Martha Stewart's Pumpkin Pie

Here is a "delightful" recipe as Martha Stewart would say for Pumpkin Pie!


Martha Stewart's Pumpkin Pie

1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1 1/2 cups fresh Pumpkin Puree or canned
3 large eggs, lightly beaten, plus
1 egg for glaze
1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
1 tablespoon heavy cream

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment
paper; set aside. In a large bowl, combine sugar, cornstarch, salt,
ginger, cinnamon, cloves, pumpkin puree, and 3 eggs. Beat well. Add
evaporated milk, and combine. Set aside.

Between two pieces of plastic wrap, roll pate brisee into a 12-inch
circle. Fit pastry into a 9-inch glass pie plate; trim dough evenly
along edge, leaving about a 1/2-inch overhang. Pinch to form a
decorative edge. If the dough begins to soften, chill for 15
minutes.

Make the glaze: Beat the remaining egg, and combine with heavy
cream. Brush glaze very lightly on edges of pie shell. Fill pie
shell with pumpkin mixture. Transfer to prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F, and continue
baking for 30 minutes more. Cool on a wire rack.

Yield: 8 servings

Tip:
For the best flavor, use a sugar pumpkin to make a homemade Pumpkin
Puree. This variety of pumpkin, also known as 'New England Pie' and
'Sugar Pie,' weighs from five to eight pounds and is known for its
sweet, fine-grained flesh.

Source: Martha Stewart

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Recipe From Thunder Jackson's

The 5 Star Recipe Collection can help you save money on your monthly expenses. Eat home, instead of out! Guaranteed you will save at least half the money, when you are considering gas, the restaurant bill, and the tip!

I love chicken, and I love spinach. I found this recipe in the 5 Star Recipe Collection. I think you will enjoy it too!

Spinach and Garlicky Chicken from Thunder Jackson's (NY)

Ingredients:

2 (5-ounce) pieces boneless, skinless chicken breast
4 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon garlic powder
4 tablespoons seasoned bread crumbs
4 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons olive oil
1 (10-ounce) package frozen spinach, drained and thawed
6 cloves chopped garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cups lima beans, cooked and drained
1/2 cup chicken broth
2 teaspoons butter
1 lemon, quartered

Method:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brush the chicken breast with Dijon
mustard on both sides. Sprinkle with garlic powder and dip into
bread crumbs, creating a crust. Drizzle with the 4 tablespoons
olive oil.

Bake chicken for 15 minutes or until done, turning once halfway
through. Meanwhile, heat the 2 teaspoons olive oil in a pan over
medium heat. Add spinach and garlic and sauté until hot, seasoning
with salt and pepper. Add lima beans, chicken broth and butter and
stir to combine. Bring to a simmer. Add salt and pepper if
necessary.

Place the spinach and broth mixture into a bowl and top with the
chicken. Top with a squeeze of lemon. Serve immediately.

Source: NY Daily News

Serves 2

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Skirt Steak With Chimichurri Sauce

The economy is going to hell in a hand basket, so we have to do everything we can these days to save money. A great way to do that is to make your favorite restaurant recipes at home! Here is another scrumptious dish from the 5 Star Recipe Collection!

Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Sauce from the Hudson River Cafe (NY)

Ingredients:

For marinade:
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon fresh chopped garlic
4 tablespoons pureed, canned chipotle chiles

For steak:
2 pounds skirt steak
For chimichurri sauce:
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
3/4 cup olive oil
Juice of 2 lemons
1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley, no stems
1 teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro, no stems
Pinch of red pepper flakes
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:
Combine all marinade ingredients in large shallow bowl. Place meat
in marinade for 15 minutes. Prepare sauce by combining all
ingredients in a medium bowl. Heat an oiled, well-seasoned grill
over high heat until hot but not smoking. Grill steak, turning
occasionally, for about 2 minutes per side for thin pieces or 4 to
6 minutes per side for thicker pieces (medium-rare).
Portion onto 4 dinner plates. Drizzle with the chimichurri sauce.

Source: NY Daily News

Serves 4

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5 Star Secret Restaurant Recipe For Pork

The 5 star recipe collection is a compilation of recipes from 5 star restaurants around the world!
Here is a delicious recipe from the 5 star recipe collection:

Caramel Braised Pork w/ Pineapple and Black Pepper from P*ong (NY)


Ingredients:
2 pounds boneless pork loin
1/2 cup and 2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons fish sauce
1/2 cup pineapple, cut into 1/4-inch cubes, with juice
1/4 cup sake or white wine
1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper
2 scallions, white part only, with roots
1 scallion, sliced and cut in julienne strips, for garnish
2 one-inch pieces ginger
1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Salt to taste

Method:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut pork into 1/2-inch thick slices.
In an ovenproof pot, mix together sugar, lemon juice, and 2
tablespoons water. Clean sides of the pot to remove residual sugar
with a brush dipped in water.

