Recipe and Cook's Corner

[killersmom]

BTW is that chia stuff everyone is talking about the same as what grows on a gia pet?  (laughs hysterically...)

I believe they are, Nikki!
This is the same question I asked Jimmy!

[Nikki]

I believe they are, Nikki!
This is the same question I asked Jimmy!

...great minds and all that...

[Castro]

Does anyone have (and use) a good pecan pie recipe that does not have the usual cloying made-from-syrup filling?

[killersmom]

Hey Castro,

Here is one:

Pecan Pie without Syrup

 Prep Time:        Cook Time:        Ready In:
40 Min               15 Min               1 Hr 5 Min

SERVINGS: 8

INGREDIENTS:
    * 1 cup light brown sugar
    * 1/4 cup white sugar
    * 1/2 cup butter
    * 2 eggs
    * 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
    * 1 tablespoon milk
    * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    * 1 cup chopped pecans

DIRECTIONS;
   1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
   2. In a large bowl, beat eggs until foamy, and stir in melted butter. Stir in the brown sugar, white sugar and the flour; mix well. Last add the milk, vanilla and nuts.
   3. Pour into an unbaked 9-in pie shell. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes at 400 degrees, then reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until done.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:
Amount Per Serving:
    Calories: 219 | Total Fat: 12.8g | Cholesterol: 84mg

[killersmom]

Here is one a little more interesting, more like custard and some alcohol.

PECAN PIE, WITHOUT CORN SYRUP

Yield: 1- 9 inch pie
3                                  (3)         Large eggs
¾ Cup                           (6 oz)    Water    
1 ¾  Cup, well packed    (14 oz)    Medium brown sugar
½ teaspoon                   (½ tsp)    Salt
½ Stick                          (2 oz)    Unsalted butter    
1 Tablespoon                  (0.5 oz)    Brandy or Rum (optional)
2 teaspoon                     (2 tsp)    Vanilla extract    
2 Cups                           (8 oz)    Pecan pieces
         
         

   1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
   2. Whisk together the eggs and water until very well blended. Add the brown sugar and salt. Melt the butter and add to the mixture. Add the Brandy and vanilla extract.
   3. Place the pecans in the pie shell and pour the custard filling over the pecans, the pecans will automatically float to the surface. Since nine inch pie shells vary in depth and thus volume, not all the custard filling may fit.  By not mixing the pecans into the custard filling you will possibly prevent throwing away extra custard filling containing pecans.
   4. Place in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 325°F (160°C) and bake until the center of the pie is set and no longer trembles when touched, about 65 minutes.

[gnash]

oooh, stop, you're making me hungry....! it's rainy and wet out,,,, i could really go for a warm slice of pecan pie right now, with or without the NFCS, or whatever it's called.

[Castro]

Hey, Killersmom, thanks for the pecan pie recipes.  I gather you haven't had a chance to try them yet yourself, since you're not making a recommendation either way!

But the reference to custard got me thinking, in a roundabout sort of way.  Starting with the fact that I'm in no way a serious cook.  Anyhow, I was thinking: why not a nut crust, filled with some sort of custard/pudding, with maybe more nuts on top?  I have walnuts on hand, and pecans being a luxury item I'd experiment first with walnuts.  And there are a lot of pudding pies made from boxed puddings, instant or cooked.  (They have a tendency to include Cool Whip, and I do draw the line there, but that's about all I shun.)  Most but not all these are unbaked fillings.  Some verge on being cheesecakes. 

Anyhow, I downloaded a bunch of these recipes and will brood over the collection a bit.  Starting with the nut crust, how about a lemon filling, with maybe some lemon zest in it,  and some nuts gussying up the top... 

[Marz]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1337022/Jamie-Olivers-30-Minute-Meals-fastest-selling-nonfiction-book-ever.html

well done Jamie
im getting the book for christmas as i need to learn to cook before i move out, i dont wanna just live off toast and take aways!

[chapeaugris]

I just read this hilarious parody of Anthony Bourdain in which he visits Narnia for his show No Reservations.

"I’m crammed into a burrow so small that my knees are up around my ears and the boom mike keeps slamming into my head, inhaling the potent scent of toffee-apple brandy and trying to drink a talking mouse under the table."

http://archiveofourown.org/works/137185

[dahlia]

Since Sara (Cally) was asking about my Christmas menu, here it is


Entrees (cold): - veal Galantina with black Truffle (Galantina is a kind of Bologna - you know what Bologna is? like a big sausage. But this one  is made with veal instead of pork)
- salmon with red pepper
- various vegetables
- home-made (by yours truly) fragrant onion-and-herb-bread

First course:

- cappelletti (tiny fresh home-made - by my mother-in-law - ravioli with ricotta inside)


Main course:

Beef filet in a savoury bread crust

Dessert:

Panettone milanese

[fritzkep]

*mouth watering*

[Cally]

Since Sara (Cally) was asking about my Christmas menu, here it is


Entrees (cold): - veal Galantina with black Truffle (Galantina is a kind of Bologna - you know what Bologna is? like a big sausage. But this one  is made with veal instead of pork)
- salmon with red pepper
- various vegetables
- home-made (by yours truly) fragrant onion-and-herb-bread

First course:

- cappelletti (tiny fresh home-made - by my mother-in-law - ravioli with ricotta inside)


Main course:

Beef filet in a savoury bread crust

Dessert:

Panettone milanese

It all sounds absolutely delicious - but what a lot of courses!

Is Milanese panettone different from 'ordinary' panettone?

[Sason]

Sounds delicious, Daniela!!

[dahlia]

Is Milanese panettone different from 'ordinary' panettone?

It is junt meant to stress that the recipe must be the original one, as it was (the legend goes) invented by an ingenious cook at the Court of Ludovico il Moro.

The planned dessert had burnt in the oven, so the young cook took up whatever ingredients he found (flour, eggs, sugar, raisins, candies and yeast) and made up a sweet bread:

Pan de Toni (bread of Toni) hence its name.

[Cally]

Molto interessante - grazie, Daniela .