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Recipe Preparation: cooking and baking

Recipe Serves: 5

Ingredients for Hamburger Petal Pie Recipe

Hamburger Petal Pie

1 c Onion, chopped
1 c Green pepper, chopped
1/2 Garlic clove, crushed
2 tb Vegetable oil
1-1/2 lb Hamburger
1/3 c Water
1 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
1 tb Worcestershire sauce
2 tb Flour
1 Egg, slightly beaten
1 lb Scones

Hamburger Petal Pie Preparation

Saute the onion, green pepper and garlic in the oil until tender then add the beef and cook until brown all over. Dump out the grease and add about 1/3 cup of water.

Add the worchestershire sauce, salt, pepper and flour. Simmer until the juice thickens. Separate the scones and brush the edges with the egg.

Put the scones against the sides and bottom of a pie plate so it is completely covered. Stir the rest of the egg into the meat mixture and then spoon the meat into the pie shell.

If you wish you can garnish with a few tomato wedges. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 450 degrees F. for about 8 to 10 minutes.

The scones should be slightly browned.

Yield: serves 5.

* This gets its name because the biscuits around the edge puff up to look like the petals around the center of a sunflower. This is a great bachelor meal because you can come in from work and make it without much effort, time or dish washing. You can play with different spices to change the flavor.

* If you live outside North America, remember that a biscuit is a scone.

: Difficulty: easy. : Time: 10 minutes preparation, 10 minutes cooking

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June 15th, 2009 | Tags: beef recipe, easy recipes, free recipes, hamburger recipe, pie recipe, recipes for free | Category: easy recipes | Leave a comment

Now that we’re well and truly into Winter down here in the Southern Hemisphere, I decided today would be a great day to share some tips on making a great custard.  Custard is fantastic in the colder weather, and is very versatile, being able to use it with many different types of dessert (or even eat it on its own!).

Easy Custard Recipe Preparation

Stirred Custard

The standard test is to cook until mixture will coat the back of a metal spoon, not as easy to determine as it sounds because uncooked custard will also leave a film on a spoon.

The difference is that cooked custard should leave a thick, translucent, almost jellylike coat about the consistency of gravy. If you suspect that custard is on the verge of curdling, plunge pan into ice water to stop cooking.

Baked Custard

Insert a table knife into custard midway between rim and center (not in the middle as cookbooks once instructed). If knife comes out clean, custard is done. Remove at once from water bath and cool.

To chill quickly, set custard in ice water-but only if baking dish is one that can take abrupt changes of temperature without breaking.

What to Do About Curdled Custard

If it’s baked custard, the best idea is to turn it into a Trifle by mixing with small hunks of cake if stirred custard, strain out the lumps and serve as a sauce over cake, fruit, or gelatin dessert.

Caution: Keep custards refrigerated; they spoil easily, often without giving a clue.

Check out this excellent recipe for baked custard below…

June 12th, 2009 | Tags: custard recipe, custard tips, dessert tips, easy custard recipe, easy recipe, easy recipes, winter dessert | Category: cooking and baking, easy recipes | Leave a comment

Recipe Preparation: broil

Recipe Serves: 6

Ingredients for Easy Frittata Recipe

Easy Frittata Recipe

2 tb Butter or margarine
1 md Onion; chopped
1/4 c Celery; chopped
1 lg Bell pepper; chopped
1 cn (15-oz) corned beef hash
4 Eggs
1/4 ts Salt
1/8 ts Pepper

Easy Frittata Preparation

Melt butter in large skillet; saute onions, celery and bell pepper until tender. Add hash; break up with a fork.

Cook over medium heat until hash begins to brown. Beat eggs with salt and pepper just to mix. Pour into skillet with hash.

Cover over medium heat until eggs begin to set.

Place under broiler a few minutes until eggs are set and surface is lightly browned. Serve in wedges.

This recipe serves 6.

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June 11th, 2009 | Tags: easy frittata, easy recipe, easy recipes, egg recipe, free recipes, frittata recipe, recipes for free | Category: easy recipes | Comments (3)

Recipe Preparation: cook

Recipe Serves: 4

Ingredients for Marinated Lamb Recipe

Marinated Butterfly Leg Of Lamb

1 c Red wine
1/2 c Soy sauce (up to 3/4 C)
1 tb Rosemary leaves, crushed
1 tb Black pepper, fresh
4 Garlic cloves, crushed
1 Half leg of lamb, butterflied

Marinated Lamb Preparation

Mix together all of the ingredients except the lamb. Place the lamb in a bowl or pan that will not be corroded by the marinade (a glass 9×13 pan works well).

Pour most of the marinade over the lamb. Swish the lamb around and get it soaked on both sides. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for at least several hours, turning occasionally.

Start a fire in the grill and get the coals very warm but not flaming.

Place lamb on grill about 3-4 inches from the coals. Cook on this side for 20 minutes, basting with the extra marinade occasionally. Turn the meat over and cook another 20 minutes.

After 10 minutes on the second side, start checking for doneness.

Contrary to many people’s ideas, lamb should not be well done but should still be a little pink (medium rare to medium is perfect in my opinion). When done, slice thin and serve.

NOTES: * Grilled butterflied leg of lamb – This is the best recipe I have ever had for lamb. It really brings out the flavor wonderfully, and because it’s grilled, it’s quite a good low fat recipe.

Yield: Serves 4-6.

* For the meat, you need a half leg of lamb which has been butterflied. A good butcher can do this for you but don’t be afraid of trying it yourself. To butterfly the leg, take a sharp knife and start at the side and work towards the bone.

Once you have found the bone, work along it so you have one side completely slit and then cut out the bone. You can keep the bone to use as a stock for soup.

: Difficulty: easy. : Time: 5 minutes preparation, overnight marinating, 40 minutes cooking.

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June 10th, 2009 | Tags: butterflied lamb, easy recipes, free recipes, grilled lamb, lamb recipe, leg of lamb, low fat recipes, marinated lamb recipe, recipes for free | Category: easy recipes | Leave a comment