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Angel Pudding
To prepare this Angel Pudding Recipe, first break the walnuts fine and cut dates in fine pieces, add sugar and whites of eggs last. Bake in a moderate oven twenty to thirty minutes. Serve with whipped cream.
Almond Mushroom Pate with Cream Cheese
Garnish: slivered or finely chopped almonds, fresh parsley sprigs, pimiento strips, or sweet red pepper strips, optional
In a large skillet, melt margarine. Add onion, garlic, and mushrooms. Saute until tender but not browned. Add tarragon, stir until it is softened.
Pour mixtu
Almond-Sherry Mushroom Pate
In food processor with metal blade, process onion and garlic with on-off bursts until coarsely chopped; set aside. Process mushrooms with on-off bursts until coarsely chopped.
Melt butter in medium skillet, add onion, garlic, mushrooms, salt, tarragon, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasional
Apple-Walnuts Stuffed Mushrooms
Clean mushrooms with damp paper towels. Remove stems, finely chop 1/3 cup of stems, reserving remaining stems for another use. Set mushroom caps aside.
Coat a small skillet with cooking spray, place over medium high heat until hot. Add 1/3 cup reserved chopped mushroom stems and celery; sa
Artichoke Dip
Combine equal amounts Parmesan cheese and mayonnaise. Add garlic powder.
Add artichoke hearts and combine with cheese mixture. May be served cold or heated 10 to 20 minutes in 350xF oven or until cheese is melted (do not heat in microwave). Serve with chips or as a spread on french bread.
Asparagus Chicken Puffs with Curry
In a food processor, blend chicken, mayonnaise, curry, salt and pepper until smooth. Roll pastry into rectangular shape, 10" x 14". Cut lengthwise into 3 even strips.
Spread chicken mixture along one side of each strip of pastry. Place asparagus spears lengthwise beside chicken mixture. Br
Asian Latkes with Nuts and Gingered Sour Cream
Peel and grate the potatoes. Place in colander and set over large bowl, squeeze out as much liquid as possible.
Stir together with the nuts, flour, wasabi and eggs.
Heat 1 tbsp oil in lg, heavy skillet over medium-high heat.
Form batter into silver dollar size patties and fry t
Avocado Dip
Put all ingredients into a blender, in the order they are listed and blend to a rough puree, or mash by hand and mix well.
Serve immediately to avoid darking.
Guacamole is usually accompanied by tostaditas (deep fried corn chips).
Bacon and Cheese Eggs with Mayonnaise
Using a knife cut the outside of the egg white just as far as the yolk, carefully remove the egg white leaving the yolks intact.
Mash egg yolks and stir with mayonnaise, bacon, vinegar, cheese, and salt.
Fill egg white halves. Top with crumbled bacon.
Bacon-Cream Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms
Saute onion and mushroom stems in bacon fat until tender. Drain off excess fat. Mix crumbled bacon, onion and stems with softened cream cheese until the mixture is workable.
Stuff each mushroom and bake at 350 degrees F for 10-15 minutes. Finish under the broiler just until tops are golden
Bacon and Smoked Oysters
Cut bacon strips in thirds. Wrap a bacon slice around each oyster and place a toothpick through to hold it in place.
In a medium skillet, heat oil, and add garlic. Cook wrapped oysters in oil until bacon is crisp.
Remove from pan and drain on a paper towel to drain.
Baked Cheese with Tomato Sauce
Put the olive oil and the onion in a saucepan, and cook over medium heat for about 3 minutes, until the onion is soft but not browned. Add the tomatoes, water, salt, and sugar and simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring.
Preheat the oven to 350 F. In a mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese and
Baked Oysters with Egg
Melt butter, add onion and celery. Cook on slow fire until tender.
Add oysters that have been cut up by scissors, and a little oyster juice. cook about 5 min. until oysters curl. Take off fire and mix, rolled toasted bread crumbs and grated eggs and parsley to season.
