Tammy Wynette’s Banana Pudding

Serves: 6

Ingredients:
‎1 box Nilla wafers (12 oz box)
2 ½ cups sugar
6 cups whole milk
6 sliced bananas
1 cup self-rising flour
6 eggs, separated
1 teaspoon real vanilla

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350°

Crumble enough wafers to cover the bottom of a 9″ x 13″ glass dish and set aside remaining wafers to use for decoration after it’s done.

Combine all dry ingredients (except for ½ cup of sugar to use later for meringue) in a large pot.

Then, in a different bowl, combine all wet ingredients (to include the 6 egg yolks only and set aside egg whites for meringue).

Slowly add wet into dry mixture and stir until completely dissolved and cook over low heat until thickened to pudding consistency. The trick is to stir continuously and not to get too hot so you don’t burn the pudding. Once ready, remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.

Place sliced bananas over wafers and pour mixture over them.

In a separate bowl, beat the 6 egg whites and slowly add in the remaining ½ cup sugar until a stiff meringue forms and then pour over pudding.

Put in the oven for 8-10minutes or until golden brown on top.

Baked Potato Soup

 Easy Homemade Baked Potato Soup

Ingredients:
4 cups of whole milk
4 cups of chicken broth/stock
1 large onion, diced finely
1 package of bacon, fried and chopped, save bacon grease
1 teaspoon of black pepper
1 teaspoon of salt
3/4 cup of butter
3/4 cup of flour
3 garlic cloves, minced
3 lbs of potatoes, scrubbed clean, skins on
8oz bag/block of shredded cheddar cheese
2 stalks of celery, diced
Sour Cream
Green Onions

Directions:
-Bake your potatoes until they are soft, just as if you were making a baked potato. I did mine in the microwave. (Don’t forget to pierce them so they don’t explode) Set them aside to cool so you can peel them.
-Cook your bacon in a large pan, remove grease except for 2-3 tablespoons, on low/med heat.
-Saute your onions in the bacon grease until they become translucent, add in the garlic. celery, salt, and pepper.
-Pour in your chicken stock and bring to a low boil. Stir frequently.
-Pour in 3 cups of milk, stir.
-In a separate sauce pan, melt the butter, add in the flour while whisking to make a roux. Let this cook for a min or so, do not let it burn.
-Whisk in 1 cup of the milk to the sauce pan, don’t stop whisking or it will be lumpy. You are making the thickening agent to the soup. Once this has thickened, pour into large soup pot while whisking in the soup pot.
-In a separate bowl, peel the skins off of your potatoes. Cube your potatoes throw them into the soup pot.
– Once that comes together, pour in the entire 8oz bag of cheese.
-Stir, taste, and add seasoning as needed. I also add in about 1/3 of the chopped, cooked bacon at this point.
-Serve in a bowl with cheese, bacon, green onions, and sour cream.

Pork Tenderloin with Pan Sauce

Pork Tenderloin with Pan Sauce

Ingredients:
1⁄2 cups olive oil
1⁄4 cup soy sauce
1⁄4 cup red wine vinegar
Juice of 1 lemon
1-2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1-2 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
2 tsp dry mustard
Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1 1-lb. pork tenderloin (silver skin removed)

Directions:
Combine all marinade ingredients and reserve 2-3 Tbsp. Place the pork tenderloin and marinade in a Zip-lock bag and let marinate for at least 3-4 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a hot skillet over medium-high heat, sear each side of tenderloin for 2-3 minutes. Place in the oven and cook for 30-40 minutes or until the meat has reached 160 degrees. Let rest for at least 5 minutes before slicing.

Pan Sauce:
Pan scrapings from pork tenderloin
1/2 cup of chicken broth
2-3 tbsp of pork marinade (thoroughly mixed)
1-2 tsp butter

Meanwhile, place the skillet back on the stove over medium heat. Add the chicken broth and scrape up all the browned pieces from the bottom of the pan. Add the marinade and let it boil down for 2-3 minutes. Add the butter and remove from heat stirring until butter has melted. Pour over the pork tenderloin.

Martha Stewart Lemon Curd

http://www.marthastewart.com/348239/lemon-curd

HOMEMADE SUBWAY BREAD RECIPE

Yield: Makes 4 9" Sub Rolls

INGREDIENTS:

1 Cup warm water (110 degrees F)

1 1/2 Tablespoon yeast

1 Tablespoon sugar

1 1/2 teaspoon salt

4 Tablespoon olive oil

3 to 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Instructions:

In the bowl of your stand mixer add the water, yeast, sugar, salt and olive oil.  Let the mixture stand for 5 minutes.  Add additional cup of flour and mix until well combined.  Continue adding flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until a soft dough is formed.  The dough should still stick to the bottom of the bowl, but pull away from the sides.  Let the dough mix for about 8 minutes total.  

When the dough has come together but is still sticking a bit to the bottom of the bowl, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth.  The dough should be very soft.  Shape the dough into a ball and return it to the bowl.  Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rise for a half hour.   

Towards the end of the rising time preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  When the loaves are ready, bake them in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.

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Chocolate Strawberry Cake

Ingredients

Cake

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
4 oz unsweetened chocolate, grated or chopped
6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 eggs, lightly beaten

Chocolate Frosting

1 1/3 cups heavy cream
1 cups sugar
6 oz unsweetened chocolate, grated or chopped
1/2 cup (or 4 oz) plus 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed
1-1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of kosher salt

Strawberry Filling

2 1/2 cups strawberries, fresh or frozen, washed and peeled
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 Tablespoon corn starch

Directions

Strawberry Filling

If berries are frozen, thaw them out and puree in a blender.

