CHICKEN PICCATA
4 chicken breasts
1 egg
6 tbsp. lemon
2 chicken bouillon cubes
1/2 c. flour
Shake of garlic powder and paprika
4 tbsp. butter
Mix egg with 1 tablespoon lemon. Mix flour with garlic powder and paprika. Dip chicken in egg, then flour mixture.
Place immediately in frying pan with butter melted. Brown. While it is cooking, dissolve boiling water with bouillon cube and lemon juice. After chicken is browned, pour bouillon mixture over chicken; simmer gently covered for 20 minutes. Liquid mixture can be doubled for more gravy.
Roast Leg Of Lamb With Rhubarb Mint Chutney
1 leg of spring lamb
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 teaspoons dried mint — divided
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest — divided
1 tablespoon butter
1 small onion — minced
3 cups chopped rhubarb
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
salt
pepper
Use fresh or frozen, short-cut, leg of lamb. If using frozen, thaw in refrigerator overnight. Trim any excess fat from lamb and make several slits in meaty side.
Stir together oil, half the mint and half the lemon zest. Rub all over leg, making sure it goes into the slits. (Leg can be prepared to this point, covered and refrigerated for up to one day).
RHUBARB MINT CHUTNEY: Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat; cook onion for 3 minutes or until soft. Add rhubarb, sugar, lemon juice, remaining mint and remaining lemon zest. Bring to boil stirring to dissolve sugar. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 5 to 7 minutes or until thickened. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Chutney can be prepared, cooled, covered and refrigerated for up to 2 days.)
Place lamb on rack in shallow roast pan; roast, uncovered, in 450F (230C) oven for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 325F (160C) and continue roasting for about 1 hour and 15 minutes longer or until internal temperature is 130F (54C) to 140F (60C) on meat thermometer.
Remove lamb and let rest for 15 minutes under tent on foil before carving. Accompany with Rhubarb Mint Chutney to serve.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 118 Calories; 4g Fat (28.4% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 21g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 6mg Cholesterol; 20mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates.
Smoked Salmon Pizza
2 12-inch pizza shells
3/4 cup mascarpone cheese
2 medium shallots — minced
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
4 ounces smoked salmon
Put a pizza stone on the lowest rack of the oven. Preheat to 400F. If you use a metal pizza pan instead, do not preheat the pan.
Mix cheese, shallots, lemon juice and 1 tablespoon chives. Spread over two 12″ pizza shells. Slide the pizzas onto the pizza stone.
Bake 15 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown. Immediately sprinkle with salmon and chives.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 734 Calories; 23g Fat (28.1% calories from fat); 30g Protein; 102g Carbohydrate; 4g Dietary Fiber; 36mg Cholesterol; 1436mg Sodium. Exchanges: 6 1/2 Grain(Starch); 5 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 4 Fat.
Smoker Honey-Glazed Breast Of Turkey
1 bone-in turkey breast
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup dry sherry
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 lemon — juiced
1/2 teaspoon salt
liquid smoke — (optional)
Rinse turkey breast and pat dry. Heat honey, sherry and butter in a saucepan. Remove from heat, stir in lemon juice and salt (and the few drops of Liquid Smoke). Pour honey mixture (we recommend you cool the mixture thoroughly first) over turkey breast and let stand, covered, in refrigerator for 3 to 5 hours (We think overnight is much better, several days is okay, too, turning at least twice a day). Place turkey breast on smoker grid and baste. Baste once again when almost done. See below for times.
Charcoal Smoker: Use 7 pounds charcoal, 4 quarts hot water (we make a portion of this white wine, and put in an onion, a few celery stalks, a lemon cut in half, a few cloves of garlic and a couple bay leaves), 2 wood sticks (we use about 4 to 6 hickory blocks, soaked for at least an hour in water), and smoke 3 to 4 hours. (Stop about 1/2 hour early if you plan to reheat at a later time in the oven; we don’t usually do this, but rather pour hot gravy over the sliced turkey if we want it warm.)
Electric Smoker: Use 4 quarts hot water (see recommendations for charcoal smoker for our suggestions), 2 wood sticks (ditto) and smoke 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 hours.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 531 Calories; 21g Fat (37.5% calories from fat); 62g Protein; 18g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 188mg Cholesterol; 317mg Sodium. Exchanges: 9 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates.
