Recipe Trade!

[call me alo]

OK so i thought people would like to swap recipes that are proven to be great. Ill start off with something i think everyone ones likes, Cheesecake! This ones plain just the way i like it but if your big on the topping go ahead and put anything you like on it.

Crust:
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs,
2 tablespoons sugar
Pinch fine salt

Filling:
2 pounds cream cheese, at room temperature
2 cups sugar
1 cup sour cream (i use yogurt most of the time.)
6 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons vanilla extract

Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F.

For the crust: Melt the butter, covered in the microwave, in a medium microwave safe bowl, or a saucepan. Brush a 9-inch pan with some of the butter. Stir the remaining butter together with the crumbs, sugar, and salt. Press the crumb mixture over the bottom of the pan, taking care to get the crust evenly into the edges. Bake until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool. Wrap the bottom and up the sides of the pan with foil and put in a roasting pan.

For the filling: Beat the cream cheese on medium speed with a hand-held mixer until smooth. Add 1 1/4 cups sugar and beat just until light and fluffy, scraping the sides of the bowl and beaters as needed. Slowly beat in 3/4 cup sour cream(or yogurt), then eggs, 1 tablespoon vanilla and both citrus zests; take care not to over whip. Pour into the cooled crust.

Bring a medium saucepan or kettle of water to a boil. Gently place the roasting pan in the oven (don't pull the rack out of the oven). Pour in enough hot water to come about halfway up the side of the pan. Bake the cheesecake for 1 hour and 10 minutes---the outside of the cake will set but the center will still be loose.

Meanwhile, stir together the remaining sour cream, sugar and vanilla paste. Spread over the top of the cooked cheesecake and return to the oven for 5 minutes. Turn the oven off, cook the cheesecake in the residual heat in the oven for 1 hour. This gentle finish minimizes the risk of the dreaded crack in your cheese cake.

Remove cheesecake from the roasting pan to a rack. Run a knife around the edges and cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.

Bring cheesecake to room temperature 30 minutes before serving. This one comes from Foodnetwork.com

 

[Gooble]

Ah, awesome idea dude. Unfortunately I can't cook anything overly complicated, but I do have couple of things people should try:

Raw chopped apple in maccaroni cheese
Ready salted crisps in strawberry jam sandwich
Baked beans, cheddar cheese and apple

Edit: Oh my god, just read Graham crackers in your recipe-I'd always thought they were called 'Gram crackers' (I'm English, always heard it pronounced that way by Americans). We pronounce Graham 'Grey-um'

 

[TonyOfPlimith]

I'm with Gooble, I can't actually cook so this would be totally useless. But in the right hands it could be a masterpiece like a slice of Vegemite toast...

 

[Anarchemitis]

I wish I had my mom's super secret Platz recipe on me..

 

[Spacelord]

Hamburger bun
1 onion, sliced
chopped pickle
beef patty
slice of cheddar
curry gewürz (it's a sauce) or equivalent

Put both halves of bun in toaster. First fry the onion slices. when they're half way done, insert beef patty. The moment you turn it over, put the slice of cheddar on it and put a lid on the pan. this will give the cheddar the chance to melt.
Put cheesy patty on bun, add pickle and fried onions, add curry. Congratulations, you now have the best cheeseburger in the civilised world.

 

[Break]

Edit: Oh my god, just read Graham crackers in your recipe-I'd always thought they were called 'Gram crackers' (I'm English, always heard it pronounced that way by Americans). We pronounce Graham 'Grey-um'

Really? I always pronounced "graham crackers" as "digestive biscuits". In any case, I'm saving that recipe. I don't suck at cooking, and cheesecake is one of the best desserts in the known universe.

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

RITZ

 

[Spinwhiz]

I have a great recipe for people who like catfish:

Grab a couple catfish fillets from your local grocery store (god only knows what caught catfish eat...YUCK!)

