Recipes For St. Patrick's Day - Irish Brew Potato Soup

Recipes For St. Patrick's Day - Irish Brew Potato Soup

Irish food is hearty comfort food. So, there is no doubt that you will love the St. Patrick's day recipes I'll be adding to this blog from now on. Let us start with a potato soup. The Irish love their potatoes, so what can be a more fitting start to the series of recipes for St. Patrick's Day.

What You Need:

• 2 T butter
• 1 t garlic
• 1 C green onions, chopped
• 1/2 C celery, chopped
• 6 C white potatoes, peeled, quartered and boiled
• 3 (12 oz.) cans light beer
• 1 T sugar
• 1 chicken bullion cube
• 1 t salt
• 1/2 t pepper
• 8 C chicken broths
• 4 C cream

How to Make It:

1. Place the butter in a soup kettle over medium heat.
2. Once the butter has melted add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute.
3. Add the onions, celery and potatoes and continue to cook for 5 minutes or until fork tender.
4. Pour the beer into the pot and bring the mixture to a brisk boil.
5. Once boiling carefully mash the potatoes against the side of the soup kettle then stir to combine.
6. Stir in the sugar until dissolved.
7. Add the bouillon cube and stir well so it will begin to dissolve.
8. Stir in the salt and pepper until well combined.
9. Pour the chicken broth into the pot and bring the mixture back to a brisk boil.
10. Cover, reduce the heat to low and simmer 30 minutes or until heated through.
11. Stir in the cream just before serving.

Serves: 10

If your soup is not as thick as you like add a little arrow root to the boiling broth. Be sure to stir it well and only add a little at time until you have reached the desired thickness.

Well that's it for my first recipe for St. Patrick's Day

Holiday Cooking Recipes - Aleppo Chicken

Holiday Cooking Recipes - Aleppo Chicken

Sometimes suitable holiday cooking recipes needs to be easy. You do not always have a lot of time to prepare the food for a holiday meal. This recipe needs very little from you. The flavor comes from the sauce that is very easily made at the last moment.

Aleppo Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1 chicken (about 4 lb boiler)
• 1 cup fresh cream
• ½ lb mushrooms
• 1 onion
• Piece of celery or celery salt
• 1 glass sherry
• 1 carrot
• 4 egg yolks
• ¼ lb blanched almonds
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Boil chicken in enough salt water to cover, with carrot, onion and celery or celery salt until tender.
2. Remove chicken from stock and put it on a serving dish to keep warm.
3. Fry mushrooms in butter and set aside.
4. Beat the fresh cream, egg yolks and add the sherry, almonds, mushroom and ½ pint chicken stock and cook over low heat until mixture thickens.
5. Pour over chicken and serve while still hot.
6. Serve with rice and a salad of your choice.

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Fun Holiday Recipes - Planning a Christmas Dinner Party

Easy Holiday Recipes - Planning a Christmas Dinner Party

Why are you looking for easy holiday recipes? I do not think that is a very good question! Let us look at planning a Christmas dinner party and then move on to the easy holiday recipes.

We all love spending time with family and friends during Christmas to share the blessings of the season. A very good way to do that is hosting a Christmas dinner party for your friends. Here are a few tips when it comes to planning the perfect party for the holidays.

A Christmas dinner party is an elegant affair. People get a chance to dress up and mingle with coworkers and other friends in an adult setting. It is as much fun as it is formal.

1. Invite guests at least three weeks in advance.

The Christmas engagement calendar fills up fast and you want to get your dinner party on the roster. Host a Christmas dinner party for your office department. For a dinner party that is purely personal, invite friends and their dates or spouses. Specify on the invitation that it is for adults only. This gives everyone time to find a sitter for their children.

2. Plan the menu.

On the invitation ask if anyone has any special dietary concerns. There could be vegetarians in the group but here we are more concerned with food allergies or conditions such as diabetes. Plan the food courses accordingly so no one feels left out.

3. Get back to your guests if they do not respond.

If everyone hasn’t responded a week out from the Christmas dinner party, contact them with a quick message just in case they forgot. For sit down formal dinners having an accurate head count is necessary to be sure there is enough food for everyone. As a standard rule of thumb, allot at least two pounds of food per person attending the dinner party.

4. Decide on cooking or catering.

There is nothing wrong with catering a dinner party. Cooking can be an all day affair and no one wants to be stuck in the kitchen during their own dinner party. The host or hostess wants to mingle with the rest of the guests. If you decide to cook, keep the menu simple and opt for a buffet presentation instead of table service.

5. Set up the table and decorate a day in advance.

This way, if anything is missing, there is time to go out and find it. Leave glasses until the last minute so they don’t gather lint and dust particles overnight. After setting the table, go ahead and clean up a bit especially in the common areas where guests will be mingling.

6. Lay out the food a half hour before guests arrive.

If a caterer is handling the affair there are no worries there. For a home cooked buffet style dinner party, light the liquid fuel under the food pans half an hour before guest arrive so the food will be warm.

