Recipes

Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes

Prep 30 m
Cook 1 h 30 m
Ready In 2 h

Ingredients:

  • 4 russet potatoes, sliced into 1/4 inch slices
  • 1 onion, sliced into rings
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions:

Corned Beef Recipe

Ingredients

2 quarts water
1 cup kosher salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons saltpeter
1 cinnamon stick, broken into several pieces
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
8 whole cloves
8 whole allspice berries
12 whole juniper berries
2 bay leaves, crumbled
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
2 pounds ice
1 (4 to 5 pound) beef brisket, trimmed
1 small onion, quartered
1 large carrot, coarsely chopped
1 stalk celery, coarsely chopped

Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Icing

For the cake:
2 cups all purpose flour 
2 teaspoons baking soda 
1 teaspoon salt 
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
2 cups sugar 
1 1/4 cups canola oil 
4 large eggs 
3 cups grated peeled carrots 
1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped walnuts 
2 tablespoons minced peeled ginger

For the icing:
10 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature 
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar 
1/4 cup pure maple syrup

Cantaloupe and Lime Granita

Serves four to six.

Ingredients:
6 cups pureed fresh cantaloupe, from about one medium melon
2 tablespoons lime juice, from about one lime
Zest from one lime

Directions:
Remove the rind from the cantaloupe. (You can cut off each end and then around the outside, like at the start of supreming citrus.) Cut the melon in half and scoop out the seeds. Roughly cut the fruit into about one inch pieces.