Barefoot Contessa Salted Caramels ~ Fleur de Sel Caramels

by 👩‍🍳 Cooking With a Southern Vibe in Music City USA 👩‍🍳, March 14, 2011

 


Ingredients

  • Vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon fine fleur de sel, plus extra for sprinkling
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions

Prep the pan.

Line an 8-inch-square baking pan with parchment paper, allowing it to drape over 2 sides, then brush the paper lightly with oil.

Boil the sugar.

In a deep saucepan (6 inches wide and 4 1/2 inches deep), combine 1/4 cup water, the sugar and corn syrup and bring them to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil until the mixture is a warm golden brown. Don't stir -- just swirl the pan.

Heat the cream.

In the meantime, in a small pot, bring the cream, butter and 1 teaspoon of fleur de sel to a simmer over medium heat. Turn off the heat and set aside.

Finish the caramel.

When the sugar mixture is done, turn off the heat and slowly add the cream mixture to the sugar mixture. Be careful -- it will bubble up violently. Stir in the vanilla with a wooden spoon and cook over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes, until the mixture reaches 248 degrees F (firm ball) on a candy thermometer.

Fill the pan.

Very carefully (it's hot!) pour the caramel into the prepared pan and refrigerate for a few hours, until firm.

Cut the caramel.

When the caramel is cold, pry the sheet from the pan onto a cutting board. Cut the square in half.

Roll it up.

Starting with a long side, roll the caramel up tightly into an 8-inch-long log.

Cut into pieces.

Sprinkle the log with fleur de sel, trim the ends and cut into 8 pieces. (Start by cutting the log in half, then continue cutting each piece in half until you have 8 equal pieces.) It's easier to cut the caramels if you brush the knife with flavorless oil like corn oil.

Wrap the candies.

Cut glassine or parchment paper into 4-by-5-inch pieces and wrap each caramel individually, twisting the ends. Store in the refrigerator and serve the caramels chilled.

Source:  Ina Garten for Food Network Magazine

 

Seana's Salsa Deviled Eggs

by 👩‍🍳 Cooking With a Southern Vibe in Music City USA 👩‍🍳, March 13, 2011

 

My friend, Seana, from Napa Valley, sent me her much loved recipe for Salsa Deviled Eggs.  Can't wait to try it, has to be a winner, Seana is a world class cook.  ~ jan

SALSA DEVILED EGGS

Makes 20

10 hard boiled, extra large eggs, peeled, halved

1/3 cup mayonnaise

1 tsp Dijon mustard

1/4 cup finely chopped, drained, oil packed sun-dried tomatoes

1 Tbsp finely chopped pickled jalapeno peppers

6 green onions, thinly sliced

6 Kalamata olives, pitted and chopped

Remove yolks from eggs and place in medium bowl. Blend in mayonnaise and mustard. Stir in all remaining ingredients. Spoon mixture into pastry bag fitted with large plain or star tip. Pipe mixture into egg white halves. (Can be prepared 4 hours ahead. Cover tightly and refrigerate.)

Triple Threat Coconut Cream Pie

by 👩‍🍳 Cooking With a Southern Vibe in Music City USA 👩‍🍳, March 08, 2011


1 Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crust, softened as directed on box
1 can (13 1/2 oz) coconut milk, shaken well
1/2/ cup plus 1 tablespoon sweetened shredded or flaked coconut, toasted
1 cup whole milk
1/2 vanilla bean, split (or 1 teaspoon vanilla)
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 large egg yolks
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into four pieces

Topping

1-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, well chilled
1-1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons dark rum (or 1 teaspoon vanilla)
1/4 cup sweetened shredded or flaked coconut, toasted
1 oz white chocolate, shave
  1. Heat oven to 450°F.
  2. Unroll pie crust onto cooking parchment or wax paper. Brush a small amount of coconut milk onto dough (just enough to moisten it). Sprinkle 1/2 tablespoon of the toasted coconut evenly on dough, then press it lightly into dough, just enough to make it stick.
  3. Sprinkle 1/2 tablespoon toasted coconut onto bottom of 9-inch pie plate, then form dough into plate. Prick bottom and side with fork. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown. Cool.
  4. Heat the remaining coconut milk, the whole milk, 1/2 cup toasted coconut, vanilla bean, 1/3 cup of the sugar and the salt to a simmer in 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, about 5 minutes to dissolve sugar.
  5. In a separate large bowl, with whisk, beat the egg yolks, remaining 1/3 cup sugar and the cornstarch until well combined. Gradually beat the simmering liquid into the yolk mixture to temper it, then return the entire mixture to saucepan, scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula. Discard vanilla bean.
  6. Heat the mixture to a simmer over medium heat, beating constantly with whisk, 5 to 6 minutes or until mixture is thickened.
  7. Remove from heat; beat in the coconut extract and butter. Pour into the cooled crust; press a sheet of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the filling and refrigerate until the filling is cold and firm, at least 3 hours or overnight.
  8. Just before serving, beat the cream and sugar in a chilled bowl using electric mixer at medium speed until soft peaks form. Add the rum and continue to beat until slightly stiff peaks are formed. Spread or pipe the whipped cream over the chilled filling. Sprinkle 1/4 cup toasted coconut and shaved chocolate over the top. Store in refrigerator.
Makes 8 servings
Source:  You sweet talker, Betty Crocker...

