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DenverPost Life & Culture November 3rd says relive your favorite food memories with throw back restaurant menus. “A few months into the pandemic, chefs and restaurant owners started to realize and, at various paces, come to terms with it. Fancy Food does not travel.” Looking […]

Pizza

Pizza

Favorite food poll ? One of the top 10 is pizza. Hawaiian pizza is right there in the top of the food poll since our trip to Oahu ..(Oahu Hawaii, the gathering place) .. the pizza? Pineapple and Canadian bacon. Life & Culture of the […]

Summer Dinner ‘Turkish Fritter’ (or zucchini pancakes)

Summer Dinner ‘Turkish Fritter’ (or zucchini pancakes)

The Denver Post 09.01.2021 feature has a recipe worth saving. Denver post writes about zucchini pancakes. No, that’s what I thought also . Not sweet pancakes. the cheese and onion take it into a different direction. The DP says this is a Turkish fritter with feta cheese and green scallion in the batter. it is interesting but false advertising as a pancake.

Zucchini Pancakes

Turkish fritters with feta and scallion
Total Time 30 mins
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • 3 medium zucchini shredded
  • 1 pinch salt and pepper
  • 3 large eggs beaten
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 cup crumbled feta
  • 3 scallions sliced
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped dill
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 6 tablespoons vegetable oil

Yogurt Sauce

  • 2/3 cup plain yogurt
  • 2 toes garlic
  • 1 pinch salt

Instructions
 

  • salt the zucchini and allow to drain for 5 minutes. Transfer to dry towel and squeeze dry.
  • add the ingredients and mix well
  • cook on a skillet on each side – golden brown.

My Kitchen

My Kitchen

You enter the kitchen not through a door, but between the old wooden butcher block and the ever-cold counter. My mom is standing at the stove, eyes frantically checking all the pots balanced around the flames. Warm gushes of spiced and seasoned air come flooding […]

Book Review ~ Kitchen Confidential

Book Review ~ Kitchen Confidential

Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain ISBN 978-0-06-089922-6 I received this book for Papa said there are true -tales in the trade from Chef Bourdain with my experiences. The names are changed to Protect the guilty. Chef Bourdain, when writing this book, was […]

Ice Cream Dreams

Ice Cream Dreams

Bombe shells

IceCream cones
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • ice cream cone iron

Ingredients
  

Ice Cream Cones

  • 2 large EGG WHITES
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 tea sea salt
  • 1 tea vanilla extract
  • 1 tea almond extract
  • 5 tablespoons butter melted
  • 2/3 cup flour

Instructions
 

  • combine egg whites and cream. whisk to combine
  • add sugar, salt extracts and whisk for a minute.
  • add the melted butter
  • add the flour and whish until smooth
  • cook the cone in waffle iron
  • shape as a cone – with no hole in the bottom.

Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home

these ice creams are splendidISBN 978-1-57965-436-B
Prep Time1 hr
Active Time4 hrs
Ice4 hrs 1 min
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Equipment

  • page 15 of Jeni's Splendid ice creams at home dives into equipment and ingredients.
  • From Jeni: All of these ice creams can be made with ordinary home equipment. The only special item is an ice cream machine.
  • Food Processor – chopping fruits and nuts.
  • Whisk – Stainless Steel
  • Measuring Cups
  • Sieve
  • Cheese Cloth
  • Parchment paper
  • Heat Proof Spatula
  • gallon zip lock bag
  • large bowl for ice bath
  • Freezer

Materials

Chocolate Syrup

  • 1/2 cup unsweetened Cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup brewed coffee replace coffee with Zinfandel
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 oz bitter sweet chocolate (55% up to 70% Cacao) finely chopped

IceCream Base

  • 2 cups whole Mike
  • 1 table spoon cornstarch plus
  • 1 tea spoon cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 oz cream chees (softened)
  • 1/8 tea salt
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup

Instructions

  • Freezing ice cream into a smooth mass is a process. Math and Science is required.
    Jeni.

Syrup

  • combine coffee, cocoa and sugar in a small sauce pan. bring to the boil for 30 seconds.
  • remove and let stand for 5 minutes.
  • stir until smooth. set aside.

Ice Cream base

  • mix 2 table spoons of the milk with the cornstarch to make a smooth slurry.
  • whish the cream cheese, warm syrup and salt until smooth.
  • get a large bowl and fill with ice for the chilled ice bath.

Cook

  • combine milk, cream, sugar and corn syrup over medium heat.
  • boil for 4 minutes.
  • remove from heat and add the slurry.
  • return to heat. stir with heat resistant spatula until thickened. about one minute.

Chill

  • slowly add the hot milk mixture into the cream cheese mixture until smooth.
  • pour the mixture into a one gallon freezer bag and submerge the sealed bag into the ice bath.
  • let rest for 30 minutes

freeze

  • pour the ice cream base into the frozen canister and spin until thick.
  • freeze for 4 hours.

Notes

From Jeni: ingredients:
for more in depth insights – turn to page 15.
use whole milk and heavy cream. when yogurt is called for use low fat plain yogurt.
Chocolate* the better quality the more complex the flavor.
Extracts and flavoring – invaluable. use pure natural flavorings.
Corn syrup and Tapioca Syrup. both of these syrups are sugars which has a moisture – attracting quality
Cornstarch and Tapioca Starch – natural thickeners that absorb and hold water.
 

As 2021 summer continues – even the sweet shops are affected. the escape is reading through Life and Culture. From the Archive of July 24 2019 the book of the month recommends Jeni Britton Bauer. Becky from the Washington Post writes about the inspiration of the cult chain ‘ Jeni Splendid Ice creams’. It is so fun to tell your story through ice cream. Here is a recipe from the book. Dive straight in.

Notes: bombebasticks are portable ice-cream cones and are note worthy. coat the inside of the cone with chocolate and let it set. fill with ice-cream of your choice. allow to freeze for an hour. re-dip into chocolate and top with pretzels, nuts, chips…

The Great High School Baking Show – Chocolate Trellis Stand with Strawberry Truffles and White and Dark Chocolate Tuxedo Strawberries

The Great High School Baking Show – Chocolate Trellis Stand with Strawberry Truffles and White and Dark Chocolate Tuxedo Strawberries

This year, I am going into high school. This is a very exciting time for me, even though we are confined to virtual learning in the midst of this pandemic. This summer, as an introduction to the school, several summer courses were offered. One of […]

Breakfast in April

Breakfast in April

At home the Brunch adds light to a quiet Sunday. Todays fancy is Black Berry Blitzes, apple wood smoked breakfast sausage and crust less quiche.

Tradition & Cutties

Tradition & Cutties

The tradition started early in my academic carrier – where my mentors and teachers spread good cheer. As we look forward to 2021′ we just need a few positive traditions to set us in our path forward.

Christmas Dinner in Scotland

Christmas Dinner in Scotland

Aunty Drucilla’s Christmas dinner of Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding is the benchmark of ‘Scotland Stay’ celebrate in place COVID Christmas dinners. 5 veggies and mashed potatoes. An accompaniment to the queens speech and a forward looking – better in 2021. Aunty we look forward […]