Strain the puree through a fine screen to remove the seeds.

Heat puree, sugar, and cornstarch to a boil, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens.

Cool completely.

Cake

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Grease two 8 1/2 inch cake pans with butter, and lightly dust with flour.  Shake to coat.

Line with parchment paper, add a little more butter and set aside.

In a large bowl sift in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside.

In a medium saucepan, mix the sugar and water and bring to a boil to dissolve sugar.

Pour mixture into a large bowl and add the chopped chocolate and butter.  Let sit stirring occasionally until the chocolate has melted.

Once chocolate has melted, beat for about 1 minute with electric mixer.

Mix in vanilla and stir with a spoon.

Let mixture cool for 5-10 minutes.

In a small bowl beat the eggs.

Add eggs to chocolate mixture and beat on medium until combined.

Add the dry ingredients and beat until smooth.

Pour batter evenly into cake pans and bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean with poked in the center.

When cakes are done, let cool in their pans for 25 minutes and then flip pans to cool release them and cool completely.

Frosting

In a medium saucepan, add sugar and cream and boil over medium - high heat, just until it boils.

Lower heat to a simmer and stir once in a while for about 5 minutes.

In the meanwhile, add chopped chocolate, butter and vanilla to a heatproof bowl.

Pour hot cream over chocolate mixture and let stand, stirring once in a while until melted.

Add about 1 inch of ice water to a large bowl.

Place the melted chocolate bowl inside the ice water, but not so that the water come overs into the chocolate.

Now mix the chocolate on medium speed until it is thick and shiny. This will take about 5 minutes.

Set in fridge for 15 minutes before using to frost the cake.

Assembly

Place 1 cake layer so the flat side is facing up, and add the layer of strawberry puree. Top with 2nd chocolate cake layer.

Frost sides and top of cake evenly and smoothly with frosting.

Fry Bread

Fry Bread

4 Cups Bluebird Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
2 Table spoon baking powder
1-2 cups very warm water
Mix the first 3 ingredients. Now here is the trick to making fry bread. You have to add just enough of the the warm water to make a dough, not too sticky not too dry. Mix with your hand as you add the water. Knead until smooth. Cover and let rest while you heat the oil.
Here is another thing that is the traditional way to make fry bread. You must use Lard. You can use Vegetable oil but its just not the same. Lard is best. Heat lard until very hot and is shimmering.
Now take a egg size piece of dough and roll it out until about the size of a doughnut. Then pick it up and pat it between your hands, stretching as you go. The idea here is to get it pretty thin. Like a very thin pizza dough. Now put it into the grease be careful it’s HOT!
Let cook until brown on the first side. If your lard is hot enough that should be very quick, like flash frying. Flip and let cook on other side. Drain on paper towels.

Wedding Cake Frosting

Wedding cake frosting

1 C Butter
1 C Shortening
1/2 C Milk
2 teaspoons imitation clear vanilla
8 C Confectioners sugar

Cream the butter and shortening together until smooth.  Gradually add the sugar, milk, and vanilla.  Mix until smooth.

Albondigas (Meatball) Soup

Albondigas Soup

2 medium eggs 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder 1 ½ cups, chopped Onions 3 cloves of Garlic, minced 2 teaspoons Dried Oregano 1½ teaspoons Ground Coriander 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin 1 teaspoon dried Red Pepper flakes ½ cup Sweet Red Pepper, diced ½ cup Sweet Yellow Pepper, diced 8¼ cups low fat Beef Broth, no salt added

2 cups Whole Plum Tomatoes with juice, no salt added 1 to 2 teaspoons seeded, minced fresh Jalapeño Pepper ½ teaspoon Black Pepper ¼ teaspoon Sea Salt ½ pound Ground Beef, 95% lean ½ pound Ground Pork ¼ cup raw Basmati Rice, white ½ teaspoon salt (optional)

Garnish with:

½ cup chopped scallion plus tops
½ cup Cilantro leaves, fresh
Avocado slices (optional)

1. In an 8-quart soup or saucepan, add the ¼ cup beef broth, the onion, garlic, red and yellow peppers, ground cumin, and sauté stirring frequently, until the onion is golden, about 5 to 7 minutes. (By using the beef broth you have omitted the fat and calories you would have added by using a vegetable oil. I use this method often when sautéing.)

2. Add the remaining beef broth, tomatoes with their juice, dried oregano, 1 teaspoon of the coriander, ½ to 1 teaspoon of the jalapeño pepper, dried red pepper flakes, and ¼ teaspoon of the black pepper. Increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, partially covered, for 20 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the beef, pork, rice, egg, sea salt, garlic powder, the remaining ½ teaspoon coriander, ½ to 1 teaspoon jalapeño pepper, and ¼ teaspoon black pepper. Knead the ingredients together with your hands and then beat with a wooden spoon until the mixture is well mixed. Shape the meatballs by scooping up a tablespoon of the mixture and rolling them into balls.
4. Drop the meatballs into the simmering soup and stir gently to separate them. Partially cover and simmer the soup for another 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. There will be a lot of meatballs!
5. Serve soup hot with a garnish of scallions, cilantro leaves and avocado slices, if desired.