Ooey Gooey Choco Peanut Butter Cups

by 👩‍🍳 Cooking With a Southern Vibe in Music City USA 👩‍🍳, March 08, 2011

 

INGREDIENTS
1
roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated peanut butter cookies
1
cup Hershey's® premier white baking chips (6 oz)
1 1/2
cups JIF® Creamy Peanut Butter
1
cup Hershey's® semi-sweet baking chips (6 oz)
4
Nature Valley® oats 'n honey crunchy granola bars (2 pouches from 8.9-oz box), crushed (3/4 cup)*

Muffulettas

by 👩‍🍳 Cooking With a Southern Vibe in Music City USA 👩‍🍳, March 07, 2011


Ingredients
  • 2  cups olive salad
  • 1  (16-ounce) French bread loaf, split horizontally
  • 1/2  pound  sliced hard salami
  • 1/2  pound  sliced cooked ham
  • 6  Swiss cheese slices
  • 6  thin provolone cheese slices
Preparation
Spread 1 cup Olive Salad evenly on bottom half of bread; layer as desired with salami, ham, and cheeses, and spread with remaining Olive Salad. Cover with bread top. Cut crosswise into sandwiches.

Southern Living, JULY 1998

Olive Salad

Ingredients
  • 1  (1-quart) jar mixed pickled vegetables
  • 1  purple onion, quartered (optional)
  • 1  (16-ounce) jar pitted green olives, drained
  • 2  (2 1/4-ounce) cans chopped ripe olives, drained
  • 1/4  cup  chopped pepperoncini peppers
  • 2  tablespoons  capers
  • 1  tablespoon  minced garlic
  • 1/2  cup  olive oil
  • 1 1/2  teaspoons  dried parsley flakes
  • 1  teaspoon  dried oregano
  • 1  teaspoon  dried basil
  • 1/2  teaspoon  ground black pepper
  • 1  (7.25-ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained and coarsely chopped (optional)
Preparation
Drain pickled vegetables, reserving 1/4 cup liquid.
Pulse pickled vegetables, onion, if desired, and next 10 ingredients in a food processor until coarsely chopped. Stir in reserved vegetable liquid and, if desired, roasted red peppers; cover and chill 8 hours. Chill leftover mixture up to 2 weeks.
Note: We used mixed pickled vegetables that contained cauliflower, onion, carrot, pepper, and celery.

Salzburger Nockerl

by 👩‍🍳 Cooking With a Southern Vibe in Music City USA 👩‍🍳, March 01, 2011

 

FOR BATTER:

6 egg white

4 egg yolks

3 tablespoon sugar

1 1/2 tablespoons flour, sifted

1 whole lemon zest

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

FOR 10 INCH OVAL SKILLET:

1 oz. butter

2 tablespoons heavy cream

2 tablespoons raspberry marmalade

powdered sugar, before service

Heat oven to 475 degrees.

PREPARATION OF SKILLET:

Heat an oval skillet and add butter, cream and

raspberry marmalade .

Stir and mix well until skillet and mixture are hot.

PREPARATION OF BATTER:

Beat the egg whites until stiff,

and bring in slowly 3 tablespoons of sugar,

while the mixer is running.

Last bring in the vanilla extract.

Remove mixing bowl with the egg whites

and fold in by hand with a wire whisk the egg yolks, flour and lemon zest.

Mix as little as possible.

With spatula form four individual nockerl, one at the time,

and place into the hot skillet on top of the hot raspberry mixture.

BAKING:

Bake in hot oven for 9 to 10 minutes.

Nockerl should still be soft in the center.

Remove from oven and top with powdered sugar and serve at once,

(otherwise the nockerl will collapse)

on hot two plates (two per person).

 

Recipe Source:  Rudy Lechner's Restaurant and Bar

 

Thanks Carlene for telling me about this unusual recipe..

 


Alton Brown's Baked Macaroni & Cheese

by 👩‍🍳 Cooking With a Southern Vibe in Music City USA 👩‍🍳, February 21, 2011

 

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound elbow macaroni
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1 tablespoon powdered mustard
  • 3 cups milk
  • 1/2 cup yellow onion, finely diced
  • bay leaf
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 large egg
  • 12 ounces sharp cheddar, shredded
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • Fresh black pepper

Topping:

  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup panko bread crumbs

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente.

While the pasta is cooking, in a separate pot, melt the butter. Whisk in the flour and mustard and keep it moving for about five minutes. Make sure it's free of lumps. Stir in the milk, onion, bay leaf, and paprika. Simmer for ten minutes and remove the bay leaf.

Temper in the egg. Stir in 3/4 of the cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Fold the macaroni into the mix and pour into a 2-quartcasserole dish. Top with remaining cheese.

Melt the butter in a saute pan and toss the bread crumbs to coat. Top the macaroni with the bread crumbs. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and rest for five minutes before serving.

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