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Sauteed Potatoes

23 May , , ,

Since the first time that I made these potatoes at home, they became a mandatory side dish for the meals here. They are wonderful, they are soft and with a delicious golden crust ,very very good and it is super easy to do. It is impossible to resist, I just need to see a potato that I want to make it sauteed.

Sauteed Potatoes

Ingredients:

1 kg potatoes
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp vegetable or olive oil
salt and Red pepper flakes
2 tbsp parsley
3 tbsp parmesan cheese, grated

Directions:

Cut the potatoes into chunks. Bring a large pan of water to the boil, then cook the potatoes for 10 mins (they need to be firm). Drain, shake out onto a kitchen paper-lined tray and leave to cool.

When ready to serve, heat the butter and oil in a large non-stick frying pan until you can feel a strong heat rising. Add the potatoes in a single layer, not too tightly packed. Turn the heat to medium-high, so that the potatoes sizzle, but don’t stir until they start to brown underneath.
Turn them all evenly 2 or 3 times until nicely browned all over – this can take about 7 mins. Sprinkle with salt pepper, grated cheese and paisley. Serve immediately.

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Outrageous Brownies

8 November , , , , ,

brownieAfter seeing the brownie recipe on Talita’s site, I decided that it was time to post a brownie recipe on my site, and when I saw this recipe, I decided that it was the one that I was going to try. It was the first time that I made brownies, and I can say that the experience was good, they are easy to make and they have a distinct flavor, they are delicious. I’m sure that this wasn’t the last recipe that I’m going to try, because I already found some recipes that deserve to be tested, and as I can’t say that this was the best recipe yet, I’ll be obliged to test several others and later I’ll tell you the results…hehe. As I found that the recipe was too much I divided it in 3 and it still gave me several brownies, and also I made half brownie with nuts and half without, and I can say that the half with nuts is much more tasty. The recipe have instant coffee powder, but as I didn’t want the coffee flavor, I changed for cocoa powder and it was delicious, but if you want the coffee flavor I’m sure that also it will be delicious.

Outrageous Brownies
(Ina Garten)

Ingredients:

1 pound unsalted butter
1 pound plus 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips, divided
6 ounces unsweetened chocolate
6 extra-large eggs
3 tablespoons instant coffee powder or cocoa powder
2 tablespoons real vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided (1 cup for batter and 1/4 cup in the chips and nuts)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
3 cups diced walnut pieces

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 by 18 by 1 1/2-inch sheet pan.
Melt together the butter, 1 pound chocolate chips, and unsweetened chocolate on top of a double boiler. Cool slightly. Stir together the eggs, instant coffee, vanilla and sugar. Stir in the warm chocolate mixture and cool to room temperature.
Stir together 1 cup of the flour and baking powder. Add to cooled chocolate mixture. Toss the walnuts and 12 ounces of chocolate chips with 1/4 cup flour to coat. Then add to the chocolate batter. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake for about 30 minutes, or until tester just comes out clean. Halfway through the baking, rap the pan against the oven shelf to allow air to escape from between the pan and the brownie dough. Do not over-bake! Cool thoroughly, refrigerate well and cut into squares.

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Pound Cake

7 August , , , ,

pound cakeAfter the first test of cake with cream cheese, I decided to continue trying recipes, and I found several in the Internet. This recipe I found here. What I can say is that the cakes with cream cheese are really delicious, before I only wanted to get rid of the excess of cream cheese in my refrigerator, but now I think about buying more cream cheese to make more recipes of this delicious cake. Delicious !!

Pound Cake

Ingredients:

2 sticks (225g) unsalted butter, softened, but not quite room temperature
1 8 ounce (225g) package of cream cheese, softened slightly
1 1/2 (285g) cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 cups (250g) unbleached all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
confectioners’ sugar for dusting

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees (165 degrees celsius). Spray four mini loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray, and place on a cookie sheet.
In a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and cream cheese. Pour in sugar and mix until smooth. Add in eggs, one at a time, mixing well until each is incorporated.
While ingredients are mixing, whisk together four, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Slowly add flour mixture to the wet ingredients.
Distribute batter evenly among the four pans and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50-60 minutes. Let cool and dust with confectioners’ sugar. Wrap any extras tightly in plastic wrap and freeze for up to one month.

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Strawberry Coffee Cake

22 March , , ,

Strawberry Coffee Cake

I’m another person who enters for the list of people who had not resisted and had made the recipe of Strawberry Coffee Cake from Cinara’s blog. The recipe is totaly approved, the only difference was that I placed it in a smaller pan of  12×8 inch and changed the margarine for butter. Delicious !!

Strawberry Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

Crumble Topping:

1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter (stick form is necessary), cold from the fridge

To make crumble topping, sift the sugar and flour together in a large bowl. Place the margarine in the center of the bowl and sprinkle a little of the sugar and flour mixture over it. Place all 10 fingers on the stick and start crumbling it by making cat-kneading gestures with your fingers so the margarine turns into little pea sized bits. If you need a visual, refer to this little fella. Keep crumbling until the stick is completely whittled down.
Keep the bowl of crumbles in the fridge until you’re ready for it.

Strawberry Coffee Cake:

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
3 cups strawberries, sliced

-Sift the first four ingredients together in a bowl and set aside
-Whisk the milk, eggs, vanilla, and melted margarine together in a bowl.
-Add the mix of wet ingredients to the bowl of dry ingredients.
-Beat together with a handheld mixer until well incorporated.
Pour into a pre-greased 12×8 pan. Arrange the sliced strawberries on top of the batter. Sprinkle the crumble toppings.
Bake at 350F for 35-45 minutes.

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