Do you prefer cooking or baking more?
Hrm, was going to post my chili recipe, but farthestar posted his
For mine you need wild boar meat, anyway, which might not be available everywhere.
OK, guess I'll just post an hors d'oeuvre recipe then. -_-
1lb of diced or shredded chicken (cooked)
1 package softened cream cheese
1/2 cup ranch dressing (your favorite brand)
1/2 cup buffalo wing sauce (Frank's is good)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (i like to add a little asadero cheese as well)
24 wonton wrappers
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
- preheat to 375 degrees and spray brownie pan lightly with non stick cooking spray
- in a medium bowl, combine the softened cream cheese, ranch, wing sauce and 3/4 cheddar cheese. nuke it a little if it's not soft enough. stir in the chicken.
- begin with a wonton wrapper and press it into the bottom of each muffin tin. spoon about a tablespoon of the chicken mixture. top with another wonton wrapper and add another tablespoon of chicken mixture. top with remaining cheddar cheese and a little blue cheese.
- bake for 18 minutes or until edges are brown. check halfway through baking and if edges are browned cover the cupcakes with foil for the remaining cooking time.
- remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes
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Yeah there isn't an abundance of wild boars here.... but I appreciate the thought. The hors d'oeuvre recipe sounds so yummy. I've had a hard time getting on board with blue cheese but that combination sounds delicious so onto my list of 'things to try' it goes! Thanks! :D
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We don't have wild boar here, either, but a local butcher brings it in from the southern states every now and then.
When he does, I buy 10-20 pounds of it and freeze it for chili or have him make sausages with it. :)
If you're in a hurry, the above recipe can also be deep fried if you wrap the ingredients inside a wonton wrapper. deep fry for 3 1/2-4 minutes or until the wrapper is golden brown and crispy.
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I'm from a really small place. I feel like getting bison every few years is a gift. I can honestly say in my lifetime I've ever seen wild boar available for purchase.
I think your recipe sounds great, think I'll try baking first though. I'll try them for my sisters baby shower in a few weeks time. Bet they will be a hit.
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I don't really cook/bake. Last thing i baked was a sweet potato casserole. Very delicious, much wow.
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How about a chicken and mushroom pie (I made one big one, instead of several smaller ones). First one I baked/cooked together with my GF. ofc i've made them before I met her, so I did know what to do. She did like it though.
125g long grain rice
50g butter
250g mushroom, roughly chopped
175g oyster mushroom
1 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic clove, finely chopped
2 tbsp plain flour
300ml milk
425g cooked chicken
juice ½ lemon
150ml pot soured cream
pack dill, finely chopped
375g pack ready-rolled puff pastry
1 egg yolk, to glaze
Boil the rice in enough water to just cover until the rice is al dente and the liquid has been absorbed – about 10 mins. Season, then set aside.
Heat a large frying pan, then add the butter. Once melted, fry the mushrooms and onion until golden. Season, add the garlic, then cook for another couple of mins. Stir in the flour and cook for 1-2 mins, turning the vegetables over in it. Now take the pan off the heat and gradually add the milk, stirring to incorporate every addition before you add any more. Once done, put the pan back on the heat and bring to the boil, stirring all the time as the sauce thickens. Season well and let the sauce simmer so that the flour gets cooked. Stir in the cooked chicken and add the lemon juice, soured cream and dill.
Spread the rice in the bottom of 6 buttered individual pie dishes, then spoon the meat and sauce on top. Leave it to cool a little. Roll out the pastry a little and cut to fit your dishes, then pop on top and press the pastry down. Trim off the excess. You can finish the pie crusts by making a long strip of pastry with the leftovers, twisting it like a rope. Moisten the edges of the pastry on the pies with water, then press on the rope of pastry. Otherwise just crimp the edges
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Make 3 slits in the centre of the pies, then brush the tops with egg yolk. Bake for 10 mins, then turn the heat down to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and cook for a further 20-25 mins, until the pastry is golden and cooked.
