This is a recipe that we learned awhile ago, and it's mega bacon amazingness. I'll post the recipe like I learned it but I would like to try to do it with cabbage leafs cause they will hold up better. The lettuce gets fragile after it's blanched. But these are actually delicious when done well. It's all in the seasoning of the stuffing.
Ingredients
8 oz bacon
4-6 pieces of boston lettuce
3 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
3 shallots (finely chopped)
1/4 oz. parsley (finely chopped)
3 oz. butter
1/2 onion diced
1/2 carrot diced
5 oz. bread crumbs
1 egg
1 pt. chicken stock
Method
In a pot of boiling water, quickly dip the lettuce leaves then remove and place in ice water to stop the cooking process, then carefully spread out on a flat surface. For the filling, cook all the bacon until crisp. Take some out and reserve for the braising base. In the same pan, sweat 1/2 of the garlic and 1/2 of the shallots in the bacon fat, then add the bread crumbs. Remove from heat and let cool before adding the egg so it doesn't cook the egg. Place a small amount of filling on top of each leaf of lettuce and roll as tightly as possible. Let stand. In another pan melt some butter and sweat the onion, carrots, reserved bacon, the rest of the garlic and shallots. Form a small mound in the center of the pan and pour the chicken stock around it. place the lettuce wraps on top of the mound and cover. simmer for 5-8 minutes just so the egg in the filling cooks. Remove the lettuce wraps and keep warm. Strain the vegetables and reserve both in a clean pan. Simmer and reduce the stock to form a light sauce. When ready to serve, place a small amount of veggies on a plate with a lettuce wrap on top. Spoon reduced stock over the top and chow down.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Homemade Oreo's (gone wrong)
So...I wanted to make Oreo's today because I had a bunch of frosting leftover from valentines. Everything started out okay but the cookies stayed really fat, so I just frosted them instead : ) that's the gone wrong part hehehe : ) this is pretty much what I've eaten all day....I had milk too...but here's the recipe in case anyone wants to have a fatty day like I did.
1 boxed devils food cake mix.
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
Mix, form into balls and bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes. Frost or make into Oreo's
that's it : )
1 boxed devils food cake mix.
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
Mix, form into balls and bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes. Frost or make into Oreo's
that's it : )
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| My frosting job is horrible don't judge me! |
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Hollandaise
I think that one of my favorite things on this earth is a good hollandaise sauce. I first fell in love while eating it on top of eggs benni cooked in the middle of the grand canyon. Two of my favorite things combined, Eating and Rafting!! It was pretty much destiny. However, that hollandaise was made from a packet, which sparked my interest, how DO you make hollandaise from scratch? My answer didn't really come until I started school and one day my chef demo'd white asparagus with hollandaise! At last! So here it is folks and I gotta say it is easy but it takes some practice to get consistently good at it. So practice every once in a while, but not too much because it is about 90% butter : )
Ingredients
3 egg yolks
8 oz. clarified butter(if you don't want to clarify butter, using whole melted butter works fine too)
1 tbsp. lemon juice
2 sprigs of thyme
6 black peppercorns crushed
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup white wine (optional)
Method
There's a few different ways to cook the hollandaise. I use a double boiler because I have one at home. At school we use a metal bowl held over a small pot of boiling water. Use your imagination. Some chefs can do it over direct heat but I'm not that skilled or cool enough to do that yet. So I stick to what I know. First, combine water, wine, thyme, and peppercorns in a small pot and simmer until there's only a little liquid left. You're basically wanting to flavor the liquid with the thyme and pepper. Put yolks in a bowl and whisk till airy then add water and lemon juice, and whisk until frothy. Place bowl or pan over boiling water and whisk quickly, remove the pan every so often so the eggs don't curdle. Whisk until the yolks and liquid begin to thicken slightly. Then start adding the butter slowly, a little at a time. ONLY add more butter after the previous addition is properly incorporated. When all the butter is in, the sauce should be thick and creamy. If it looks like it's separated or is chunky, then it probably broke and it's ruined (there's a possibility to save it but just don't break it in the first place. If you really wanna know how to fix it after it breaks, just ask) but add some salt and pepper to taste and you're done!! Enjoy!