Get a over safe pan big enough to put a couple of the fillets into. I normally get about a pound of fish and that equals about 3 fillets.

Line the dish/pan with tin foil and spray it down with cooking oil (the healthier the better and it doesn't take a lot. Just enough for it not to stick).

Grab 2 bowls (they must be big enough to put a piece of this fish in:

Bowl 1 : Crack 2 eggs and stir them up, then add 2 tsp of paprika and 3 tsp of lemon pepper. If you want it more spicy, just add more paprika. Stir that all up and give it a moment.

Bowl 2 : Pretty easy, fill it with flour.

You will now dip/dunk/lather one of the fillets into bowl 1, then immediately into bowl 2 with the flour. This makes for a type of breading. Lay that in the pan. Repeat for as many fillets as you have.

Put the oven on 350 and BAKE and set the timer for 8 minutes. Now, fish is tricky. Depending on your oven and how thick the fillets, you may have to check it in 8 minutes to see if it needs to be in longer. Take out the pan and cut into the fish. If it almost breaks apart without hardly any work, the fish is done. If it actually seems like you have to cut it, throw it back in for another 2-4 minutes.

When it looks as though it is done, toss some cheese on top. I personally use shredded cheddar, but I used a mix last time and it tasted great. Put it back in the over for a bit of a melt and you are done. Give it a couple minutes to cool down, get some veggies (for those who have trouble making veggies correctly, I suggest Bird's Eye Steamable Veggies. I think it's 5 minutes in the microwave and they taste great.)

A lot of people make rice with a fish dish as well and any type would do as long as it's a plain type (white or brown is nice, but stay away from the cheddar and broccoli and stuff like that. The taste should remain with the fish and veggies and the rice used as a filler).

Hope you like it and post here if you have any questions.

 

[Logan Westbrook]

Edit: Oh my god, just read Graham crackers in your recipe-I'd always thought they were called 'Gram crackers' (I'm English, always heard it pronounced that way by Americans). We pronounce Graham 'Grey-um'

Really? I always pronounced "graham crackers" as "digestive biscuits". In any case, I'm saving that recipe. I don't suck at cooking, and cheesecake is one of the best desserts in the known universe.

That's one hell of a speech impediment you have there.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Flat Lager and Cold Pizza. Breakfast of Champions.

Oh, and try sprinkling Black Pepper over Strawberries. Confusingly tasty.

 

[Gardenclaw]

Go to Tesco or maybe any other supermarket. Buy their ready made muffin mix. You will also need one egg and some milk. Dont bother with the muffins tins or muffin cases. Insteady use entire box of mix in a bowl and add the milk and egg as directed. Add whatever you want into the muffin mix. I bought choc muffin mix and added choc chips. Then use a cake tin and put all of the mixture into one big cake tin. Cook on a lower heat than suggested for a longer time, So if it says cook on 220 for 20 mins go for like 150 for 45 mins. The result.... ONE ENOURMOUS MUFFIN! NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM ....

 

[Trivun]

I have a few recipes that are useful to me as a student, since I basically need to eat cheap. Usually this involves me picking up a 99p pizza from the Sainsbury's around the corner, with cereal and bread/milk/coffee added I can easily live on food from about £10 for a whole week (which is good since my nan sends me £20 a month for food, so I save a lot on my student loan).

However, pizza gets boring after a while, so I do quick and cheap recipes like the following:

- Take about three tablespoons of olive oil and heat it gently in a wok or similar pan.
- Dice one large onion and one clove of garlic
- Sautee the onion and garlic in the oil on a medium heat, then when the onion looks translucent add 500g of minced beef.
- Brown the beef, turning and stirring occasionally to make sure that all of the meat is brown. Make sure that the heat is at medium to high temperature.
- Add two beef stock cubes, crumbled, and a dash of Worcester sauce.
- Add half a small carton of passata (or tomato puree) and stir in.
- Add one tin of chopped tomatoes, or if you have fresh tomatoes then chop these and add them instead (about five tomatoes will do), and stir in.
- Leave to simmer on a low heat for at least an hour.

