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  • Chorizo and Manchego Pizza

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    Why This Recipe Works Chorizo and Manchego Pizza is an easy, unexpected crowd favorite for a Sunday brunch or a main course pizza. Warm spices and subtle heat from the chorizo, along with nuttiness from the Manchego cheese, give this pizza distinct flavors. The surprising addition of crème fraîche tethers all the ingredients together with […]

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  • Flo’s Special Blueberry Cake

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    INGREDIENTS 1 3/4 cups sugar divided 1 cup margarine or butter 3 eggs (2 for the cake and 1 for the topping) 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups unbleached white flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 cups fresh blueberries 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup chopped walnuts Instructions Cream together 1 cup of sugar […]

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  • Pesto Pizza

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    This pizza can be made with pretty much what ever you have in your refrigerator as long as you include a base of pesto and mozzarella. Ingredients One 250 gram pizza dough ball, my preference is my Go To Pizza recipe here – http://www.searching4zen.com/recipes/4063/ Bunch of fresh basel, leaves only 2-3 cloves of garlic ¼ cup […]

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  • Extra Creamy Scrambled Eggs

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    Ingredients 2 teaspoons potato starch, tapioca starch or cornstarch 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes 4 eggs (see Note) Pinch of kosher salt Instructions In a medium bowl, whisk together starch with 1 1/2 tablespoons water until no lumps remain. Add half the butter cubes to starch mixture. Add eggs and salt, […]

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  • Spicy Peanut Butter Ice Cream

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    Ingredients 2 oz (60g) cream cheese softened ⅔ cup (160g) of natural peanut butter ½ tsp of fine sea salt 1 cup (225g) unsweetened coconut milk (not light) ¼ cups(85g) honey ⅔ cup unsweetened shredded coconut, toasted ¼ tsp cayenne pepper 50g Glucose 200g milk 380g cream 150g sugar Instructions Toast the unsweetened shredded coconut […]

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  • French Madame Turkey Sandwich

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    Ingredients 4 Tbl. Maple syrup 1 tsp sriracha 1 egg, beaten 4 Tbl. Cream 4 slices thick cut artisan bread or 1 mini-loaf, halved and inner dough removed 1 Tbl. Butter 1 cup arugula, loosely packed 4 slices deli sliced turkey 1 chicken sausage sautéed sliced lengthwise in quarters (they will lay flat on the […]

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  • Sol du Napoli Pizza

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    Ingredients 1 ball pizza dough 1-2 Tablespoons Essential Pomodoro Sauce (page 25 of the book TRULY MADLY PIZZA) or your favorite tomato sauce 6-7 Kalamata olives, pitted, halved and blotted dry 4 large anchovy fillets, blotted of oil, rinsed with milk and blotted again 3-4 ounces fresh mozzarella torn into bite sized pieces and blotted. […]

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  • Smoked Salmon & Cream Cheese Thin & Crispy Pizza

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    Ingredients 1 Pizza Dough Ball 4 oz Cream Cheese ½ Tsp Creamed Horseradish 3 ½ oz Sliced Smoked Salmon 1 Tsp Chopped Chives Lemon Juice Instructions As your pizza oven is heating up, mix the cream cheese with the horseradish in a bowl and season well. Add a squeeze of lemon juice and keep covered […]

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  • Better Chocolate Babka

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    Source: SmittenKitchen.com Adapted from the Chocolate Krantz Cakes in Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi So, each time I’ve made this, it’s been kind of a mess; it never looks like the pictures in the books or the pretties I’ve seen online. And each time it’s come out of the oven and […]

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  • Caramelized Onion and Pear Pizza with Roquefort Cheese

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    Ingredients 1 ball of pizza dough taken out of the freezer that morning 2 Tablespoons Caramelized Onion Jam ½ Bosc pear(firm but not rock hard), leave peal on, cored, sliced thinly horizontal but not paper thin 2 Tablespoons butter 1 Tablespoon brown sugar 3-4 ounces crumbled Roquefort (or other blue cheese if you choose) 2 […]

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