Easter Bunny Biscuits

April 1st, 2010 1 comment

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Ingredients:

  • 4 oz (100g) butter
  • 6oz (150g) plain flour
  • 2oz (50g) light muscovado sugar
  • half a tsp. (2.5ml) ground cinnamon
  • Grated rind of one lemon
  • The yolk of one large egg
  • 2-3 tbsp. Water
  • currants and marshmallows to decorate

Preparation:

  1. Preheat oven to 350F, Gas mark 4, 180C
  2. cut the butter into small cubes and mix with the flour in a mixing bowl until like fine breadcrumbs
  3. Stir in the muscovado sugar, ground cinnamon and the grated lemon rind
  4. Stir in the egg yolk and enough water to mix into a soft dough
  5. Knead dough on a floured surface until smooth then roll out a quarter inch (0.5cm) thick
  6. Cut out biscuits with a rabbit cutter or make a template and cut out biscuits with a knife
  7. Place on un-greased baking sheets and bake for 10-15 minutes until a pale golden colour
  8. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely
  9. Decorate with currants for eyes and marshmallows for tails, fixing them with a little decorating icing

Love For Cheese

March 24th, 2010 1 comment


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Butter or margarine – try neither

We have been adding butter to recipes for generations. It has not only become an ingredient to many recipes, but it also makes a great addition to topping bread. The truth is, butter is made from milk that contains saturated fat from animal products.

Saturated fats may keep their form nicely sitting in your refrigerator, but they are the main culprits when it comes to high cholesterol and inflammation of the arteries, which lead to heart disease. Margarine on the other hand is an artificial trans fat created from vegetable oils.

These trans fats are actually worse on your body than the fats from butter. Trans fats may also effect your immune system and susceptibility to asthma and allergies.

So what other alternatives to butter and margarine are there to reduce unhealthy fats that cause havoc on our bodies?

  • Olive, canola, and grape seed oils are all healthy alternatives for cooking and do not contain saturated or trans fats.
  • Replace the butter added to baked potatoes with salsa. It is a great away to spice it up and is full of vegetables that are good for you.
  • Instead of adding butter or margarine to vegetables, sprinkle lemon juice, nutmeg, or olive oil over food for added flavour without the added unhealthy fats.
  • Mix up olive oil with vinegar for a bread dipping alternative.
  • Use walnut oil to add flavour to cinnamon toast.
  • Some soft margarine comes in an alternative option that shows trans-fat-free on the label.

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Chicken Tequila Fettucine

March 24th, 2010 No comments

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound dry spinach fettucine
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic
  • 2 tablespoons minced jalapeno pepperCM Capture 4
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup chicken stock
  • 2 tablespoons gold tequila
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 1/4 pounds chicken breast, diced 3/4 inch
  • 1/4 medium red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 medium red bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 medium yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 medium green bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy cream

Preparation:

Prepare rapidly boiling, salted water to cook pasta; cook until al dente, 8 to 10 minutes. Toss with a little oil and set aside. Cook 1/3 cup cilantro, garlic and jalapeno in 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes. Add stock, tequila, and lime juice. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until reduced to a paste like consistency; set aside.

Pour soy sauce over diced chicken; set aside for 5 minutes. Meanwhile cook onion and peppers, stirring occasionally, with remaining butter over medium heat for 3−4 minutes. Add chicken and soy sauce; toss and add reserved tequila/lime paste and cream. Bring the sauce to a boil; boil gently until chicken is cooked through and sauce is thick (about 3 minutes). When sauce is done, toss with well−drained spinach fettucine and remaining cilantro.

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TGI Firday’s Au Gratin Potatoes

March 23rd, 2010 2 comments

Ingredients:

  • 4 large baking potatoes
  • 3 cups Bechamel sauce (recipe below)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
  • 3/4 cup grated Mozzarella cheese
  • 1/4 cup grated Colby cheese

Bake potatoes in the oven at 400 degrees until completely cooked. Cool for 30 minutes at room temperature, then slice into 1/2″ thick rounds. Mix together the Bechamel sauce, salt and white pepper. Add remaining ingredients.
Fold in potatoes. Place mixture in covered baking dish in a 300F oven for 1hour, or until potatoes are hot all the way through. Remove the cover and allow potatoes to brown.

Bechamel Sauce:

  • 1 quart half & half
  • 2 ounces of flour
  • 2 ounces clarified butter
  • salt and pepper to taste

In a saucepan, combine the flour and butter. Cook over a low flame, for about 15 minutes until the mixture begins to bubble. Stir frequently so the roux doesn’t color. Gradually add the half & half, stirring out the lumps as it thickens. After the entire amount of half & half has been added, cook for 45 minutes over a low flame, stirring occasionally to keep the mixture from sticking to the saucepan. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Berry Fondue

March 22nd, 2010 No comments


As a great treat for friends and family, Famous Restaurant Recipes has perfected a small fondue dish, that is not only great and taste and flavor but leaving you wanting and asking for more.

Ingredients:CM Capture 3

1 lb mixed summer fruits

4 oz / 1/2 cup caster sugar

pinch of mixed spice

6 tsp cornflour

biscuits, to serve


Preparation:

Put the fruits into a saucepan with the sugar and 5 fl oz of water, and cook very gently until tender. Crush the fruits slightly with a potato masher and add the mixed spice.

