Corny recipe that you can mix and match to your mood
Apr 13, 2011 Uncategorized
I like a good corn muffin with my chili or just slathered in more butter than my diet allows or a doctor would recommend.
I like to play with the recipe a bit every time I make a new batch. Sometimes spicier. Sometimes cheesier. Sometimes just plain.
It all depends on your mood.
Muffins are fun to play with because you can mix and match flavors and get something that coordinates well with your mood. Give it a try.
Spicy Cheesy Muffins
1-3/4 cups of flour
1/4 cup of cornmeal
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 tsp of pepper
1/2 cup of cheddar cheese (and/or other cheeses)
3 tablespoons of unsalted butter, chilled and cut into pieces
1-1/4 cups of buttermilk
4 teaspoon of green chiles, chopped
1 large egg
1/4 cup of cornmeal
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 tsp of pepper
1/2 cup of cheddar cheese (and/or other cheeses)
3 tablespoons of unsalted butter, chilled and cut into pieces
1-1/4 cups of buttermilk
4 teaspoon of green chiles, chopped
1 large egg
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and prepare a muffin pan with baking spray or oil.
- Combine the flour, the corn meal, the baking powder, the salt, the baking soda and the pepper. Combine well and add a bit more than half of the cheese and all of the butter. Combine all this again – just until the butter is the size of peas and the mixture looks like coarse meal. Do not overmix it.
- In a different bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, the chiles and the egg, until it’s all incorporated. Make a well in the center of the flour in the bowl, and pour the liquid into the flour. Stir it all together just until the flour is moistened. Again, do not over mix this stuff
- Fill the tins about three-quarters full and sprinkle the remaining cheese over the muffins.
- Bake on the top shelf of the oven for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the muffins cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then remove the muffins to a cooling rack.
Vegetarian.
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Now we’ve fried everything I never thought I would…
Feb 25, 2011 Uncategorized
Steve and I were at a restaurant the other day, enjoying a Christmas gift card from a friend when he noticed “fried lasagna” on the menu. He wasn’t feeling adventurous and their offering was not vegetarian, so neither of us ordered it.
Later, however, Steve’s love of fried food got the better of him and he asked if I try to make some…even a vegetarian version would do.
At home, I made up a sauce and gathered up an assortment of pasta and set about figuring an easy, inexpensive recipe.
No bake noodles are stiff and inflexible so they won’t work. More traditional noodles would work, but they are a little too wet and a bit harder to work with than the option I finally settled on.
Egg roll wrappers – those sheets of pasta you usually fill with veggies and deep fry for an Oriental side dish – are the perfect pasta for frying a lasagna dish.
Give these a try as an appetizer or a main dish with some roasted veggies on the side.
Fried Lasagna
12 egg roll wrappers, cut in half
15 ounces of ricotta cheese
8 ounces of mozzarella cheese
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon of oregano
1/2 teaspoon of thyme
1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/4 cup of marinara sauce
1/2 cup of flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup bread crumbs
- Mix the ricotta, mozzarella and two of the eggs into a fluffy, smooth mixture. Add the oregano, thyme and nutmeg.
- Drizzle a teaspoon of sauce on a 1/2 sheet of pasta
- Put about a teaspoon and a half of the cheese mixture across three-quarters of the length of the pasta sheet.
- Roll the sheet along the short end into a loose roll.
- Dredge in the flour, then the egg and, finally, the bread crumbs.
- Drop 2 or 3 at a time into 350 degree oil. Fry for 3 minutes and remove to an absorbent surface.
- Serve with marinara sauce on the side for dipping.
Vegetarian.
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