Add salt, peppe
Beef on Orange Slices
Peel the oranges. Cut each crosswise into 4 thick slices. Arrange on a platter.
In a 10" no-stick skillet, combine the onions, garlic, water, and oil. Cook, stirring frequently, over medium-high heat for 3 minutes, or until the onions are soft but not browned.
Add the beef. Cook and
Bourbon Chicken
Mix all the marinade ingredients and pour over chicken pieces in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate stirring often for several hours (best overnight). Bake chicken at 350 for one hour in a single layer basting every 10 mins. Remove chicken Scrape pan juices with all the brown bits into a frying pan.
Caviar Eggs
Shell the eggs, cut them in halves, and remove the yolks. Mash these well and combine with the remaining ingredients. When it is thoroughly whipped together, heap it into the whites with a spoon, or pipe it in, using the rosette end of a pastry tube.
For a first course, serve 2 halves per
Caviar Pate
Place cream cheese in small bowl of electric mixer. Beat until soft and creamy. Add remaining ingredients, except sour cream and caviar, beat until mixture is combined and creamy.
Spoon pate into serving bowl or four individual serving bowls. Cover, refrigerate until ready to serve. To ser
Caviar Pie
Grease a 10" spring-form pan with a little mayonaise.
Mash eggs, mayonaise (just enough to hold eggs together), salt, and pepper together. Spread into bottom of pan.
Spread scallions on top of egg salad.
Mix cream cheese and sour cream until smooth. Spread over scallions.
Caviar with Shallots and Spaghettini
In medium skillet, heat the oil with the shallots over moderate heat. As soon as the shallots sizzle, pour them with oil over individual servings of pasta.
Top each serving with a dollop of caviar and a sprinkling of chives. Serve over angel hair or spaghettini.
Cheddar Cheese and Broccoli Appetizers
Heat oven to 375. Grease a 9x9x2" pan. Mix broccoli, corn, onion and walnuts. Place in pan. Beat remaining ingred. except cheese until smooth, 15 sec. in blender on high, stopping blender frequently to scrape sides if necessary, or 1 min. with electric mixer on high. Pour evenly into pan. Bake u
Cheese Ball with Walnuts
Have cheeses at room temperature. Put in a medium-sized bowl, add dry mustard, onion powder and Worcestershire sauce, and blend well with mixer.
Form into a ball, roll in walnuts. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
Serve with assorted crackers.
Cheese Crackers
Preheat oven to 350. Combine mustard powder and seasonings with the flour and mix well. Cut butter into the flour mixture. Add grated cheese to the flour and mix well. Add the water and knead for a short time until the dough forms a ball. Take one quarter of the dough at a time and roll out very
Cheese Puffs
May be prepared the day before. At least 4 hours before cooking, trim crusts and cut bread into 1" squares. Cut cheese into bite size pieces. In large greased casserole, alternate layers of bread and cheese. Pour melted butter over top.
Beat eggs well, stir in salt, pepper, mustard and mil
Cheese with Shrimp and Brandy
Combine cheeses. Divide shrimp equally into 6 individual ramekins.
Top with shredded cheese and sprinkle with fresh oregano.
Place in preheated 350F oven and bake just until cheese has melted.
Place on heated serving plates and garnish with chili strips, minced green onions, an
Cheese Wafers
Combine all ingredients, make two rolls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap in foil and refrigerate at least 8 hours.
Preheat the oven to 375 F. Slice the dough into thin wafers and bake 6-10 minutes, depending on the thickness of the wafers.
Watch closely to see that they do not bu
Chicken-Almond Canapes
Mix the chicken with almonds and grated cheese. Add the gherkin and salt and pepper to taste. If the paste is not bound together, add a little mayonnaise to hold it. Pile on buttered toast rounds and grill under a low flame. You may top this with a slice of blanched almond if you wish.
Chicken and Banana Eggroll
Halve chicken breast, lay one half flat and slice through it horizontally. Repeat with other half. Use rolling pin to roll breast meat pieces into very thin slices. Brush lightly with sesame oil. Peel and cut bananas in half to yield two round sections about length of chicken breasts.
