Pear, Blue Cheese and Pomegranate Salad with Riesling Dressing
A beautiful healthy salad for any special occasion! A masterful flavor combination of pears, blue cheese, pomegranate and toasted walnuts with a very special dressing and easy to make! You can make the dressing and toast the walnuts ahead and then just assemble it. Ingredients: Serves 4 Dressing: • 1 cup Riesling wine • 1 Tbs Dijon mustard • 2 Tbs white wine vinegar • 3 tsp of sugar • 1/4 tsp salt • 1/4 tsp pepper • 6 Tbs olive oil Salad: • 1 lb of lettuce of your choice, Spring Mix, Red Leaf Romaine, and Bibb work well ...
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Ginger Cookies with Orange Buttercream
YUM! Soft, thick and gingery cookies with a luscious orange buttercream icing! Perfect holiday cookies! Ingredients: Makes 3 1/2 – 4 dozen cookies 2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour 1/2 tsp of baking soda pinch of salt 2 – 1/2 tsp of ginger 1 tsp of cinnamon 1 tsp of allspice 1 1/2 sticks of soft butter 1 cup of light brown sugar 2 Tbs of molasses 1 egg, room temperature 1/2 cup of sour cream Icing: 2 – 1/2 cups of powdered sugar 2 – 3 Tbs or orange juice 1 tsp of orange zest 1 tsp of ...
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Supreme Chocolate Chip Cookies
Supreme Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe Type: Cookies Author: Ruth Guerri Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 12 mins Total time: 27 mins Chocolate chip cookies are simply the best cookie on the planet according to me! They are simple to make and they evoke memories of childhood, comfort and a simpler time! That’s a lot for a cookie to do! With a couple of tricks, your cookies will be perfect every time, no more sprawling, too crispy or too soft cookies. I don’t have the patience to wait for the dough to chill, but it’s crucial so my way is ...
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Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies
Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies Recipe Type: Cookies Author: Ruth Guerri Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 30 mins Serves: 30 Love, love, love these cookies, perfect for the holidays! Perfectly spiced gingerbread cookies, with chocolate chips and cocoa powder, topped with turbinado sugar for a crunch. Ingredients 2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour 1 tsp of baking soda 2 teaspoons ginger 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon cloves 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 Tbs of Dutch-process cocoa 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) of unsalted butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup of packed dark brown sugar 1/2 cup ...
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Ricotta Cookies
Ricotta Cookies Recipe Type: Cookies Cuisine: Italian Author: Ruth Guerri Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 10 mins Total time: 20 mins Serves: 100 These cookies are like little tasty pillows, soft, melt in your mouth, delicious iced pillows! They are so versatile because they can be decorated with any kind of sugars and sprinkles and you can add flavoring to the dough, like lemon or maple. They’re also quick and easy, this recipe makes 100 cookies, so great for a cookie exchange. Ingredients 1 cup of butter, softened 2 cups of white sugar 1 (15 oz) container of ricotta ...
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Chicken Marengo
This dish has an interesting provenance, it’s named after Marengo Italy, where Napoleon fought a battle with the Austrians and his private chef, french of course made this for him after the skirmish, using whatever Italian ingredients he could find and he came up with this masterpiece. Napoleon liked it so much, he requested it after every battle. It’s simply exquisite! This is only an adaptation of that recipe, originally it included shrimp and a fried egg on top. This is how I make it, feel free to use any parts of the chicken you like. I used my canned garden tomatoes, ...
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Berry Tiramisu Pudding
This is a spectacular dessert! Sweet luscious berries are laced with Chambord, layered with soft ladyfingers and topped with a Mascarpone cream! Pure unadulterated bliss! You must plan a little ahead, this dessert is chilled overnight, even better! Ingredients Serves – 10 2 cups of mascarpone cheese, room temperature 1 cup of heavy cream 1/2 cup of powdered sugar 10 cups of frozen mixed berries: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries 1/2 cup of sugar 1/4 cup of orange liqueur (Chambord) 2 ( 3oz) packages of soft ladyfingers, found in the bakery section of the grocery store fresh berries for garnish ...
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