Showing posts with label Recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recipe. Show all posts

Friday, March 16, 2007

Cajun And Creole Style Corn Relish

Ingredients

2 quarts fresh corn kernels
1 large cabbage, chopped
7 cups chopped celery
4 fresh green cayenne peppers, seeded and chopped (optional)
4 fresh red cayenne peppers, seeded and chopped (optional)
6-1/2 cups chopped red bell peppers
6-1/2 cups chopped green bell peppers
1/2 cup salt1 (2-ounce) box of dry mustard
2 pounds sugar
1/2 tablespoon turmeric
2 quarts while distilled vinegar
2 tablespoons cornstarch

Steps

Combine all of the ingredients in a large, heavy pot over medium-high heat and mix well. Bring to a boil, and cook for one hour, stirring often. Pack in hot sterilized pint-size canning jars, leaving a one-fourth inch space at the top of each jar. Wipe the jar rims with a clean, damp cloth, fit them with hot lids, and tightly screw on the metal rings. Process in a bath of boiling water for 10 minutes (the water should cover the jars by about one inch), cool on a wire rack, then store in a cool, dark place.

Makes about 7 pints.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Basic Beignets

Ingredients

1 cup water
1 cup milk
1 large egg
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar
Pinch of nutmeg
4 to 6 cups vegetable oil
Confectioners sugar





Steps

Combine the water, milk and egg in a large mixing bowl and mix well. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, and the sugar and mix until the batter is smooth. Pour the oil into a large, deep pot or a deep fryer and heat to 360º F. Drop the batter by spoonfuls into the hot oil and fry, turning two or three times, until they are golden brown. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with confectioners sugar.




Makes about 2 dozen.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Dump Cake Recipe

"This cake is just as easy as dumping ingredients in a pan."

2 Tbsp. margarine
1 can cherry pie filling or apple or blueberry
1 can crushed pineapple
1 box yellow cake mix
2 sticks melted margarine
1 c. each coconut and nuts

Melt 2 tablespoons margarine in 9 x 13-inch pan.

Dump cherry pie filling; dump pineapple over cherry filling; dump cake mix over pineapple; dump 2 sticks margarine over cake mix and dump desired amounts coconut and nuts on top.

Place, don't dump, in oven.

Bake in preheated 350 degrees oven for 35 or 40 minutes or until golden brown.

Serve alamode.

SERVINGS 24