Posted on 04/07/2012 6:43:36 AM PDT by libertarian27
Welcome to the 18th installment of the FReeper Weekly Recipe Thread for 2012.
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Coffee Cake Day April 7
National Empañada Day April 8
Chinese Almond Cookie Day April 9
National Cinnamon Crescent Day April 10
National Cheese Fondue Day April 11
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day - National Licorice Day April 12
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Recap of recipes from March 30th Thread:
Dessert _ Post#` 17 _ Easy Sticky-Toffee Pudding
Sauces _ Post#` 3 _ Homemade Mayonnaise
Seafood _ Post#` 6 _ Crabmeat Au Gratin
Soup _ Post#` 10 _ Grandpa Bagbys Rocking Tater Soup
Vegetables _ Post#` 14 _ Cheesy Broccoli
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2866351/posts?page=22#22
Looking for something different to make for Easter Dinner?
Check out the Free Republic Online Cookbook Thread from last year for great recipes:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2818541/posts
We are making this for supper tomorrow. We are having friends over and they are dying to try it out. It will only be the second time we’ve made it - it’s still experimental cuisine.
Tur-Bac-Hen
Origin of the recipe:
We had a bacon-themed potluck at my workplace for St.Patricks Day (March 16th, since the actual holiday fell on a weekend this year). When it was first announced, a coworker and I had a brief discussion about what to bring (Bacon ice cream? Bacon-wrapped bacon?).
I jokingly suggested Tur-Bac-Hen, inspired by Turducken. After further consideration, I decided to go ahead and make it, since my wife and I both enjoy experimenting in the kitchen. I settled on using a single breast of turkey, layered with a filling and bacon, and a chicken breast, also stuffed the same way.
Serendipitously we ended up with some accidental home-made yogurt cheese when a batch of yogurt didnt quite turn out. It is very much like Feta cheese, which can most likely be substituted in this recipe.
This dish was also deceptively easy to prepare, which is never a bad thing.
Ingredients:
1 turkey breast (boneless or de-boned)
1 boneless chicken breast
1 bunch of cilantro
8-10 cloves garlic
1 cup yogurt cheese or Feta cheese (packed)
1 lb bacon
1 tsp sea salt
To Do List:
Cook all but 4 slices of bacon until lightly crisp and blot the grease. Set aside the other 4 uncooked slices for later.
Blend garlic and cilantro in a food processor until well chopped. Add cheese and mix again until well blended or mix by hand.
Split both breasts across the middle, so when you lay them out flat they look like hearts.
Cover inside of breasts with cheese mix, sprinkle salt on them, then lay cooked bacon on them. It may be necessary to break the bacon strips in half to make them fit (you dont want them hanging out in the oven, as they may get overcooked).
Lay the chicken breast inside the turkey breast, then fold the whole thing over, like closing a book.
Cover with the 4 pieces of uncooked bacon in a criss-cross pattern.
Place in a small casserole dish and cover in foil (remove for last 45 minutes or so of baking, so the bacon and the turkey breast get browned). Make sure the dish has substantial sides, as a fair amount of juice will collect at the bottom.
Bake in 325 degree oven until inside temp reaches 180 degrees.
Note on baking: due to time constraints the day we made this, we had to ratchet up the temperature to hurry the process along, so we dont have the exact figures on cook times. Just figure on fussing over it for a couple of hours.
Good week for rabbit stew?? :)
Have two things I'd like some help/advise with.
1. About 4 weeks ago, I hardboiled a bunch of eggs. Put them in the fridge, as I was making egg salad for a picnic the next day. Yesterday, as I was looking for something in the back of the fridge, voila, I found an egg..it must have rolled off the plate. Any clue as to how long it's good for? I'm going to toss it out...but am curious as to how long a hard boiled egg ( in the shell ) can stay refrigerated.
2. Now the biggie. I've made matzoh ball soup for years..everything from scratch..and it's usually just about perfect..my recipe serves 8..makes 16 matzoh balls. They're always floaters, not sinkers..light, not dense. Well, this past Tuesday, my parish held a seder, so I voluntered ( with lots of help) to make matzoh ball soup for 120..I scaled up the recipe, but some of the matzoh balls were, well, dense..We were cooking them in four big pots..but I do think that there were MORE balls in each pot than I'd normally do..because of the large number we needed. So, should I have boiled them longer?
