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Turkey Sausage and White Sauce Cornbread Pizza with Arugula

Written By: Chris - Apr• 30•15

We’ve been traveling a lot lately and tend to keep the “fresh” items in the fridge to a minimum between trips.  I enjoy the Food Network show “The Kitchen” and often watch it later once it’s been Tivo’d icloud foto s op pc.  I recently saw Jeff Mauro, who is one of the co hosts of the show and was the winner of the seventh season of the Food Network Star competition create a cornbread pizza dish download photos from your mobile phone.  He demonstrated how he saves time in the kitchen making his Sausage and Chard White Cornbread Pizza by starting with a box of instant cornbread mix that he uses to make the pizza crust musik downloaden und als klingelton verwenden.  I knew that I had many of the ingredients on hand and was inspired to make a recent dinner by modifying his original recipe for Sausage and Chard White Cornbread Pizza icloud fotos downloaden macbook.  I basically followed his combination of cheeses for the base, which promised a “decadent smear” to act in place of pizza sauce; and added flavorful toppings like turkey Italian sausage and fresh Arugula to round out the dish making it a complete meal nintendo 2ds xl games.  I particularly enjoyed adding a few pickled sweet peppers (and kalamata olives that added a smooth, meaty texture) for bright taste and a bold bite kostenlos wordpad herunterladen.

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Ingredients:

1 box instant Cornbread Mix (I used Jiffy) 
1/3 Cup Almond Milk
4 Tablespoons Butter, melted and cooled
1 Egg
1 Tablespoon Canola Oil
1 Cup Ricotta, whole-milk
1/2 Cup Pecorino Romano Cheese, grated
1/4 Cup Parmesan, grated
1/4 Cup Italian Cheese Blend, grated 
1 pound Italian Turkey, ground
1/2 Onion, chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 – 4 Cups Arugula leaves, fresh, for topping
Pickled Sweet Red Cherry Peppers, such as Peppadews, thinly sliced, for topping
Kalamata Olives, thinly sliced, for topping

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees films downloaden met synology nas.

Mix the cornbread mix, milk, butter and egg in a bowl until smooth.

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Coat a large, baking jellyroll stone pan with the oil download facebook button.  Add the cornbread mixture and spread until it covers the entire surface.  Bake until golden around the edges, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool.

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Meanwhile, brown the turkey sausage and onions over medium-high heat, crumbling the sausage with a spoon and cooking until golden brown and no longer pink herunterladen. Drain any access fat.

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In a small bowl, mix together the ricotta, and other cheeses vlc player herunterladen mac.  Season with salt & pepper and allow to cool somewhat.

Preheat the broiler.

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Smear a good layer of the cheese mixture on top of the crust and top with the crumbled turkey sausage. Place under the broiler until bubbling and melted, about three to five minutes.

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Choose your toppings and slice.

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Top with Arugula, the sliced peppers and olives and serve!

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The bottom crust will have a nice crunch; while the cheese layer is rich and creamy!  You get a nice bite from the peppery fresh arugula and just enough salt form the olives!

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We paired our dinner with a sample Bills Wine Wandering blog received of 2011 MIRO Cabernet Sauvignon, that was delicious!

Enjoy!
Cheers!
~Chris

 

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Halibut & Tilapia Fish Taco’s with Cilantro and Lime Cabbage

Written By: Chris - Apr• 23•15

Bill and I love fish taco’s.  I try to change them up a bit based on ingredients that I have on hand.  They are simple and delicious metronom app kostenlos herunterladen!  One of our favorite Costco finds are the Tortilla Crusted Tilapia filet’s.  They are easy to prepare and so flavorful!  Each fillet is around 4 oz, and I like how you can pull just a couple from the package http //www.cewe-fotobuch.de downloaden.  We both really enjoy Halibut, which is a popular flatfish that has a fresh and unique taste.  Besides it being a great source of necessary nutrients in the body, it has a delicately sweet flavor making it a favorite siemens logo soft comfort for free.  Each are lean fish with white flesh that contains few bones.  Fish is a very good source of high quality protein and is rich in various nutrients such as selenium, magnesium, phosphorus potassium, vitamin B12, niacin, vitamin B6 and omega-3 essential fatty acids monopoly for free german full version.  I prefer the flavor of White Corn Tortillas and like the Mission brand .  They are thick and pliable, and roll and fold without cracking.  Charred a bit over the open burner, these tortillas deliver a rich corn taste that is awesome radio.at free of charge.  I doctor the taco’s up a bit, by adding savoy, Lime and Cilantro Coleslaw that I prepared, mimicking one that I watched Tyler Florence prepare flags for free.

