Filed Under (Recipes) by cos lettuce on 02-11-2008
INGREDIENTS
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 (6ounce)cansmoked almonds , coarsely ground
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 ouncesbrie cheese , cut into slices
- 1 teaspoon finely shredded orange rind(optional)
- 1 1/2 cups red raspberries
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons cold water
DIRECTIONS
- In a medium saucepan, bring raspberries, water, and honey to boiling; cook over medium heat for about 3 to 4 minutes or until raspberries begin to break up.
- In a small bowl, stir together cornstarch and cold water until smooth, then stir into raspberry mixture.
- Cook and stir the mixture until it’s thickened and bubbly, about 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and season to taste with some salt and black pepper.
- Cover the sauce, and keep it warm.
- Place each breast half between 2 pieces of plastic wrap.
- Lightly pound each chicken piece to about 1/8 inch thick.
- In a bowl, beat egg and milk together.
- Place coarsely ground almonds in a shallow dish.
- Dip each piece of chicken into the egg mixture.
- Coat both sides with almonds, pressing the nuts gently into chicken.
- In a large skillet, heat the olive oil.
- Cook the chicken, 2 pieces at a time, over medium heat for 10 to 12 minutes or until almond coating is golden brown and chicken no longer is pink.
- Turn chicken once halfway through cooking time.
- Place chicken on a baking sheet; top each piece with a slice of Brie.
- Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 2 to 3 minutes or until the cheese is softened.
- Remove from oven.
- Place one piece of chicken, cheese side up, on each plate.
- Top each serving with warm Raspberry Sauce and sprinkle with proange peel, if using.
Filed Under (Recipes) by admin on 31-07-2008
INGREDIENTS
Crust
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butteror margarine
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Topping
- 1/2 cupsyrup
- 1/4 cup butteror margarine
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup evaporated milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup sliced almonds
DIRECTIONS
- Crust:.
- combine all ingred’s, mixing well until crumbly.
- Press firmly into 9 by 13 pan.
- Bake 10 mins at 350 degrees F.
- Topping:.
- combine syrup, sugar, butter and milk in med.
- saucepan.
- Cook and stir over med.
- heat until mixture boils, about 3 minutes Remove from heat and add nuts and vanilla.
- Pour over crust, spread evenly.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes Watch this closely, in my oven it actually only took about 12 minutes Cut when cool and store in fridge.
- Servings it yielded is just a guess, it depends how big your squares are and i never counted.
Filed Under (Recipes) by admin on 31-07-2008
INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 2/3 cups flour
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cupsalad oil
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1 cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup toasted and chopped almonds
DIRECTIONS
- Combine dry ingredients in a large mixer bowl (excluding the chocolate chips and nuts).
- Add the water, eggs, oil and pumpkin; beat until thoroughly combined and smooth.
- Stir in chocolate chips and nuts until well distributed.
- Line two bread pans with foil and oil the foil.
- Divide the batter between the pans and smooth the tops.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Test for doneness with a wooden pick.
- Cool on a rack for about ten minutes before removing from the pan to finish cooling.
- This keeps best in the refrigerator, and slices easiest when cold.
- Hard to wait for this, though!
Filed Under (Recipes) by admin on 31-07-2008
INGREDIENTS
- 2 tablespoonsvegetable oil or sesame oil
- 4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves, cut into thin strips
- 1 (2 1/4ounce)package sliced almonds
- 1 (16ounce)package frozen broccoli carrots and water chestnut mix
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cuppineapple juice
- hot cooked rice
DIRECTIONS
- Heat oil in a wok on medium-high.
- Add chicken and almonds; stir-fry 2 minutes.
- Add frozen vegetables, cover and cook 4 minutes, stirring once.
- Combine cornstarch and next 4 ingredients; add to wok.
- Cook, stirring constantly, 2 to 3 minutes or until mixture thickens.
- Serve over rice.
Filed Under (Recipes) by admin on 31-07-2008
INGREDIENTS
- 3 lbs cooking apples, peeled,cored and roughly sliced (1.4kg)
- 3 1/2 ounces brown sugar(100g)
- 3 eggs
- 3 1/2 ounces caster sugar(100g)
- 7 ounces unsalted butter, softened (200g)
- 7 ounces ground almonds(200g)
- sliced almonds, for decoration
DIRECTIONS
- Combine the apples and brown sugar in a large pan and cook over a low heat until soft.
- Beat eggs together with the caster sugar in a large bowl, then mix in the butter and ground almonds to create a smooth paste.
- Divide the cooked apples between six ramekins and spread the almond paste on top.
- Sprinkle some sliced almonds on top of each and and bake in a preheated oven at 160C/320F for about 50 minutes until golden brown.
- Serve hot with whipped cream or ice cream.