Author: Robert Andrews

Eggs in Clouds

Tasty Here’s the recipe:
Separate the yolk from as any egg whites as you are making. In a chilled metal bowl, whisk the whites until stiff peaks form. Mix in whatever you want.

Spoon the whites into even piles on a baking sheet and create a well in the center of each pile with the back of the spoon.

Bake at 450F for 3 minutes.

Put a yolk in each well, bake another 3 minutes at 450F.

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German Apple Pancake

Sherry Bates Yes, a Dutch baby! Try whipping eggs in blender for a minute, sugar, add 1/4 cup milk and flour for each egg, a dash of nutmeg , vanilla, and blend another minute. Good with peaches too!

Sarah Thompson I’ve made these for years Rachel. Dutch babies are what my recipe calls them and they are awesome. I’ve made them with blueberries and peaches too. You could try berries and plums if you have them.

 

Cinnamon Rolls and Monkey Bread

Cinnamon Rolls and Monkey Bread

This is my own recipe.  Others will be similar, but this one will serve your well.  The batter is the same.  The difference is how the bread is assembled.  The first ten steps are the same.  The difference starts at Step Seven.

Monkey Bread allegedly gets its name because monkeys tend to clump together at night, so all you see are the tops of little monkey heads. Anyway, that’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it.

YEAST SPONGE

  • 3 TBL honey – optional:  granulated sugar
  • 2 TBL yeast
  • ½ C warm water – more or less

DRY INGREDIENTS

  • 2 C AP flour
  • 1 C whole wheat flour
  • 1/3 C granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp salt

1 extra C AP flour for Step 4 –  Set aside

WET INGREDIENTS

  • 1 C warm lowfat milk – more or less
  • 1 TBL
  • 2 TBL Grandpa’s CinnaSugar®
  • 2 TBL yeast
  • 6 TBL softened butter
  • 2 egg yolks
  • Egg white set aside for later use

FILLING

  • 1/3 C granulated sugar
  • 1/3 C dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 C heavy cream
  • 1/4 C Grandpa’s CinnaSugar®
  • 3 TBL softened butter
  • OPTIONAL:  Crushed Pecans
  • OPTIONAL:  3/4 C raisins or Craisins

FROSTING – OPTIONAL

  • 2.5 C confectioner sugar
  • 2 TBL softened butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp orange zest
  • whole milk – 1 tsp at a time

Alternately, you can use Pillsbury biscuit dough and cut each biscuit in quarters (half and then half again)

STEP BY STEP

  1. PREPARE YOUR SPONGE IN A SMALL GLASS BOWL
    • Combine sugar, yeast and warm water
    • Set aside for 15 minutes
    • If it does not get puffy and bubbly, throw it out.  Your yeast is too old.
  2. COMBINE DRY INGREDIENTS FOR DOUGH
    • Mix 3 C of your flours
  3. INITIAL COMBINATION OF WET AND DRY
    • Add your sponge and wet ingredients to the dry ingredients
    • Mix to combine
  4. SPOON IN DRY INGREDIENTS
    • Add your reserved flour spoon by spoon until the ball is formed and firm or until all the flour is gone.   The ball should be a little on the wet side
    • Add pecans or raisins – refrain from adding both
    • Knead by hand for 5-7 minutes more
    • Shape and put into greased bowl.  Cover bowl with plastic, and let dough rise for 30 minutes
  5. REFRIGERATE OVERNIGHT
    • This gives a chance for all of the flavors to completed combine
    • Alternately, let rise 4 hours on the counter
  6. NEXT MORNING PREPARE YOUR FILLING
    1. In Bowl #1 combine half your sugars plus half your CinnaSugar plus 1 stick melted butter.  This should be very wet.
    2. In Bowl #2 combine the rest of your sugar, and CinnaSugar  – leave dry – do not add melted butter
  7. DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO CREATE
    1. Decide if you want MONKEY BREAD or CINNAMON ROLLS

STEP BY STEP FOR MONKEY BREAD

The first SEVEN STEPS are the same for both recipes.

