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Saturday, April 26, 2008

SHRIMP AND CRAB

3 Servings

Ingredients:
4 oz shrimp
4 oz crab
1 medium shallot, minced
1 clove of garlic, crushed
1/2 cup diced tomato
1/2 cup white wine
Squeezed lemon juice
Chopped parsley
2 tbs butter


Directions:
  • Saute garlic and shallots
  • Add seafood and sautee for 2-3 minutes
  • De-glaze with white wine and reduce heat until wine is half of the original
  • Add tomatoes, parsley, lemon juice, salt and pepper
  • Add butter and mount (keep adding the butter after the flame is off until the mixture thicken)
  • Serve as crepe filling or over garlic sourdough

SPINACH AND CHEESE ON SOURDOUGH

3 Servings

Ingredients:

2 tsp minced garlic
1 medium shallot, minced
9 oz baby spinach
2 oz cream (heavy cream/cream cheese spread)
1 tbs butter
2 oz grated parmesan cheese
Salt
Pepper


Directions:

  • Saute shallot and garlic until clear
  • Add cream, butter, and half of cheese
  • Reduce heat until mixture thicken. Season with salt and pepper if needed
  • Add spinach
  • Cook 2-3 minutes until spinach is wilted
  • Add remaining cheese and salt and pepper
  • Serve as crepe filling or over garlic sourdough

CREPES A LA SUZETTE

Ingredients:
4 eggs
1 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbs melted butter
1 tsp lemon zest
2 tsp orange zest
1 tbs sugar


Sauce:
1 tsp lemon zest (long cut)
2 tsp orange zest (long cut)
2 tbs butter
1.5 oz Grand Marnier
1 squeezed orange
Sugar


Directions:
  • Combine all together and blend for 20 seconds with a blender
  • Let it stand for 1 hour
  • Heat up Teflon with butter/cooking spray on medium-high
  • Spread crepes mixture over the Teflon. Start from the center, make a continuous circle going outwardly. Then shake the Teflon to make thin crepe
  • Heat for 2-3 minutes on 1 side. Then flip
  • Cook for another 1 minute and fold twice
  • To make the sauce, saute zests in butter. Add Grand Marnier and flambe (optional). Add orange juice and 1 tbs butter. Mount (keep adding butter after the flame is off to thicken the mixture)
  • Pour sauce over the crepe and serve

BASIC CREPE

Ingredients:
4 eggs
1 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbs melted butter
Nutella


Directions:

  • Combine all together and blend for 20 seconds with a blender
  • Let it stand for 1 hour
  • Heat up Teflon with butter/cooking spray on medium-high
  • Spread crepes mixture over the Teflon. Start from the center, make a continuous circle going outwardly. Then shake the Teflon to make thin crepe
  • Heat for 2-3 minutes on 1 side. Then flip
  • Cook for another 1 minute and add Nutella as the filling. Then fold into 3

Note: be creative with the filling and topping. You can always add something to the mixture to spice up the basic crepe. For example, add 1 tbs of cocoa powder to create chocolate crepe.

GARLIC SOURDOUGH

Ingredients:
1 loaf sourdough, cut thick
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tsp truffle oil (you can substitute with olive oil)
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 tbs minced Italian parsley
1/2 tsp chile flake


Directions:

  • Heat the broiler on high and slice the bread lengthwise
  • Stir together all ingredients with a pinch of salt and pepper. Spread the mixture over the bread
  • Broil about 6 inches from the heat until browned and bubbled
  • Serve with white bean stew

BEEF SAUSAGE

Ingredients:
1 lbs ground beef
1 tsp fennel seed, ground
2 tsp minced fresh rosemary
2 tsp dried oregano
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp red chile flake
1 tsp dried lemon zest


Directions:
  • Thoroughly mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Cover with plastic and let it sit for 2 hours or overnight
  • Heat pot over medium high heat and add oil
  • Round mixture into bite sizes and brown them

WHITE BEAN STEW



6 Servings

Ingredients:
1/2 lbs beef sausage or beef (cut in bite sizes)
1/2 onion, diced
3 small red potatoes, diced
1 cup celery
1 cup carrot
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 can Great Northern white beans, drained and rinsed
1 bay leave
1/2 cup white wine
1 quart chicken broth
2 tsp fresh chopped thyme
3 tbs Italian parsley


Directions:

  • Saute onion until translucent
  • Add in potato, celery, carrot and garlic. Saute for 2 minutes
  • Add bay leave and the wine. When wine reduces by half, add the beans and broth along with some salt and pepper. For a thicker stew, puree 1/2 of mixture, then add back to the pot
  • Add sausage/beef into the stew to cook for 10 minutes. Then add thyme and parsley to cook another 10 minutes
  • Serve with garlic sourdough