12 c flour
4 c water
1 1/2 T yeast
2 T sugar
1/4 c oil
1 T salt
brown sugar
cinnamon
raisins
butter
Dissolve yeast and sugarin water. Add remaining ingredients. Raise twice. Divide dough into four pieces. Roll out to 12 x 10″. Spread with butter, sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon, and raisins. Roll up like a jelly roll and place on pans. Raise again, then bake at 350 for about 20 to 30 minutes until done.
Posted in Breads, Breakfast, Carol and Bruce's Recipes, Cookbook V2
2 pkg dry yeast
¾ c + 3 T sugar
¼ t salt
¾ c butter
3 eggs, separated
2 ¾ c flour
1 pkg pitted dates, chopped
1 c chopped nuts
Dissolve yeast in ½ c warm water. Add 3 Tbsp sugar, salt, butter, egg yolks, and 1 c flour. Beat until blended. Stir in remaining flour and mix well. Cover tightly, refrigerate 2 hours.
Make meringue with egg whites and ¾ c sugar.
Divide dough in half, roll into rectangles. Spread with meringue, sprinkle with dates and nuts, and roll up as for jelly rolls. Seal edges and ends tightly.
Place on baking sheets, curving to form U-shapes. Let rise in a warm place 1 hour or until light to touch. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven, cool, frost with powder sugar maple icing if desired.
Posted in Breads, Breakfast, Carol and Bruce's Recipes, Cookbook V2
Flour
1 egg
2 Tbsp half and half
Cracker meal
Beat together the egg and half and half. Dredge the meat lightly in flour, then dip in the egg mixture. Drop into a bag of cracker meal to coat, shake off excess. Fry clams or oysters for about two minutes, crabs or fish until golden brown.
Crust
21 Oreos
1/4 c unsalted butter, room temp, cut into pieces
Mousse
12 oz semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
3 3/4 c whipping cream, chilled
1/4 c sugar
chocolate shavings (optional)
For crust: Preheat oven to 350. Butter 9″ springform pan with 2 3/4″ high sides. Finely grind cookies in food processor. Add butter and process until mixture is evenly moistened. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and up sides of prepared pan to form a thin crust. Bake crust 5 minutes. Transfer crust to a rack and cool completely.
For Mousse: Combine chocolate, vanilla, and salt in processor. Bring 1 c cream to boil in heavy small saucepan. With processor running, gradually pour hot cream through the feed tube and process until chocolate is melted and smooth. Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
Beat 2 cups cream and sugar in large bowl to stiff peaks. Fold into chocolate mixture. Pour mousse into prepared crust. Chill until set, about six hours. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.)
Beat remaining 3/4 c cream in a medium bowl to firm peaks. Transfer to pastry bag fitted with medium star tip. Pipe rosettes of cream around edge of cake. Garnish with chocolate shavings.
Posted in Cookbook V2, Desserts, Ellen and Charles's Recipes
Spring Rolls
2 oz cellophane noodles (bean thread noodles)
1 ½ T rice vinegar
2 large Boston lettuce leaves, washed and dried
8 8” rounds rice paper, plus additional in case of tearing
2 T peanuts, dry roasted, crushed
1 scallion, julienned in 2” strips
¼ c carrot, finely shredded
1/3 c cabbage or cucumber, finely shredded
¼ c fresh basil leaves, Thai basil preferable, washed and dried
¼ c fresh mint leaves, washed and dried
¼ c fresh coriander leaves, washed and dried
Sauce
3 garlic cloves, minced
¼ t dried hot red pepper flakes, or to taste
1 T vegetable oil
1 T tomato paste
3 T creamy peanut butter
3 T hoisin sauce
½ t sugar
¾ c water
In a bowl, soak noodles in very hot water to cover for fifteen minutes. Drain well in a colander. Reserve half of the noodles for another use. With scissors, cut remaining noodles into 3- to 4-inch lengths, and, in a small bowl, toss with vinegar and salt to taste.
Cut out and discard ribs from lettuce leaves, halving each leaf.
In a shallow baking pan or cake pan, soak two rounds rice paper in hot water to cover until very pliable, 45 seconds to 1 minute.
Carefully spread 1 soaked round on a paper towel, leaving remaining round in water, and blot with paper towels. Arrange 1 piece of lettuce leaf on bottom half of sheet, leaving a 1” border along the edge. Top lettuce with about ¼ of peanuts and ¼ of noodles, arranging them in a line across the lettuce. Top noodles with ¼ each of scallion, carrot, cabbage, and herbs. Roll up filling tightly in rice paper, folding insides after first roll to completely enclose filling, and continue rolling.
