POTATO LATKES
This recipe comes from Ina Garten, star of The Food Network's Barefoot Contessa. Total Time: 20 min; Prep: 10 min; Cook: 10 min; Yield: 2 servings; Level: Easy
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/potato-latkes-recipe.print.html?oc=linkback
Ingredients
2 large baking potatoes
1 extra-large egg, whisked
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons clarified butter
Directions
Peel the potatoes and grate them on a box grater. Wrap the grated potatoes in a kitchen towel and squeeze out as much liquid as possible. Combine the potatoes in a bowl with the egg, flour, salt and pepper. Mix well.
Melt the clarified butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. Place a tablespoon of the potato mixture into the sizzling butter and cook for 2 minutes. Turn the pancakes over and cook for another 2 minutes, or until crisp on the outside and golden brown. Serve the pancakes hot from the skillet.
ROASTED GARLIC CLOVE CHICKEN
This comes from Melissa d'Arabian of The Food Network's Ten Dollar Dinners. Total Time: 1 hr. 5 min; Prep: 20 min; Cook: 45 min; Yield: 4 servings; Level: Easy
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/melissa-darabian/roasted-garlic-clove-chicken-recipe.print.html?oc=linkback
Ingredients
8 chicken thighs
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 head garlic, separated into whole cloves, papery skin removed (about 20 cloves)
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
2 teaspoons herbes de Provence
1 teaspoon flour
1/4 cup chicken stock
1/2 lemon, juiced
Bread, for serving
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Rinse and pat dry the chicken. Salt and pepper liberally and allow to temper on a cutting board while you prepare the garlic. In a large ovenproof saute pan over medium heat, cook the whole garlic cloves in olive oil and butter, stirring occasionally, until lightly golden, about 10 minutes. Remove the garlic from the pan and set aside. Increase the heat to medium high and brown the chicken skin-side down until the skin is golden and crispy, about 5 minutes. Turn the chicken over, sprinkle on herbes de Provence. Add the garlic back to the pan and place hot pan in oven. Bake the chicken until cooked through, about 25 minutes. Once the chicken is done, remove chicken thighs and garlic to a platter. Place the pan over medium-high heat and sprinkle the drippings with flour and stir to incorporate. Deglaze the pan with the stock and lemon juice. Pour the sauce over the chicken on the platter and serve with bread for sauce-mopping and garlic-spreading.
CHALLAH CROWNS
This comes from The Food Network, and begins, “While challah is traditionally eaten on the Jewish Sabbath (in fact, the Sabbath begins with a blessing over challah), it's a fantastic all-purpose bread, great for sandwiches or French toast.” Total Time: 4 hr; Prep: 25 min; Inactive: 3 hr; Cook: 35 min; Yield: 2 round loaves (about 12 to 16 servings); Level: Intermediate.
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/challah-crowns-recipe.html?oc=linkback
Ingredients
4 cups all-purpose flour (1 pound, 1 3/8 ounces), plus up to 3/4 cup (3 1/2 ounces) more for kneading
2 tablespoons sugar (7/8 ounce)
2 1/4 teaspoons rapid rise yeast (1/4 ounce package)
1 cup warm water, about 110 degrees F
1 ⁄3 cup honey
2 whole large eggs
3 large egg yolks
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon poppy seeds (optional)
Directions
Whisk the flour, sugar, and yeast together in a large bowl and make a well in the center.
Whisk the water and honey with 1 whole egg, all the yolks, olive oil, and salt in a small bowl and pour into the well. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients with a wooden spoon to make a soft, shaggy, moist dough. Turn the dough out on a lightly floured surface and knead by hand, adding up to 3/4 cup more flour as needed, until the dough is soft and supple, about 8 minutes. Shape the dough into a ball.
Brush a large bowl with oil and turn dough around in bowl to coat lightly. Cover bowl with a clean kitchen towel and set aside until dough doubles in size, about 1 hour. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface; knead briefly to release excess air, re-shape into a ball and return to the bowl. Cover and set aside until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Line 2 baking sheet pans with parchment paper. Divide the dough in half. Lightly dust hands with flour and roll each portion of dough into a 30-inch-long log. (If dough resists, then cover and let rest for 5 or 10 minutes before shaping). Spiral each length of dough around itself to form a coiled round loaf on the prepared pans. Lightly stretch the end of the coil and moisten it with water; gently press the end into the side of the round to seal the coil into a loaf. Press down on the loaves gently, cover with a kitchen towel and set aside until doubled, about 1 hour.
Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 450 degrees F. Beat the remaining egg with a tablespoon of water and brush loaves evenly with it; sprinkle with poppy seeds if desired. Put the loaves in the oven and immediately turn the oven down to 400 degrees, and bake until golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the crown registers 190 degrees F, about 30 to 35 minutes.
RASPBERRY ROSE RUGELACH
This comes from Melissa Clark in the New York Times Cooking e-newsletter. (This is from Chicago's HotChocolate restaurant.) Melissa writes, “With its garnet-hued raspberry jam filling and fragrant rose sugar topping, this rugelach is a vivid departure from more traditional incarnations. It also uses two different kinds of salt, which provide forthright seasoning and a bare hint of crunch. You can make them up to 5 days ahead, if stored in an airtight container.” Time: 4 hours; makes 4 dozen rugelach
To view this yummy recipe online, click here.
