Dutch Baby

One of our family's favorites...but you have to be at the table when it comes out of the oven! Top with maple syrup, fresh fruit, and/or powdered sugar - didn't one of the little girls call it "sowah pugah"?!

For a 9 X 13 casserole (3-4 qt. pan):
1/3 cup butter
5 eggs
1 1/4 c. each milk and flour

For a 2-3 qt. pan:
1/4 cup butter
3 eggs
3/4 c. each milk and flour

Preheat oven to 425 F. Place butter in pan and set pan in oven until butter is melted and foamy (careful that it doesn't burn). Meanwhile, quickly mix batter. In a blender or food processor, whirl eggs at high speed for 1 minute; with motor running, gradually pour in milk, then slowly add flour. Continue whirling (the batter) for 30 more seconds. Low-tech method: in a bowl, beat eggs until blended; gradually beat in milk, then flour.

Remove pan from oven (butter should be foamy), then pour in batter. Return pan to oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes (depending on pan size) or until puffy and well browned. Serve immediately!

Bob's Alfredo Sauce

Hi all! First I wanted to post this picture of me using my birthday present from Dad/Granddad and Jo! So fun and useful. Here I am eating some fettucini alfredo that Bob made. To make it,

"So. You get a pan. Um. You want some scallions and minced garlic. Add like a teaspoon of olive oil and cook it on medium heat for awhile. Um. Lets see... there's actually usually an apostrophe in let's. Now what do you do? Ok so those are cooked.. Here's where you would add shrimp if you were doing shrimp but we didn't. Cuz we're poor grad students. Anyways I digress. Uh so next you want some uh half and half or heavy cream and milk. Add some of that. Ok. So start stirring that around, then next is the most important part: THE CHEESE! So. I find that the powdered parmesan cheese works best but you gotta make sure it's the 100 percent cheese kind not the trashy imaginary cheese. Or else it'll clump up. If all you have is grated, it'll work. And you want grated later, to add on top when it's done. So add the cheese slowly while stirring and heating the mixture while being careful not to get it too hot and scalding the milk. Also add gratuitous amounts of crushed red pepper and black pepper. Uh a little bit of salt. Until it tastes nice!"

Q: How much half and half?

A: Enough (laughter). Uh, not too much? But not too little?

Q: Can you estimate?

A: 2.37 cups plus or minus 0.7 cups


Trust me ladies, this is a delicious sauce for all your pasta varietes. I like the curly kinds the best but that's just me. Tune in soon for Bob's white wine sauce, also delightful.

TEMPERATURE CONVERSION ENGINE!

Here's a tool to convert degrees F to C or vice versa:

http://www.embassyworld.com/data/Temperature_Conversion.html

Whole Wheat Banana Bread

WHOLE WHEAT BANANA BREAD

1/2 cup (1/4 lb.) butter, melted
1 cup sugar (or 1/2 c. granulated and 1/2 c. brown sugar)
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 c. mashed ripe bananas (about 3)
1 c. all purpose flour
1 c. whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/3 c. hot water
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
Optional: add chocolate chips and cinnamon

In a large bowl, stir together butter and sugar. Mix in eggs and banana, blending until smooth.

In another bowl, stir together all-purpose flour whole wheat flour, salt, and baking soda until thoroughly blended. Add to banana mixture alternately with hot water. Stir in nuts. Spoon batter into a greased 9 by 5-inch loaf pan (you could use another size pan...just watch for "done-ness", as baking times would vary).

Bake in a 325 F degree oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until bread begins to pull away from sides of pan. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes; then turn out onto a rack and let cool completely. Makes 1 (yummy) loaf.

Fume (Asian cabbage slaw)

Hi Family!  I hope you all got my invite to be blog co-authors!  Please let me know of any suggestions you have for changes and additions to the layout. (Or, just make the changes if it will let you!)  Please feel free to post your recipes, tips, links and recipe requests.  Since I'm making Debbie's famous fume for lunch today, I thought I'd start our blog by sharing the recipe for this delicious favorite salad:

1.  Chop one large head of cabbage finely, as for cole slaw.

2.  For dressing, mix:

1 c. olive oil

1/2 c. sugar

1/4 c. balsamic vinegar

1 tsp. pepper 

1/2 tsp. salt

3.  Sauteé sesame seeds in a saucepan with a bit of oil.  A mix of black and white seeds is nice.

4.  Crumble some dry ramen noodles.

5.  Add dressing to cabbage. Sprinkle noodles & sesame seeds on top of salad & enjoy!