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Ingredients:

2 Fresh Halibut, skinless
3 Tortilla Crusted Tilapia Filets
1 Tablespoon Butter
1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
6 White Corn Tortilla Shells
Shredded Colby Jack Cheese, to taste
Salsa
Fresh Cilantro
Avocado, sliced
Slaw:
2 Cups Cabbage, chopped
1 Green Onions, chopped fine
2 Tablespoons Fresh Cilantro, to taste
3 Tablespoons Sour Cream
3 Tablespoons Mayonnaise
1 teaspoons Sugar
1 Tablespoon Fresh Lime Juice, and some zest to taste
Kosher Salt and Pepper, freshly ground to taste

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Bake the Tilapia as directed on package telegram nachrichten herunterladen.  About seven to ten minutes at 375 degrees in the oven.  Meanwhile, prepare the fresh Halibut.  Remove the skin and melt butter and olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat; then add fish fillets that have been seasoned with salt and pepper herunterladen.

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Cook until seared, about three minutes; turn and sear other side, about three more minutes kahoot app herunterladen.  Reduce heat to medium and cook until centers of fillets are just opaque, about two to four additional minutes depending on thickness.

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Break both fish types into small, bite sized pieces herunterladen.

Prepare the slaw by using shaved cabbage.  Cut the green onions and toss with the cabbage and cilantro.  Make the dressing by combining the sour cream, mayonnaise, sugar and the zest of the limes in a medium bowl.  Season with salt and pepper and finish with a squeeze of lime juice. Pour the dressing over the cabbage mixture and toss to combine.

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Heat the corn tortillas over medium high heat directly on the burner and open flame.  Watch closely and turn with a tongs, once the tortilla is charred nicely on both sides.  Fold in half while you complete the other wraps.

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Fill with some cheese, both types of cheese and some slaw.  Top with salsa and fresh cilantro.  I prefer avocado’s on mine!

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The fish will be crispy from the crust on the Tilapia, and flaky from the Halibut.

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We enjoyed these with a wonderful 2011  Springfield Estate, Wild Yeast Chardonnay fro South Africa.  Soooo good!

Enjoy!
Cheers!
~Chris

 

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White Sauce or Bechamel Sauce

Written By: Chris - Apr• 22•15

Béchamel sounds like such a fancy sounding sauce!  It is actually just the French term for one of the mother sauces of French and Italian cuisine and is really simple to make ms projekt.  I was working in the kitchen recently with Brianna, when I was showing her how to make this moderately thick white sauce.  Although it seems to have somewhat gone out of style, I recall eating a lot of casseroles made of “creamed” this and that neuen tonie herunterladen.  Many of the recipes we grew up on contained no actual cream at all; rather this simple white sauce that can be used as the backbone in simple and quick dishes many dishes including white Country gravy, such as the classic Biscuits and Gravy gom player kostenlos herunterladen.  It is the perfect start to Stroganoffs; and also the starter sauce for Swedish Meatballs.  It can be used to prepare Scalloped or Au Gratin Potatoes, Casseroles or Pot Pies and it is also the basic to any “Cream of” Soups download the website with underpages.

White sauces are usually built from a base of butter and flour, although in some instances, particularly when they are a gravy, they may be built up from pan drippings windows live movie maker nederlands downloaden.  The foolproof way to attain a perfectly smooth sauce is to have the milk hot when added to the butter and flour.

When you add cheese to a white sauce, you have created “Mornay” sauce android onedrive datei herunterladen.  You’ll often see this as a base for Beer Cheese Soup and Macaroni & Cheese.  The classic recipe includes half Gruyère, half Parmesan; but any good melting cheese can be used filme downloaden legal.

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Ingredients:

3 Tablespoons Butter
3 Tablespoons Flour
2 Cups Milk
Pinch of Salt
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg, freshly grated
Salt & Pepper, to taste
1/2 Cup Cheese, if desired

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Melt the butter in a In a medium saucepan over medium low heat utorrent gratis downloaden windows 10.  I often saute a bit of chopped shallot or onion with the butter before adding the flour.  Stir in the flour until smooth and cook, stirring constantly, until the paste cooks and bubbles a bit, but don’t let it brown gta v for mobile phone. It should be light and golden color.

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Meanwhile, heat the milk in a separate pan on low just until bubbles begin to form at the edges, but not to a boil haus herunterladen sims 4.  Remove from heat and add the hot milk to the butter mixture a little at a time, continuing to stir as the sauce thickens while whisking continuously until very smooth.  Some gravies start out with a white sauce, but stock would be used to replace some of the milk.

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Bring to a boil. Add nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste.  Lower the heat and cook stirring for a few minutes more, stirring constantly, before removing from heat.  If you wish to cool the sauce for later use, cover it with wax paper or pour a thin film of milk over it to prevent a skin from forming.

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If preparing a Mornay sauce, cheese should only be added once the white sauce is finished.  Turn off the heat and stir in very small amounts, whisking each bit until melted into the sauce before adding more.  If the white sauce cools too much during this process, turn the heat under the pan back on to very low and gently warm back up.  If you add too much cheese at once, or while the white sauce is too hot, it may separate and give an unappealing texture.  You may also add a pinch of cayenne pepper if you choose.

Use the sauce to create any of the mentioned dishes above.

