LINK PARTY PALOOZA & FOODIE FRIDAY submissions by 3 Sides of Crazy

It's FOODIE FRIDAY over at RATTLEBRIDGE FARM and a great time for me to catch up on a few recipes that needed posting from the recently tried stack of Magazine Monday recipes and this week there were quite a few winners I must say.

First up is:

BULLAI RUBBED CHICKEN
2 pounds chicken tenders, rinsed and dried
1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 KNORR onion bouillon cube, crushed
1 teaspoon California sweet Paprika
1 KNORR chicken homestyle stock tub 
2 tablespoons sun dried tomatoes
Juice of 1 lemon
4 tablespoons butter, divided

• Combine spices until well blended.
• Sprinkle rub on both sides of chicken  rubbing in well.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of butter over medium high heat.
• Cook chicken pieces until just done, about 4 minutes per side.
• Remove chicken pieces, keeping them warm.
• Add remaining butter and KNORR stock and hot water, whisking into drippings until well blended.  Bring to a boil over medium high heat and simmer about 10 minutes until reduced by half.
• Whisk in the lemon juice and whipping cream until well blended. 
• Add sun dried tomatoes.
• Reduce heat, simmering to desired consistency.
• Pour over chicken and mashed potatoes.

Next was a super easy and SUPER tasty recipe:

GERMAN SMASHED POTATOES
3 pounds YUKON GOLD potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks, cooked tender
1/2 pound bacon
4 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar

• Cook bacon until crisp, drain on paper towels.
• Add vinegar and sugar to bacon fat, being sure to scrape up all the bits on the bottom of the pan and cook until well blended. Remove from heat.
• In a large bowl add the potatoes and smash.
• Crumble the bacon over the potatoes.
• Pour the vinegar mixture over top and mix well.
• Enjoy.

Then came a more time consuming recipe, but one hubs fell in love with:

I also found that they now make refried BLACK beans - gotta tell you I'm loving these!
LAYERED TORTILLA PIE
1 cup salsa
1 pound ground beef
homemade taco seasoning
1 can refried BLACK beans
1 can traditional refried beans
8 inch flour tortillas
2 cups Mexican shredded cheese
sour cream
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes

• Brown the hamburger and drain off the grease.
• Add 1/2 cup water and taco seasoning to the hamburger.
• Cook until liquid is absorbed.
• Preheat oven to 400°.
• In a medium bowl mash together the refried beans, 1/2 the salsa and 1/2 the garlic.
• In another medium bowl mash together the refried BLACK beans, 1/2 the salsa and 1/2 the garlic.
• Spray a shallow pie pan with PURE.
• Spread a small amount of sour cream on a tortilla and lay in the bottom of the pie pan.
• Spread with one of the bean mixtures. 
• Add another tortilla and spread with some meat mixture.  Top with a thin layer of cheese.
• Repeat layers until you have about 7 or 8 layers.
• Top with remaining cheese.
• Cover lightly with foil.
• Bake 40 minutes. Uncover and bake 5 minutes until cheese is bubbly.
• Cut into wedges and serve with salsa and sour cream.

Here's an all-time favorite:

SEAFOOD SALAD
Shredded Romaine
Tomato wedges
Sliced green onions
Juice of 1 lemon
salt and pepper to taste
1 large can tuna, drained really well
Mayo to taste

• Toss all together and enjoy with some garlic bread.

And lastly one of our new favorites:

ITALIAN MEATLOAF CUPS w/ PARMA ROSA PASTA

1 pound hamburger

1 pound Italian sausage
2 bunches green onions, chopped
1 sleeve saltines, crushed
2 eggs
1 can Italian tomato paste
8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon white pepper
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon liquid smoke

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Blend all together.
• I use the mini loaf pans and fill each one 2/3.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until top is crispy.
• Pour off excess fat before serving.
• Bake how ever many you need today and freeze the others for future meals. Thaw in refrigerator before baking.

These are truly greatest hits at our house and welcome leftovers for weekend picnic sandwiches.

PARMA ROSA PASTA
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon minced garlic, jar
1 tablespoon Classico sun-dried tomato paste
1 egg yolk, beaten
1/4 teaspoon thyme
salt and pepper to taste
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

• Melt butter in a saucepan.
• Add garlic and saute until fragrant.
• Gradually add heavy cream, stirring constantly. Stir in salt, pepper and grated Parmesan cheese and stir constantly until melted.
• Whisk in egg quickly and heat through.