Ingredients
3 egg yolks
8 oz. clarified butter(if you don't want to clarify butter, using whole melted butter works fine too)
1 tbsp. lemon juice
2 sprigs of thyme
6 black peppercorns crushed
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup white wine (optional)
Method
There's a few different ways to cook the hollandaise. I use a double boiler because I have one at home. At school we use a metal bowl held over a small pot of boiling water. Use your imagination. Some chefs can do it over direct heat but I'm not that skilled or cool enough to do that yet. So I stick to what I know. First, combine water, wine, thyme, and peppercorns in a small pot and simmer until there's only a little liquid left. You're basically wanting to flavor the liquid with the thyme and pepper. Put yolks in a bowl and whisk till airy then add water and lemon juice, and whisk until frothy. Place bowl or pan over boiling water and whisk quickly, remove the pan every so often so the eggs don't curdle. Whisk until the yolks and liquid begin to thicken slightly. Then start adding the butter slowly, a little at a time. ONLY add more butter after the previous addition is properly incorporated. When all the butter is in, the sauce should be thick and creamy. If it looks like it's separated or is chunky, then it probably broke and it's ruined (there's a possibility to save it but just don't break it in the first place. If you really wanna know how to fix it after it breaks, just ask) but add some salt and pepper to taste and you're done!! Enjoy!
Homemade Mac N' Cheese
We all love a tasty macaroni and cheese! We learned a basic cream sauce in school and I adapted it to mac n cheese and it worked great! (For those who know what a bechamel sauce is, it's that with cheese). Here it goes.
Ingredients:
3 cups milk
1/4 onion- for the onion use the cloves as nails and stick the bay leaf to the onion
3 whole cloves
1 bay leaf
1 tsp ground nutmeg
2 cups favorite cheese (I like it super cheesy!! You can use a little less if you want)
1 lb. macaroni
2 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. flour
Bouquet garni- bay leaf, thyme,celery, parsley stems, in leek leafs or put everything in cheese cloth and tie shut.
Method:
Start by making a roux with the butter and flour. Melt butter in a small pan, add flour, mix and cook for thirty seconds to a minute. Next cook macaroni in boiling salted water. Remove both from heat and reserve. Place milk and the onion studded with the clove and bay leaf in a sauce pan and place over medium heat. Stir and heat slowly to prevent scorching. When milk comes to a boil, add bouquet garni and nutmeg. Cook for a few minutes being careful not to let the milk burn. Whisk in the now cooled roux little by little until desired thickness (don't add too much roux. The sauce will thicken slowly.) Remove onion, and bouquet garni, and add cheese. Stir until melted and creamy. Pour on top of cooked macaroni and stir, making sure that it's nice and gooey. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
3 cups milk
1/4 onion- for the onion use the cloves as nails and stick the bay leaf to the onion
3 whole cloves
1 bay leaf
1 tsp ground nutmeg
2 cups favorite cheese (I like it super cheesy!! You can use a little less if you want)
1 lb. macaroni
2 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. flour
Bouquet garni- bay leaf, thyme,celery, parsley stems, in leek leafs or put everything in cheese cloth and tie shut.
Method:
Start by making a roux with the butter and flour. Melt butter in a small pan, add flour, mix and cook for thirty seconds to a minute. Next cook macaroni in boiling salted water. Remove both from heat and reserve. Place milk and the onion studded with the clove and bay leaf in a sauce pan and place over medium heat. Stir and heat slowly to prevent scorching. When milk comes to a boil, add bouquet garni and nutmeg. Cook for a few minutes being careful not to let the milk burn. Whisk in the now cooled roux little by little until desired thickness (don't add too much roux. The sauce will thicken slowly.) Remove onion, and bouquet garni, and add cheese. Stir until melted and creamy. Pour on top of cooked macaroni and stir, making sure that it's nice and gooey. Enjoy!
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