joi, 19 ianuarie 2023

Sloppy Joe Sweet Potatoes

First time making sloppy joes, first time baking sweet potatoes. Very yummy
 
4 medium sweet potatoes, 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, 1/2 onion, chopped, 1 lb. ground beef, 2/3 c. ketchup, 1/3 c. barbecue sauce, 2 tbsp. yellow mustar d,1 tbsp. brown sugar, 1 tsp. chili powder, 1 tsp. garlic powder, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, 1 c. shredded Monterey Jack cheese, 2 tbsp. Sliced green onions, for garnish


Preheat oven to 400° and place sweet potatoes on a medium baking sheet. Using a fork, poke potatoes all over. Place in the oven to bake until tender, 45 minutes to an hour.
Meanwhile, make sloppy joe mixture: In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil and cook onions until tender, about 5 minutes. Add ground beef and cook until no longer pink, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain fat.
Stir in ketchup, barbecue sauce, mustard, brown sugar, chili powder and garlic powder and season generously with salt and pepper. Cook 2 minutes more.
When sweet potatoes are tender, cut a slit in the center of each sweet potato. Stuff with sloppy joe mixture and top with cheese. Return to oven to bake until cheese is melty, 8 to 10 minutes. Garnish with green onions and serve.


joi, 12 ianuarie 2023

Kaiserschmarrn clatite pufoase austriece

Very yummy, easy to make dessert.

Here is the original link Kaiserschmarrn

3 eggs, 75 g flour, 50 ml of milk, 50 ml whipped cream, 25 g sugar, 1 packet of vanilla sugar, 15 g butter (for frying), 30 g of raisins soaked in 2 tablespoons of rum, blueberry/apricot/plum jam (to serve the pancakes)

First, put the raisins in a small bowl and add the rum. Let the raisins soak for about 15 minutes.
We separate the whites from the yolks and put them in two separate dishes. In a bowl, mix the egg yolks with the sifted flour, then add the milk, liquid cream, sugar and the packet of vanilla sugar. Add the raisins to the dough. We mix until we get a homogeneous cream.
In a separate bowl, put the egg whites and a pinch of salt. We mix them until they no longer fall off the mixer blades. kaiserschmarrn fluffy pancakes preparation Carefully incorporate the egg whites into the pancake batter, mixing from bottom to top.
We put the butter in a non-stick pan, on low heat. When the butter has melted, add the pancake batter. We fry the pancake for about 2-3 minutes or until we notice that the surface is filled with small crumbs. At this moment, cut the pancake into four pieces. We turn the pieces on the other side and fry them for another 1-2 minutes. After 1-2 minutes, cut the pancake pieces, directly in the pan, into smaller, irregular pieces. We can use a knife or even a fork to shred the pancake. The pancake pieces do not have to be the same size.
Take out the pieces of Kaiserschmarrn on a plate, dust them with vanilla sugar and taste them hot with your favorite jam.

joi, 5 ianuarie 2023

Batoane de ciocolata cu banane

Never knew you can make such tasty chocolate with bananas

2 ripe bananas, 300 gr dark chocolate, a handful of nuts, raisins, vanilla extract

Puree the ripe bananas, melt the chocolate. Mix them together, add the nuts, raisins and the vanilla extract. Pour them in a cake tin and put it in the fridge for 24 hours.
That's all!