In a small bowl, blend the cornflour smoothly with a little water. Add to the fruit in the pan and cook until thickened, stirring all the time. Pour into a fondue pot and place over a burner to keep warm. Serve with biscuits (for example langue de chat). (Serves 4)

Our Famous Restaurant Recipes “Berry Blue Smoothie”

March 16th, 2010 1 comment
After a hard day at work, it gets a bit tiring and you feel beat all over. You come home you don’t feel like cooking, but your body is thirsty for something delicious, fresh that will boost your system right up to get you going through out the day. Berry Blue Smoothie is one  of my favourite Famous Restaurant Recipes that gives your body a shock of icy flavor freshness.


Check it out

Ingredients:

2 cups fresh or slightly thawed frozen blueberries
1 (8-ounces) container low fat vanilla yogurt
1 (6-ounces) cups milk
1 (12-ounces) can pineapple juice
3 tablespoons honey
12 to 16 ice cubes

Mixed Berry Smoothie
Preparation:

Place all ingredients, except the ice cubes, into container of electric blender and blend on high until smooth. With blender running, add 2 to 3 ice cubes at a time through the center opening in the lid until all ice cubes have been added. Blend until smooth. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.

Fire And Ice Chili

March 9th, 2010 No comments

One of our Famous Restaurant Recipes gets requested more then once, its delicious, a bit of fire and spice, and you always come back for seconds. It’s unique name is well known world wide, it has been a Secret Recipe for many years, but now here today at Famous Restaurant Recipes we are able to show you step by step the ingredients and the cooking techniques so you can enjoy the flavours at home in no time. Please check it out our Famous Recipe Kenny Rogers Fire-And-Ice Chili.


Ingredients:

1 20−ounce can pineapple chunks in syrup
2 pounds lean boneless pork roast cut into 1−inch cubes
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium yellow onion chopped (1/2 cup)
1 clove garlic minced
1 28−ounce can tomatoes cut up
1 6−ounce can tomato paste
1 4−ounce can diced green chili peppers drained
1 green pepper chopped 3/4 cup)
1 medium yellow onion chopped (1/2 cup)
2 cloves garlic minced 1/4 cup chili powder
4 teaspoons ground cumin
1 to 3 tablespoons seeded and finely chopped jalapeno pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt Chili toppers: sliced onions, sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese


Prepare:

1. Drain pineapple, reserving syrup.

2. In a Dutch oven, cook pork, half at a time, in hot olive oil till brown. Return all the meat to the pot. Add the first chopped onion and 1 clove garlic. Cook over medium heat till onion is tender, stirring occasionally.

3. Add the reserved pineapple syrup, undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, green chili peppers, the green pepper, 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic, chili powder, cumin, jalapeno pepper and salt.

4. Bring to boiling. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer the chili for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Add the pineapple chunks. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes more.

5. Let diners add their own toppers. Makes 8 to 10 servings.
Note: To increase the spiciness of the chili, add 2 more tablespoons of the jalapeno pepper.


A Simple Bruschetta Recipe

March 3rd, 2010 1 comment

Famous Restaurant Recipes are gaining popularity by encouraging people to love cooking at home at a fraction of the price on eating out in restaurants. There has been lots of demand for great Famous Restaurant Recipes specially recipes that major restaurants cook or create, now you are able to perform it at home in no time and impress your family.

What we do at Famous Restaurant Recipes, we take the ingredients of a regular recipe, we recreate it with more flavors, little bitof uniqueness and voila easy steps for you to successfully make it at home whitout  paying the high price tag at restaurants.

Many love Italian food. It’s very rich with mixtures of meat and sauces, excellent for gatherings and parties.

A simple Italian dish of the day from our Famous Restaurant Recipes you can prepare: Bruschetta

ingredients

1 ½ pounds of ripe tomatoes

2 tablespoons red onions “chopped”

2 cloves of garlic “minced”

¼ cup chopped fresh basil

2 tablespoon red wine vinegar

3 tablespoon of virgin oil

salt, peper, Parmesan shavings, Toasted crusty bread.

bruschetta

Prepare:

Remove the seeds out from the tomatoes after cutting inhalf, then into cubes and place in a bowl. Mix ingredients such as garlic,onions, vinegar, basil, salt, pepper and olive oil, leave it in room temperature for almost an hour. Prepare the toasted bread and apply olive oil. Scoop the tomato mixture allover the bread and sprinkle it with the Parmesan cheese and ready to serve.

Give this a try as we’d love to hear from you.

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Secrets To Famous Restaurant Recipes

February 24th, 2010 2 comments


Using the right quantities and combinations of herbs is one of the secrets to recreate some of the Famous Restaurant Recipes.  Chefs all across use different type of herbs to add unique flavour profile to their secret recipes.  I will show you some of these herbs and explain how they could be used successfully.

Basil one  of my favorites to use in soups or sauces through out the cooking process, it’s a sweet delicate herb that when used fresh can brown easily, so make sure to include it in at the end of the cooking.

Rosemary’s flavour is unmistakable, it’s woody and its strong aroma can easily overpower a dish, make sure you use it sparingly and it goes well with basil at the start of cooking, you can throw the entire stem in soups or remove the stem and crush them with salt, pepper and olive oil and rub them on a roast.
One great way to use it is to add it to your steak while pan searing it.

Dill is a sweet herb that can give you a light flavour to any famous restaurant recipe, take fish for example, finely chopping the dill to sprinkle on top of a salmon with lemon juice and baking it in the oven is a very simple recipe that highlights the dill and gives your fish the feeling of that secret recipe.

Ginger is a bit spicy with excellent healing powers to help reduce inflammation, used in cooking could easily overpower a dish, so use lightly.

Fresh herbs are essential to add different layer of flavors and enhancing your dishes to make any average cook look like a chef.  Using different combination and quantities of these herbs like top chefs due in their Famous Restaurant Recipes is very easy to do and any one can learn.