cb challenge winning recipes

I love Caprese - salad, spears, bites; anyway I can get it. The basil Challenge has been in the back of my mind, I cleaned my fridge and in the freezer compartment I had a package of Puff Pastry. Basil = Caprese = Caprese Puffs. INGREDIENTS 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (or make your own) 2 or...

Golden Masa Seafood Crepes with PEI Mussels and Lemon Butter Corn Crema Makes 6-8 crepes I've made crepes before, but never using masa harina. The lemon butter corn crema is something I created just a few days ago, and it turned out even better than I expected. This colorful seafood dish is...

Rosewater adds a lovely perfumed taste to this creamy rice pudding. I’ve used a conservative amount of sugar here as I really don’t have a sweet tooth - but obviously you can add more, to taste. This pudding can be served warm or cold. Ingredients (serves 2) 50 g short grain pudding rice (or...

You need a Springform Round Cake Tins for Baking 18cm – Serves 4, Preparation time 20-25 mins, Resting in the fridge 2 hours For the mint sauce: bunch of fresh mint, about 30 g 3 tbsp boiling water 2 tbsp white wine vinegar 1 level tbsps caster sugar A drizzle of lemon – optional For the...

INGREDIENTS 4 bone in, skin on chicken thighs Salt Black pepper Cayenne to taste 2 Tsp Herbes de Provence (No Herbes de Provence - had make a mixture using herbs in my pantry) 2 TBSP EVOO 1/4 cup thinly sliced shallot 1/2 cup pitted and sliced green olives (horizontally) 1/2 cup pitted and...

Coconut potato latkes with cranberry applesauce and cardamom spiced mascarpone Adapted from a recipe at whatjewannaeat.com. Latkes: 2 cups (2/3 pound) russet potatoes, washed, peeled and shredded on large side of box grater 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut 2 Tbsp flour 2 Tbsp granulated...

SIMPLIFIED CASSOULET WITH PORK AND KIELBASA Serves 8 Ingredients Chicken 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup table salt 10 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, trimmed and skin removed (about 3 lbs) Beans 1 pound dried flageolet or great Northern beans, picked over and rinsed 1 medium onion, peeled plus 1 small...

Asian Beef Lettuce Wraps (recipe I found, with notes on things I changed Lettuce leaves (I went with romaine) 1-lb ground beef (I used a very course grind, like I would use for chili) 1-yellow onion, diced 1-red bell pepper, diced 2-cloves garlic, minced 1-TBSP soy sauce 1/4 Cup- Hoisin sauce 1...

How I ended up with this recipe was quite amusing. I had the idea to use beets in place of potatoes to make a stew, and I decided to search for "Beet Stew"; Google kept "correcting" me, thinking I meant "Beef Stew". As it turns out, borscht is a beef stew. I've never had borscht before, so I'm...

Ingredients 3 chicken breasts 100 gms walnuts 100 gms dried cranberries (no added sugar) 1 small red onion (or 1/2 large one) 4 cloves garlic 1 handful pork scratchings 2 tbs fresh oregano leaves 50 gms stilton cheese 100 gms thinly sliced prosciutto 1 bunch asparagus 1 small nob butter 1/4 cup...

Pork-And-Apple Pie Makes one 8"-9" pie Ingredients 2 lbs pork tenderloin, cut into 1/2 inch pieces Salt and pepper to season the pork 2 tablespoons butter, divided 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided 1 large onion, quartered and thinly sliced 2 cups potatoes, peeled and sliced 1/4...

Prep Time: 45 minutes. Cook Time: 40 minutes. Rest Time: Not needed. Serves: There were 20-25 of us at the pot luck and I came home with about 1/5 remaining.... Cuisine: German. Leftovers: YES! Refrigerate. The bacon will not retain crispness, but this won't matter...

This economical dish is very easy to make but it does take time to cook. The plus side is that the preparation time is minimal. The slow reduction of the sauce ensures maximum flavour and although it may seem strange to cook eggs for so long, I think it does improve their flavour and its not...

Ingredients 4 small/medium chicken breasts 250 gms butter 1 tbsp vegetable oil 8 cloves garlic 2 tsp ground cumin 2 tsp whole cumin seeds 1 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp dried chilli flakes 1/2 lemon juiced Method Cover breasts in cling wrap and lightly pound the thicker end to flatten mildly. Rub...

Ingredients 1 tblsp Cumin seeds 1 tblsp Paprika 1 tsp Cayenne pepper 1 tblsp Turmeric 1½ tsp Freshly ground black pepper 2 tsp Salt 6 Garlic cloves, mashed or pureed 6 tblsp Lime juice 1.5 kg Chicken breast 3 tblsp Olive oil 6 Fresh red chilis, sliced Fresh coriander leaf Method Grind the...

I love mustard. I usually have anywhere from 3-6 different kinds of mustard in my fridge. Laying in bed this morning I was thinking of some possible cool ways to use this special ingredient (I love these challenges because it makes me think outside the box ala my Michigan cookingbites brethren...

Savory Jackfruit Chili - 100% Vegan Suace with Beans and Jackfruit by TodayInTheKitchen posted Jun 17, 2019 at 7:24 PM :chef: Ingredients 10 oz package of BBQ Jackfruit 1 can black beans 1 bell pepper (yellow or orange) 2 habanero peppers 2 tbsp of cumin powder 2 cups of vegetable stock 1...

This is one of those dishes that is not only flexible with the quantities for the ingredients, mixing and matching with whatever you've got available but looks like an awfully complicated recipe and the truth is ,it isn't . It's actually quite simple and is just a question of timing of you're...

Also known as risotto giallo (literally “yellow risotto”) or risotto alla Milanese, this very simple dish is one of the most famous symbols of Milan. As it’s common for any risotto, Italians most often eat it as a piatto unico, the only and main course of a meal; it is not unusual, however, to...

Ingredients for Meatballs: 500gms lamb mince 100gm diced haloumi 1 onion diced 2 cloves grated garlic 1 tbsp. dried oregano 1 teaspoon ground cummin 1/4 cup grated parmesan 1 cup chopped mint 1 tbsp. olive oil 1 beaten egg Ingredients for Sauce: 3 tomatoes 2 cups seedless grapes 2 (or more or...