Appetizers

Mix salad dressing w/ mayo & milk. Shred cheese and let stand 1 hr. Mix with dressing and room temp cream cheese using electric mixer. Cover and freeze 30 min. Shape into ball and roll in sliced, toasted almonds. Salad Dressing Ranch Dry 1pkgMayonnaise 0.5cMilk 0.5cCream Cheese 6ozCheese, Cheddar 8oz, shreddedNuts, Almonds, sliced5oz, toasted

Combine butter, cream cheese, chives, zest, Tabasco, and salt to taste. Transfer to pastry bag w star tip. Halve radishes and place flat parsley leaf on each. Pipe butter on top (or use two spoons if bag bursts). Butter 6TCream Cheese 2TLemon Zest 0.25 tspChives 1THot Sauce to tasteRadishes 18 (about 2 bunches)Parsley 36 fresh,…

Serve Beurre Blanc and salt in small individual dishes for dipping. Cook shallot in 1T butter in small heavy saucepan over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened. Add wine and boil until liquid is reduced to 1/4 c. Reduce heat to low and whisk in remaining 5T butter, 1 piece at a time, lifting pan occasionally to cool mix…

Combine butter, cream cheese, chives, zest, Tabasco, and salt to taste. Transfer to pastry bag w star tip. Halve radishes and place flat parsley leaf on each. Pipe butter on top (or use two spoons if bag bursts). Butter   6T Cream Cheese   2T Lemon Zest   0.25 tsp Chives   1T Hot Sauce…

Mix all ingredients and put in jelly roll pan. Toast in moderate oven (375), stirring every 5 min, 15 min or until toasted. Pumpkin Seeds 14oz can, or use freshWorcestershire Sauce2TButter 2TCheese, Parmesan 2TSalt

This recipe is wonderfully flexible. For the filling, in place of feta, you could swap in Gouda, Swiss, cheddar or any hard cheese you’d like. Feel free to replace some or all of the cream cheese and sour cream with ricotta or cottage cheese. Burikitas can be assembled ahead of time and frozen. You can…

Preheat oven to 400. Grease 36 tiny muffin cups. In large bowl, whisk together eggs, oil, meal, salt and baking powder. Add onion. Working quickly, in 2 batches, peel and quarter potatoes and chop finely in food processor. Add to egg mix and stir until coated well. Working quickly, spoon a rounded T of mix…

Working in batches, coarsely grind the portobellos in a food processor. In a very large skillet over medium high, heat the oil. Add shallots and garlic and cook, stirring, until softened, 1 to 2 min. Add mushrooms, reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until all liquid is evaporated, about 30 min. Raise heat…

Put the pecans in a bowl and cover with cold water. Let stand for 1 hour. Meanwhile, in a small heatproof bowl, cover the porcini with the boiling water and let stand until softened, about 15 minutes. Rub the porcini to remove grit; transfer them to a small bowl. Reserve the soaking liquid. Cut the…

Thaw pastry 20 min. Unfold and roll on lightly floured surface to 14 x 11 rectangle. Spread evenly w pesto and sprinkle w Parmesan. Starting at long edge, roll up pastry like a jelly roll. Cut crosswise in 3/8 in slices. Place on lightly greased baking sheet and brush w egg mix. Bake at 400…