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COMFORT FOOD RECIPES FOR WINTER
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*** Prior to the various Holidays we will add a new recipe daily. So, stop by often. ***
Yes it's still Winter, however we are bringing to you some great recipes for the coming of the Easter Holidays, and Spring Time!
Dinner Recipe: Herbed Leg of Lamb
Servings: 8-10
Food Network ~ Step by Step
Flavor the lamb with a paste made from scallions, parsley, dill, celery and garlic, then roast alongside turnips and scallions.
Recipe by: Food Network
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Ingredients:
- One 7- to 9-pound bone-in leg of lamb, hip bone removed, tied (ask your butcher to do this)
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 3 lemons
- 3 pounds baby turnips with greens (about 8 bunches)
- 6 bunches scallions
- 1 cup fresh parsley
- 1 cup fresh dill
- 1/4 cup fresh marjoram
- 3 inner stalks celery, roughly chopped
- 3 cloves garlic
- 6 plum tomatoes, quartered lengthwise and halved crosswise
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 500 degrees F. Using a paring knife, make deep cuts, 2 inches apart, all over the lamb; rub with 2 tablespoons salt and several grinds of pepper. Transfer the lamb to a roasting pan, fat-side up. Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon on top.
- Roast the lamb until most of the fat is rendered and the skin starts to brown, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest 30 to 40 minutes. Discard the fat from the pan and set the pan aside.
- Meanwhile, trim the greens from the turnips. Cut any large turnips in half.
- Roughly chop 2 bunches scallions and transfer to a food processor. Add the parsley, dill, marjoram, celery and garlic and pulse to form a coarse paste. Holding the bone, stand the leg of lamb up and rub the paste all over it; return to the roasting pan.
- Cut the remaining 4 bunches scallions into 2-inch pieces. Scatter the scallions, turnips and tomatoes around the lamb and season with salt and pepper. Squeeze the juice of the remaining 2 lemons over the lamb and drizzle with the olive oil. Loosely cover with foil.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and roast the lamb 1 hour. Uncover and continue roasting until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 145 degrees F for medium, 30 to 45 more minutes. Let rest 15 minutes, then slice. Serve with the vegetables and pan juices.
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Dessert Recipe: Coconut Bunny Butt Cake
Servings: 10-12
Food Network ~ Step by Step
Crushed pineapple in the batter gives this cake a dense pound cake-like texture, which is helpful when anchoring the cupcakes and decorating. The cakes and cupcakes can be made a day ahead and wrapped in plastic wrap. Don't worry if you're frosting job doesn't look perfect -- covering the cake with coconut hides every flaw.
Recipe by: Food Network
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Ingredients:
- 2 large eggs plus 4 egg whites, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup cream of coconut
- 1/2 cup drained crushed pineapple
- 2 teaspoons coconut extract
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for the bowl (see Cook's Note)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into pieces, at room temperature, plus more for greasing bowl
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
- Thin pretzel sticks, for securing the cupcakes
- One 10-ounce bag sweetened shredded coconut
- 8 drops green food coloring
- 2 large round chocolate candies, such as Candy Melts
- 6 chocolate chips
- Mini candy-coated chocolate eggs, for garnish
- 5 dried apricots
- 3 gummy leaf candies
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8-inch (1 1/2 quart) ovenproof metal bowl. Line 4 muffin cups with paper liners.
- For the cake: Whisk the eggs and egg whites in a large bowl. Whisk in the cream of coconut, pineapple, coconut extract and vanilla extract until combined. Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in another large bowl. Beat in the butter, one piece at a time, with an electric mixer on low speed until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add half the egg mixture and beat on high until fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Beat in the remaining egg mixture until combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Fill the muffin cups each 2/3 full, then pour the remaining batter into the prepared bowl. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes for the cupcakes and 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes for the bowl. Remove the cakes to a wire rack and let cool in their pans for 15 minutes, then turn them out and let cool completely.
- For the buttercream: Beat the confectioners' sugar and butter together with an electric mixer on low speed until well combined, then beat on high speed until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Beat in 1 tablespoon of the milk and the vanilla and coconut extracts until light and spreadable, 2 to 3 minutes more, adding up to 1 tablespoon more milk if the frosting is too stiff.
- With a serrated knife, trim the flat bottom of the bowl-shaped cake so it lies flat on a plate, rounded-side up, and frost with a layer of buttercream. Remove the wrappers from the cupcakes and anchor 2 of them with a pretzel stick each at the base of the cake to make the bunny's feet (leave about 1 1/2 inches between the feet). Cut the third cupcake in half from top to bottom. With pretzel sticks, attach the cupcake halves to the top of the feet, with the cut-side facing down and the rounded ends positioned to be the heels of the feet. Attach the last cupcake with a pretzel stick to the lower half of the top of the cake to make a tail. Frost the cupcakes with the remaining frosting. Wipe away any frosting that has smeared on the cake plate.
- Pat about 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut all over the cake. Put the remaining coconut in a large zip-top plastic bag. Mix the green food coloring with 2 teaspoons water and add to the bag. Toss and massage the coconut until it is uniformly green in color. Press the chocolate candies into the bottoms of the bunny feet with the larger candy at the top and the smaller ones underneath so they resemble the pads of the toes. Spread the green coconut all around the cake plate to make grass and decorate with candy eggs. Flatten the apricots with a rolling pin and roll into carrot shapes. Cut the leaves in half crosswise and use scissors to snip them to resemble carrot tops. Insert the carrot tops into the wider end of the apricot carrots and arrange them in the grass around the bunny.
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