This is a basic recipe that can then be added to as you see fit. The bolignaise sauce can be used as a layer in lasagne, or served with pasta, or as a chilli, or as the filling for Shepard's Pie. My favourite recipes to do are to either add mushrooms and half a teaspoon of chilli flakes and serve with spaghetti, or to add rinsed kidney beans and a full teaspoon of chilli flakes and serve it with rice. Once you have the base recipe, you can pretty much do what you like with the rest of it .

 

[DuplicateValue]

Put some bread in your toaster. When it pops, take it out and cover it with the spread of your choice. Bon Appetite!

[sub]No seriously, that's the extent of my cooking skills. I'm saving some of your recipes though. [/sub]

 

[Trifixion]

Okay, here's one I make sometimes...

"Amish Chop Suey Cake"

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 20-ounce can crushed pineapple in its own (unsweetened) juice, undrained
1 cup chopped nuts (suggested: pecans or English walnuts)
Frosting:
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon mace



Instructions:

Preheat over to 350 F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
(Note: If you are making this in a flat glass baking dish, lower the heat to 325 F)

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, and baking soda. Add eggs and mix well.

Fold in the pineapple and nuts and combine. Pour into the prepared pan and bake fo 35 - 40 minutes. Remove and cool completely before frosting.

To make the frosting:

In a large mixer bowl, blend cream cheese for a few seconds, then add butter and cream the mixture thoroughly.

Add confectioner's sugar, vanilla, salt, and mace, mix well.

Spread on the cooled cake. Refrigerate until serving time, cut, and bring to room temperature.

This is actually an old Amish recipe I stumbled onto. As to why it's called a "Chop Suey Cake" I have absolutely no idea, because it's definitely not Chinese.

But I do know it's delicious...the strange thing is, the pineapple in the mixture does not give it an overwhelming "pineapple" taste, just a nice, sweet texture.

 

[Wutaiflea]

Space Weevil (alternatively known as Chicken En Croute)

Serves 2

Ingredients:
1 chicken breast per person
1 packet of chilled puff pastry, using 1 half per breast (making your own is a tedious chore)
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
3 or 4 mushrooms, finely chopped
butter (preferably the spreadable kind)
parsley (preferably curly but flat leaf will do)
a little milk
flour for rolling

Place the mushrooms, garlic and butter in a bowl, add a moderate amount of parsley (or to taste) and mix into a lumpy, buttery mess.
Sprinkle a surface with flour and roll out the pastry into 2 rectangles large enough in which to wrap your chicken.
Top both chicken breasts with the herby mushroom butter and place butter-side-down in the the centre of each rectangle.
Wet the edges of the pastry rectangles with cold water and fold the edges in tightly around the chicken to make a parcel, using additional cold water to seal them if necessary.
Place both chicken parcels on a greased baking tray butter-side up and slice several vents into the parcels.
Brush the top of each parcel with a little milk and place in a pre-heated oven.
Cook initially on a high heat for 10-15 minutes(approx. 200c ish) and then turn down a little (approx 180c) for the remainder of the cooking time (20-40 minutes depending on your oven).

Goes well with new potatoes and fine beans, or with home-made chips.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Kodlak]

Since I'm poor at the moment, the one thing I make quite a bit is Potato Wedges.
Just cut potatoes into wedge shape, put on an oven tray and cover in oil. You can also put on salt, pepper and chilli powder if you fancy, then just pop in the oven at about 200 for 25-30 minutes. But it's best to shake the tray every 5-10 minutes so the potatoes don't stick to the tray.

 

[Soxafloppin]

Boil pasta so its all soft.

Mix tuna in with mayo in a seperate bowl.

Mix the tuna/mayo into the pasta.

Add some grated cheese if you like.

Consume.