Ingredients
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons rose water
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon flaky sea salt
8 ounces unsalted butter (2 sticks), at room temperature
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Nonstick spray
1 1/2 cups raspberry jam
1 large egg white, lightly beaten
Preparation
In a medium bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar and the rose water. Rub together, then leave uncovered to dry, at least 2 hours. When dry, rub between fingers or use a mortar and pestle to break up any large chunks. (Rose sugar can be made up to 3 days ahead and stored airtight at room temperature.)
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together flour, kosher salt and sea salt.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter on medium speed for 5 to 10 seconds. Beat in cream cheese. Beat in remaining 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl, then beat in vanilla.
With mixer on low speed, beat in flour mixture until dough comes together but still looks shaggy, about 30 seconds.
Dump dough and crumbs onto the counter and use your hands or a plastic bench scraper to bring dough together into a mass. Divide dough in half, wrap in plastic wrap and pat into rectangles. Chill at least 2 hours and up to 1 week.
Lightly dust an 11-by-17-inch piece of parchment paper with flour. Place 1 dough rectangle onto the parchment, dust with flour, cover with another piece of parchment, and roll dough out into a rectangle, leaving a 1-inch border between edge of parchment and dough. If dough sticks, peel back parchment, dust with more flour, replace parchment. Repeat with second dough half, then chill for 30 minutes.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper and lightly coat with nonstick spray.
Working with one sheet at a time, move rolled-out dough to work surface. Peel one layer of parchment off to unstick it from the dough, replace it lightly on top of the dough, then flip and peel other side off. Spread 3/4 cup jam in a thin, even layer on dough. Using a fluted dough cutter (or a sharp paring knife), trim edges and divide dough in half lengthwise into two long strips. Working with one strip at a time and moving crosswise, cut diagonal lines to form triangles with flat tips, with each base about 2 inches wide and each tip about 1/4 inch wide. There should be about 12 triangles per strip.
Using an offset spatula, separate a triangle away from rest of dough. Starting from the wide base, roll dough up and place tip-side down on prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining triangles, spacing them 1 inch apart.
Brush tops of rugelach with egg white and sprinkle with rose sugar. Bake, rotating pans halfway through, until golden, 22 to 28 minutes. Cool on sheet pans for 2 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
SUFGANIYOT (JELLY DOUGHNUTS)
This is from Food.com. It begins, “Simple, easy, pretty! I usually have to add some flour to keep it from sticking to the bowl.” Total Time: 1 hr 4 min; Prep: 1 hr; Cook: 4 min; Yield: 40 doughnuts.
To view this online, go to http://www.food.com/recipe/sufganiyot-jelly-doughnuts-200352.
Ingredients
2 (1/4 ounce) envelopes dry yeast
1⁄4 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees F)
1 1⁄2 cups lukewarm milk or 1 1⁄2 cups soymilk
3⁄4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
6 tablespoons shortening or 6 tablespoons margarine
5 cups flour
oil, for deep frying
1 (13 1/2 ounce) jar strawberry jelly (or other fruit jelly)
confectioners' sugar
Directions
Sprinkle yeast over warm water and let stand five minutes or until foamy.
In a large bowl, mix together the yeast mixture, milk, sugar, salt, eggs, shortening and two cups flour. Mix for a few minutes at low speed.
Beat in remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until the dough no longer sticks to the bowl. Knead for about five minutes or until smooth and elastic.
Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover. Let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about an hour or a bit longer.
Turn the dough onto a floured surface and gently roll out to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut into circles. Let rise again until doubled in bulk.
Heat 4 cups of oil in a deep fryer or large pot to 350. Carefully slide doughnuts into hot oil using a wide spatula. Turn the doughnuts over as they rise to the surface. Doughnuts are ready when both sides are golden brown.
Fill with 1 T jelly using a pastry injector, or by cutting a small slit in the side of the doughnut and inserting the jelly with a baby spoon. Close tightly; roll in confectioners' sugar.
CHOCOLATE ALMOND MERINGUES
The recipe states, "These can be frozen."
Yield: About 2 1/2 dozen
Serving size: 1 meringue cookie
Find this recipe at: http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/html/260.shtml
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar, divided
1/4 cup ground almonds
1 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp. cornstarch
2 egg whites
1/8 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 tsp. vanilla (or 1/4 tsp. almond extract)
Directions
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Spray a foil-lined baking sheet with non-stick spray. In a small bowl, mix 2 tbsp. of the sugar with almonds, cocoa and cornstarch. In a stainless or glass bowl, beat egg whites with an electric mixer until frothy. Add cream of tartar and beat on high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add flavoring and remaining sugar. Beat until stiff and shiny. Gently fold cocoa mixture into meringue.
Drop cookie mixture from a teaspoon onto the baking sheet to form small mounds. Leave about 2 inches between each mound. (Mixture could also be piped through a large pastry bag fitted with a large star tube.) Bake at 250 degrees F for 40 minutes. Cookies should be dry and slightly browned. Cool completely. Store in a tightly covered container.
Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories: 18; Protein: trace g; Fat: 0.3 g; Sodium: 7 mg; Cholesterol: 0 mg ; Carbohydrates: 4 g; Exchanges: 1/4 Bread/Starch
