Cape Breton Scones ~~ adapted by More Baking with Schmecks Appeal ~Sift together dry ingredients of 2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon baking powder and 1 teaspoon of salt. Stir into the flour--zest of 1 orangeand 1 cup dried currants.Combine liquid ingredients together, whisking--1 slightly beaten large egg, 1/2 cup sour cream, 3 tablespoons … [Read more...]
Jackal & Hyde Key Lime Ham
Jackal & Hyde Key Lime Ham ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Set the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare the meat, removing the outer casing; score the fat, little that is left to give its fat-juice to cook inwardly. Place cut side of portioned ham downward onto a rack in a roaster, bone facing upward (always cook bone-in pork-- better flavor). Inject the meat … [Read more...]
Double Banana Cream Pie
Double Banana Cream Pie ~~ Adapted from Aida Mollencamp ~Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Heat a baking sheet on the upper third rack where you will place your pie shell on to bake.In a large bowl, mix 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons granulated sugar, 3/4 teaspoon table salt; combine well. Cut in with a pastry blender 6 tablespoons diced, cold … [Read more...]
Fennel Fried Potatoes
Fennel Fried Potatoes ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Slice gold potatoes, 1 fennel bulb and 1 white onion. Submit fennel green to fry with potato substance, leaving some for garnish when food has been cooked to serve. Put in 1 teaspoon mustard seeds with coarse salt and coarse black pepper when frying.Fry into extra virgin olive oil in a black cast-iron skillet. … [Read more...]
Kohlrabi & English Cucumber Pickles
Kohlrabi & English Cucumber Pickles ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Kohlrabi bulbs peeled and sliced,... then quartered. English cucumber sliced with peeling left on, measured with kohlrabi and purple sliced onion to weigh 2 lbs-- unnecessary to equal parts.In saucepan of 2 cups distilled white vinegar, bring to a boil with 2 cups sugar, 4 teaspoons kosher salt, 2 … [Read more...]
Dream Floats
Vanilla icecream and Prosecco, mint for garnish ~Moscato d' Asti over mandarin orange icecreampeach iris … [Read more...]
Easter Hen
Easter Hen ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~whole chickenred onionsweet potato-- skin on3 or 4 carrots2 or 3 beets-- depending on size2 medium red potatoesradishesrosemary, parsley, basilolive oil, butterSalt & pepperRinse to clean chicken on outer portions as well as cavity. Drain water from the chicken, pat-dry inside-out. Lather with either butter or olive oil; … [Read more...]
Hot Cross Buns
To bake on Good Friday, these traditional fruit buns with the emblem in icing to symbolize why there is Easter, let these help as you explain the true meaning of Easter with your children while baking these with them. Prayerfully, they will pass this on to their children, and bake these with them, when they are grown.Hot Cross Buns … [Read more...]
Brown-Top Baguette
Not a secret, everybody knows it... Everybody knows chocolate goes goody-yummy on bread... on good bread, that is.Slice 1 baguette--Toast in the oven for a couple of minutes, alternating sides quickly.Drizzle with olive oil, then melt chocolate-- your favorite kind, (semi-sweet, bitter-sweet, milk chocolate-- your pick) but just make sure it's a good … [Read more...]
BLT Wedges
Good to eat with your hands, slightly messy, but overall-- worth it out back on the patio grilling steaks with friends. Just keep the paper towels and napkins handy, steady pace... !BLT Wedges ~~ FN ~Cut 1 head of lettuce into wedges...Cook 4 slices of thick-cut bacon in the skillet. Either dice bacon beforehand or tear strips into pieces after they … [Read more...]