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Monday's Recipes (5/26/08)

POSTED: 8:44 am CDT May 26, 2008
UPDATED: 10:50 pm CDT May 26, 2008

Grilled Pablano Peppers stuffed with Smoked Pork, Oaxaca Cheese and Grilled Tomato Sauce

Recipe: Rub Pablano pepper with Oil, salt and pepper, char on grill until black wrap in plastic and set aside. Char six tomatoes cut in half, 2 red onions and 1 head of garlic (season with salt, pepper and olive oil wrap in foil put on back of grill for 1 hour.)

Sautee all ingredients together add 1/2 cup of cilantro and blend with blender. Smoked pork mix with Oaxaca and Queso Blanco cheese, stuff pepper and top with sauce!!!!

Grilling Eggplant, Fennel, Potatoes, Garlic, Carrots, Peppers and Onions and serving them with Grilled Garlic Dipping Sauce and Rosemary Skewers

Recipe: Rub all veggies with olive oil and you favorite salt or pepper spice blend, have grill on high, wipe grates with oil and grill until semi tender.

Garlic dipping Sauce: 1 head of grilled garlic, 1 cup of mayonnaise, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil

Cous Cous with Cucumber, Mint and Tomatoes
Recipe: Prepare cous cous according to directions on box, add 2 cups of diced vine ripe tomatoes, 2 cups of diced cucumbers, 1 cup of extra virgin olive oil, 1/2 cup of lemon juice, 4 tbsps of chopped mint, salt and pepper.

Recipes featuring Tennessee Strawberries:
Chilled Strawberry "Arrington Vineyards Riesling" Soup spiked with Lavender

Recipe: 3 lbs of strawberries, 1 cup of sugar, 1cup of honey, 1 cup of Wine, 1 cup of heavy cream,1 cup of sour cream, 1 cup of vanilla yogurt, 1 cup of apple juice, 1 tsp of lemon juice, 1 tbsp on lavender, 2 tbsp on vanilla extract.

Kickin' Wildhorse Strawberry Salad with White Balsamic Dressing

Recipe: Spinach, Hominy, boiled eggs, red onion, bacon, strawberries, goat cheese and spicy pecans. Dressing is 2 ups olive oil, 1 cup of white balsamic vinegar, 2 tblsp. Of Dijon mustard, 2tbsp. garlic, 2tbsp. shallots, salt and pepper.

Strawberry Muffins with Strawberry Honey Thyme Butter

Recipe: 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup butter, 1 egg, 1 cup strawberries. Preheat oven to 375 lightly grease muffin tins.

Sift the flour sugar, baking powder and salt together into a mixing bowl. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. In a separate bowl, blend the milk, butter and egg.

Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and stir by hand just until the batter is evenly moistened. Fold in 1/2 the strawberries. Fill muffin tins 3/4 full, tap to release air bubbles. Top with remaining strawberries. Bake for 25-30 minutes.

Strawberry butter:3/4 cup of softened butter, 1/2 cup of hulled minced strawberries, 2 tbsp. honey, 3 tbsp powdered sugar, 1 tbsp. lemon juice 1/4 tsp. of orange zest, 1/4 tsp fresh thyme. Whip all ingredient together spread on warm muffins

Vanilla Bean mini Angel Food Bunt Cakes with Fresh Strawberries soaked in Grand Mainer

Recipe: 1 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup of cake flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp cream of tarter, 2 tsp vanilla extract, 1 vanilla bean, 1 1/2 cups of egg whites. Preheat oven to 350. Sift 1/2 cup sugar, flour and slt into medium bowl 5 times.

Using electric mixer, beat egg whites in large bowl until foamy. Add 2 tsp warm water and cream of tartar and beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1 cup sugar and vanilla and beat util stiff but not dry. Sift sugar-flour mixture ove whites 1/4 cup at a time and gently fold in. Bake until cake is light golden about 45 minutes. Turn upside down and let cool.

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