003. I was also very pregnant with Daughter, so I remember a lot about that houseful! You can make this any time of the year, for breakfast, snack, or dessert, and use any kind of ham or jelly you can think of!  

 

Ingredients (Yields 6 cakes)

 1 stick unsalted butter, room temp 

3/4 cup sugar 

1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest 

2 large eggs, separated

 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 

1/2 teaspoon baking powder 

1/4 teaspoon salt 

1/4 cup milk 

6 Tablespoons (or more) jam or preserves 

1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar 

1/4 cup orange juice  

Process 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

2. Butter standard muffin tins and set aside. 

3. In a mixer, beat butter with sugar and zest until light and fluffy. 

4. Beat in egg yolks one at a time until creamy. Set aside in new bowl and clean mixer bowl. 

5. Into another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. 

6. Add flour mixture and milk, in alternating batches to butter mixture and set aside. 

7. In a clean mixer bowl, whisk egg whites to soft peaks and fold into batter. 

8. Divide half the batter among the muffin cups. 

9. Make and indentation in the middle of each and fill with 1 Tablespoon jam. Top each with remaining batter. 

10. Bake in preheated oven about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. 

11. Turn the cakes out of the muffin tins and transfer to a wire rack, over parchment paper, to cool.

12. In a small bowl whisk together confectioners sugar and orange juice. Drizzle cooling cakes with glaze. 

Indian Butter Chicken

This recipe is a family favorite and a mash up of recipes that we and my sister Mush use.

Ingredients

Marinade

1/2 cup yogurt

1.5 Tablespoons garlic, minced

1 Tablespoon ginger, minced

2 teaspoons Garam Masala

1 teaspoon Turmeric

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon salt

Chicken

6 Tablespoons Butter

2 pounds boneless skinless chicken, cubed

1 yellow onion, diced

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 Tablespoon garam masala

1 Tablespoon ginger, grated

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon cayenne powder

1 14 ounce can tomato sauce

2 cups cream

salt and pepper to taste

cilantro for garnish

Naan and rice for serving.

Process

1. Mix all the marinade ingredients together, add the chicken and marinate for several hours or overnight. 

2. Heat a large skillet over medium heat, melt 2 Tablespoons butter, and brown the butter on each side, working in batches, and setting the chicken aside. 

3. In the same empty pan, melt 2 more Tablespoons butter, adding the onion and cooking until soft. 

4. Add the garlic and all the spices through cayenne. Combine and cook until mixed and fragrant then add the tomato sauce and bring to a simmer. 

5. After it has simmered about 5 minutes, add the cream, bring back to a simmer, and then add the browned chicken and cook. 

6. Turn heat to low and continue to cook for 15 to 20 minutes. 

7. Stir in the last 2 Tablespoons of butter, and season with salt and pepper to taste. 

8. Garnish with cilantro and serve over rice with a side of Naan.