Title: PARIS BREST
Categories: Desserts, Pastries, Masterchefs, Norleans, L16
Yield: 4 servings

1 x Pastry Cream **
2 c Water
1 c Butter
1 pn Salt
1 1/2 c Flour
7 lg Eggs
1 tb Sugar, powdered, to dust
Almonds, slivered

** See recipe for Pastry Cream.

Boil water in a pan with butter and salt.

Add flour all at once and beat vigorously until dough pulls away
from the sides of the pan and forms a ball.

Off the heat, beat in eggs, one or two at a time, until
incorporated and smooth.

Put mixture into a pastry bag and pipe in a circle on a buttered
and lightly floured baking sheet. Make another circle just inside the
first, and a third on top of the first two.

Preheat oven to 375 F.

Paint with melted butter and top with almonds.

Place it in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.

Remove and cool on a cake rack.

When cool, split horizontally and fill bottom ring with pastry
cream. Replace top ring and dust with powdered sugar.

Note: The preceding recipe is a basic pate a choux, or cream puff
pastry, and it may be used in other recipes.

Source: Great Chefs of New Orleans, Tele-record Productions – 1983
: – 747 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
: Chef Daniel Bonnot, Louis XVI Restaurant,
: Marie Antoinette Hotel, New Orleans

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Basic Chicken Marinade

Recipe By : Marinades by Jim Tarantino
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Chicken Specialties Garlic! Wonderful Garlic!
Healthy And Hearty Make Ahead
Marinades Bastes Timesavers-30 Minutes Or Les
Outdoor Grilling Roasting Skillet Dishes

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup canola oil
3 cloves garlic — pressed
1/4 cup fresh parsley — chopped
1 teaspoon dried oregano
kosher salt — to taste
black peppercorns — freshly ground

Combine the orange juice, lemon juice, mustard, and worcestershire in a
nonreactive mixing bowl. Whisk in the oil a little at a time. Add the
garlic, parsley, oregano, salt and pepper.

Makes about 1-1/2 cups.

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Serving Ideas : Chicken breasts (3-4 hours), chicken wings (4-6 hours).

NOTES : This combination of citrus, mustard, and herbs, is one of the author’s
favorite year round recipes for chicken breasts. This marinade is perfect for
the grill or the skillet.

Title: CHILI STEAK
Categories: Tex-mex, Chili, Steak
Yield: 6 servings

3 lb Rump or round steak, 1 inch
1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Pepper
2 ea Cl Garlic, crushed
3 tb Shortening
1/2 c Green pepper, chopped
1/2 c Onion, chopped
1 1/2 c Texas red or original san an
1/2 c Strong black coffee

Fat grams per serving: Approx. Cook
Time: 1 hr Cut steak into six servings. Mix salt,
pepper, and crushed garlic; season both sides of steak
with mixture. Let stand in a dish (glass or pottery)
for about 1 hour. Pat steaks dry and fry in the
shortening until browned, turning once. Remove from
pan. Cook green pepper and onion in pan until soft;
add chili and coffee. Return steaks to pan ; bring to
a boil. Reduce temperature, cover and cook 45 minutes.
Serve with rice. Makes 6 servings.
There’s a lot of good things that chili goes with, or
on, or in. Like tortillas. Tamales. Sourdough bakin’s.
Cornbread. Beer bread. Texas Toast. Eggs. Hash. Ground
beef. Steak. And you can fancy up chili with opnions,
green peppers, tomatoes, avocado or guacamole, and
different kinds of cheese. You get the idea. chili’s
not only one of the best eatin’ ideas there ever was,
but one of the best for satisfying all kinds of
tastes. From “Famous Chile Recipes from Marlboro
Country”.

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Lamb, Artichoke and ROasted Potato Salad

Recipe By : NY Times 5/21/95 Molly o’Neill
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Meat Salad
Vegetable

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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———— The Potatoes — ——————–
2 1/2 pounds small red popatoes — quartered
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 teaspoons fresh rosemary — chopped
1 teaspoon kosher salt — plus more to taste
freshly ground pepper — to taste
———— The Lamb — ——————–
1 teaspoon olive oil
8 lamb loin chops — boned and trimmed
2 1/2 tablespoons lemon vinaigrette — see recipe
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
freshly ground pepper — to taste
1 teaspoon Italian parsley — chopped
———— The artichokes — ——-
18 ounces frozen artichokes hearts — cooked and cooled
4 large fresh artichoke hearts, raw — very thinly sliced
10 ounces frozen baby lima beans — cooked and cooled
2 cloves garlic — peeled and minced
1/4 cup lemon vinaigrette — see recipe
2 teaspoons italian parsley — chopped
1 teaspoon kosher salt
freshly ground pepper — to taste
12 cups salad greens
3 tablespoons lemon vinaigrette — see recipe
1 1/2 cups imported black olives
1 1/2 cups Parmesan cheese — shaved

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Place the potatoes in a roasting pan and
toss with the olive oil and 2 teaspoons of rosemary. Roast until tender,
stirring from time to time, about 30 minutes. Let cool. Place in a bowl and
toss with the salt and pepper. Garnish with the remaining rosemary.

2. Heat the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add
the lamb and sear on all sides until medium-rare, about 4 minutes. Remove from
the skillet and cool. THinly slice the lamb and toss with the vinaigrette,
salt and pepper. Place ona platter and garnish with parsley.

3. Place the cooked and raw artichokes, lima beans and garlic in a bowl and
toss with the 1/4 cup vinaigrette. Toss in the parsley, salt and pepper.

4. Place the salad greens in a large bowl and toss with the 3 tablespoons
vinaigrette. Place the olives and Parmesan in separate bowls. Pass the dishes
separately, letting guests build their own salads.