  1. Roll dough into a long tube
  2. Put the melted butter solution into a large mixing bowl.
  3. Put the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a paper bag.
  4. Cut off pieces of the tube and roll them in a ball so that you have a ball just about the size of a really big grape… you know the kind.
  5. Put the balls into the butter bowl
  6. Once all balls are cut, toss them to coat all balls evenly.
  7. Drop into the bag containing your cinnamon mixture and mix to cover
  8. Prepare 1 shallow VERY WELL GREASED baking pan.
    • Ideally a bundt pan is used, but not everyone has one of those handy.  You don’t want to use a deep baking dish though, or they will not cook all the way through.
  9. For an extra coating, melt together ½ C brown sugar, 2 tsp cinnamon, and 2 TBL butter
  10. Pour evenly over into bottom of your pan.  Sprinkle crushed pecans
  11. Put the balls into the pan
  12. Spoon half remaining wet mixture over top
  13. Sprinkle half dry mixture over top as well
  14. Squish the balls a bit to make sure they are all evenly distributed
  15. Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place or the warming tray of your oven until doubled in size (about an hour)
  16. Preheat oven to 350º and bake 30 minutes
  17. Spoon remaining wet mixture over top
  18. Sprinkle dry mixture over top as well
  19. Bake another 10-20 minutes – or 190º internal temperature
    • pull out if top starts to blacken
  20. Invert onto a serving plate and let cool 10 minutes.  Serve with forks

STEP BY STEP FOR CINNAMON ROLLS

The first SEVEN STEPS are the same for both recipes.

  1. On a floured surface, roll dough into a kind of flat rectangle
  2. Fold the rounded sides toward the center, and roll again
  3. Repeat one more time.  You should now have a nearly perfect rectangle.
  4. In Step 6 above, combine both mixtures into a single mixture.
  5. Spread mixture over your rectangle leaving about 1/2 inch dry edge
  6. Roll into a tube starting with the side opposite the dry edge.  Roll as tightly as possible 
  7. Use egg wash on the unbuttered edge to seal the roll
  8. Using dental floss, cut the tips off
  9. Cut into half, then half again
  10. At this point, you will have four rolls. Estimate thirds and cut each of the four rolls into thirds – so you have twelve equal pieces
  11. Place (cut side down) into a well-greased 9×12 baking dish
  12. Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place or the warming tray of your oven until doubled in size (about an hour)
  13. Preheat oven to 350º and bake 15 minutes
  14. Remove and sprinkle CinnaSugar over top
  15. Bake another 10-20 minutes – or 190º internal temperature
    • pull out if top starts to blacken
  16. Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.  Serve frosted or not
  17. OPTIONAL:  FROST THE CINNAMON ROLLS
    1. Combine sugar, butter, vanilla and orange zest
    2. Add milk ONLY until consistency will spread easily
    3. Spread over each roll and serve warm

FROSTING

  • 2.5 C confectioner sugar
  • 2 TBL softened butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp orange zest
  • whole milk – 1 tsp at a time

 

 

 

 

 

Greek Nachos

How To Make Greek NachosThese GREEK NACHOS will be devoured by your crew: http://del.sh/6005Bsam7

FULL RECIPE: http://del.sh/6001Bsao5

RECIPE BELOW:

ingredients
 
6 pitas
1/4 c. extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 tsp. dried oregano
kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 oz. Greek feta, crumbled
1/2 c. Greek yogurt
Juice of 1 lemon, divided
2 cucumbers, chopped
1/2 c. chopped kalamata olives
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
1/4 c. chopped dill
 
Directions
 
  1. Preheat oven to 400°.Slice pita into wedges. Put triangles in a single layer on a baking sheet. Drizzle with 2 tbs. olive oil, sprinkle with salt, pepper and oregano. Toss to combine. Bake until toasted, about 10 minutes. Let cool.
  2. Meanwhile, make whipped feta. In a large bowl, combine feta, 1/4 c. greek yogurt, olive oil and juice of half a lemon. With a hand mixer, mix until fluffy.
  3. Dollop whipped feta on baked pita chips. Garnish with cucumber, olives, tomatoes, and dill. Drizzle with more olive oil and the remaining lemon juice over the chips.