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I love mushrooms. This sounds sooo yummy. I'm excited to try it! Thanks for sharing! :)
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Easy chili:
Get a large pot or slow cooker, and a frying pan
1 Large onion, diced
Some garlic (as many cloves as you want, crushed or shopped)
Fry over low heat until brown, then throw in pot
1 pound / 1/2 kilo meat (honestly, you can add as much meat as you like, whatever kind of meat you like)
Skip if you want vegetarian)
Fry and add to pot
1 pack of mushrooms (or two handfuls)
1 bell pepper
As many fresh chili peppers as you want (tastes vary here. if you want it very weak, just add one or two mild peppers)
Fry and add to the pot
3 cans of different kinds of beans (black beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, pink beans, whatever)
1 can of corn
3 cans of crushed, sieved, or diced or sieved tomato (or substitute 2-3 real tomatoes, sliced into chunks, per can)
Add to pot
Add one tablespoon of honey, sugar or agave (you need something sweet to balance the acidity of the tomatoes)
Add some herbs - feel free to experiment, but I usually throw in a lot of oregano and a decent amount of basil
Add some spice, such as Cayenne, Paprika or Chili powder, or even just plain old hot sauces (powders give you more control, but sauces give you quicker feedback; I prefer more flavorful sauces over pure heat)
Salt and Pepper
It's not necessary, but I always put in quite a few drops of worchester sauce, or maybe soy sauce.
Let the pot simmer for as long as you can, the longer the better, but if you're in a hurry, half an hour should be fine
(if you added real tomatoes, then as soon as they're completely soft)
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Me cooking/baking? Well, no. But I plan to look into it in future, as I have this little feeling I might like it :D And it would be definitely good and useful "skill" to learn. >..>
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Yeah.. being able to cook for yourself is rather useful. Following recipes help! and not forgetting something on the stove while you're playing a game also helps (I did not burn pancakes this morning doing that very thing...)
Also, it's really fun to feed people... just watching people enjoy something you cooked... pretty great feeling. :)
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I would love to pick up cooking. Especially those recipes that involves a lot of MEAT. Sadly, I do not have the opportunity as of now.
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Meat Loaf... sooooooooo yummy... best if you use a meatloaf pan to cook it though, helps the hamburger to drain better.
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Oh God. You're making me hungry. Thanks for the tip though. I need to keep that in mind. :)
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Super easy:
Meat Loaf
- 1 1/2 lbs hamburger
- 1/2 cup crackers, crushed
- 2 tbls milk
- 2 tbls ketchup
- 1 tbls dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 egg
- 1 med. chopped onion (if desired)
Glaze:
- 1/2c ketchup
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbl brown sugar
Just mush all the first into a bowl together and then put it into a loaf pan, if you don't have a meatloaf pan. Then mix up the glaze and pour it on top and bake at 350F for 60-75mins.
That was the recipe as I started with, but personally I like to make these additions:
- substitute the ketchup in the in glaze for a BBQ sauce
- add a tablespoon or two of the same BBQ to the meatloaf
- throw in a couple of shakes of Worcestershire sauce to the glaze and meatloaf
- a tablespoon of vinegar to the glaze
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I see meat, I approve.
Anyway, thanks for this starter recipe. I will try it out when I can.
I'll probably straight away try with BBQ sauce instead of ketchup. I don't really like ketchup.
Ahhh.. the Worcestershire sauce... Mmmmm...
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Screw meatloaf. Get a Dutch Oven, Crockpot, or Slowcooker
Put in a few pieces of beef shank (or other cheap and tough cut)
Add some onions (quartered), carrots (thick sliced) and maybe some radishes, if you want
Add a bottle of thick dark beer (I use belgian trappist ale, but something along those lines)
(the beer should not cover the meat completely, maybe halfway)
Seal and cook at a low temperature for hours (at least 4, but I usually leave it for 8)
YUM
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honestly, I was never impressed with meatloaf. Using pretty much the same ingredients, you may as well make a hamburger.
If I want that big a piece of meat, I'd rather have a steak
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I don't like hamburgers. I find this to be a good alternative.
As well, you can do the:
Sicilian Meat Loaf style (its not my favourite, however, others in my family really enjoy it.
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 clove garlic or powder
- 3/4 cup soft bread crumbs
- 2lbs. lean, ground beef
- 1/2 cup tomato juice
- 8 thin slices ham
- 1/2 tsp. Oregano
- 6 oz. mozzarella cheese
- Optional-snipped parsley
- (1 1/2 cup shredded) Salt and pepper
- 3 cheese slices, cut diagonally
Combine eggs, crumbs, juice and spices, salt and pepper. Add beef and mix well. On foil or wax paper, pat meat to a 12” by 10” rectangle. Arrange ham on top of meat. Be sure to leave a good margin around edges. Sprinkle shredded cheese over beef and ham. Starting at short end, roll up meat, leaving foil to seal edges and end. Place roll, seam down, in a 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan. Bake at 350F for 11/4 hours. Remove from oven. Place cheese wedges over top. Return to oven until cheese melts. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.