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NOTES : Assembly Required- this recipe for a summer party where guests
assemble their own salad…Have platters of roast lamb with potatoes and
marinated artichokes. Of course, plates of marinated mushrooms, roasted
peppers, sliced tomatoes, cucumbers and cheese enable the guest to further
customize the meal.
THese are foods that people like to eat in summer. Tasty, appealing and
stylish.
One proviso: Group efforts tend to need reinforcement, like a sumptuous
dessert.
Mis-typed by Jane Rosenberg-Coombs 9/9/96

Title: OYSTER BEEF
Categories: Chinese, Beef
Yield: 4 servings

1 lb Beef flank steak,
-sliced thin across
-the grain
1 tb Light soy sauce
1 tb Dry sherry
1 pn Sugar
Black pepper, freshly
-ground, to taste
2 tb Oyster sauce
3 tb Peanut oil
1/2 ts Sesame oil
2 ea Green onions, slice
-Chinese style
1/2 ea Head iceberg lettuce
-shredded
1/8 c Chicken stock

Marinate the beef in the soy sauce, wine, sugar, black
pepper, and oyster sauce for 15 minutes. Heat a wok
and add 1 1/2 T of the peanut oil. Chow the meat
quickly on high heat, about 3 minutes. Remove from
the pan to a serving bowl. Heat the wok again and add
another 1 1/2 T peanut oil. Add the sesame oil and
green onions, and chow for a moment. Add the lettuce
and return the meat to the wok. Add the chicken stock
and cook for a moment while a sauce forms.

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FRUIT FREEZE

2 c mashed very ripe banana 2 T lemon juice
2 c orange juce 10 strawberries (opt)
1 c crushed pineapple in juice

Blend everything together. Pour into a 9″ square pan and freeze about
an hour. Beat and refreeze.
12 servings

PENUCHE FROSTING

Recipe By : BH G
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Pies, Cakes Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
3 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar

In saucepan melt butter; stir in brown sugar. Cook and stir till bubbly.
Remove from the heat. Add milk; beat vigorously till smooth. Add powdered
sugar; beat by hand till of spreading consistency. Immediately frost tops of
two 8 or 9″ cake layers or top of one 13 X 9″ cake.

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CRANBERRY-BRAN MUFFINS

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Muffins Vegetarian
Breads

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 1/4 c Low-Fat Milk, at room
-temperature
1 1/2 c All-Bran Cereal
1 Egg
1/4 c Unsulphured Molasses
1/4 c Canola or Olive Oil
1/4 c Pure Maple Syrup
1 c Whole Wheat Pastry Flour*
1/2 c Cake Flour (not self-rising)
1/2 c Wheat Germ
1 tb Baking Powder
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 c Walnuts, coarsely chopped
1 c Cranberries, finely chopped

Preheat the oven to 450 F. Spray 12 3-inch muffin
cups with cooking spray.

In a small bowl pour the milk over the bran cereal and
let it soften.

In a large bowl beat the egg well. Add the molasses,
olive or canola oils and maple syrup, and mix
thoroughly.

In another bowl combine the wheat pastry and cake
flours, wheat germ, baking powder and salt and stir to
blend. Add the walnuts and cranberries and mix well.

Fold the milk-soaked bran into the egg mixture, mixing
well. Pour the bran mixture over the dry ingredients,
and blend thoroughly. Spoon the batter into the
muffin cups, filling each one to the top, and bake for
20 to 25 minutes.

Yields: 1 dozen 3-inch muffins

* Available in health food stores

One Serving: üalories: 184 Dietary Fiber: 5.10 grams
Cholesterol: 18.8 milligrams Sodium: 168 milligrams
Fat: 8.56 grams

Source: Yankee, April 1993; Created by: John Carafoli

Shared by: Norman R. Brown

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Title: Wine Fruit Cup
Categories: Appetizers, Fruits
Yield: 6 servings

1 1/2 c White Wine; Dry
1 T Lemon Juice
1/4 t Salt
1/2 c Raisins; Golden Seedless
2 ea Nectarines, Sliced
1/2 c Sugar
1 1/2 t Anise Seed
1 ea Cinnamon Stick; Small
4 ea Purple Plums; Sliced

In an enameled or stainless steel saucepan, combine the wine, sugar,
lemon juice, anise seed, salt and sinnamon stick and bring to a boil.
Turn off heat and cool to room temperature. Combine the raisins,
plums, and peaches in a bowl and strain the cooled wine syrup over
them. Cover and refrigerate for several hours, stirring
occasionally. NOTE: This fruit cup can be served as a dessert also.

MMMMM

GRASSHOPPER PIE

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Pies Chocolate

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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JOYCE ALENSKIS XMXX58B
—–CRUST—–
1 1/2 cups Chocolate cookie crumbs
1/4 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Oleo — melted
—–FILLING—–
1 1/2 teaspoons Plain gelatin
1/3 cup Cream
4 Egg yolks
1/4 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Creme de menthe
1/4 cup Creme de cacoa
1/2 cup Whipping cream

Mix the crumbs, 1/4 c sugar and melted oleo. Line pie plate and bake at 450′
for 5 mins. Cool. Soften gelatin in cream over hot water. Cool. Beat sugar into
yolks. Add liquors, Add gelatin and mix well. Refrigerate for 15 mins until
slightly thickened. Whip cream and fold into thickened gelatin mixture. Pour
into cooled cookie crust and chill until firm. Crushed mint flavored chocolate
may be sprinkled on top. (I know about the salmonella problem in uncooked eggs,
but….it’s sooo good).I’ve used just Creme de menthe because I had no Creme
d’cacoa,on hand. From the Sharp Hospital, San diego,CA Christmas Recipe
booklet, 1st edition. Circa 1960

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