Spam Primavera
1 12-oz can Spam — cut in strips
2 carrot — thinly sliced
1 zucchini — thinly sliced
1/4 cup onion — finely chopped
1 clove garlic — minced
6 tablespoons olive oil — divided
9 ounces linguine — cooked
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
In a large skillet, cook Spam, carrots, zucchini, onion and garlic in 3 tablespoons olive oil until vegetables are crisp and tender.
Toss together linguini, vegetable mixture, parmesan cheese, 2 tablespoons olive oil, and lemon juice until well coated. Serve immediately.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 347 Calories; 20g Fat (52.5% calories from fat); 14g Protein; 28g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 25mg Cholesterol; 683mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 3 Fat.
Stuffed Grape Leaves
1/4 cup olive oil
1 pound lamb
1 onion
1/2 cup short-grain rice
1 tablespoon dill weed
1/3 cup pine nuts
1 dash tomato paste
3 cups rich chicken broth
salt and pepper
1/4 cup water
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 quart grape leaves (jar) — rinsed well
Rinse grape leaves well. Saute the onion until translucent. Add meat, stirring to break pieces. Add rice, dill, pine nuts, tomato paste and water. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.
Cover the bottom of a dutch oven with grape leaves. Stuff the remaining leaves by placing leaf side down, on the palm of the hand, with base of leaf toward palm and tip toward middle finger, shiny side down. Put a spoonful of meat in center and fold from bottom, tuck in edges snuggly.
Arrange tip side down in pan. Add chicken broth to within 1 inch of top layer. Place a plate upside down on top layer and press. Cover and cook over medium heat for 30 or until rice is tender. Sprinkle with lemon juice and cook 5 minutes longer.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 92 Calories; 7g Fat (64.3% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 10mg Cholesterol; 105mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1 Fat.
CHICKEN TIDBITS
2 whole chicken breasts, skinned and boned
1/4 c. butter
2 tsp. Dijon style mustard
1 garlic clove, crushed or garlic salt to taste
1 tbsp. minced parsley
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/4 c. fine dry bread crumbs
1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese
Cut chicken breasts into 3/4 inch cubes. In medium skillet, melt butter. Stir mustard, garlic, parsley, lemon juice in. Add chicken.
Saute over medium heat 5-10 minutes, turning chicken constantly. Add bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese and coat chicken evenly. Spoon into serving dish.
Serve warm or as an hors d’oeuvre or with rice as a main dish.
LEMON CHICKEN SAUCE
4 1/2 tbsp. sugar
4 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
4 1/2 tbsp. chicken stock
3/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cornstarch
1 1/2 tsp. sesame oil
1 1/2 tsp. yellow food coloring (optional)
Rind from lemon
Several drops lemon extract
Cook sauce until thick over high heat, stirring constantly. Pour sauce over cooked chicken pieces. Serve hot.
Boulettes
Chop and mince 1 pound of round steak, 1 onion and 2 sprigs of parsley. Add 1 tablespoonful of lemon-juice, 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Season highly with salt, black pepper and a pinch of cayenne. Mix with 1 egg and form into balls; roll in flour and fry in deep hot lard until brown. Serve hot with tomato-sauce.
Dutch Sweet Potato Puff
Peel and boil 3 sweet potatoes in salted water until tender; then mash well with 3 beaten yolks of eggs, 1 cup of milk, 3 tablespoonfuls of butter, 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar, a pinch of nutmeg and lemon-juice. Beat the whites with a pinch of salt to a stiff froth; add to the potatoes and put in a well buttered baking-dish and bake. Serve hot.
Berlin Herring Salad
Soak the herring over night; remove the milch and mash fine. Cut off the head, skin and bone; chop the herring; add chopped apples, pickles, potatoes, olives and capers. Put in the salad bowl; then add the yolk of a hard-boiled egg to the mashed milch, mustard, 1 teaspoonful of sugar mixed with 1/4 cup of vinegar and a little lemon-juice, salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the salad and garnish with olives and sliced lemon.
Russian Omelet
Chop 2 shallots with a little parsley and cook in hot water. Add 2 tablespoonfuls of caviare and a teaspoonful of lemon-juice; season to taste. Beat 4 eggs with 1 tablespoonful of cream, salt and pepper, and fry in an omelet-pan with hot butter until done. Put the mixture in the center; turn in the ends and serve at once.
Cantaloupe Sorbet
Ingredients:
1 tbsp. honey
3 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 large or
3 medium cantaloupes
3 tbsp. brandy
Instructions:
Bring honey, lemon juice, sugar and water to a boil over medium heat. Cook for 5 minutes. Let cool.