Enjoy!
Cheers!
~Chris

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Hot Artichoke Dip with Brie and Cream Cheese

Written By: Chris - Apr• 21•15

I realize that I’ve posted a couple of versions of Artichoke dip.  It’s a pretty versatile dish as you can change it up based on ingredients that you have on hand download bitdefender internet security for free!  What’s nice is that it freezes well, so you can prepare it in a couple of small Ramekins (a small dish for baking and serving portions of food) herunterladen.  I was looking around the fridge and had some creamy mild Brie to use up after a recent party; as well as some left over cooked onions and peppers kreuzworträtsel online kostenlos herunterladen.  It was easy enough to change up the original recipe a bit and it was delicious!  It seemed to be a bit more greasy, so we poured that off!

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Ingredients:

1 (15 oz) Can Artichoke Bottomss, drained and chopped
1/2 Cup Mayonnaise
4 oz Download mediamonkey for free nederlands. Creamed Cheese
1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese, grated
1 Cup Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
1/2 Cup Onion & Jalapeno Pepper, cooked and chopped
1 Garlic Clove, pressed
Dash of Hot Sauce, to taste

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Combine the cheese and microwave for a few seconds; just until soft and easy enough to mix invitation to your birthday.  Add chopped onion and peppers, garlic and hot sauce.

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Combine well updates herunterladen windows 8.1.  Drain artichokes and chop into small pieces.  Mix in the artichokes and spread the dip into a shallow baking dish.  Bake 15-30 minutes at 350 degrees until bubbly and turning golden brown windows 8.1 updates manually.

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Serve immediately with crackers, crustini’s or Pita Chips files via putty!

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Cheers!
~Chris

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Perfect Porterhouse Steak

Written By: Chris - Apr• 14•15

I was craving a good bone-in steak recently!  We usually reach for the fillet, but spotted a beautiful Porterhouse steak at the grocery store.  T-Bone steaks and Porterhouse steaks are the same critical ops for free. The Porterhouse is just a larger version of the T-Bone because it is carved from the larger portion of the tenderloin.  Because the Porterhouse is much larger than a T Bone, it is usually enough for two tigerjython!  The USDA specifications require the filet portion must be at least 1.25″ thick at its widest point to qualify labeling as a Porterhouse Steak.  A T-Bone Steak must be at least 0.25″ thick and any smaller would be called a Club Steak herunterladen.  The next time you try to decide between a T-Bone or Porterhouse, remember that size is the only difference in addition to the fillet section being larger on the Porterhouse download nasheed.  Look for Certified USDA Prime for the best quality.  I’ve watched two of my favorite chef’s cook their version of the Porterhouse; Bobby Flay and Michael Symon; and I lean towards Bobby’s method and basically follow his instructions herunterladen.  The finished image below is from his method in Bon Appetit.

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Ingredients: 

Porterhouse Steak, thick and trimmed (about 2 lb.)
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
Kosher Salt and Black Pepper, freshly ground  to taste
Lawreys Season Salt, sprinkle to taste (this is my addition!)
2 to 3 Tablespoons Butter, room temperature

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Both the T Bone and the Porterhouse are steaks cut from the short loin area of the beef film download van youtube mac. A center “T-Shaped Bone” divides two sides of the steak. On one side is a tenderloin filet and the other is a top loin which is better known as the New York Strip Steak germanys next topmodel spiel kostenlos downloaden.  When the bone is removed, the result is two distinctly different steaks. A Filet and a New York Strip.  When the bone is left on either side, it becomes either a “Bone-in Filet” or a “Bone-in New York Strip” herunterladen.  I like to cut it as they do in fine steak houses.  This way, each of us get pieces of the meat from either side of the “T”.  Bill likes to chew on the cooked bone before I hand it off to our dog Simba 3d modelle kostenlos downloaden!

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Let the steak sit at room temperature at least 30 minutes before cooking, which will help it cook quickly and more evenly herunterladen.  Once your steak is room temperature, salt it aggressively on both sides. A lot of salt is necessary with a steak this thick.

Preheat your broiler.  Next, heat a large cast iron skillet until it is really hot over medium-high heat.  Add a dash of a neutral oil until it is smoking.

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Place steak in pan and don’t touch it.  After about four minutes, flip it once it has a beautiful brown crust and remove it from the pan without cooking the second side!

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Move the steak, crust side up to a cutting board and then cut the steak off the bone in two pieces—the strip on one side, the filet on the other by cutting straight down into thick slices perpendicular to the bone.

Then, place the bone back in the hot pan, and reassemble the sliced meat alongside it, crust side up.  Top the steak with a few fat pats of butter and then place the pan including the cut steak underneath the broiler and broil until sizzling.  A perfect medium-rare should only take four to six more minutes. (Since the steak is already sliced, you can look to check doneness.)

Bobby also recommends serving the porter-house directly from the pan.  He suggests that you spoon the buttery pan sauces over each portion!

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We enjoyed ours with a baked potato and roasted onions; some zucchini bites, a beautiful 2012 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon!  So great!

Enjoy!
Cheers!
~Chris

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