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May 16, 2014

Garlic Conversions

Filed under: Helpful Tips,Spices — Tags: , , , , , , , — Chef @ 10:23 am

So I was going through some information I had today and thought I would share this useful information.

1 Clove of Garlic =
1/2 teaspoon of Minced Garlic =
1/2 teaspoon of Dried Minced Garlic =
1/8 teaspoon of Garlic Powder

I hope this helps with some of the confusion.

May 15, 2014

Cincinnati Beer Cheese Dip

Filed under: Cooking Recipes,Dip — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm

Cincinnati Beer Cheese Dip

Florence
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Course Dip
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 3 - 6 oz packages sharp cheddar cheese -- softened
  • 1 1/2 ounces Roquefort or blue cheese
  • 2 tablespoons butter-- softened
  • 2 cloves garlic -- minced
  • 1 medium onion -- minced
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
  • 1/2 cup beer -- heated and slightly cooled (up to 1 cup)
  • 1 loaf round rye bread

Instructions
 

  • In a food processor mix cheese, butter, onion, garlic, Worcestershire and Tabasco.
  • Mix in enough beer until mixture is a good dipping consistency for bread chunks.
  • Refrigerate
  • Take a round pumpernickel loaf of bread and hollow out the center and add the mixture in the hollowed out section.
  • Use the pieces of bread you hollowed out of the bread as dipping bread.

Omelette with Cheese Sauce

Filed under: Cheese,Eggs,Sauce,Staff Favorites — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 11:04 am
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Omelette with Cheese Sauce

Florence
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Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 6 Strips of Bacon
  • 1 Medium Onion
  • 1/2 Sweet Bell Pepper - red for color
  • 3 Pieces of Deli Ham - Diced
  • 6 Eggs
  • 1/4 Milk
  • Salt & Pepper to Taste
  • Cheese Sauce

Instructions
 

  • Cook bacon and pat grease of it. Wrap in aluminum foil to keep warm.
  • Saute on medium heat the Onions, Peppers, and a pinch of salt in the bacon grease. When vegetables are almost cooked, put in the ham to warm it. After they have cooked and are tender, remove from pan and pat dry to remove the excess grease.
  • Whisk 6 eggs together with milk, salt and pepper.
  • Coat the pan with bacon grease and put eggs in the pan and cook omelette over medium heat. Turn over once when 1/2 way done.
  • Remove from pan and place onions, ham and pepper mixture in the middle.
  • Cover with cheese sauce and server with 3 strips of bacon.
  • Enjoy !

 

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Cheese Sauce

Filed under: Cheese,Sauce,Staff Favorites — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 11:03 am
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Cheese Sauce

Florence
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Course Sauce
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Tablespoons Butter
  • 2 Tablespoons Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/16 teaspoon Pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon Ground Mustard
  • 1 Cup Milk
  • 1 Cup grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese

Instructions
 

  • In medium sauce pan, melt butter over medium to high heat.
  • Add Flour, Pepper, Salt and Ground Mustard, whisk until well mixed with butter.
  • Whisk in milk and allow to thicken to your likeness.
  • Add cheese and make sure it is completely melted.
  • Server over vegetables, eggs or just about anything you want a cheese sauce on.

 

May 14, 2014

Lamb Curry

Filed under: Cooking Recipes,Lamb — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm

Lamb Curry

Florence
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Course Main
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 4 pounds boned lamb
  • 2 pounds onions
  • 8 large garlic cloves - minced
  • 1/2 cup coriander leaves -- chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh ginger root -- chopped
  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt
  • 2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 3 tablespoons ground coriander
  • 1 tablespoon kalonji -- nigella seeds
  • 3 tablespoons ghee
  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • 10 cardamom pods -- bruised
  • 2 teaspoons garam masala
  • 3 teaspoons salt and pepper -- to taste

Instructions
 

  • Trim off all excess fat and cut in to large cubes.
  • Slice onions in to thin slices, only cut up about 1 1/2 pounds.
  • In food processor blend together remaining onions, garlic, coriander, ginger, yogurt, chili powder, paprika, ground coriander and kaloni seeds and process until it is a smooth paste.
  • In large fry pan, heat ghee and oil and fry sliced onions until browned.
  • Remove onions from pan.
  • Put lamb in to pan, in small amounts batches, and stir-fry over high heat until browned.
  • Over medium heat a small amount of oil to pan if necessary and fry blended mixture, stirring, until you can smell all the spices popping. This will take approximately 20 minutes, but sometimes longer.
  • Return meat to pan, add cardamom pods and salt and pepper, stir until well mixed
  • Cover and cook over low heat until meat is almost tender, stirring occasionally
  • You can add a small amount of water if the dish becomes dry to help cooking.
  • When meat is tender and liquid almost absorbed, add garam masala and reserved fried onion slices
  • Cover pan and simmer gently for a few minutes more

May 13, 2014

Beer Cheese Spread

Filed under: Cooking Recipes,Spread — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm

Beer Cheese Spread

Florence
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Course Appetizer
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pounds sharp cheddar cheese
  • 2 cloves garlic -- mashed
  • 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • Tabasco sauce -- to taste
  • 1/2 bottle beer
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • Remove cheese from fridge and allow to come to room temperature.
  • Cut cheese in to small chunks and place in food processor.
  • Process until smooth.
  • Put in garlic, Worcestershire, mustard and Tabasco and blend well
  • Put in beer a little at a time and mix well. Add beer until the mixture is a firm spreading consistency.
  • Mix in salt.
  • Refrigerate until chilled.
  • Server with crackers and/or toasted rye bread.