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Bake at 3500 C? why, I'd love to melt glass and steel into the food. Awesome!
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Oh.. fine then, better knock it back to a standard 350F.
lol my sisters recipe I've got no idea what she was typing lol.
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Seems to me like a dish you could make fabulous food art out of
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makes it tender and yummy.
After a few hours you need to check that it hasn't completely evaporated. In the end, the liquid should be reduced to the point of being gooey, and the goo should be served with the meat
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Alrighty. Got it. But what if it's completely evaporated? Is that bad?
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I can't bake nor cook. Which is quite fortunate, because I can't stop eating so if I could make more stuff at any time I'd balloon up to grotesque proportions.
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Honey Heart Cake
One of my favourites. Also, if I can make it, pretty much anyone can.
Ingredients:
1 jar of plum jam (not marmelade, although that probably works too, but the thick, firm, elastic kind with plum bits in it (it's called ripped/torn plums jam here, the more you cook it, the firmer and better it gets)
1 large cup ( tea mug ) of water
1 large cup of sugar
1 tea spoon of cinnamon
5 coffee cups of flour (small cups)
1 tea spoon of baking powder
1 cooking chocolate (100g) to cover the cake
baking paper (awesome, yet weird paper you can bake things in the oven in :-p)
Mix together: 3 large spoons of plum jam, 1 cup of water, 1 cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
Leave it for 1 hour to soak in.
Add 5 coffee cups of flour and 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
Pour the mass onto the baking paper in the dish you'll bake it in. Bake until done.
While the cake is still warm, use the remaining jam to cover it (make a jam layer on top of the cake).
Once it cools, melt cooking chocolate and pour a chocolate lid on your honey heart. :-)
Enjoy :-)
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So you use the baking paper (like parchment paper I guess?) just so the cake doesn't stick in the pan? Do you just use a sheet cake kind of pan or do you use a tube/bundt pan?
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Yeah, the baking/parchment paper is just there so it doesn't stick / easier transfer overall. As for the pan, any plain pan will do (sheet cake pan). I had to google the terms (never used them in English) :) The cake isn't a tall one.
Can't find a great pic, but it's something like this.
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I like both cooking and baking, but only when I'm up for it. As in, I have to be in the right mood to want to do it. I voted baking because I prefer that when said mood strikes me, but cooking is good too. <3
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I just like cooking/baking for people .. makes me happy to see them enjoying their food... that's where I get my motivation!
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That's a great motivation! I often find myself inspired to cook and bake when others will enjoy it, too. =3
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Simple but impressive hors d'oeuvres:
Cut the stems off belgian endives, and separate the leaves. Spread goat cheese in each. Now spread basic tuna salad (can of tuna + mayo) on over it. Then sprinkle raisins or dried cranberries on top.
Fan out on the plate.
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I don't think I've ever seen Belgian endives ever sold here :| too bad because this recipe sounds pretty easy to pull off and would be tasty too... I really like goat cheese and tuna.
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okay, for an impressive, but incredibly simple first course:
make basic tuna salad (can of tuna and mayo)
Mix in dried cranberries
get firm tomatoes
Slice the top off the tomato, hollow out the inside with a spoon, put tuna salad back into the tomato, and put the top back on it.
Save the scooped out tomato guts for some other recipe
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Oh, I've done this! Well, close to it. I mixed in parsley and some cheeses (goats cheese and shredded cheddar I think) and then broiled it with Parmesan cheese and then served it with apple pasta salad. Was a great light meal for a too hot summer night.
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Bacalao with Kiwi Chutney:
Get Bacalao (salted cod) and bathe/rinse repeatedly to get the salt off
(feel free to substitute fresh cod)
Grill until done (make the chutney while it's grilling)
Mash up kiwi with mortar and pestle. Add sambal (indonesian hot sauce; can substitute with sriracha) and kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) in small amounts, until it tastes about right. Thicken a little with flour or corn starch.
Spoon the Kiwi Chutney over the fish before serving
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Ohh. Usually do white egg sauce over my cod, but this sounds like a really nice summer alternative :D
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Something easy I use with leftover homemade tzaziki and pita breads:
- Cut the pita bread into 2 circular halves
- Cut the circle in 8-12 pieces
-Mix some oil with spices like pepper, salt, garlic, or whatever. - Dip the pita pieces in the oil mixture.