Beat
Chicken-Bulgur with Minted Yogurt Sauce
To make the minted yogurt, combine the yogurt, lemon juice, garlic, mint, and salt to taste in a bowl. Chill.
To make the chicken patties, place the onion and garlic in a food processor or blender and mince. Add the chicken and blend until smooth. Add 1 or 2 T. cold water and blend to a sm
Chicken Liver Pate with Mayonnaise
Cook livers, covered in small amount of butter, stirring occasionally until no longer pink.
Put livers through meat grinder, blend with remaining ingredients. Place in 2 cup mold. Chill several hours. Garnish with chopped chives or hard-cooked eggs. Serve with crackers.
Chicken Nuggets with Parmesan Cheese
Heat oven to 400?. Line cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Crush cereal.
Mix cereal, cheese, salt, seasoned salt, paprika and garlic powder in medium bowl; set aside.
Stir together margarine and milk. Dip chicken into margarine mixture; roll in cereal mixture to coat evenly. Arrange on
Chicken Pate
Combine chicken (which has been finely chopped), Neufchatel, onion, sherry, mayonnaise, lemon juice, hot sauce, and nutmeg in container of electric blender; process until smooth. Transfer mixture to a 2 cup mold coated with cooking spray. Cover, and chill overnight. Unmold onto a serving plate.
Clam Rolls
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Cut crust off bread and flatten each slice with a rolling pin. Put aside.
In a saucepan, cook onion and butter or margarine for 3 minutes. Blend in flour, Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder.
Stir in clams and liquid and cook over low heat until
Coconut Crabmeat Canapes
Melt 2 tbsp butter in skillet. Add onion and garlic and saute until transparent. Add coconut and saute until lightly browned. In separate bowl, combine crabmeat, egg, cream, curry powder and salt. Add onion/ garlic/coconut mixture and mix well.
Shape into 30 one inch balls. Roll each ball
Coconut-Peanut with Chicken
Combine peanuts and coconut in medium sized bowl. Place flour in a second bowl and lightly beat eggs in a third bowl.
Dip chicken pieces in flour, then egg, and then roll in peanut mixture. Place on a baking sheet.
Pour enough oil into skillet to reach a depth of 1/2 in. Heat over me
Crab Canapes with English Muffins
Mix above ingredients together and spread on English muffin halves. Cut each muffin into quarters. Freeze, then package and store.
Remove from freezer, do not thaw, and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Serve warm.
Crab Stuffed Mushrooms
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
In a shallow bowl, marinate mushrooms in Italian dressing for 20 minutes. Drain well.
In a small mixing bowl, combine crabmeat, 1/2 cup of bread crumbs, eggs, mayonnaise, onions, and lem
Deviled Eggs with Paprika
Scoop egg yolks into bowl. Set aside egg whites.
Add mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, and salt to yolks. Mash together with fork until smooth.
Spoon mixture into egg white halves. Sprinkle tops with paprika.
Egg-Avocado Sauce in Mango
Place all the ingredients except the mangoes and cilantro in a food processor or blender and blend at medium speed until very well combined and fairly smooth. Chill for several hours. Pour the sauce into the hollowed out section of the mango halves, and garnish with cilantro.
English Pate with Cream Cheese
Beat softened cream cheese to shining. Chop onion.
Saute onions and shrimp in 1 tbsp butter or margarine until onions are golden and shrimp is cooked. Fold drained shrimp and onions into the cream cheese. Add lemon juice and pepper. Chill. Serve as a dip on cocktail ryes.
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Fried Cheese Balls
Combine the cheese, flour, salt, and cayenne pepper. Using your hands, gently stir in the egg whites. Pat the mixture into small balls and roll them in cracker crumbs until thoroughly coated.
Heat the oil in a skillet, when it is hot, put the balls in the pan without crowding them. Cook ov