Spicy Parmesan Sables

Spicy Parmesan Sables
Makes 29 sables.
■1 1/3 cups (6 ounces) all purpose flour
■1/2 cup (2 ounces) grated Irish KerryGold Cheddar
■1 teaspoon table salt
■3/4 teaspoon chopped fresh lemon basil
■1/8 teaspoon (or more to taste) ground cayenne pepper (I only used 1/8 tsp)
■8 tablespoons (4 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into 7 slices, well chilled
■2 tablespoons + 1 1/2 teaspoons very cold water (I used an ice cube in my water to get it chilled quickly)
To make the dough:
1. Put the flour, cheese, salt, lemon basil  and cayenne in a food processor and pulse briefly to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the butter pieces are slightly larger than pea size, about 10 to 12 pulses depending on your machine. Drizzle the water evenly over the flour mixture. Pulse until the dough begins to form moist crumbs that are just beginning to clump together, about 8 or 9 more pulses depending on your machine.
2. Dump the moist crumbs onto the unfloured counter and gather into a pile. With the heel of you hand, push and gently smear the crumbs away from you until they start to come together in a cohesive dough. Two or three ‘smears’ should do the trick. Using a bench scraper, gather the dough together and turn it about 45 degrees and give it one or two more smears.  Gather the dough together and shape the dough into a 7 1/4-inch long and 2 1/4 -inch wide rectangle using the bench scraper to make the sides nice and straight. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate until very firm, about 3 hours, or up to 2 days.
3. Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 375°F.  Line two large baking sheets with parchment. Using a thin, sharp knife, cut the logs into 1/4-inch slices and arrange about 1 inch apart (they don’t spread much at all) on the prepared sheets. Bake, one sheet at a time,  until nutty brown around the edges, 16 to 18 minutes. If you like, sprinkle the crackers with a little kosher salt just as the baking sheets come out of the oven. Serve slightly warm or room temperature.
4. The dough can be shaped and frozen for up to a month and then thawed for about an hour on the counter or in the refrigerator overnight. Likewise, tuck the baked and cooled sables in a heavy duty zip top bag and stash them in the freezer. Thaw at room temperature and warm them for a few minutes at 325°F to refresh the flavors.
 important to bake these until the edges are brown or you can come out with a sable that lacks crisp texture and flavor.


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Creamy Spinach Soup in 15 minutes

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There are lots of different spices used in different parts of India. Each region has its own cuisine, spices and spice blends. My spice rack is full of individual whole and ground spices. If you dont cook Indian food too often, then instead of investing in a bunch of individual spices, you can get small quantities of fresh spice blends, like Garam Masala, Pav bhaji Masala, Panch Phoron and more. One such spice blend which is a staple at our house, is the Kashmiri Garam Masala. It contains Black cumin, Cassia, Coriander, Cardamom, Clove and Tellicherry Black Pepper and is very different from the usual Garam Masala or curry powder. This blend goes very well with greens in stews, stir fries or soups.
This soup has the Kashmiri Garam Masala blend, tomato and some cream from the cashews. The soup gets ready in 15 minutes with just one boil. You can also serve it raw. You can make this soup with other greens too like Collard, Mustard, Chard or a combination of these. Mustard and spinach or Collard and spinach work well together.
Ingredients (Serves 1):

• 3-4 packed cups of fresh Spinach, washed chopped
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 tomato chopped
• 1/2 green chili or chili flakes to taste
• 2/3 teaspoon salt or to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon raw sugar(optional)
• 1/4 cup raw cashew (soaked for an hour or powdered)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon virgin coconut oil
• 1/2 teaspoon Kashmiri garam masala

Preparation:

1. Add to blender the spinach, tomato, garlic, salt, chili, sugar and cashew.
2. Blend all with 1/2+ cup water till well pureed.
3. In a pan, add a teaspoon of coconut oil, heat on medium. Add 1/2 teaspoon of Kashmiri Garam masala and mix well for a minute till you can smell the aroma of the spices.
4. Add spinach puree and cook on medium heat till it comes to a boil 5-7 minutes. Mix, taste, adjust salt/spices and take off heat.
5. Serve hot topped with paprika, chopped almond or cashew, with crackers, biscuits or garlic dinner rolls!