Recipes Submitted to:

and TATERTOTS & JELLO'S  LINK PARTY PALOOZA

CHICKEN PARMESAN MEATBALLS

This makes 12 or so meatballs

 CHICKEN PARMESAN MEATBALLS
1 1/4 pounds ground chicken

1/2 cup breadcrumbs

2 tablespoons chopped onion

1 tablespoon chopped parsley

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
salt to taste
pepper to taste

1 clove garlic, minced

1 egg, whisked

zest of half a lemon

3 tablespoons sesame oil
Marinara pasta sauce
3-4 slices mozzarella

• Preheat oven to 400°F, setting rack to upper third part of oven.
• In a large bowl, using your hands, gently mix together first 10 ingredients. 
• Shape into golf-ball size balls and place a few inches from each other on a foil-lined baking sheet. 
• In a small bowl, mix one spoonful of your pizza sauce with olive oil. 
• Brush this mixture on top of each meatball. 
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Remove meatballs from oven, spoon some sauce on top of each meatball, and cover each with a slice of cheese. 
• Broil another 3 to 5 minutes until cheese is bubbly and golden.  
• Heat remaining sauce in a small saucepan. 
• Serve meatballs with pasta and a dollop of sauce.

BAKING PARTNERS CHALLENGE #10 – PIZZA

 

We are a group of home bakers helping each other to achieve baking perfection.  Baking partners was begun by Swathi at Zesty South Indian Kitchen.   In order to achieve the best results, a perfect recipe and the right techniques are required.  We are a small group of home bakers, who love to bake and want to learn more about the tips and secrets of baking and baking well.  We are planning to try out recipes from books/magazines and cooking shows.  Every member gets a chance to present their choice of recipe and share important points with the rest of the group. The main purpose of this group is to learn the techniques, critic procedures if there are ways to improve and to eat delicious food.

THIS MONTH WE ARE MAKING NEW YORK STYLE PIZZA AND SAUCE – YAY!  I chose Archana of Tangy Minds recipe because we love thin or original crusts. Recipe adapted from SeriousEats
Ingredients for the thin crust:
22 1/2 ounces (about 4 1/2 cups) bread flour, plus more for dusting
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons kosher salt
2 teaspoons instant yeast
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
15 ounces lukewarm water
Ingredients for making its NY Style pizza sauce
1 (28-ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes or Fresh Tomatoes.
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 medium cloves garlic, grated
1 teaspoon dried oregano
pinch red pepper flakes
Kosher salt
2 six-inch sprigs fresh basil with leaves attached
1 medium yellow onion, peeled and split in half
1 teaspoon sugar
Toppings:
Any sliced or chopped veggies of your choice such as capscium, sliced onions, mushrooms. Also you can add paneer or sliced jalapenos or even fruit such as pineapple. I used very thinly sliced mushrooms.
Any Meat as you like. Preferable pre-cooked Chicken pieces if you want. It is optional. I used super thin pepperoni just under the cheese.
CHEESE – 1 to 2 cups (depends on the size of the pizza) grated cheese – Parmesan or Mozzarella Cheese.
For Making the sauce:

• Pulse the tomatoes and their juice in food processor / Mixie until pureed, or puree with hand blender. Puree should not be completely smooth, but should have no chunks larger than 1/16 of an inch. Set tomatoes aside.
• Combine butter and oil in medium saucepan and heat over medium-low heat until butter is melted. Add garlic, oregano, pepper flakes, and large pinch salt and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant but not browned, about 3 minutes. Add tomatoes, basil sprigs, onion halves, and sugar. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to lowest setting (bubbles should barely be breaking the surface), and cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced by 1/2, about 1 hour. Season to taste with salt. Allow to cool and store in covered container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

For Making the thin crust pizza:

• Combine flour, sugar, salt, and yeast in bowl of food processor or in a bowl. Pulse 3 to 4 times until incorporated if you have food processor. otherwise mix well together with the help of the whisk . Add olive oil and water. Run food processor until mixture forms ball that rides around the bowl above the blade, about 15 seconds. Continue processing 15 seconds longer. Those who don’t have food processor. try it with hand mixer or stand mixer or knead it with your hands and how are you kneading like chappati/roti dough.
• Transfer dough ball to lightly floured surface and knead once or twice by hand until smooth ball is formed. It should pass the windowpane test. Divide dough into three even parts and place each in a covered quart-sized deli container or in a zipper-lock freezer bag. Place in refrigerator and allow to rise at least one day, and up to 5.
• At least two hours before baking, remove dough from refrigerator and shape into balls by gathering dough towards bottom and pinching shut. Flour well and place each one in a separate medium mixing bowl. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and allow to rise at warm room temperature until roughly doubled in volume.
• 1 hour before baking, Preheat oven to 400°F. Turn single dough ball out onto lightly flour surface. Gently press out dough into rough 8-inch circle, leaving outer 1-inch higher than the rest. Gently stretch dough by draping over knuckles into a 12 to 14-inch circle about 1/4-inch thick. Transfer to pizza pan.
• Spread approximately 2/3 cup of sauce evenly over surface of crust, leaving 1/2 to 1-inch border along edge. Add toppings of your choice evenly and spread 1/3 of cheese over sauce evenly.
• Bake until cheese is melted with some browned spots and crust is golden brown and puffed, 10 to 15 minutes or varies depends on your oven.
• Transfer to cutting board, slice, and serve immediately. Repeat with remaining two dough balls, remaining sauce, and remaining cheese.

