Ingredients:
3 cups leeks
2 cups russet potatoes
4 cups water
2 t salt
2 T butter
1/4 cup watercress, chopped
Garnish: top each bowl with a tiny pat of butter Read More
Brown and Serve Pull-apart Rolls
Makes 18 rolls
Ingredients:
5 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cups sugar
2 t salt
1/2 t baking soda
2 packages dry yeast
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup butter, salted
Flour for kneading
1/3 cup butter Read More
Clarified Butter
Why would anyone clarify butter?
To separate the milk solids from the pure butter fat so that you can use butter at a much higher temperature without smoking!
Buttery Baking Powder Biscuits
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour, measure this by very lightly spooning the flour into the cup. Do not pack.
3 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1/2 cup butter
2/3-3/4 cup milk Read More
Spaghetti Squash with Fresh Basil and Tomatoes
Ingredients:
2 small or 1 large spaghetti squash, cooked, deseeded, and forked
4 T butter
4 garlic cloves, minced
1/3 cup onion, chopped
1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
1 roasted red bell peppers, chopped
1/4 t white pepper
1/8 t hot red pepper flakes
1/2 cup fresh basil, torn
2 T flat Italian parsley, chopped
1 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano
Optional: drizzle of olive oil and more hot red pepper flakes
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Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients:
1/3 cup whipping cream
8 oz semi sweet baking chocolate
1/3 cup butter
cocoa and powdered sugar
Spoon Mage™ Note:
My son used to make these for teacher Christmas gifts in elementary school. All I had to do was help with the Read More
Spicy Steakhouse Butter
Ingredients:
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
1 T garlic cloves, minced
1 T shallot, minced
1 t rosemary, ground
1/4-1/2 t ground hot red pepper flakes
1/4 t ground black pepper
1/4 t turmeric
2 twists of a salt grinder Read More
Savory Quinoa
Ingredients:
2 T butter
1/2 c onion
1 T garlic, minced
1 C quinoa
2 C chicken stock
1 T parsley, chopped
1 lemon, juiced Read More
Mindful Palate 