Just Add Magic: Mrs Rusamano's Cannoli

        Well! It's been quite a while, huh? Here's another sweet treat from Just Add Magic. And if I'm not wrong, we have two more recipes left from this book, a Tiramisu recipe and a Prize-Winning Chilli recipe. So please vote for which recipe you want to be featured first on the poll gadget to your right. Okay, I'll just shut up and give you the recipe:

Mrs Rusamano's Cannoli

Shell

1 cup flour 

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 tablespoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 tablespoon butter

2 tablespoons cold water

2 tablespoons vinegar

Filling

2 lbs ricotta cheese

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1&1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup chopped nuts

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup citron (optional)

SHELL

Blend first four ingredients and add butter. Blend with your

fingertips as you would a pie crust. Add cold water and vinegar.

This makes a hard dough. Chill for 1 hour.

Roll dough out to 1/2-inch thickness

and cut into 4 x 5-inch rectangles.

Roll dough around tubes, 1 inch in diameter.

Fry at 360 degrees until brown. Drain and cool.

FILLING

Beat ricotta, vanilla, and sugar until smooth,

then add nuts, chocolate chips, and citron. Chill.

Fill crusts at both ends with filling.

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Hi guys, sorry I know I haven't posted in a while. I've been really busy this week and I will post another recipe or two by Sunday. Trust me, I just don't have the recipe with me now. : D

Just Add Magic: Hexberry Tarta

      Here's another from Just Add Magic! This is Hexberry Tarta recipe, if the special ingredient (dash of Rue Seed) is added, the consumer of it will become hexed. Its pretty confusing, really.

 

Hexberry Tarta

Ingredients:

2 pints berries

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1/4 all-purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

2 tablespoons almond extract

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/4 cup shaved hazel nuts

dash of Rue Seed

2 egg whites (optional)

pre-made pie crust

Mix all ingredients thoroughly and pour into pie crust. 

If desired, brush the crust with the egg whites. 

Bake at 350 degrees. For 1 hour or until crust is light and flakey.

 Waiting for the day I can jet off to London

and set up my own quaint Teashop.

~ Chee An Lyn

      Yeah, I couldn't find a picture of the Tarta, so please enjoy this lovely picture of Mascarpone Cheese and Strawberry Tarta. Come back for more recipes from Just Add Magic!

Just Add Magic: Keeps 'Em Quiet Cobbler

      Here's another mysterious recipe from Just Add Magic. This recipe is used, in the book, to keep whoever eats it quiet. And the only antidote is Moon Honey. And, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, please go read the book. It's a good one, I really enjoyed it.

Keeps 'Em Quiet Cobbler

Stopped the gallo from his early morning cockle.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1 cup butter (2 sticks), softened

10 ripe apples, sliced

2 tablespoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cloves

2 tablespoons almond paste

1 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon aged vertivert stems*

With a hand mixer, thoroughly beat flour, sugar, softened

butter. Set aside. In a separate bowl, mix apple slices with

cinnamon, cloves, almond paste, and vertivert stems. Add the

flour mixture and stir until well-blended. Put into a baking

pan and bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes

or until apples are tender.

 


"I'm gonna scoop you heat you up, Take you bake you eat you up
HOOK, Give it to me, That Apple Cobbler"
~ Apple Cobbler, Artist: LL Cool J

      *Now, the special ingredient here is the aged vertivert stems. It may not be a real ingredient, but its what makes the eater of this Cobbler keep quiet. So don't sweat it if you can't find it, I'm sure it tastes just as good without it. Come back for more recipes from Just Add Magic!

Just Add Magic: Mrs. Quinn's Chilli Recipe

      Happy New Year! Well, almost anyway. Over here in Singapore it's New Year's Eve. I'm going to a BBQ New Year's Party tonight. So, why not kick off 2013 with the very-first-ever-posted-on-this-blog Chilli recipe from the book: Just Add Magic!

Mrs. Quinn's Chilli Recipe

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef or stew meat, browned and drained

1 medium onion, diced

1 small green pepper, diced

1 small red pepper, diced

1 can diced tomatoes

1 can chillies

1 can black beans

1 small can tomato paste

1 can dark beer

4 tablespoons ground chilli powder

1 tablespoons cumin

1 tablespoon nutmeg

Brown beef, peppers, and onion. Drain off any grease.

Stir in the rest of the ingredients, adding the beans last. Bring to
a boil and reduce heat to low. Cover and cook on low for an hour.

Whenever I meet someone who does not consider chili a favorite dish, 

then I've usually found someone who has never tasted good chili.

 - Jan Butel, author of "Chili Madness"

      That would be good on a hotdog... And while you're at it, check out this link for Fast Dessert Recipes You Can Make in 10 Minutes: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/15/fast-dessert-recipes_n_2297249.html?utm_hp_ref=own&ir=OWN#slide=1881901    Okay then, see you in 2013!

Christmas Cookies

      Hi! MERRY CHRISTMAS READERS! I got this from my brother's Geronimo Stilton book, The Christmas Toy Factory. When I was young I used to love those sort of books. I still do, but not as much anymore. Anyway here's a recipe for some Christmas cookies you can make:

Christmas Cookies 

Ingredients:

4 cups all-purpose flour
1 butter cup,cut into small pieces, at room temperature

3-quart mixing bowl
wooden spoon
1 cup sugar
grated lemon peel from one large lemon
1 pinch salt
4 large eggs
1and1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

How To Bake

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place flour & butter in the 3-quart mixing bowl. Use your fingertips to rub the flour & butter together until the mixture resembles crumbly, coarse cornmeal. Stir in the sugar, grated lemon peel, and salt. Make a hole, in the center of the flour mixture. Place the eggs and vanilla into the hole. Using your fingertips, quickly and evenly mix the dough together. Shape the dough into a ball. Wrap the cookie dough in a plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 30 min. Divide the dough into 2 balls. Work with 1 ball at a time, keep the remaining ball chilled. Using a rolling pin, roll the ball of dough out on a lightly floured surface. Using a star-cookie cutter, cut out 12 cookies. Transfer it to a cookie sheet. Place the cookie sheet into a preheated oven and bake for 10-12 min until golden brown. Remove it from the oven, and let cool. Repeat to make more cookies. You may add some sprinkles to add to the effect.

 4 stages of life: 
1)You believe in Santa Claus 
2)You don't believe in Santa Claus 
3)You are Santa Claus 
4)You look like Santa Claus

      I know it isn't related to food (the quote), but it's just funny so I thought I'd share it. Mashed Potato is also another good Christmas food. As I said, I'd totally tell you my family's Mashed Potato recipe if they let me, but for now just refer to my previous post for the RECIPE. Anyway, enjoy your cookies, and don't forget to leave some out for Santa!

Just Add Magic: Mashed Potatoes (ANSCMP)

       Hi! Sorry I was gone so long, but I came back with a few recipes and pictures (which I will show you some other time). I'm working on it, just give me some time. I'm not allowed to reveal the secret recipe to my family's Mashed Potato, so this will have to do. Okay, by right the REAL name of this recipe is called Alfred Nobel School Cafeteria Mashed Potatoes. But that's too long so:

ANSC Mashed Potatoes

100lbs potatoes, peeled boiled, drained, and cut up

10 cups butter, softened

80oz cream cheese, softened

80oz sour cream

Mix all of the above ingredients with an industrial mixer,

adding butter and cream cheese in thirds.

Spoon and spread into 8 and 1/2 x 13-inch glass dishes.

Bake until heated through.

      Simple isn't it? It's also a good Christmas dish. And, here's a tip, you could try adding in a little milk to make it smooth-er. So! Better get to work in more recipes.