Many thanks
MMMMMmmmmmm, sounds delicious!
It is delicious!
That sounds like a keeper to me. There are only the two of use, so this scaled down and modified Tur-Bac-Hen is on target for us. Also, we are Southern by birth so we use lots of bacon in cooking.
The menu is making my mouth water already. My SIL is having ham and making her cheesey hash brown potato casserole (I don't have the recipe, but I want it!!). She's also doing a relish tray and deviled eggs. Her mom is bringing a fruit bowl. I am bringing green beans with bacon/onions, a Whipped Cream Salad, a carrot souffle, and a Spinach & Edamame salad ( a healthier alternative for my youngest brother who strictly watches what he eats). For dessert, my SIL is having a pie & I am making an Apple & Pear Crisp (Ina Garten recipe) that is supposed to be really good. I have some good cake recipes, but for whatever reason, I am just not in the mood to bake a cake.
A note regarding the wine .. saw a little saying I tried cooking with wine for the first time last night. Afer five glasses, I forgot why I was in the kitchen. Nope, I'm not that bad, but when I'm working on a major meal, a sip now and again keeps me a happy cook. :-)
Links:
Apple & Pear Crisp
Spinach & Edamame Salad
Carrot Souffle
(I read the comments on the souffle and will take posters' advice on cutting back on the sugar & using the blender to get all the chunks out of my carrots)
Homemade Ketchup
1 can 6-oz. no salt added tomato paste
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon cloves
2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
Mix ingredients well. Add more spices if needed to taste. Store in the refrigerator in a capped glass jar or an old squeeze ketchup bottle.
Add your favorite hot sauce for hot ketchup.
Recipe can be doubled or more.
Keep refrigerated. Toss after a month or so.
Notes:
I used Hunt’s Tomato Paste and, after adjusting the spices, it came very close to tasting like Hunt’s Ketchup.
Let me know what you think if you end up making it.
My 93 year old mom will be the only one joining us this year as our son scheduled his son’’s birthday party for tomorrow. We figure mom has limited ime which is a treasure to us. She lives in an assisted living center and is tired of fish, pork, and chicken and just wanted finger foods. To that end, we’ll hve the following:
Shrimp cocktails
Tomato/mozzarella and basil stacks drizzled with basil olive oil
Two different typws of melon wrapped in proscuitto
Aspargus roasted in proscuitto
Cheese and cracker tray
Lemon bars
A few toddies
And watch the Masters together
Happy Easter all!!!
I will, but it will be a week or two before we do it.
Here’s something that has bacon & looks pretty good!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2869204/posts?page=4#4
I remember that thread.
Maybe I’ll post pictures of my dish when it comes out of the oven tomorrow.
Hi, Libertarian27! I tried a new recipe this week and it is great. Just wanted to pass it on to Freeper bakers
BURGER BUNS:
3/4 to 1 cup lukewarm water
2 tbsp butter
1 large egg
3 1/2 cups all purpose, unbleached flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 tsp salt
1 Tbsp instant yeast
Topping: 3 tbsp melted butter
Directions: Mix and knead all of the dough ingredients (by hand, mixer or bread machine). I went old fashioned and did it by hand. Make a soft, smooth dough (I kneaded about 5-7 minutes). Cover the dough and let rise for 1-2 hours or until it has doubled in bulk. Deflate the dough gently. Divide into 8 pieces. Shape each piece into a round ball, flatten to about 3” across and place them on a lightly greased or parchment lined baking sheet. Cover and let rise for about an hour or until noticeably puffy. Brush the buns, gently, with half the melted butter. Bake in preheated over at 375 degrees until golden. Remove from oven and brush with remaining butter (the butter gives an extra richness and pretty satiny crust)
***These buns will hold up to your juiciest burgers, pulled pork barbecue, or even piled high lunch meat. We really enjoyed it and I hope you do as well. Hugs, Mom
4 weeks? I’d toss it
I have eaten eggs that were a week to 10 days past their expiration and they were fine, I imagine they last longer if they have been cooked.
I’d smell it before I ate it but I still think 4 weeks is a risk and I’d just toss it.
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