Zoodles

INGREDIENTS

  • Corn from 1 ear of corn
  • 1 zucchini
  • 1 avocado – diced
  • Tomatoes
  • Red onion
    VINAIGRETTE
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • zest and juice from one lime
  • 5 mint leaves – chopped
  • 4 basil leaves – chiffonade strips
  • 3 TBL EVOO – Emulsified into the other ingredients
  • salt and pepper to taste

STEP BY STEP

  1. Use a Benriner spiral cutter and cut your zucchini into thin ribbons.
  2. Remove the kernels from your ear of corn
  3. Saute the corn in hot EVOO
  4. Add your zucchini ribbons
  5. Toss with 2 TBL basil and 2 tsp mint
  6. Add salt and pepper
  7. Add red onion slivers
  8. Add tomatoes
  9. Toss with vinaigrette (above)
  10. Toss gently with 1 diced avocado

 

Tips: Peppers

  • Before working with peppers, coat your hands with just a bit of olive oil.  This will protect your skin, and then you can just wash your glove off afterwards
  • The seeds and vein contain most of the heat in a pepper
  • Most of the seeds will be near the stem
  • Green jalapeños will turn red if left on the vine
  • Green bell peppers are just unripe red bell peppers
  • Hatch chilies have the best flavor out of many similar peppers
  • A pepper gets “hotter” if it is stressed during growth
  • A dried pepper should still be slightly pliable
  • When cutting a bell pepper, use the outsides and keep the core intact.  It will stay fresh for 3 days longer.

 

Rustic Freeform Fruit Tart

Use this link to make your Pastry Dough, or just use puff pastry.

    • After you have your crust, toss your selected fruit with
  • 2 C fruit,
  • juice and zest from one lemon,
  • 1/4 C sugar and
  • 1/4 C fruit jam.
    • Mix 1/4 C panko crumbs with
  • 1/4 C sugar and
  • 1 TBL cinnamon

This will be used to keep your tart from getting soggy

  1. Roll your crust out on a floured surface
  2. Transfer to a parchment sheet
  3. Dust with 1/2 of your Panko mixture, leaving approx 2-inch border
  4. Layer your fruit, maintaining the border
  5. Top with the last of your Panko mixture
  6. Fold up the sides to create a bowl containing the fruit
  7. Bake in preheated 375º oven for 45-60 minutes
  8. Let cook 5 minutes before cutting

Tips: Frozen or Canned Food

Most food is flash frozen at the peak of ripeness.

Berries – These have a very short season, so frozen is the best way to get ripe strawberries, blueberries, raspberries 10 months out of the year.  Thaw them overnight in the refrigerator.

Spinach – Greens freeze very well.  You can thaw these in the fridge overnight, or place them in a bowl of water for 30 minutes.  Leaf for leaf, frozen spinach costs quite a bit less than fresh as well.

Tomatoes – These don’t freeze well so should be canned, or bought canned or sun dried and placed in oil.

Vegetables – Frozen peas are much better frozen than canned.  They are frozen at the peak of ripeness.  The canning process can tend to make them mushy.  Thaw them overnight in the fridge in a bowl of water.

Lemon juice – Don’t buy that plastic lemon shaped container, or even the green bottles of juice.  Squeeze lemons yourself and then freeze in water bottles.  Thaw in the refrigerator.  There may be some separation of the juice and the pulp, so shake before using it.

Grapes – These don’t freeze or can well.  Raisins can be rehydrated overnight in water.

Broccoli – This does not freeze well.  It becomes mushy.  It is marginally OK to use in a stir fry, but fresh is so much better.

Salmon – Of course it is better fresh, but it is also very expensive.  Canned salmon is not THAT bad, and is about a fifth of the price of fresh.  If budget is no matter, go fresh.  For most of us canned salmon is good enough for most of what we do.

Cindy’s Eggs

INGREDIENTS

  • Tomato pieces
  • Frozen chopped spinach
  • Optional sliced ham
  • Cheese
  • Egg
  • More Cheese

STEP BY STEP

  1. Grease a muffin ring (or steel tuna can)
  2. Preheat your skillet to about 350º
  3. Put in about 1/4 C tomato pieces (heated)
  4. Put in 2 TBL chopped spinach (heated)
  5. Put sliced ham in, if you wish
  6. Push it down so it is all kind of flat
  7. Sprinkle in some cheese, and make a well in the center
  8. Break your egg yolk/white into the well
  9. Sprinkle on a bit more cheese
  10. Cover with a mixing bowl and pour about 1/2 C water into the hot pan
  11. Let cook 4 minutes
  12. Meanwhile toast two pieces of bread
  13. Carefully remove your ring (with the egg) to the top of your toast
  14. Remove the ring and serve

 

Canoli Creme

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 C Ricotta cheese
  • 1/4 C powdered sugar
  • zest from one orange
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • Optional: 1/4 C semi-sweet chocolate chips