May 12, 2014

Baking Powder Biscuits

Filed under: Biscuits,Cooking Recipes,Staff Favorites — Tags: , , , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm
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Baking Powder Biscuits

Florence
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Course Breads
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 Cup Shortening
  • 2 Cups Flour
  • 1 Tablespoon Sugar optional
  • 3 tsp. Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp. Salt
  • 3/4 Cup Milk

Instructions
 

  • Put shortening in bowl and add flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  • Cut shortening into flour mixture.
  • Add Milk and mix well.
  • Rollout on to floured surface and cut out with small juice glass.
  • Preheat oven to 450F
  • Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

 

May 11, 2014

Pork Sausage Gravy

Filed under: Pork,Sauce,Staff Favorites — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm

Pork Sausage Gravy

Florence
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Course Breakfast
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb. Pork Sausage
  • 1/3 Cup Corn Starch
  • 3 Cups Milk
  • 1/2 tsp. Salt
  • 1/4 tsp. Pepper

Instructions
 

  • Cook Sausage in frying pan. Do NOT drain grease.
  • Add Corn Starch to grease and stir well.
  • Add Milk, Salt and Pepper.
  • Simmer over medium head, until desired thickness is desired.
  • Serve over biscuits.

 

May 10, 2014

Sausage And Potato Mini-Turnovers

Filed under: Cooking Recipes,Pork,Potatoes — Tags: , , , , , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm

Sausage And Potato Turnovers

Florence
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Course Main
Cuisine Tex-Mex
Servings 40

Ingredients
  

  • **FILLING**
  • 1 large Potato
  • 1/2 pound Bulk Pork Sausage
  • 1 teaspoon Oregano
  • Salt -- to taste
  • **DOUGH**
  • 2 cups Masa Harina
  • 1 1/4 cups Warm water
  • Vegetable oil -- for deep-frying

Instructions
 

  • **FILLING**
  • Peel potato and cut in to small pieces to they cook fast.
  • In a saucepan boil potatoes in salted water for approximately 5 minutes or until tender.
  • In skillet cook pork sausage.
  • Add potato, oregano, and salt to taste and cook, stirring, 5 minutes
  • Cool filling completely
  • **DOUGH**
  • Line Baking sheets with wax paper
  • In bowl mix together masa harina and warm water until a dough forms.
  • Break off small pieces of dough and shape into about forty 1-inch balls
  • Place balls on baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap.
  • Roll out to approximately 2 1/2 inches wide.
  • Place 1 rounded teaspoon of filling in each Tortillas.
  • Heat grease to 375°F and deep fry turnovers for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown

May 9, 2014

Kentucky Derby Cheese Dip

Filed under: Cooking Recipes,Dip — Tags: , , , , , — Chef @ 9:26 pm

Kentucky Derby Cheese Dip

Florence
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Course Snack
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pounds grated sharp cheddar cheese
  • 1/2 medium onion -- chopped fine
  • 2 cloves garlic -- chopped fine
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 12 oz can flat beer

Instructions
 

  • In sauce pan, bring beer to a simmer.
  • Blend all ingredients in a food processor.
  • Chill for 2 hours.
  • Serve with crackers or or bread chunks.

White Bread

Filed under: Breads,Cooking Recipes,Staff Favorites — Tags: , , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm

White Bread

Florence
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Course Breads
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 6 to 7 Cups of Flour
  • 3 Tablespoons Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Salt
  • 2 Tablespoons Shortening
  • 4 1/2 teaspoons of Active Dry Yeast
  • 2 1/4 Cups Water 125°F

Instructions
 

  • Mix together Water, Sugar, Salt, Shortening and Yeast.
  • Let Yeast dissolve.
  • Add 6 Cups of flour mix with wooden spoon. After you have mixed it as much as you can, use your hands to make sure it is mixed well. If it is still too sticky, add 1/4 cup flour until it is no longer tacky.
  • Placed in greased bowl in warm place and let rise for 1 hour.
  • Punch down dough and shape in to two loaves and put in loaf pans.
  • Rise in loaf pans for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 425°F.
  • Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
  • Use a small amount of butter on the tops of the loaves when they come out to keep the tops of the bread soft

 

May 8, 2014

Sloppy Joes

Filed under: Beef,Cooking Recipes,Staff Favorites — Tags: , , , , , , , — Chef @ 3:00 pm
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Sloppy Joes

Florence
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Main
Cuisine American
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb. Ground Beef
  • 1 Tablespoon minced onion
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. minced garlic
  • 1/4 tsp. celery seed
  • 1 tsp. cornstarch
  • 1/4 tsp. dry mustard
  • 1/4 tsp. chili powder
  • 1/2 Cup Water
  • 8 Hamburger Buns

Instructions
 

  • Brown ground beef.
  • Add all spices to beef, including water.
  • Cook for approximately 10 minutes. Make sure the spices and water and beef are well cooked together.
  • Serve over Hamburg Buns.

 

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