Cook mixture over high heat until it darkens. Meanwhile, combine
soy sauce, fish sauce, pineapple juice, sake, pepper, white part of
scallion and ginger. Add soy sauce mixture to sugar mixture.

Return sauce to the boil. Taste and add more sugar and salt if
necessary as pineapple is sometimes not as sweet as it should be.
Bring mixture to a boil, turn off heat and place pieces of pork in
the caramel. The caramel should come up at least two thirds of the
way up the pork pieces. If not, change to a smaller pot. Fold the
mixture so that the pineapple is on top of the pork.

Cook for 15 minutes or until pork is tender. Remove pork pieces and
transfer to a plate. Bring the remaining mixture to a boil and
again and cook until thickened. Spoon the sauce with pineapple
chunks on top of the pork and garnish with julienned scallions.

Add black pepper to taste, and serve immediately.

Serves 4
Source - NY Daily News

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Macaroni Grill Recipe

Since our country is looking at a $700 billion dollar bail out plan, this is more reason to stay at home and save money by cooking our own favorite secret restaurant recipes!

Here's a recipe from the Secret Recipe cookbook:

Macaroni Grill Focaccia

9 tablespoons olive oil, divided use
3 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsifted semolina flour
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
1 1/2 tablespoons quick-rising dry yeast
1 1/2 cups hot milk (between 120 to 130 degrees F)
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves

1. Pour a 1/2 tablespoon of the olive oil into a 9-inch square cake
pan; spread to cover bottom and sides.
2. Place all-purpose flour, semolina flour, 2 tablespoons of the
olive oil, 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and all of the yeast in the
bowl of a mixer fitted with a dough hook or you can mix by hand.
3. Mix ingredients on medium speed. Reduce speed to low and slowly
add hot milk. Increase the speed to medium and continue mixing for
5 minutes, then knead about 10 minutes by hand.
4. Dust the bottom of cake pan with a little flour. Remove dough
from bowl and spread out evenly in pan. Cover with a towel and let
it rest for 30 minutes.
5. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
6. Remove towel and brush dough with 1 to 2 tablespoons of the
olive oil. Dust the top with additional salt and rosemary. Bake
for 20 minutes.
7. Remove from oven and drizzle with remaining oil.

Serves 6-8

Lipton Involved In Melamine Scandal!

The latest major corporation involved in the Chinese melamine scandal is Unilever ( Lipton). Lipton has recalled 4 batches of their milk tea powder in Hong Kong and Macau.

The list is growing steadily of corporations involved and their products that contain melamine.

Here is a short list:

Unilvever- Lipton Green Milk Tea from the Taiwan market

Pocky Men's coffee cream coated biscuit stick, produced by Japan's Ezaki Glico Co. Ltd.

Two samples of coconut and walnut cakes manufactured by Tian Le Yuan Foods Co. Ltd. -
South China

Nabisco Ritz cracker cheese sandwiches and in rice crackers made by Danyang Day Bright Co- South Korea

Here is a link to a news story about this >>> Lipton Milk Tea Powder Recalled
When is this going to end? When is it going to reach us? What are your thoughts on this?

Cadbury Products Contain Melamine

Have you been cooking with or eating Cadbury products? Just to warn you, in case you haven't already heard, British based candy maker Cadbury has recalled 11 products sold in parts of Asia and the Pacific.

Seems they contain melamine too. Hmm... Makes you wonder, even though the US has put a ban on importing melamine tainted products from China, do you really think we haven't consumed anything made with it?

I think it is pretty far fetched to believe that we haven't. Or, if we haven't that it isn't sitting on grocery store shelves somewhere in the US. Maybe it is just a product we don't consume or like...

When I say we, I am talking myself. This is what I believe, they are my opinions and views, not the media. (That was my disclaimer!)

Back to the subject at hand.

Here is an excerpt from a news report on Yahoo! news:

"Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety said it tested six Cadbury chocolate samples, including two made at Cadbury's Beijing plant, and found them to contain less than 2.5 parts per million legally considered acceptable here. It did not say whether it was testing the other nine products being recalled."

In a nutshell, that means if Cadbury saw fit, they could do nothing and continue to market these products with the current amount of melamine in them. Luckily Cadbury does not see this as a good idea, and is continuing to stand behind their recall.

My guess is we are going to see quite a few more major corporations come out in the near future, stating what their involvement is with melamine in their products.

Here is a link to a news article about the recall >>> Medical News Today: Cadbury Recall

Stay tuned!

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