ITALIAN GARLIC SAUSAGE PINK ALFREDO PIZZA

ITALIAN GARLIC SAUSAGE PINK ALFREDO PIZZA

CRUST
1 cup of warm water (105F)
3 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 teaspoons of honey
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of yeast

• Put warm water into a bowl. Add salt, sugar and honey and mix well. Add the yeast, mix and let it sit for about 10 minutes.
• Gradually add the flour and olive oil until well blended.
• When the mixture gets too heavy to mix, start kneading the dough with your hands.
• Knead the dough until you have a smooth ball. If the dough cracks it is too dry. Add water bit by bit until if forms a nice smooth ball. If you need to add water or flour, do it by small amounts.
• Coat the dough with olive oil, place it in a large bowl and cover it with kitchen wrap and a flour sack towel. Let the dough rise for about an hour at room temperature, then push it down again so it deflates. Let it sit for about another hour. Either bake it or refrigerate for later use.
• Put the dough on a lightly floured surface, put a bit of flour on top and make it into the shape of a pie by stretching it out from the center outwards. Use a rolling pin until the dough is about 1/4" thick. Punch some holes in the dough with a fork to let the air escape while the pizza is in the oven

PINK ALFREDO SAUCE
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon minced garlic, jar
1 tablespoon Classico sun-dried tomato paste
1 egg yolk, beaten
1/4 teaspoon thyme
salt and pepper to taste
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

• Melt butter in a saucepan.
• Add garlic and saute until fragrant.
• Gradually add heavy cream, stirring constantly. Stir in salt, pepper and grated Parmesan cheese and stir constantly until melted.
• Whisk in egg quickly and heat through.

TOPPINGS
Enough pepperoni to cover pizza
Enough crumbled cooked sausage to cover dough
Thinly sliced mushrooms
Thinly sliced green onions
1 tomato, diced small
2/3 cup grated mozzarella

• Coat dough with a layer of sauce
• Evenly sprinkle the crumbled sausage over the sauce
• Follow with the mushrooms, green onions and tomatoes
• Evenly sprinkle the cheese over it all
• Top with the pepperoni
• Bake the pizza at 400-450° F for about 20-25 minutes until the crust is golden.

ASIAGO GARLIC MUSHROOM RAVIOLI

HOMEMADE PASTA DOUGH
2 to 2 1/2 cups flour, divided 2 cups and 1/2 cup
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
3 eggs
1 tablespoon cold water

• Place 2 cups of the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl.
• Make a well in the center of the flour.
• Add the eggs and water to the flour.
• With your hands or a wooden spoon, gradually mix all together until well blended.
• Gather into a ball and knead on a floured surface until smooth, about 10 minutes.
• Add remaining flour as necessary to prevent the dough from sticking to your hands or the kneading surface.
• Divide the dough into fourths.

FILLING
2 tablespoons butter
1 large bunch green onion, minced
1/2 pound mushrooms, cleaned and chopped
3 teaspoons minced garlic, jar
1/2 cup freshly grated Asiago Parmesan cheese
1 eggs, slightly beaten
Salt and pepper to taste

• Melt the butter in a small skillet and cook the onions, stir and cook until onions are transparent.
• Add mushrooms and simmer until tender.
• Remove from heat and transfer to a mixing bowl.
• Stir in the rest of the ingredients.
• Season to taste.

ASSEMBLY

• Divide the pasta dough into 4 balls and roll out one at a time about 1/4 inch thick.
• Place 1 heaping tablespoon of filling about every 2 inches apart on the sheet of pasta.
• With a brush dipped in water draw lines between the mounds.
• Then place a second sheet of pasta evenly over the first sheet, but work quickly ~the dough must remain pliable.
• Press down between the mounds to form the ravioli envelopes. The wet areas of the pasta sheet will help seal the ravioli.
• With a ravioli cutter or a serrated knife separate from each other.
• Cook ravioli in large kettle of chicken broth or salted water. Boil slowly for about 10 minutes. Drain. Always add 1 tablespoon of oil to the cooking water for a better noodle.
• Layer ravioli and sauce.
• Sprinkle fresh grated Parmesan cheese on last layer and serve, hot.