Entries Tagged 'Cooking' ↓
June 17th, 2011 — Cooking, Father's Day
Brown Butter Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies (adapted from Cooks Illustrated)
Ingredients:
- 1 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 14 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 4 oz semisweet chocolate bar, diced into 1/4″ pieces
- 1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips (I like Ghirardelli 60% cacao)
- 3 tablespoons milk chocolate, grated
- 1 cup bacon that’s been fried until crispy and diced into roughly 1/4″ pieces
Directions:
1. Adjust your oven rack so it’s in the middle position. Pre-heat to 375 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Whisk flour and baking soda together in a medium bowl and set aside.
3. Heat 10 tablespoons of butter in a 10 inch skillet over medium-high heat until melted. Continue cooking, swirling pan constantly. Watch this carefully – butter can go from brown to burned very quickly. When butter is dark-golden brown and has a nutty aroma, remove from heat and immediately transfer to a heatproof bowl. Stir the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter into hot butter until melted.
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June 13th, 2011 — Cooking, Father's Day
With their apartment-friendly beer-making kits, Erica Shea and Stephen Valand of the Brooklyn Brew Shop make it easy to craft artisanal beer – right in your own kitchen. Showcasing the finest barley, hops, yeast and spices, your all-natural home-crafted brew will taste as great as the premium artisanal beers served at the best brew pubs. Choose either fresh summer wheat beer or India Pale Ale. The Kit includes a step-by-step instructions guide you through every stage: the mash, the sparge, the boil, fermentation and bottling. The entire brewing process takes approximately 17 days and produces 1 gal. of IPA beer or fresh summer wheat beer. Equipment can be reused over and over to make more fresh beer. $39.95
www.WilliamSonoma.Com
May 19th, 2011 — Cooking
This is one of the best recipes I’ve come across in a very long time! I cooked it last night and not only is it delicious but incredibly easy to make! Click below to see the Recipe
www.WhatKateAte.Blogspot.Com
May 3rd, 2011 — Cooking
This cake is so good that Prince William chose it as his groom’s cake for the royal wedding.
Servings:
Makes one 6-inch round cake (8 portions)
Ingredients:
1/2 tsp. butter , for greasing
8 ounces Rich tea biscuits
4 ounces unsalted butter , softened
4 ounces granulated sugar
4 ounces dark chocolate , for the cake
1 egg
8 ounces dark chocolate , for coating
1 ounce chocolate , for decorating
Directions:
To make cake: Lightly grease a 6″ x 2 1/2″ cake ring and place on a tray on a sheet of parchment paper.
Break each of the biscuits into almond-size pieces by hand and set aside.
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February 8th, 2011 — Cooking, Gifts, Valentine's Day
LUCKY NIGHT VINTAGE WINE
A cold and relatively dry winter, and a warm spring jump-started our 2007 growing season at our Oakville vineyard. A relatively small crop meant good concentration of classic aromas and flavors that conjure up the image of a nice Bordeaux. Summer was mild, which gave us a long ripening, always best for Bordeaux varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. We harvested the grapes in mid-October under optimal conditions. (Wine Notes: Ripe black cherry and raspberry aromas. Round upon entry in the mouth, excellent balance. Supple, fine-grained tannins resolve nicely. Long, aromatic finish. If you ordered a bottle of Bordeaux in a nice Parisian bistro, it would taste like this.) $25.00 per bottle.
www.SwansonVineyards.com