Spread remaining soaked rice paper round on paper towel and blot with another paper towel. Wrap rice paper around spring roll in the same manner. (Double wrapping covers and years and makes roll more stable and easier to eat.) Wrap spring roll in rinsed and squeezed paper towel and put in a resealable plastic bag. Make three more rolls with remaining ingredients in the same manner. Rolls may be made one day ahead and chilled, wrapped in wet paper towels in sealed plastic bag. Before serving, bring rolls to room temperature.
Discard paper towels. Halve rolls diagonally and serve with peanut sauce.
For sauce: In a small saucepan, cook garlic and red pepper flakes in oil over moderate heat, stirring, until garlic is golden. Whisk in remaining ingredients and bring to a boil, whisking. Simmer sauce, whisking, until thickened, about one minute. Sauce mave be made 3 days ahead and chilled, covered. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Posted in Cookbook V2, Ellen and Charles's Recipes, Entrees, Vegetarian
Tagged cabbage, carrot, cucumber, lettuce, nuts, peanuts, vegetables
1 c soft butter
1 c brown sugar
1 egg yolk
1 t vanilla
¼ t salt
2 c flour
2 c chopped walnuts
6 oz chocolate
Cream butter and sugar. Combine with everything but chocolate chips. Bake for 15 minutes in a 300 degree oven. Spread evenly onto a 10×15” cookie sheet. Toss on chocolate chips. Return to oven for five mintues. Remove and spread chocolate chips evenly over the cookie. Cool and cut.
Posted in Cookbook V2, Desserts, Ellen and Charles's Recipes
Vinaigrette
2 T red wine vinegar
1 t Dijon mustard
1 t minced shallots
½ t chopped fresh thyme
½ t minced garlic
1/3 c olive oil
Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
Salad
4 slices rustic bread, cut 1” thick
Olive oil
24 black olives, oil-cured
½ pint cherry tomatoes, cut in half
6 oz fresh mozzarella cheese, cubed
4 c salad greens
1 T pesto
¼ c fresh grated parmesan cheese
¼ c pine nuts, toasted
4 lemon wedges
For vinaigrette, combine vinegar, mustard, shallots, thyme, and garlic in a bowl. Slowly whisk in oil in a steady stream until dressing emulsifies. Season with salt and pepper, set aside.
Liberally brush both sides of bread with oil. Gill bread on both sides until golden and nicely marked by the heat. Remove, then use a serrated knife to cut into cubes. Put bread into serving bowl with the olives, tomatoes, mozzarella, and greens. Whisk the pesto into the vinaigrette. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well. There should be enough to soak into the bread, but the salad greens shouldn’t be drenched.
Divide the salad among four plates. Scatter with parmesan cheese and pine nuts. Serve with lemon and fresh ground pepper.
Posted in Cookbook V2, Ellen and Charles's Recipes, Salads
1 lb mushrooms
2 beef or vegetable bouillon cubes
½ stick butter
½ c hot water
2 T flour
½ c cream
1/8 t salt
Dash pepper
½ c bread crumbs
1 c parmesan cheese
Saute the mushrooms in butter. Dissolve beef cubes in water. Melt butter and blend with flour. Add cream, salt, pepper, and beef broth. Add this to mushrooms. Top with cheese and bread crumb mixture before baking. Bake in buttered casserole for 30 minutes at 350.
Posted in Carol and Bruce's Recipes, Cookbook V2, Sides, Vegetarian
1 loaf white bread, firm, sliced thin
1 c mayonnaise
1 c sweet onion, minced fine
¼ c brown sugar
With 1 ½” round cutter, cut three rounds out of each bread slice. Spread each round with a thin coating of mayonnaise and sprinkle with onion. Add a dab of mayonnaise and a sprinkle of brown sugar.
Preheat broiler. Place canapés under broiler till heated through and toasted. Makes about 80.
Posted in Appetizers and Dips, Carol and Bruce's Recipes, Cookbook V2
Tagged onion
Clam juice
Soy sauce
White wine
Salmon
Ginger (fresh)
Green onion
Use equal parts clam juice, soy sauce, and a little more than equal white wine. Combine and pour over salmon and bring to a boil on the stove top.
Add fresh ginger and green onion and bake in a 350 oven until done.
Notes: JP’s is one of our favorite restaurants here on the Cape, and we often order the salmon.