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Monday, December 18, 2023

Brie & Cranberry Crinkle Pie

Brie & Cranberry Crinkle Pie
Festive Party Appetizer, Easy To Make!

Difficulty: Easy

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes




Ingredients

12 Filo /Phyllo pastry sheets

1 stick unsalted butter, melted

round if triple cream Brie, cut sliced thin

1 cup pre-made cranberry sauce/relish

4 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup heavy cream

fresh thyme leaves

salt

pepper


 Cooking Tools

Non-stick sheet pan

Small mixing bowl

Pastry Brush


 

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F. Take one sheet of filo dough and using a pastry brush butter entire sheet then push together one end to another like an accordion, place on a greased baking sheet. Use a damp towel to cover filo dough so it does not dry out. Repeat with all the sheet and place one after the other. Wedge slices of Brie in between the filo dough randomly. add dollops of cranberry sauce in between the filo dough randomly . In a mixing bowl, whisk eggs, milk, cream, salt, pepper and pour over the filo evenly then sprinkle with thyme leaves. Bake in oven for 30 minutes, remove from oven and cool before cutting into squares.

Yields 1 pan

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Banana Pudding ice Cream

Banana Pudding Ice Cream
Rich And Creamy & Decadent
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: No cooking required
Chilling Time: 8+ hours



Ingredients
2 bananas, diced
3 cups heavy cream
1 cup whipped cream cheese
1 box instant vanilla pudding
1 can sweetened condensed milk 
1 cup Cool Whip
2 tsp vanilla extract with vanilla bean
10 Pepperidge Farm Chessman cookies, broken into chunks + topping
Waffle cones (optional)
Cooking Tools
Ice cream maker
Large mixing bowl
Electric hand mixer
Ice cream scoop

Directions
Prepare in advance the ice cream maker according to manufacturers directions, which could take several hours to overnight.  In a mixing bowl, add; cream, pudding mix, whipped cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, Cool whip, vanilla extract and use hand mixer until smooth. Fold in the bananas and pour ingredients into the prepared ice cream container for churning. Add in cookie chunks towards the end of churning as the ice cream solidifies. Either remove ice cream into a container or use the ice cream maker container with cover and place in freezer to solidify some more to a ice cream like state. 

Serves 6 



Sunday, December 3, 2023

Spicy Butter Garlic Noodles

Spicy Butter Garlic Noodles
A Fusion Of Italian Pasta With Asian Flavors, A Recipe From
Marion Grasby!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients 
2 servings of cooked Spaghetti noodles
2/3 cup unsalted butter
4-5 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp red pepper chili flakes
2 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 1/2 tbsp Oyster sauce
3 Tbsp finely grated Parmesan cheese
Garnish
1/4 cup slice green onions 

Garlic Oil
Ingredients 
4 Tbsp Olive oil
6 garlic cloves sliced
pinch of red pepper chili flakes

Cooking Tools 
Stock pot
Large non-stick pan

 



Directions 
To make the garlic oil, add; olive oil, sliced garlic and chili flakes in a non stick pan and cook on low heat until garlic turns slightly golden. Remove from heat and pour into a small jar for later.  cook pasta according to directions, while the pasta is cooking in the frying pan add; butter, garlic, chili flakes.  Cook until garlic is softened on medium heat then add soy sauce and oyster sauce, cook for additional few minutes. Add cooked pasta to the sauce directly, reserve some pasta water to thin out the sauce if necessary. let the pasta absorb the sauce as you toss. and remove from heat. Sprinkle in the Parmesan cheese and the the Garlic oil. Place noodles in serving dishes and top with sliced green onions and drizzle with more oil.

Serves 2