STEP BY STEP

  1. Mix ingredients
  2. Pipe into canaloni shells or squished flat white bread

 

 

Sweet Mini Peppers

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 bag small multi colored sweet peppers
  • 1/2 LB sausage
  • Mozzarella – shredded
  • Sharp cheddar – shredded

STEP BY STEP

  1. Brown the sausage
  2. Meanwhile, cut the peppers into half – keeping the stem intact
    Use the top half in a salad or something like that
  3. Let the sausage cool a bit
  4. Toss the sausage with the cheeses
  5. Stuff mixture into the peppers
  6. Bake at 325º for 5-8 minutes

 

Party Sub

If you want to be a hit at your next party or potluck, consider making a six foot sub.  HINT:  It is not really six foot long, it just looks that way.

subrollINGREDIENTS

  • 6-8 sub sandwich rolls
  • about 24 slices of provalone cheese
  • 24 slices of ham
  • 30 slices of salami
  • 1 onion – sliced very thin
  • 2 bell peppers – cut into very thin strips
  • 1 head of iceberg lettuce – shredded
  • 4 tomatoes – sliced thin
  • EVOO
  • Optional – Dijon mustard or ketchup

STEP BY STEP

  1. Here is the key:  Cut the tips off all of your sub rolls.  They will eventually fit together (end to end) so that they look like one huge sub (see below).
  2. Cut them lengthwise into sandwich buns
  3. Put thin layer of onions on the subs
  4. Spread lettuce onto the subs
  5. Put tomato and bell peppers on the lettuce
  6. Add your meats, and end with your cheese
  7. Optional – Put on a baking tray and place under the broiler for about 30 seconds to melt the cheese
  8. Set them up on a large tray (as shown to the right) and cover with a towelsub

 

Israeli CousCous

Israeli couscous (about the size of a small pea) is a larger pearl than standard (North African) couscous, which is about the size of a grain of rice.

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 T EVOO – to fry
    PREPARE COUSCOUS
  • 1 C Israeli couscous
  • 3/4 C chicken stock (alt: vegetable stock)
  • 1 C water
    FOR THE DRESSING – WHISK TOGETHER
  • 2 T honey
  • 1 T fresh lemon juice
  • 1 T Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 C red wine vinegar
  • 2 T EVOO – for dressing
    TO BE COMBINED WITH DRESSING
  • 2 roma tomatoes (seeds removed – small chop)
  • 1 cucumber (seeds removed – small chop)
  • 1 bunch scallions (greens only – 1/4 inch pieces) reserve some for garnish
  • 2 C fresh chopped parsley
  • 1 C fresh chopped cilantro – reserve some for garnish
  • 1/4 C baby peas – strained
  • 1/4 C fresh chopped mint
  • salt and pepper to taste – or use [thnder-powder]
    FOR THE FINAL STEPS – ASSEMBLE SALAD
  • 8 leaves romaine lettuce – washed, but left whole
  • 1/4 C feta cheese (alt: tofu) for garnish
  • garnish with reserved cilantro and scallions
  • OPTIONAL:  Toasted sesame seeds or chopped pistachio

STEP BY STEP

  1. Toast couscous in EVOO using a large heavy deep pot
  2. Fry / toast over medium heat till slightly browned (5-8 minutes)
  3. Add water and broth, bring to a simmer and lower heat
  4. Cover and let simmer 15 minutes, stirring occasionally
  5. Transfer couscous to a colander and let rest while you prepare the rest of the ingredients
  6. Combine dressing ingredients – whisk together
  7. Toss with all other salad ingredients
  8. Toss gently with couscous and serve over lettuce leaves
  9. Top with cilantro leaves, scallions, and a bit of feta cheese

Salmon Rillettes

INGREDIENTS

  • Fatty part of the salmon – Belly – about 6-8 ounces
  • Smoked salmon – also about 6-8 ounces
  • 1 stick of salted butter
  • 1/2 onion – finely minced
  • 1 TBL prepared horseradish

