Grand Marnier Mussel

 

Grand Marnier Mussel Stew was a recipe that was created for a contest given to San Francisco chefs for alternate food creations for Thanks Giving. This mussel stew being an alternative for the traditional clam chowder.
The recipe is in two movements: a fume with mussels in alcohol and cream based soup with potatoes and vegetables.

Fume
• 4 tbsp. Butter
• ½ c Bacon or salt pork or barbecued tofu depending on your pleasure, chopped
• ½ c each carrots, celery, onions, mushrooms, parsley, chopped fine
• 2 cloves garlic, smashed & chopped
• 1 tbs. Each oregano & thyme
• Dash saffron, curry. & fresh cracked pepper
• 5 lbs. Mussels
• 1 cup each brandy and Grand Mariner
Melt the butter; put in the spices. meat or meat substitute, and sauté the vegetables in descending order of toughness. When onions are clear and carrots are soft, dump in Mussels. Don’t bother to clean the shells … adds more flavor. Pour in liquor cover to steam.
Remove Mussels when shells open and meat begins to coalesce. Don t over cook. Place in a pan to cool. Allow fume to simmer. You want to reduce the fume by ½. Remove Mussel meat from shells, discard beard, and save meat.

Soup
• 4 oz. Butter
• 1 slices Bacon. salt pork. or barbecued tofu, chopped
• 2 cup carrots finely grated
• 2 cup celery, onions, portabello mushrooms, parsley & cilantro, chopped course
• 3 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped
• 2 tbsp. Each oregano & thyme
• 2 c up 1 inch chopped, boiled red potatoes, aldente
• 2 qt. Whipping cream, or ½ & ½, or nondairy creamer—your preference
• 1 tsp. Each curry, saffron & pepper
• ½ cup flour

Melt butter in a 1-gallon soup pan. Put in ham meat and cook till clear. sauté vegetables in descending order of hardness. Save parsley & cilantro to the end. Mix in spices. When onions are clear mix-in the flour. When flour is well mixed add cream. Mix until smooth.

Add boiled potatoes. When Mussel Fume is to the desired concentration, filter it into this soup mixture. Do not pour the last of it for it contains the “enemy”, sand. Add parsley and cilantro at the end. As you serve add the 2 tbsp. of Mussel meat to each portion.

Plain Oatmeal Porridge

Healthy Oats for starting a healthy living family . Try this easy recipe Oats Porridge . Made from oats which know has a lot Healthy Benefits (of oats). It's very simple and quick in the making . Serve hot for your beloved family breakfast .

Oatmeal Porridge Recipe
(served for 4)

Igredients :

4 cups (1 liter) water
1 cup (180 grams) steel-cut Irish Oatmeal
1/4 teaspoonful salt

For Garnish:
Brown or White Sugar and Rich Milk or Cream


Cooking Direction :

Bring the 4 cups of water in a medium sized saucepan to boil.
Sprinkle the oatmeal over the boiling water,
Stirring constantly to prevent any lumps from forming.
Add the salt and reduce the heat to low and allow the porridge to simmer for 30 minutes,
Stirring occasionally.

Serve hot with brown or white sugar and rich milk or cream.

note :
Oats Porridge can be covered and refrigerated for another morning.
( Simply add a little hot water or milk to thin out the porridge and then place in the microwave or in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water till warm, to reheat )

Granola

Granola is an easy recipe and heathy food for whole family . Base made from the healthy Oats, which known has a lot Healthy Benefits (of Oats) . It has low fat in nutritions . Granola Recipe is a very quick prepare dish for daily home cooking . Try this homemade granola recipe .


Ingredients :

75 g butter (3 oz)
5 tablespoonful clear honey
1 teaspoonful vanilla essence
300 g rolled oats (10 oz)
50 g dried shredded coconut (2 oz)
50 g sliced almonds (2 oz)
3 tablespoonful sunflower seeds
3 tablespoonful pumpkin seeds
1 tablespoonful sesame seed
1 tablespoonful linseed
75 g rye flakes (3 oz)
75 g dried fruit (salad a mix of fruits 3 oz, roughly chopped)


Cooking Directions :

Preheat oven to 160C, 325F or gas mark 3.

Place the butter, honey and vanilla essence in a small saucepan.
Cook over a medium heat
Stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes or till the honey and butter are well combined.

Put all the remaining ingredients, except the dried fruit salad mix, into a large bowl and mix well.
Carefully stir in the butter mixture
Spread the mix over the base of a large, nonstick roasting/baking pan and place into the preheated oven for 20 minutes or till the grains are crisp and browned
Stirring occassionally to prevent the mix from sticking.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool,.
Stir in the dried fruit salad.

Granola

Granola is an easy recipe and heathy food for whole family . Base made from the healthy Oats, which known has a lot Healthy Benefits (of Oats) . It has low fat in nutritions . Granola Recipe is a very quick prepare dish for daily home cooking . Try this homemade granola recipe .


Ingredients :

75 g butter (3 oz)
5 tablespoonful clear honey
1 teaspoonful vanilla essence
300 g rolled oats (10 oz)
50 g dried shredded coconut (2 oz)
50 g sliced almonds (2 oz)
3 tablespoonful sunflower seeds
3 tablespoonful pumpkin seeds
1 tablespoonful sesame seed
1 tablespoonful linseed
75 g rye flakes (3 oz)
75 g dried fruit (salad a mix of fruits 3 oz, roughly chopped)


Cooking Directions :

Preheat oven to 160C, 325F or gas mark 3.

Place the butter, honey and vanilla essence in a small saucepan.
Cook over a medium heat
Stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes or till the honey and butter are well combined.

Put all the remaining ingredients, except the dried fruit salad mix, into a large bowl and mix well.
Carefully stir in the butter mixture
Spread the mix over the base of a large, nonstick roasting/baking pan and place into the preheated oven for 20 minutes or till the grains are crisp and browned
Stirring occassionally to prevent the mix from sticking.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool,.
Stir in the dried fruit salad.