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the Pence family cookbook

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Homemade Bisquick

Bread Miscellaneous

Ingredients

  • 4 c (480 g) all purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp baking powder
  • 1.5 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 c (4 oz) melted butter or shortening

Preparation

Mix dry ingredients, then add melted butter and mix well.


Salmon Mousse

Appetizer Main Course Fish Pence Salmon

Ingredients

(amounts in brackets are scaled for a 515 mL European can of tomato soup)

  • 1 lb. [750 g] fresh salmon (or canned)
  • 1 can concentrated tomato soup (10.75 oz) [515 mL]
  • 8 oz. [360 g] cream cheese
  • 2 envelopes gelatine (1/2 oz., around 14g) [26g, 2 European packets]
  • 1 [2] onion, chopped fine
  • 1 [2] celery stalk, chopped fine
  • 1 tbsp. [5 tsp.] Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 c. [350 g] mayonnaise
  • 2 [4] dashes Tabasco

Preparation

If using fresh salmon, bake the salmon until it flakes easily; cool.

Heat the tomato soup (undiluted) in a large pot, melt in the cream cheese. Dissolve the gelatine in 1/2 c. of cold water. Add to the soup, and cool.

Add in the remainder of the ingredients, pour into a serving dish, and refrigerate until set. Serve with black or French bread.


Belmont Jewel

Cocktails Untested Whiskey

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. pomegranate juice
  • 1.5 oz. Bourbon
  • 2 oz. lemonade
  • lemon slice

Preparation

Shake with ice, strain, and serve in a highball glass over more ice.


Beer and Girl Scout Cookie Pairings

Cocktails Dessert Beer Cookie
  • Thin Mints + Black IPA
  • Lemonades + American IPA
  • Peanut Butter Sandwich + Imperial Hefeweiszen
  • Shortbread + Amber
  • Thanks-A-Lot + Blonde
  • S’Mores + Barrel-Aged Imperial Porter
  • Caramel Delites + Hefeweiszen
  • Peanut Butter Patties + Imperial Porter

After Circle Brewing, via Austin American-Statesman


Mulled Wine

Cocktails Wine

Ingredients

  • 1.5L red wine (two bottles; not too full-bodied)
  • 1/2 orange, or some zests
  • 150g sugar
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 2 stars anise
  • 2 whole cloves

Preparation

Bring very slowly to a boil. Simmer very gently for five minutes. Filter and serve very hot.

La Libre, translated


Snickerdoodle Party Cookies

Dessert Cookie

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • 2½ tsp. ground cardamom, divided
  • 2 tsp. ground cinnamon, divided
  • 1 cup (packed) light brown sugar
  • ½ cup granulated sugar, divided
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract or paste
  • 2 1.4-oz. chocolate toffee bars (preferably Skor), finely chopped
  • 3 cups cornflakes, lightly crushed
  • Gold or rainbow disco or luster dust (for serving; optional)

Preparation

Place racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 350°. Cook butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, until it foams, then browns, 5–8 minutes. Scrape into the bowl of a stand mixer. Let brown butter cool slightly. Meanwhile, whisk flour, baking soda, salt, 1½ tsp. cardamom, and 1 tsp. cinnamon in a medium bowl. Add brown sugar and ¼ cup granulated sugar to brown butter. Fit bowl onto stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment and beat on medium speed until thick, about 1 minute. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue to mix just until smooth, about 1 minute longer. Beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low and add dry ingredients; beat until nearly combined. Add Skor bars and beat just long enough to bring dough together (it will be a little loose). Cover and let rest 5–10 minutes to let flour hydrate (dough will thicken). Place cornflakes in a small bowl. Mix remaining ¼ cup granulated sugar, 1 tsp. cardamom, and 1 tsp. cinnamon in another small bowl. Working one at a time, scoop out 2-tablespoonfuls of dough (they don’t need to be perfect balls) and toss in cornflakes to coat well; squeeze lightly to adhere. Move to bowl with spiced sugar and toss to coat. Divide between 2 parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 3" apart. Bake cookies, rotating baking sheets top to bottom and front to back halfway through, until edges are set, 13–16 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets. Brush with gold dust if desired.