An elegant dinner party is a nice way to get to know coworkers away from the office or to relax with friends you don’t see much of during the year. Everyone has a chance to show off their best holiday clothes and share a few laughs.

Now let us have a look at some really easy holiday recipes:

Balsamic Turkey Breast with Cranberry Sauce


What You Need:

• 1 (7 lb.) turkey breast
• 6 tbsp. balsamic vinegar, divided
• 3 tsp. rosemary, crushed
• 3 tsp. thyme, crushed
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 1/2 C frozen fruit punch concentrate
• 1 1/2 C cold water
• 1 (10 oz.) pkg. dried cranberries
• 2 tbsp. cornstarch

How to Make It:

1. Using 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar rub the turkey breast on all sides well.
2. Sprinkle the turkey with the rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper.
3. Place the turkey breast on a rack that has been placed in a large roasting pan.
4. Bring the temperature of the oven up to 350 degrees.
5. Place the turkey breast in the oven for 45 minutes.
6. After 45 minutes, baste the turkey again with 2 tbsp of the vinegar.
7. Return the turkey to the oven and continue roasting an additional 45 minutes or until the internal temperature of the turkey is 170 degrees.
8. Remove the turkey and allow standing 20 minutes before carving.
9. Place the fruit punch concentrate and water into a large saucepan over medium high heat.
10. Stir the cranberries into the mixture.
11. Bring the mixture to a heavy boil.
12. Place the heat on low and continue cooking 5 minutes.
13. Place the remaining 2 tbsp of the vinegar into a bowl.
14. Add the cornstarch and whisk until completely combined.
15. Add the vinegar mixture to the cranberry mixture after 5 minutes.
16. Continue heating, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches desired thickness.
17. Pour the cranberry sauce over the turkey after carving.

Serves 8

After carving the turkey, place it on a platter that has been warmed in the oven . This ensures that the turkey stays warm and moist for all your guests to enjoy.

Honey Mustard Turkey Breast Microwave Style


What You Need:

• 1 (7 lb.) turkey breast, thawed
• 2 tbsp. unsalted butter
• 1/4 tsp. curry powder
• 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
• 2 tbsp. Dijon style mustard
• 1/2 C honey

How to Make It:



1. Place a plastic rack into a large deep sided microwavable dish.
2. Place the turkey, breast side down, on the rack.
3. Melt the butter in a microwavable safe bowl on high heat for 15 seconds.
4. Once melted completely add the curry, ginger, mustard and honey to the bowl.
5. Stir until all the ingredients are completely incorporated together.
6. Baste the turkey skin with the honey mustard mixture.
7. Cover the turkey with wax paper.
8. Microwave the turkey on high for 14 minutes.
9. Rotate the turkey 1/4 turn and baste again.
10. Continue cooking for 13 minutes.
11. Remove the turkey from the microwave.
12. Drain off any juice that has gathered in the dish.
13. Turn the turkey breast side up and baste with the honey mustard mixture.
14. Re-cover with wax paper.
15. Microwave on medium high temperature for 28 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 170 degrees.
16. Remove the turkey from the microwave and cover with aluminum foil.
17. Allow the turkey to set covered for 20 minutes before carving.



Serves 8

By covering the turkey with foil after removing it from the microwave you allow the turkey to continue cooking through and the heat to equalize making the turkey moist and juicy when carved.

Not So Everyday Apple Salad


What You Need:



• 4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 (16 oz.) can julienne beets, drained
• 1/2 C radishes, sliced
• 1/4 C green onions, sliced
• 1/4 C vinegar
• 1/4 C olive oil
• 1 tsp. sugar
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/8 tsp. pepper



How to Make It:



1. Place the apple slices in a large mixing bowl.
2. Add the beets, radishes and onions.
3. Toss to combine.
4. In a separate bowl whisk together the vinegar and olive oil.
5. Add the sugar, salt and pepper and mix together well with a rubber spatula.
6. Pour the mixture over the apple mixture.
7. Seal tightly and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
8. Toss well before serving to reincorporate the flavors.



Serves 6

To give this salad a little zip, add a couple of drops of hot sauce to the dressing before pouring over the apples.

Christmas Time Bonbons

What You Need:



• 4 1/2 C confectioner’s sugar
• 2/3 C sweetened condensed milk
• 1 t vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• Red and green food coloring



How to Make It:



1. Place the sugar into a large mixing bowl.
2. Pour in the milk, vanilla and almond extract.
3. Blend the mixture together well.
4. Separate the mixture into 2 separate bowls.
5. Add the red food coloring to one bowl and the green food coloring to the other bowl.
6. Knead the mixtures with your hands until smooth and creamy.
7. Cover both bowls with a damp kitchen towel.
8. Refrigerate both for 24 hours.
9. Remove the bowls and form both mixtures into balls.
10. Place the balls on wax paper and keep refrigerated until ready to eat.



Serving Size: 4 dozen

These wonderful Christmas colored bonbons can be dipped in chocolate, butterscotch or caramel. They can also be rolled in colored sugars or powered sugar for a special treat.

I will be back on another day, probably tomorrow, with more easy holiday recipes!
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