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Food Recipe: Spicy Lentil Salad

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Filling and protein-rich.
Time: 10 minutes | Makes 2 servings
Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp minced onions
• 1 small clove of garlic, minced
• 1⁄4 cup cilantro, finely chopped
• 2 medium tomatoes, finely chopped
• 1⁄2 tsp jalapeño, finely minced (or more for desired spice)
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 1 cup sprouted lentils (1⁄2 cup before sprouting)
• 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1⁄4 tsp sea salt or to taste

Preparation:

1. Place onions, garlic, cilantro, tomatoes, jalapeño, and lemon juice into a medium bowl and mix well.
2. Add lentils, apple cider vinegar, and olive oil and mix.
3. Add salt to taste.
4. Store in the refrigerator.

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Cha Cha's White Chicken Chili Recipes

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Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced jalapeno peppers
• 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chile peppers
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 3 cups chopped cooked chicken breast
• 3 (15 ounce) cans white beans
• 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

first Directions

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Slowly cook and stir the onion until tender. Mix in the garlic, jalapeno, green chile peppers, cumin, oregano and cayenne. Continue to cook and stir the mixture until tender, about 3 minutes. Mix in the chicken broth, chicken and white beans. Simmer 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Remove the mixture from heat. Slowly stir in the cheese until melted. Serve warm. 

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Chicken Milano Recipes

 

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup chicken broth, divided
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
• 8 ounces dry fettuccini pasta

first Directions

1. In a large saucepan over low heat, melt butter; add garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes and 3/4 cup of the chicken broth; increase to medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for about 10 minutes or until the tomatoes are tender. Add the cream and bring to a boil; stirring. Simmer over medium heat until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
2. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper on both sides. In a large skillet over medium heat, warm oil and saute chicken. Press on chicken occasionally with a slotted spatula. Cook for about 4 minutes per side or until the meat feels springy and is no longer pink inside. Transfer to a board; cover and keep warm. Discard the fat from the skillet.
3. In the same skillet, over medium heat, bring 1/4 cup chicken broth to a boil; stirring the pan juices. Reduce slightly and add to the cream sauce; stir in basil and adjust seasonings to taste.
4. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add fettuccine and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain, transfer to a bowl and toss with 3 to 4 tablespoons of the sauce.
5. Cut each chicken breast into 2 to 3 diagonal slices. Reheat the sauce gently if needed. Transfer the pasta to serving plates; top with chicken and coat with the cream sauce; serve. 

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South Texas Carne Guisada

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Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 pounds beef sirloin, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 large red bell pepper, chopped
• 4 large tomatoes, chopped
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried, crushed Mexican oregano
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/3 cup water

Directions

1. Heat vegetable oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Place the beef sirloin in the Dutch oven and cook until the cubes are brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and add the onion, red bell pepper, tomatoes, garlic, cumin, oregano, garlic powder, salt, black pepper, paprika, and water.
2. Continue cooking, stirring often, until the meat is tender, about 30 minutes. 

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Purple Ombré Sprinkles Birthday Cake

For the cake:
355g plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
225ml milk
2 tsp vanilla extract (I used 1 tsp extract and 1 tsp vanilla bean paste)
400g caster sugar
225g unsalted butter, softened
4 medium eggs
Purple food colour (I used Wilton violet gel colouring)
Jam to spread between layers, I used blackcurrant jam but you could use grape or strawberry, or double the amount of icing and use that

For the icing:
500g icing sugar sifted (easiest way to sift is by pulsing in a food processor)
275g salted butter (about 2.5 sticks)
Extra table salt to taste
Optional: sprinkles to decorate

Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F) and grease whatever 18-20cm round cake tins you have (I only had one so I had to bake each cake one after the other). Line the base of tins with baking paper and grease paper and dust tins with flour. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. Mix milk and vanilla together in a measuring jug.

Using an electric mixer on low speed, beat sugar and butter in a large bowl until blended. Increase speed to high and beat for 2 mins or until pale and creamy. Reduce speed to medium low, add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Alternately add flour mix and milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture (I did it by adding 1/4 of of the dry mixture followed by 1/3 of the wet mixture at a time). Beat until smooth, occasionaly scraping bowl with a spatula. Divide mixture evenly into 5 medium bowls (I did this by measure the batter, it ended up being about 300g per bowl for me). Leave one bowl of batter white, then very gradually add colouring to each bowl and gently fold it into the mixture, adding slightly more colouring as you do each bowl so that the 5 bowls give you a even gradient of colour.

Pour batter into prepared tins and bake each layer for about 15-20 minutes or until a skewer into the centre comes out clean and the outside is golden. Cool in tin for 5 mins and then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely. Prepare the icing; remove butter from fridge 30 mins before starting and chop into small cubes. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter on high with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy. Reduce speed to medium-low and gradually add icing sugar until combined, then increase speed to high and beat until pale and fluffy. While still mixing, gradually add any extra table salt to taste if needed.