Bon Appétit, December 2018


Galette des rois

Dessert Almond Cake French Untested

Ingredients

  • 1 œuf a température ambiante [1 egg at room temperature]
  • 60 gr beurre mou [60g butter, softened]
  • 60 gr amandes en poudre [60gr ground almonds]
  • 60 gr sucre poudre/semoule [60g superfine sugar]
  • 1 jaune d œuf pour décorer [1 egg yolk for decoration]
  • Crème fraîche si besoin [Crème fraîche, if needed]
  • 500 gr pâte feuilletée [500gr or 1/2 lb. puff pastry]
  • 2-3 gouttes d’arôme amande amère ou eau de rose [2-3 drops of bitter almond extract, optional, can substitute rose water]

Preparation

Battre l’œuf entier par fouet électrique jusqu’à obtenir une mousse. Ajouter le sucre jusqu’à ce qu il se dissolve. Ajouter le beurre continuer avec le fouet. Ajouter les amandes, bien mélanger. Si trop épais, ajout de crème fraîche. [Beat the whole egg with an electric mixer just until a mousse is formed. Add the sugar and beat just until it dissolves. Add the butter and continue beating. Add almonds, mix well.]

Découper 2 ronds (assiette comme aide), 1 rond sur du papier cuisson/plaque du four. Étaler la frangipane sur rond de pâte feuilletée, laisser au moins 1 cm au bord sans frangipane Cacher la fève. Mouiller le bord libre. Mettre le 2ème rond de pâte feuilletée, bien appuyer les bords. Battre jaune d’œuf avec un peu de sucre ou sel. Enduire la galette. Avec une fourchette, décorer. Four préchauffe environ 170 chaleur tournante. Attendre patiemment environ 30 min. [Cut two rounds of puff pastry (using a plate as a guide), and place one on top of parchement paper on a cookie sheet. Spread the frangipane on the round, leaving 1/2" around the outside. Hide the bean/baby/etc. Moisten the edge you left free. Put the second round on top, seal the edges well. Beat the egg yolk with a little sugar or salt. Coat the top of the cake. With a fork, decorate (traditional is a kinda wavy-lines pattern across the top). Bake in a preheated oven around 170C (325-350F), convection. Wait patiently for 30 minutes.]

On peut le faire comme ça pour 5/6 personnes ou avec seulement 1 paquet de pâte feuilletée et une plus petite assiette pour 2 personnes (même frangipane). [The recipe like this is for 5 or 6 people, or with just 1 packet of puff pastry and a smaller plate as your guide you can make it for 2 people (with the same amount of filling).]

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Coffee-Ginger Mocktail

Cocktails Coffee Mocktail

Ingredients

  • 1-2 oz. cold brew concentrate, or 4 oz. nice cold brew coffee
  • 1 slice lime
  • handful ice
  • top quality ginger ale/beer (Trader Joe’s is nice for those in the US)

Preparation

Place the slice of lime in a highball glass and muddle it. Add a handful of ice and the coffee. Fill the rest of the glass with the ginger ale.

Idea due to Black & Bloom, Groningen, NL


Bramboracky (Czech Potato Pancakes)

Side Dish Potato

Ingredients

  • 4 large potatoes
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 pinch (or more) dried marjoram (optional)
  • 2 tsp. caraway seeds
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp. milk
  • 3 tbsp. flour
  • oil for frying

Preparation

Peel and coarsely grate the potatoes, squeezing out as much liquid as you can. Transfer the shredded potatoes to a mixing bowl. Stir in the crushed garlic, salt, pepper, marjoram, and caraway seeds. Beat the eggs with the milk. Add the egg mixture to the potatoes and stir well to combine. Gradually mix in the flour.

Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; the oil should be about 1/4-inch deep. Spoon about 1/4 cup of batter into the hot oil, flattening it slightly. Fry the pancake until golden brown, about 3 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels. Taste the first pancake and adjust the seasoning if necessary; repeat with remaining batter.

AllRecipes, edited


Chicken waterzooi

Main Course Belgian Chicken Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 nice chicken
  • 20g butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 slice of bread per person
  • Lemon
  • 20cl cream
  • 5 parsley roots/parsnips
  • 5 potatoes
  • 2 onions, cut in half
  • 5 carrots
  • 6 celery stalks
  • 1 clove
  • Thyme
  • Bay leaf
  • Pepper and salt
  • Parsley

Preparation

The day before, prepare a nice chicken stock using the chicken. Discard the skin, but reserve the meat and the bones.

Place the bones in a large soup pot and cover them with half water and half chicken stock. Add the onions and the rest of the vegetables, either chopped medium-size or in large julienne. Add the clove, thyme, and bay leaf, and lightly season with salt and pepper to taste. Simmer on low heat for three hours.

Remove the bones and spices, and reserve the vegetables. Add the cream and butter to the broth, and adjust the seasoning. Add all the vegetables and the chicken meat.

Just before serving, temper the egg yolk in broth and add it to the soup, then heat the soup slowly, making sure the egg yolk doesn’t cook.

Serve with chopped parsley and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, and a slice of bread and butter on the side.

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