Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Kaitlyn Bown


Cheese Stuffed Shells
Strawberry Spinach Salad
Breadsticks
Sparkling Cider
White Chocolate Covered Oreos

Cheese Stuffed Shells

1 (12 oz) box large shells
--cooked as directed on box
1 (24 oz) jar spaghetti sauce
2 eggs
1 (15 oz) container ricotta cheese
(16 0z) shredded mozzarella cheese
4 oz grated parmesan
1 Tbsp dried parsley

Spread half of the sauce on the bottom of a 9x13 pan. In a bowl mix eggs, ricotta, 12 oz of mozzarella, Parmesan and parsley. Fill each shell with a spoonful of cheese mixture and place in the pan of sauce. Spread the rest of the sauce over the shells and top with the remaining 4 oz or mozzarella.  Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees until hot and bubbly, about 45 minutes.

Strawberry Spinach Salad

Caramelized Almonds:
1pg. slivered almonds           
½ c. white sugar
Fry almonds in white sugar until they caramelize. Lay them out on a piece of wax paper to cool.

Dressing:
c. red wine vinegar           
¾ tsp. salt
¾ c. sugar
¾ c. vegetable oil
1 tsp. ground mustard           
1 Tbsp. poppy seeds
Place all ingredients in a blender and mix until well blended. Set aside.

Salad:
1 bag baby spinach
caramelized almonds
sliced strawberries
dressing
place a bag of baby spinach in a large bowl. Mix in desired amount of sliced strawberries and caramelized almonds. Mix in dressing just before serving.

 Pizza Factory Twisted Breadsticks 
1 T. yeast
2 T. sugar
1 1/2 C. warm water
1 T. oil
1 tsp. salt
3 1/2 C. flour

3/4 C. melted butter - divided
3/8  tsp. granulated garlic
1/2 tsp. dried rosemary leaves
1/4 tsp. Season All
1 T. Parmesan cheese

8  - 1/4 inch wooden dowels cut into 18 inch lengths (craft store)or 8 - 12 inch skewers (I tried them both ways and decided I wanted the long wooden dowels like
Pizza Factory uses, but the skewers worked too.)

Mix the yeast, sugar and water and let sit for a couple of minutes to dissolve the yeast.  Add the oil, salt and flour and knead by hand or with your mixer with a dough hook for about 5 minutes.

Cover and let rise until double.

Divide dough into 8 equal parts, about 4 oz. each if you want to use a kitchen scale.

Lightly flour your hands and roll the dough into about an 16-18 inch long "snake". Moisten the top of your dowel or skewer and begin wrapping the dough around loosely.  Moisten a little where the breadstick will end too.   Pinch to secure the dough at the top and bottom.  Leave about 5 inches at the end of the dowel, if you are using the longer dowels.

Hang over the edge of a 9x13 inch cake pan with all of the dough inside the pan.  Let them rise until doubled.  Brush with 1/4 C. melted butter.

Heat oven to 375.  Bake at 375 for about 15- 20 minutes or until just golden.

Meanwhile mix the remaining 1/2 C. melted butter, seasonings and parmesan cheese.

When the breadsticks come out of the oven, brush them with the seasoned melted

butter mixture.




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