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Lee Strawberries
One of my favorite memories of my MA at Maryland
was one night when Dr. Hugh Lee dropped by the grad student office. He had a
roast that was too big for him, would we be
interested in a free meal? The dinner was superb, and he was a gracious host,
the very model of xenia. For dessert he made this rather simple dish, which
has become one of my staples
1 lb strawberries
juice of 1 lemon
½ cup of honey
Hull and quarter strawberries.
Heat the honey and lemon in a medium skillet over high heat until it bubbles
slightly (30 seconds), add strawberries and stir continuously until soft (1-2
minutes). Serve in a mug. Getting the proportion of lemon to honey is
difficult, but worth repeated experimentation.
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Chocolate Shells
This is the highest-risk dish
on The Iterated Chef. When dipping the balloons, should the chocolate be too
hot, they will pop, flinging chocolate around the kitchen. I recommend
waiting until the chocolate has nearly re-solidified before dipping. I also
recommend not wearing white.
½ lb chocolate morsels
Small party balloons
Berries, sliced
Raspberry syrup
Whipped cream
Nuke the morsels for 30 seconds,
stir. Repeat until the choc is soft.
Partially inflate the balloons (until about fist-sized). Dip into chocolate,
spinning and tilting the balloon until the chocolate covers over half the
balloon.
Chill, homes. Take 30.
Pop the balloon and slowly remove it from the chocolate shell.
Fill the shell 1/3 full with berries, top with syrup and a layer of whipped
cream, then another layer of berries, syrup and cream, and once more.
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Lindsey['s not short] Shortbread
She [op.cit. Dinner: Lindsey
Soup] says: shortbread cookies are incredibly easy and portions can be
readily altered.
4 parts all-purpose flour
2 parts butter (unsalted)
one part white sugar
a little vanilla extract (if
desired)
Mix well, shape on baking sheet, and bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.
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Chiezcake
This was submitted by Jenna, America’s
Favorite Vegan as Vegan Cheesecake. The philologist in me quailed (and
also tried to escape again, but he’s weak enough there’s
no chance of that) at the prospect of calling something without cheese
in it cheesecake. Just calling it cake, *cake or “cheese”cake
seemed inappropriate as well, hence the cakey neologism. I mean cheesy.
2 Packages of Cream Cheese (Tofutti soy cream cheese works best for
vegans)
1/2 cup sugar
2 Teaspoons Vanilla
2 Eggs (Energy Egg Replacer powder can be found in health food stores)
1 graham cracker crust
Preheat oven to 350 (for vegans anywhere
from 300 to 325) Mix ingredients, pour into crust and cook. Bake for
30 to 35 minutes (for vegans it will take longer due to lower temp but
it's necessary) After cooling you can serve plain or top with fruit.
Best when kept chilled.
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Cannoli alla siciliana
If these recipes look a bit funny to you, that’s because you
need to look at Dinner:
Peperoni imbottiti. Go ahead, I’ll wait. I can wait as long
as you.
ingredienti per la pasta: Farina gr. 300, sugna (it's the pig's fat)
una noce, uovo 1, sale un pizzico, zucchero un pizzico, vino rosso mezzo
bicchiere, uno schizzo di aceto, cannella in polvere.
ingredienti per il ripieno: ricotta gr. 500, zucchero gr. 300, cedro
e cocozzata (it's the name of some candies) gr. 100, cioccolato fondente
gr. 50
Come si prepara: fate sciogliere lo zucchero sul fuoco con un bicchiere
di acqua e quando comincerà a filare toglietelo dal fuoco e unitelo
alla ricotta, che avrete già passata, mescolando velocemente
con una frusta. Quando questa crema di ricotta sarà ben liscia
unitevi il cedro e la cocozzata che avrete tritati. Dividetela poi a
metà ed incorporate in una metà gr. 30 di cacao solubile
mentre nell'altra metterete il cioccolato fondente, anch'esso tagliuzzato
a pezzetti. Conservate quindi le due creme di ricotta in frigorifero
perchè si consolidino. Quando la pasta avrà riposato un
paio di ore allargatela con il mattarello con un pò di farina,
finchè sia divenuta piuttosto sottile quasi come la sfoglia delle
tagliatelle. Tagliatela quindi con un taglia paste rotondo dal diametro
di 8 cm, carcate di dare forma ovale a questi cerchi ed avvolgeteli
intorno ai cannoli di bambù che fuggono da stampi, saldandoli
con chiara d'uovo sbattuta. Friggete gli involucri dei cannoli in ol
io di semi ben caldo oppure in olio e sugna e staccateli dalle forme
quando sono ancora caldi. Aspettate che si raffreddino completamente
e poi riempiteli da un lato con la crema bianca e dall'altro con quella
al cioccolato.
Xlation
2) Cannoli to the sicialian ingredients for the paste: Flour gr. 300,
sugna (it' s the pig' s fat) a walnut, egg 1, know them a pizzico, sugar
a pizzico, red wine half glass, one vinegar sketch, cinnamon in powder
ingredients for the filling: annealed gr. 500, sugar gr. 300, cedar
and cocozzata (it' s the name of loads candies) gr. 100, fusing chocolate
gr. 50 As it is prepared: fairies to melt the sugar on the fire with
a water glass and when it begins to spin toglietelo from the fire and
unitelo to the annealed one, that you will have already last, fastly
stirring with one whip. When this annealed cream of very smooth is joined
the cedar and the cocozzata one to you that you will have trita to you.
Dividetela then to halves and incorporated in one half gr. 30 of soluble
cacao while in the other you will put the fusing chocolate, anch' chipped
it to pezzetti. Conserved therefore the two creams of annealed in refrigerator
why they consolidate. When the paste will have rested a pair of hours
increases it to you with the mattarello with a flour Pò, finchè
it has become rather thin nearly like leaf through it of the tagliatelle.
It cuts it therefore with a ransom pastes to you round from the diameter
of 8 cm, carcate of giving to shape oval to these circles and avvolgeteli
around to the cannoli of bamboo that escapes from stamps, knitting them
with clear of blinked egg. You fry coverings of the cannoli in ol I
of seeds very warm or in oil and sugna and detaches them to you from
the shapes when they are still warm. Waited for that they then cool
off completely and riempiteli on one side with the cream white woman
and from the other with that one to the chocolate.
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