The Farmington Ranches Gourmet Group
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Sarah's Gluten and Dairy FREE night!
Friday, February 16, 2024
Amy's "for the LOVE" night
Appetizers:
**Pretzels and costco cranberry/jalepeno dip
**Biscuits (I double the recipe and make it in a 9x13 pan, I just use 1.5 cubes of butter instead of doubling that. It'll bake for 23 min)
**Farro & Mexican chicken bowls (I sometimes also add some diced zucchini to this, just cook it with the corn and pepper)
** deconstructed lettuce wrap bowls. Rice, sausage/veggie mix, chopped lettuce or cabbage, Chow mein noodles, peanuts, sauces.
1lb Spicy sausage
2 tsp Szechuan seasoning
1 small zucchini chopped
8 oz mushrooms washed and chopped
2 carrots chopped
1/2 bunch green onions
8oz can of sliced water chestnuts
1/4 c. Soy Sauce
Brown the sausage with the seasoning. Add veggies and cook until crisp-tender. Add the soy sauce at the end.
Sauce toppings: japanese bbq sauce, Kinders chicken dipping sauce (both found at Costco or Harmons)
or just mix some mayo, sriracha, and water for a sauce with a kick!
Dessert:
Churros with ice cream and Carmel sauce
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Michelle B.'s test kitchen night
I used the same dried berry mixture as I explained below for the rice and used pistachios instead.
Maple Chipotle Roasted Sweet Potatoes
I used the chipotle peepers in adobo sauce (you don't need much)! I also tossed them with some brown sugar to caramelize them a little.
For the wild rice I substituted the mulberries with a mixture of cranberries, golden raisins, and cherries. I also used the cultivated wild rice and followed the cooking time directions on the bag. Definitely use a pressure cooker (otherwise it takes a very long time to cook)!
For the salad I used a mixture of arugula and spinach (watercress is hard to find)!
Coconut Cream Cheese pound cake (the cook time for me was more like 95-100 min)
Monday, October 30, 2023
Amy & Brittany host couples Breakfast
Appetizer:
Spanish Tortilla Recipe (Tortilla de Patates)
Served with Aioli
Ebelskivers with lemon curd and berries
For the Lemon Curd:
- 3/4 cup fresh lemon juice (4-6 lemons)
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cubed
Bring an inch of water in a large saucepan to a simmer. In a bowl that fits on the saucepan but does not touch the simmering water, whisk together the lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar and eggs. Whisk constantly until the mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon (this can take between 10 and 30 minutes). Add the butter, one cube at a time, stirring until it has melted before adding the next. Once all the butter has been added, place in the refrigerator for 15 minutes to cool slightly and set up.
Main:
Carmelized French Toast (I omitted the extra sugar in the recipe, and used raw turbino sugar crystals to coat the slices -but granulated sugar works too). One recipe will make about 10 slices. I bought the challah bread from Harmons (they even sell challah with sugar on top which is great!). I cooked the toast at 350’ on my griddle. Use tongs to flip the slices rather than a spatula, it works a little better. Also be sure to let those slices soak for a pretty significant amount of time!
Homemade Carmel Syrup
Afghanistan Tomato Egg dish: Coat the bottom of a large frying pan with 3/4C olive oil heated at med. Add 4 large chopped tomatoes. Salt the tomatoes then simmer on med low with lid. After a couple minutes, mash the tomatoes (can add some tomato sauce if needed) and add 1 tsp cayenne pepper, 1 Tsp ground coriander, 1 tsp Tumeric powder, 1tsp salt, 1 tsp Cumin, 1 tsp chili flakes, 1 tsp of onion powder, dash of allspice, 2 cloves of garlic minced. If the mixture is too thick, you can add a little water. Put the lid back on and let it simmer some more. Add the juice and pulp of 2 small limes, and some pepper. Turn up heat to med-high and add the eggs (12), then salt, pepper, paprika then replace lid and let cook. Then scrape/lift the eggs off the bottom of the pan, then gently lift and flip them. Place lid on top and cook more until desired doneness of the yolk. Serve immediately.
*Serve with bread
Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict you can make the hollandaise as directed in the recipe or an easier way below!
Homemade English muffins
Dessert:
Sweet rolls
With this roll recipe
Passion Fruit tart (for the mini tarts, I rolled out the dough and cut it with a flower shaped circle cookie cutter, poke with fork tines, then gently press them down into muffin tins. Cook at 400 for 10-12 min.)
Passion fruit mousse (this is another fun recipe you might want to try with passion fruit pulp)
Buy your frozen passion fruit pulp (pictured here) from Rancho Mexican Market (in clearfield or SLC), you can also get frozen passion fruit seeds from Rancho. The seeds are needed to spoon over top (or you could use pomegranate arils)
Friday, October 13, 2023
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Kristi hosts ladies brunch
For the avocado toast, I sliced ciabatta then drizzled with olive oil and broiled it. Then mashed avocados and added lemon juice and salt and pepper, then topped with sprouts and drizzled balsamic vinegar over the top.