Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Baked Fish in Foil

Ingredients:

  • 1 portion of fish filet such as salmon or mahi mahi
  • 3 tablespoon of asian-style barbeque sauce
  • 3 tablespoon of soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon of water
  • White pepper
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon of fried onion

Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 350º.
  2. Place fish filet in a foil lined baking dish. Prepare sauce by mixing barbeque sauce, soy sauce, water, whiter pepper, sugar, and fried onion pieces. Pour sauce over the fish filet.
  3. Bake for 8-10 minutes depending on the fish filet's portion size.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Apricot & Almond Cookies

Ingredients:

 • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
 • 1/2 cup sugar
 • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 • 1/4 teaspoon salt
 • 1 egg
 • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
 • 1/2 cup dried apricots, coarsely chopped
 • 1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted

 • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
 • 7 tablespoons almond flavored liqueur or Amaretto

 
Directions:


  1. In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the egg. Stir in the flour until just blended. Mix in the apricots and almonds.
  2. Transfer the dough to a sheet of plastic wrap and shape into a log, about 12-inches long and 1 1/2-inches in diameter. Wrap the dough in the plastic and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  3. Preheat the oven to 350º. Line 2 heavy baking sheets with parchment paper.
  4. Cut the dough log crosswise into 1/2 inch-thick slices. Transfer the cookies to the prepared baking sheets, spacing evenly apart. Bake until the cookies are golden around the edges, about 15 minutes. Let cool. To make icing: place the confectioners' sugar in a medium mixing bowl. Gradually whisk in the almond flavored liqueur or until the mixture is of drizzling consistency.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Marinated Edamame

Ingredients:
  • 1 bag of frozen edamame
  • 200 ml of marinated cooking wine sauce
  • Salt


Directions:
  1. Boil a pot of water. In the meantime, wash the edamame in warm water.
  2. When water boils, put edamame into the pot and cover. Remove lid when water boils again and remove edamame with a strainer into a bowl. Dispose excess water in the bowl.
  3. Combine marinated cooking wine sauce with edamame. Do not cover and let cool as this will preserve the edamame’s green color. Season with salt. After it is cooled, refrigerate overnight and serve the next day.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Belgi Galettes

Ingredients:

 • 2 pounds dark brown sugar
 • 1 pound butter
 • 7 eggs
 • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
 • 6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour


Directions:

 1. In a large bowl, stir together the brown sugar and butter until smooth and creamy; then add eggs and vanilla, and beat well. Gradually stir in flour. Set bowl over a hot water bath, and stir to blend ingredients. Cover, and refrigerate overnight.
 2. Preheat the galette iron.
 3. Shape dough into 1 inch balls and place in the galette iron. Close the iron and cook the cookies. This should take about 30 seconds in an electric galette iron or 2 to 4 minutes in a handheld iron over a medium flame. Carefully remove cookies and cool on wire racks.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Raisin Pecan Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

 • 1 1/2 cups pecans
 • 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
 • 1 cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed
 • 1 cup granulated sugar
 • 2 eggs
 • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
 • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
 • 1 teaspoon baking powder
 • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
 • 1 teaspoon salt
 • 3 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
 • 1 1/2 cups raisins

 

Directions:


  1. Preheat the oven to 350º.
  2. Place the pecans on a sheet pan and bake for 5 minutes. Cool and chop.
  3. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. With the mixer on low, add the eggs, one at a time, and then vanilla.
  4. Sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together into a medium bowl. With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Add the oats, raisins, and pecans and mix just until combined.
  5. Using a small ice-cream scoop or a tablespoon, drop 2-inch mounds of dough onto sheet pans lined with parchment paper. Flatten slightly with a damp hand. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Transfer the cookies to a baking rack and cool completely.