Monday, March 2, 2015

Dough Recipes for Bread Machine Baguette and Kaiser Roll

Baguette (tested)

2 C Flour
2/3 C Water
1 tsp each salt, sugar, yeast
corn meal
1 egg white beaten with 2 TBS Water

Liquid in the bottom, then, salt, flour, sugar 
yeast in a depression in the flour
Run Dough cycle
After the dough cycle, kneed it into an oblong shape, fold over and pinch together.  
Dust the non stick baking sheet with corn meal, 
Place seam side down,  
Brush on egg white mixture.  
Slice at an angle every 2-3 inches.
allow to rise 45-60 minutes.
Brush on the egg white mixture.  
Bake at 400 for 18-20 minutes


Cross (kaiser?) Rolls (testing)

3 C Flour
3/4 C Water
1 Lg Egg
1.5 tsp yeast
1.5 tsp sugar
1.25 tsp salt
corn meal
1 egg white beaten with 2 TBS Water

combine egg & water

Liquid in the bottom, then, salt, flour, sugar 
yeast in a depression in the flour
Run dough cycle
After the dough cycle, kneed it into an oblong shape, 
Slice into 6-8 pieces, form into balls 
Dust the non stick baking sheet with corn meal,
Slice a cross or starfish
allow to rise 45-60 minutes.
Brush on the egg white mixture.  
Bake at 425 for 15-17 minutes

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Pork (or chicken) Paprikash

1 LB Pork leftover roast, chops, tenderloin (or chicken)
6-8 Strips of bacon (about 1/2 LB)
2 Bell Peppers (red, red and green) chopped coarsely
2 onions chopped 
1 C mushrooms, quartered
4-6 Garlic cloves chopped coarsely
1 can 14.5 oz diced tomatoes
2 C Chicken broth

1 TBS flour
3 tsp Sweet Hungarian Paprika
0.5-1 tsp Hot Hungarian Paprika
0.5 tsp fresh ground pepper.
1-2 TBS sour cream per serving

If the Pork is leftover:

Saute the bacon until crispy 
Add onions Saute until translucent, deglaze with chicken stock
saute garlic
add mushrooms, peppers, flour, spices  
stir, 2-3 minutes
add tomatoes and pork
simmer until warmed through.

Serve over hot egg noodles with a generous topping of sour cream.
-or-
turn off heat and blend in sour cream, to desired color/creaminess.

Using fresh Pork (or chicken) dredge the meat in the flour and 1/2 the paprika, and brown in the bacon fat, before adding the onions.

Hindi Simmer Pot

Using my limited knowledge of Indian spices, I threw this together for leftover Chicken and Chana.  Grinding the spices fresh with a mortar and pestle made a world of difference.

1 Can chick peas rinsed = chana
1 Can Tomatoes = tamatar
1 C chicken broth = ?
1 C frozen spinach = palak
1 Onion coarse chopped = Piaz
1/2C leftover Chicken Breast, diced  = Murgi

2 T canola oil
2 T Ginger Garlic Paste = Lasun Adrak
5 Cardamom seeds from pods, ground = Elaichi
1 T Fresh Ground Cumin = Jeera
1 T Tumeric = Haldi
1 t fresh ground pepper = kali mirch
1/2 nutmeg grated = Jaipahl
1/2" cinamon grated = Dalchini
salt to taste = namak

Sautee Onion in oil, with spices.  Simmer all in a pot until done.  Serve over hod Basmati rice.