Prepare cake for icing, you may need to trim the tops a bit to make sure they are level. Layer cakes with jam (or more icing). Crumb coat the cake with some of the prepared icing and chill for 15 mins. Cover the cake with more icing, smoothing out with a spatula (I use an offset spatula that I keep clean and warm by running under hot water to get it smoother). If decorating with sprinkles, it can get pretty messy so place your cake in a large container that will catch any of the sprinkles that will run off the cake as you try to stick them on the sides of the cake. Serve cake at room temperature, store cake in the fridge in an airtight container.

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Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe

In this article we will discuss chocolate lava cake recipe. Chocolates are available in different shapes, various variants and numerous sizes. Chocolate cake recipe is considered to be very popular in every type of occasion such as New Year, Christmas, Anniversaries, birthdays and many more types of occasions. The famous chocolate cake recipes are German chocolate cake, flourless chocolate cake recipe, rich and moist chocolate cake and chocolate lava cake. The preparation time of chocolate lava cake recipe is 15 minutes and cooking time is 10 minutes. Now we will mention the main ingredients of chocolate lava cake recipe. The main ingredients are as follows:

• 6 ounce of baking chocolate.
• 6 ounce of butter.
• 3 eggs.
• ½ cup of granulated sugar.
• 1/3 cup of flour.
• Butter for ramekins.

Now we will discuss important steps for the preparation of chocolate lava cake recipe. The important steps are as follows:

1. The first step is that person should preheat an oven at the temperature of 350 degrees.
2. Secondly person should melt the chocolate on low flame.
3. When chocolate gets melted then person take of flame and should stir in diced butter until it gets properly melts.
4. Person should take another bowl and beat 3 eggs and sugar until the mixture gets whiten.
5. Another step is that person should stir in melted chocolate and then add flour.
6. Then person should cook for almost 10 minutes and then tip ramekins on dessert plates and then serve.

These are considered to be important steps for the preparation of chocolate lava cake recipe. The most important tip for making delicious chocolate lava cake recipe is that person should butter the cake at the bottom first and then butter at the sides of the cake. Another important tip is that if person don’t want liquid centre chocolate then person should cook for longer period of time and then person will get incredible and delicious moist chocolate cake. On the whole discussing ingredients and instructions steps for the preparation of chocolate lava cake recipe it is easy to conclude that person can easily prepare this delicious cake within the period of 25 minutes. In case of serving, person can serve this tasty and delicious chocolate lava cake recipe with English cream known as Crème Anglaise and Raspberry cream known as Coulis Aux Framboises.

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Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe

In this article we will discuss ingredients and steps for the preparation of chocolate pound cake recipe. The main ingredients are as follows:

• 1 cup of butter.
• 2 cups of sugar.
• 4 eggs.
• 1 chocolate bar.
• 1 can of chocolate syrup.
• ½ teaspoon of baking soda.
• 1 cup of sour milk.
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
• 3 cups of flour.

Now we will discuss steps for the preparation of delicious chocolate pound cake recipe. The first step is that person should preheat the oven at the temperature of 350 degrees. Then person should take large bowl and should add cream butter and sugar. Then person should melt chocolate bar on low flame and should stir until it gets smooth. After melting, person should remove from heat. Then person should add chocolate syrup and mixture of butter sugar and stir until the mixture gets completely mixed. Afterwards, person should add ½ milk mixture into the chocolate mixture. Then person add ½ cup of flour and should mix well. Then add remaining milk mixture and ½ cups of flour and should beat them thoroughly until they gets incorporated. Then person should pour into pan and bake almost 1 hour and 20 minutes. After baking, person should cool the cake for almost 15 minutes on a wire rack and then remove the pan and put onto the cake plate.

Now we will discuss another recipe for the chocolate cake pound. This delicious cake has wonderful and tasty moist texture. The main ingredients of this delicious chocolate pound cake recipe are as follows:

• 1-1/2 cups of butter.
• 3 cusp of sugar.
• 5 eggs.
• 2 tablespoon of vanilla.
• 1-1/4 cups of buttermilk.
• 2-1/3 cups of flour.
• 2/3 cup of cocoa.
• ½ tablespoon of baking powder.
• ½ tablespoon of baking soda.
• ¼ tablespoon of salt.
• 1/3 cup of peanut butter.