Heat it in the oven for around 20 minutes at like 180 degrees Celsius.
Tada, crispy pita chips that just go perfect with the leftover tzaziki ;)
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Oh yummy! Gosh, this post is going to have me cooking for 6mths .. (awesome!) :D
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Hahahaha, I just remembered this recipe, and it just so happens to be in the oven right now :D
Also, homemade tzaziki <3: Extra garlic, some cayennepepper, fat free greek yoghurt, cucumber of course...
And than, prepare it a day/evening before you plan to use it, so it has some time to absorb all the flavours <3
Downside is that it's such a tedious job to clean the stuff I use for the cucumber ^^.
Though, granted, I also use tzaziki to dip leftover raw veggies in and eat them as a snack ^^.
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Bump! I prefer baking ( the last cake I made was a dark chocolate stout cake with milk chocolate glaze for Valentine's day and it wanted a bundt pan but I didn't have one right now because I am at postgrad dorms so I used a normal one.. and it collapsed in the middle XD so it became a donut shaped cake anyway. but it was so fucking delicious <3 and I used lindt for the milk glaze which made it amazing) to cooking.
And now I wonder what potato chocolate cake tastes like!
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Made these the other day:
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The first two links are broken! :( please fix I'm super curious to see.
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fixed.
If you ever need ideas, I have tons of them. I don't usually keep track, and forget a lot of things I've done, but I can cook almost everything.
Not too good with recipes, as I never follow them, normally just guidelines that you can play around with
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a duck egg and beech mushroom omelet.
Sure, it's an omelet, but it's so much better than an omelet.
Like when I use heirloom tomatoes, red-leaf lettuce and duck bacon in a sandwich.
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Whats an oz? My oven only goes to 220C what the hell is a F? Whats an inch? When you say 30 min you mean 30 minutes or that is just some crazy way to tell the time? :)
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Conversion from F to C: (F-32)/95
Conversion from C to F: C/59+32
An inch is approximately 2.5 cm
an oz is approximately 30 grams
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Jay, try using this site ;)
http://www.metric-conversions.org/converter.htm
So, Fahrenheit to Celsius, inch to cm's, and let's hopefully asume mins are still minutes.
The whole world should just use the metric system! :(
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I was baking a cake the other night and I wondered to myself how many others out there love baking/cooking. I assume lots but asking and then giving away gas for it seemed more fun.
So my request is if any of you have great recipes, please share! :D Please let them be tried, tested, and true. I will try to make anything that sounds interesting so please don't just copy and paste in something from some blog or recipe site that you don't already love and have tried for ages. Personally, I love 'my Grandmother always made it this way..." recipes. Also, please nothing that is a collection of prepackaged ingredients to be mixed with more prepackaged ingredients... I prefer starting from scratch ironically my posted recipe does have a prepacked ingredient in it.. but anyway..
Don't hate me for not adding potato to the poll! To make up for it will add the recipe for Potato Chocolate Cake! This recipe is about 20yrs old. I've been making it almost that long.
Potato Chocolate Cake
Heat oven to 350F.
Grease 10-inch tube pan or 12 cup Bundt pan. Break 4oz chocolate into pieces; place in large bowl. Add potato flakes; pour boiling water over flakes and chocolate. Let stand 5 mins or until potato flakes are softened and chocolate is melted; stir to combine. Add flour and remaining ingredients.
Blend at low speed until moistened; beat 3 mins at medium speed. (Stir in pecans if using... I never do). Pour batter into greased pan.
Bake at 350F for 45-60 mins or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool upright in pan 30 mins; invert onto serving plate. Cool completely.
Frost with your favourite icing. I like chocolate Amaretto or just rich chocolate buttercream.
I would post a picture of the cake (I hate making things I haven't seen) but atm don't have the pictures uploaded to a site I can link from, sorry. I might try to upload or I might not bother... haven't decided yet.
PICTURES!
Bundt pan, cooling
With yummy dark chocolate buttercream icing
Just in round cake pans with amaretto chocolate icing
From responses I will be adding to my WL. It's random and my reasoning for it follows little logic... most probably it will be because I like something you say and you're at least level 3+
And what you're probably here for:
Lvl 3+ Never Alone Collecton
I lived in the Eastern/Western arctic, (mostly Eastern) and when I played this game it reminded me so much of my time there. If you enter this GA and win, I can't stress enough how much you should try it. It's adorable. I really hope you enjoy it.
Lvl 1+ The Silent Age
This key I have no special story for!
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