This is extremely easy! Try with the addition of freshly grated Romano or Parmesan cheese to top. A splash of dry white wine or dry sherry along with the lemon juice would go very well here too. I omit the thinly-sliced lemon as I find it a bit too overpowering here and I also add…
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New York Cheesecake
Authentic New York cheesecake and I should know…I hail from Brooklyn, NY (where Junior’s is located and went to college right by there–shameless plug for Brooklyn Poly, now Polytechnic Institute of NYU).
Cream Cheese Pound Cake
This is a HUGE cake and would require at least a 12-cup pan. Original recipe does not specify the volume only the diameter pan. I made this in a Nordic Ware Heritage Bundt Pan, and assuming you have any Nordic Ware Bundt pan, the volumes are the same so I altered the recipe so it…
Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Lemon Poppyseed Muffins 2/3 cup sugar Zest of 1 lemon Juice of 1 lemon 3/4 cup buttermilk 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 2 eggs 6 tbs oil 1 tsp vanilla 2 tbs poppy seeds Additional sugar for muffin topping Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a…
Basic Fish Cakes
Here are the ingredients you’ll need~ Peel potatoes and cut into chunks. Place in salted water. Boil until soft. Cool completely. Poach fish in about 1/2 cup milk in covered pan. When fish flakes, it is done. Cool completely. Beat egg with about 1 tbs milk~ Mash potatoes. Remember, no milk or butter and it’s…
Stuffed Peppers
Here are the ingredients you will need. I am trying an experiment in this using ground turkey and a sauce that is not the standard tomato version. Feel free to substitute the regular ground beef here and I will give my simple and usual tomato sauce recipe as well. I am using my pressure cooker…
The Zen of Cooking and Baking
Sylvia and I cook and bake to relax and channel our creative forces. What is everyone else’s outlook? PS–I know we all do this because we have to eat but we all have more lofty reasons 🙂
Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Tube Cake
Equipment and ingredients you will need. You will also need a large fluted tube pan (Bundt) or large regular tube pan. Spray or grease the pan well. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. This is a dense cake, so if you like light fluffy ones, this isn’t your cake! Cake however, melts in your mouth. But…
Creamy Lime Squares
Here is the equipment you will need– Spray or grease a 9×9 baking pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Here are the ingredients (eggs and food coloring not shown) Here we grate the lime zest with a Microplane. The correct way to use the Microplane is to have the channel facing up. That way, what…
Seasoned Crumbs/Coating Mix
All measures are approximate. Feel free to add whatever herbs/spices you like or add/cut down on some of my seasonings. 1 cup plain breadcrumbs 1 tbs onion powder 2 tbs garlic powder 3 tbs parmesan or romano cheese 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1/4 tsp oregano 2 tbs parsley Mix all together. I use…
