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Comfort Foods
Creamy Four Cheese Macaroni
1/3 cup all purpose flour
3 T. butter
2-2/3 cups milk
3/4 cup shredded
Fontina or Swiss cheese
1/2 cup grated Asiago
cheese
1/2 cup shredded sharp Cheddar
3 ounces Jack cheese, cubed
2 cups elbo macaroni
1/2 t. salt
Cooking spray
1/3 cup melba toasts, crushed
1 T. butter, softened
Preheat oven to 350'
Bring 4 quarts of water to boil, add salt and
macaroni.
Cook until tender but firm, 8-10 minutes. Drain in
colander.
Melt butter over medium heat in saucepan, stir in
flour.
Cook and stir for three minutes, add milk and stir
until thick.
Add cheeses; cook and stir constantly until cheese
melts.
Stir in cooked macaroni, add
salt and white pepper to taste.
Spray 2 quart casserole .
Pour mixture in and sprinkle top with
crumbs mixed with butter. Bake at
350' for 30 minutes or until
bubbly.
Serves 8. Enjoy!
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Creamed Spinach
2 pounds fresh spinach
4 T butter
1 small onion, minced
1 T. flour
2 drops Almond extract
Salt and Pepper
1 cup pureed green peas
1 cup heavy cream
Toasted bread triangles
Wash the spinach thoroughly. Steam it in it's on
moisture until it wilts. Press out water and chop coarsely. Melt butter,
sauté onion. Add flour and cook for three minutes. Add the spinach, peas and
cream. Bring to a simmer, stirring. Add Almond extract and correct seasoning.
Serve with toast triangles. Enjoy!
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Milk and Egg Sweet Custard
1 quart whole milk
2 t. pure vanilla
1/2 cup honey plus 2 T. sugar
1/4 t. salt
4 whole eggs
2 egg yolks
1/2 t. lemon zest
Scald the milk with the vanilla, honey, sugar and
salt: then cool. Beat eggs and egg yolks together. Beat until smooth. Add
lemon zest. Pour into 6 to 8 individual ramekins.
Bake in a baine marie*, in preheated 350' oven for 45 minutes or until a
knife comes out clean. Chill if you can wait! Yum!!!
* baking pan filled with hot water, 3/4 way up the
ramekins.
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Pain Perdue (Lost Bread)
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1/4 t. salt
1 T. each, honey, sugar
1 T. Sherry or Rum
1 baguette
1/2 cup butter
Slice baguette into 1-1/2 inch slices, on the
diagonal.
(It is best to do this the day before so the bread
will be dry, or use stale bread.) Arrange slices in a baking dish to fit. Mix
together the first five ingredients, and pout over the bread. Cover and let
soak over night in the frig.
To prepare; Melt butter slices, turning when golden.
Using a baking dish, spray with cooking spray. Bake
in 350' oven for 20-25 minutes until puffed up. Serve immediately, with hot
syrup or powdered sugar. 2 or 3 slices per serving.
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Maple Pecan Bread Pudding
3-1/2 cups stale croissants, cut into cubes
2-1/2 milk
1/3 cup maple syrup
2 T. sugar
1 t. vanilla
1/2 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. salt
1/4 t. ground nutmeg
3 eggs
1/3 currants, or raisins
Arrange croissants on baking pan in single layer and
bake in 325' oven for 10 minutes. Then place in a sprayed baking dish.
Combine milk and next 8 ingredients in a medium bowl
and whisk until well blended. Stir in currants and pour over bread. Toss
gently to coat. Let stand for at least an hour. Bake for 1 hour in 350' oven
or until pudding is set. Serve warm with a dollop of whipped cream! I'm
ready!!!
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