STEP BY STEP

  1. Melt butter in a large skillet
  2. Let butter rest for 30 seconds, then pour off about half (clarified butter) into a separate container (to be used later)
  3. In remaining butter sautee minced onion
  4. Sprinkle in some salt and pepper
  5. Cook salmon for about 1 minutes – DO NOT overcook
  6. Add horseradish and stir until combined
  7. Crush all ingredients together with a fork until roughly combined
  8. Put loosely into a mold (a glass bowl to be turned upside down later)
  9. Top with clarified butter
  10. Put into refrigerator for 2-3 hours (or overnight)
  11. Turn out on chilled plate and serve with toast points, pita or crostini

 

Chicken Salad – COLLECTION

• Basic Chicken Salad

Basic Chicken Salad

• Sesame Chicken Salad

Sesame Chicken Salad

• Oriental Chicken Salad

Oriental Chicken Salad

• Asian Chicken Salad

Asian Salad

• Seared Chicken Salad

Seared Chicken Salad

• Pineapple Chicken Salad

Pineapple Chicken Salad

• Chicken Fajita Salad

Chicken Fajita Salad

• Mexican Chicken Salad

Mexican Dinner Salads – Two Recipes

Pickles – COLLECTION INDEX

A VERY BASIC OVERVIEW

A Very Basic Pickle Overview

CUCUMBER PICKLE RECIPES

Bread and Butter Pickles

https://www.grandpacooks.com/recipes/bread-and-butter-pickles

Simple Pickles

Simple Picked Cucumber Slices

Quick Pickles

https://www.grandpacooks.com/recipes/quick-pickle

Sunomono Thai Cucumber Salad

https://www.grandpacooks.com/recipes/sunomono-cucumber-salad

Growing and Making Pickles

Growing and Making Pickles

PICKLED VEGETABLES RECIPES

Pickled Beets

Pickled Beets

Pickled Chiles

Pickled Chiles

Pickled Eggplant

Pickled Eggplant

Pickled Veggie

Quick Pickled Vegetables

Partial Peck of Pickled Peppers

A Partial Peck of Pickled Peppers

Pickled Watermelon Rind

https://www.grandpacooks.com/recipes/watermelon-pickles

Pickled Onion

Pickled Onions

Pickled Red Onion

Red Onion Pickles

PICKLED OTHER STUFF

Pickled Breakfast Herring

Robert’s Favorite Scandinavian-Style Pickled Breakfast Herring

Style Pickled Breakfast Herring – Robert’s Favorite

Robert’s Favorite Scandinavian-Style Pickled Breakfast Herring

Candied Nuts

Use almonds, pecans, peanuts, or walnuts – or all of them

INGREDIENTS

  • 3 oz Karo syrup
  • 1/2 tsp almond or walnut extract
  • 1 C granulated sugar

STEP BY STEP

  1. Heat over medium high heat
    This will take about 30-40 minutes
  2. When it starts to brown and caramelize, add your nuts
  3. Dump 3 C nuts into the glaze
  4. Stir until everything is well coated
    You should have “spider web” strings between the pieces
    About 5-10 minutes
  5. OPTIONS:  Add some coarse salt for salted caramel, chili for a bit of a bit, or cinnamon for a holiday treat.
  6. Pour onto waxed paper or parchment paper and let them COMPLETELY cool before breaking apart
  7. They will keep for a very long time – – – months !

NOTE:  This will pretty much ruin your wooden spoon, so either use the same spoon every time, or use something that is near the end of its life anyway.

Grandpa’s Short Angel Cake

angel-beforeA quicker recipe for Angel Food Cake

INGREDIENTS and STEP BY STEP

For the amounts shown in the photo, sift together:
– 1 cup Bisquick
– 1 cup powdered sugar
– 1/2 tsp baking soda
Cut in 1 TBL cold butter
Set aside

  1. 4 egg whites – Beat to stiff peaks
  2. 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  3. scant salt
  4. When whites begin to foam, add 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  5. 1/2 tsp vanilla
  6. Finely grated lemon or lime rind
  7. After peaks have formed,
    • Add back in one egg yolkangel-after
    • 1 tsp vanilla
    • 1 TBL melted butter – BUT NOT HOT
  8. Fold in dry ingredients –  Do not overmix
  9. Pour into lightly greased ramekins
  10. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes – toothpick test
  11. Cool
  12. Run knife around edge and center
  13. Remove from mold
  14. Top with strawberries, blueberries, blackberries

OPTIONAL WHIPPED TOPPING

  • 1/2 C heavy whipping cream – Whipped until stiff
  • 1/3 C confectioner sugar
  • 1 TBL corn syrup

 

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