Now we will discuss steps for the preparation of this delicious and wonderful recipe. The most important and first step is that person should preheat an electrical oven at the temperature of 325 degrees. Person should take large bowl and beat butter as well as sugar. Then person should add flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt and should mix them thoroughly. Then person should pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Then person should bake at the temperature of 325 degrees for almost 65 minutes. After 65 minutes, person should take the cake out of the oven and cool for 5 minutes and then person turn the cake onto the serving plate.

On the whole after discussing two delicious and tasty chocolate pound cake recipes it is easy to conclude that these are considered to be wonderful recipes of chocolate cake pounds.

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Recipe

In this article we will discuss healthy chocolate chip cookie cake recipe. Cake mix is considered to be the wonderful thing. Person can also get creative as well as experiment with his/her own inspirations. The famous and popular chocolate cake recipes are German chocolate cake recipe, flourless chocolate cake dessert recipe, moist chocolate cake recipe, chocolate lava cake recipe, chocolate pound cake recipe and healthy chocolate chip cookie cake recipe. Chocolate chip cookie cake is very famous and popular all over the world. The main ingredients are as follows:

• 3 cups of flour.
• 1 teaspoon of salt.
• ½ teaspoon of baking soda.
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
• 1 cup of unsalted butter.
• 1 ½ cups of brown sugar.
• 4 eggs.
• 2 teaspoon of vanilla.
• ½ cup of white sugar.
• 1 ½ cups of chocolate chips.

 Preparation Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Recipe

Now we will discuss procedure for the preparation of healthy chocolate chip cookie cake recipe. The main steps are as follows:

1. The most important step is that person should preheat an oven at the temperature of 350 degrees.
2. Then person should take bowl and mix baking soda, baking powder, salt and flour thoroughly.
3. Thirdly, person should take another bowl and mix sugar and butter and mix them thoroughly until mixture gets light. Then person should add vanilla and eggs and mix them well.
4. Then person should add the flour mixture into the butter mixture and then add chocolate chips into the cookie dough.
5. Next step is that person should drop the dough into the particular baking pan and bake for almost 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, person should transfer the cookies into the wire racks. After getting cool, delicious healthy chocolate chip cookie cake is ready for serving.

On the whole after discussing delicious and tasty healthy chocolate chip cookie cake recipe it is easy to conclude that by knowing its main ingredients and steps for its preparation person can easily prepare this delicious cake. In the final conclusion we can say that this chocolate cake is very popular and every person prepares this cake on every special occasion.

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Quick and Easy Chocolate Cake Recipes

In this article we will discuss quick and easy chocolate cake recipes for the bust cook and the best and easy chocolate cake recipes are rocky road cake and chocolate chip pecan. Firstly, we will discuss recipe of rocky road cake. The main ingredients are as follows:

• 1 box of dark chocolate.
• 3 cups of miniature marshmallows.
• ½ cups of chopped pecans.
• ½ cup of chocolate chips.
• 2 tablespoons of milk.

For its preparation, person should prepare the cake mix and should bake in a baking pan. When cake gets done then person should remove the cake from oven and should sprinkle the marshmallows at the top of the cake. Then person should sprinkle the chopped pecans at the top of cake. In a small pan, person should melt the delicious chocolate chips along with milk until chocolate chips gets completely melted. Then person should drizzle the tasty melted chocolate at the top of the nuts and cool the cake before cutting.

Now we will discuss another recipe i-e chip pecan snack cake and it is also considered to be an easy chocolate cake recipe. The main ingredients are as follows:

• ½ cup of flour.
• ¼ teaspoon of baking soda.
• ¼ teaspoon of salt.
• ¾ cup of brown sugar.
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
• 2 egg whites.
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
• 1/3 cup of chopped pecans.
• ¼ cup of chocolate chips.
• 2 teaspoons of powdered sugar.

Firstly, person should preheat an oven at the temperature of 350 degrees. Then person should take small bowl and add baking soda, flour and salt and mix them thoroughly. Then person should mix sugar, egg whites and vanilla in a large bowl by using an electric mixer and then add flour mixture and then add flour and mix gently. Then person should stir chocolate chips and pecans. Then person should bake the cake at the temperature of 350 degrees for almost 18 minutes and then person should take the cake out of the oven and cool for almost 10 minutes and then sprinkle the powdered sugar.

On the whole after discussing quick and easy chocolate cake recipes it is easy to conclude that above we discussed two most easy chocolate cake recipes for the busy people.

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