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Philly Cheesesteak Pizza

Written by , Posted in Baking, Beef, Cheese, Dinner, Leftovers, Main Dishes, Meat, Pizza, Vegetables

(From Feb 2011) Last night I had Broccoli Cheese Soup on the menu. When it got to be 6 o’clock and I hadn’t started it, it became clear that I needed to make something else. I had made a Pioneer Woman’s Pizza Crust the day before (it’s best after 24 hours in the fridge), we had some leftover Tri Tip, we have a ton of leeks, and we always have cheese. Thus, the Philly Cheesesteak Pizza was born… It was delicious. We may have a different kind of pizza invention every Friday from now on.

Philly Cheesesteak Pizza
 
Recipe Type: Pizza, Beef
Author: Rachel Oberg – De Ma Cuisine
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 18 mins
Total time: 33 mins
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 1 pizza crust
  • 1 C leeks
  • 1 C cheese (1/4C parm, 3/4C cheddar)
  • 1/2 C Tri Tip, cooked
  • 1 bell pepper, sliced
  • 1 T corn meal
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 2 cloves garlic, diced
  • 1t honey
  • Sauce) 2T canola oil
  • 2T flour
  • 1/2C milk
  • 1/4C BBQ sauce
  • 2T spicy mustard
  • salt
  • pepper
  • pinch cumin
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 375F (for PW crust). Caramelize leeks, peppers, garlic in oil and honey.
  2. Add flour, whisk in, 30 sec; add milk, whisk in; bring to a bubble, thicken, whisking often. Add BBQ sauce, mustard pinch salt, pepper and cumin; whisk often until it’s thick enough for your sauce (mine took 5-10 minutes, could be quicker).
  3. Oil pizza pan, sprinkle with cornmeal, roll out pizza dough.
  4. Top with sauce, cheddar cheese, beef, leeks, peppers, garlic, then remaining cheese. Sprinkle salt on crust (opt.).
  5. Bake at 375F for 15-18 minutes.
  6. Could be good topped with arugula (after it’s baked).
  7. Serve with more parmesan, a yummy beverage, and your favorite Friday night activity.
 
Notes

Drink parings: Red wine or vanilla milkshake
Difficulty: 1/5
Our rating: 4/5

Pizza Crust Recipe

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All Day Chili

Written by , Posted in Beans, Beef, Crock Pot, Dinner, Low Carb, Main Dishes, Meat, Soups

All Day Chili
Recipe Type: Soup, Dinner
Author: Rachel Oberg – De Ma Cuisine
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 6 hours
Total time: 6 hours 10 mins
Serves: 4
A filling, hearty, delicious winter dinner!
Ingredients
  • 1/2 – 1LB ground beef
  • 3T olive oil
  • 1 T chili powder
  • 1/2 t nutmeg
  • 1/4 t cayenne
  • 1/2 T cumin
  • 1 t red pepper flakes
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 2T and 1 1/2 T balsamic vinegar, divided
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 C dried black beans
  • 8 C water
  • 1 C kidney beans
  • 1 C pinto beans
  • 1 (14oz) can diced tomatoes with jalapenos
  • 1/4 C (homemade, if you have it) BBQ sauce
  • 1/4 C tomato soup (or tomato sauce)
  • 1/2 – 1 C plain yogurt
  • 2-3 T honey
  • 1-2 T brown sugar
  • avocado
  • cheese, grated
Instructions
  1. Brown beef in olive oil with seasonings and balsamic vinegar.
  2. Add onion when beef is mostly cooked; 3 min. Add garlic, cook 1 minute. Add (rinsed) dried black beans (they don’t need to be soaked overnight), BBQ sauce, tomato soup or sauce, and 8C water. Bring to a boil; reduce to simmer; 3-4 hours (or until beans are soft).
  3. Add kidney and pinto beans and tomatoes; 30 min.
  4. Check seasoning: Add more (of above seasonings unless if it’s too spicy), add: yogurt, honey, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, 1-3 C water. Cook until liquid is mostly gone for a nice thick chili, 30 min – 2 hours (depending on desired thickness of chili).
  5. Serve topped with: avocado, cheese, yogurt and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.
Notes

You could use canned beans. Cooking time would be drastically reduced to 1-2 hours. You could also use the crock pot. For dried beans, it could take 8-10 hours, for canned 4-6 (these are estimates).

Great with mini cornbread muffins with butter and honey.


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You Have to Try This Chicken! (Roasted Chicken)

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You Have to Try This Chicken!
Recipe Type: Main, Poultry, Dinner
Author: Rachel Oberg – De Ma Cuisine
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 90 mins
Total time: 1 hour 35 mins
Serves: 2-4
This is one of the easiest dinners ever, and one of the best chickens I’ve ever made (although nothing will beat the chicken my Oma makes!).
Ingredients
  • 1 whole chicken (remove the neck and giblets if they’re still in there – yes, gross!) – keep the skin on!
  • 2 T olive oil
  • 1/4 C apple cider
  • 1/4 C white wine
  • splash of water
  • salt, pepper
  • 1 t French Green Blend Salt (it says there is Atlantic sea salt, sea lettuce and dulse nori in it, in case you can’t find the blend)
Instructions
  1. Line a baking dish with foil, drizzle foil with olive oil and a tiny sprinkle of salt and pepper, and pour in cider, wine and water.
  2. Place chicken, breast side up, and drizzle with oil and season with salts and pepper.
  3. Bake at 375F for 90 minutes (basting every 30), or until a meat thermometer inserted into a thick part of the meat (not touching bone) reads 180F.
Notes

I served this with cheesy polenta (basically – cornmeal in boiling water, with cheese stirred in) and sauteed veggies. It would also be great with any sort of potatoes and baked broccoli. Oh, and eat the skin – it tastes amazing! 🙂

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Sheila’s Potato Pan Rolls

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Sheila’s Potato Pan Rolls
Author: Sheila Magaña
Prep time:
Cook time:
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I made these rolls for a ThanksaChristmas dinner that we went to with friends in 2010. They were a big hit. This recipe is not my own, it’s from my friend Sheila (I have the directions written out the way I did them, Sheila’s way might be a tad different).
Ingredients
  • 1 C smooth mashed potatoes
  • 1 C warm water (between 100-110F)
  • 2 pkg or 1 1/2 T yeast
  • 1 t sugar
  • 1/2 C melted butter
  • 1/2 C honey
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 t salt
  • 6-7 C flour
  • 1-2 eggs whites, for egg wash (opt.)
Instructions
  1. Combine yeast, sugar and water. Let it sit for about 5 minutes (or until it gets nice and foamy).
  2. Combine honey, eggs and potatoes; whisk together. Add yeast mixture; whisk. Add 6 cups flour and salt, then butter [I did it in this order so the butter wouldn’t cook the eggs – you could also add the butter first, then temper the eggs (add a little of the warm butter mixture at a time to the eggs, in a separate bowl, and whisk in, to slowly bring it up in temperature, then once it’s warm, add it to the rest of the butter mixture)].
  3. I’m more of a mix by hand baker (I don’t own a stand mixer). If you want to use your mixer, use the dough hook and mix it. If not, mix with a wooden spoon, then knead by hand for about 5 minutes, adding the 7th C of flour as you need it.
  4. Place in an oiled bowl (I use the same one I mixed it in) turning to coat the whole mound of dough; let it rise in a warm place until it’s doubled in size, about an hour or so. Punch down.
  5. Shape into rolls (grab a big hunk of dough, squeeze about a 1 1/2 ” round portion through your pressed thumb and index finger, and pinch it off as you press those two digits together… this is kinda hard to explain, hope it makes sense – works best with oiled hands – use some canola, or mild flavored oil) and place into 2 greased 9×13″ pans leaving about 1″ between each roll (they’re still going to rise).
  6. Let them rise or just bake ’em right away. Do it however works for you with the time you have. If you let them rise, I’d cover them with a clean tea towel.
  7. When you’re ready to bake them, heat oven to 400F; while it’s pre-heating, brush on the egg wash, lightly, covering the tops of the rolls (this will make them nice and shiny). Bake for 20-25 minutes (they will be nice and golden on top, and fluffy on the inside).
Notes
Cooking time doesn’t include rising time.

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Rachel’s 5 Cheese Pasta à la Sookie

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Rachel’s 5 Cheese Pasta à  la Sookie
 
Recipe Type: Main Dish, Pasta
Author: Rachel Oberg – De Ma Cuisine
Serves: 2-4
Tim doesn’t like the way I make Mac and Cheese. So, I call it Pasta à  la Sookie (a reference to the Gilmore Girls) so he will eat it. He knows this. I have many versions, this was one of them concocted for an easy dinner… enjoy!
Ingredients
  • 1/4 C Plain yogurt
  • 1/4 C Cream Cheese
  • 1 1/2 C Grated Cheese: Extra Sharp Cheddar, English Cheddar with Carmelized Onions (can be found at Trader Joe’s), Parmesan, Monterey Jack
  • 1/2 Medium onion, diced
  • 5 Cloves garlic, diced (use less if you don’t like garlic as much as I do)
  • Pinch Red Pepper Flakes
  • 1/8 t All Spice
  • Salt and Pepper
  • 2-3 T Olive Oil
  • 2 T All Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 LB Farfalle Pasta
  • 1 head of broccoli (for 2 people), cut into med sized pieces
  • 1 T Olive Oil (for Broccoli)
Instructions
  1. Heat pasta water, and pre-heat oven to 425 F.
  2. Heat a pan over med heat, add 2T olive oil, let it get hot; add onions; sauté until almost translucent, then add garlic (make sure pan isn’t too hot so garlic won’t burn); add spices.
  3. If the oven is hot, put the broccoli on a baking sheet, drizzle with 1 T olive oil and a bit of salt and pepper; bake 10-15 minutes, or until it’s slightly browned. Cook the pasta.
  4. Make a roux by adding 1 T olive oil, if needed, then 2 T flour; whisk in; cook out 1 minute. Add milk very slowly, whisking as you do and letting it thicken as you add. The milk needs to get hot, but just to where there’s steam, try not to let it bubble so it doesn’t break. Once the milk has thickened, and is hot, turn the heat off (I use cast-iron skillets, which really hold their heat, if you’re using a different kind of pan, you may want to keep it over low heat), add the yogurt; whisk in; add the cream cheese; whisk in; add the grated cheese (not all at once); whisk in.
  5. Pour pasta into cheese sauce, combine. Add more salt and pepper if needed.
  6. To serve: Place broccoli in the bottom of a bowl, top with pasta. Great with a crusty bread and a glass of wine.
 
Notes

Hope you enjoy it! Don’t forget to sub something else in, if you don’t have something that I used (broccoli, type of pasta, types of cheese etc). And, if you don’t have 5 kinds of cheese, don’t worry about it! Use what you have!

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