Seed the cantaloupes. With a melon baller make 18 cantaloupe balls. Soak the melon balls in brandy. Set aside for garnish.
Cut the rest of the cantaloupe flesh into 1-inch pieces and puree in a food processor until there are 3 cups of puree. Combine the cooled honey-sugar syrup and the cantaloupe puree. Mix well and freeze in an ice cream machine according to manufacturer’s instructions. Transfer to a plastic container and store in the freezer until needed, no more than 3 days.
Allow the frozen sorbet to thaw slightly before serving to enhance the flavor. Serve with brandied cantaloupe balls as a garnish.
Note: Honeydew melon may be substituted; then substitute lime juice for lemon juice.
Preparation: uncooked
Temperature: frozen
Servings: 6
Sarson ka saag
Ingredients
1 bunch sarson greens
1 bunch spinach
1 onion grated
1/2 tsp. each ginger & garlic grated
3 green chillies
1 tbsp. grated cheese o r paneer (optional)
1/2 lemon juice
salt to taste
2 tbsp. ghee
1 tbsp. oil
1/2 tsp. garam masala
1 tbsp. maize flour
Method
1.Chop both greens, wash, drain.
2.Heat oil in the pressure cooker direct.
3.Add both greens, green chillies, stir.
4.Add ginger, garlic, stir.
5.Add few pinches salt, 1 cup water.
6.Pressure cook till done. (2 whistles).
7.Mash well.
8.Heat ghee in a pan, add onion, saute till brown,
9.Add all other ingredients, except cheese.
10.Stir well and cook till oil separates.
11.Garnish with cheese.
12.Serve hot with makki ki roti, or paratha.
Making time: 25 minutes (excluding pressure cooking time)
Makes: 3-4 servings
Shelflife: Best fresh
Samosa
Ingredients
For cover:
1 cup plain flour (maida)
2 tbsp. warm oil
water to knead dough
For filling:
2 potatoes large boiled, peeled, mashed
1 onion finely chopped
2 green chillies crushed
1/2 tsp. ginger crushed
1/2 tsp. garlic crushed
1 tbsp. coriander finely chopped
1/2 lemon juice extracted
1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
1/2 tsp. garam masala
1/2 tsp. coriander seeds cru shed
1 tsp. red chilli powder
salt to taste
oil to deep fry
Method
For dough:
Make well in the flour.
Add oil, salt and little water.Mix well till crumbly.
Add more water little by little, kneading into soft pliable dough.
Cover with moist cloth, keep aside for 15-20 minutes.
Beat dough on worksurface and knead again. Re-cover.
For filling:
Heat 3 tbsp. oil, add ginger, green chilli, garlic, coriander seeds.
Stir fry for a minute, add onion, saute till light brown.
Add coriander, lemon, turmeric, salt, red chilli, garam masala.
Stir fry for 2 minutes, add potatoes. Stir further 2 minutes.
Cool. Keep aside.
To proceed:
Make a thin 5″ diam. round with some dough.
Cut into two halves. Run a moist finger along diameter.
Join and press together to make a cone.
Place a tbsp. of filling in the cone and seal third side as above.
Make five to six. Put in hot oil, deep fry on low to medium till light brown.
Do not fry on high, or the samosas will turn out oily and soggy.
Drain on rack or kitchen paper.
Serve hot with green and tamarind chutneys (refer chutneys), or tomato sauce.
Making time: 45 minutes
Makes: 20 pieces (approx.)
Shelflife: Bestfresh
Yellow And Red Bell Peppers Filled With Tuna
10 yellow bell peppers — cut
lengthwise into thirds
10 red bell peppers — cut
lengthwise into thirds
1 cup plus
2 tablespoons olive oil
5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
5 garlic cloves — pressed
salt and freshly
ground pepper
3 cans albacore tuna packed in
water — drained
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
5 tablespoons drained capers
fresh parsley sprigs
imported black olives
(such as kalamata or
nicoise)
Arrange pepper skin side up in broiler pan (in batches if necessary) and broil until blackened. Wrap in paper bag and let stand 10 minutes to steam. Peel and pat dry. Mix olive oil, lemon juice and garlic in large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add peppers and marinate at least 30 minutes. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before continuing.) Drain peppers, reserving marinade. Combine tuna, chopped parsley and capers in another bowl, breaking up tuna with a fork. Mix in enough reserved marinade to season to taste. Season with salt and pepper. Place 1 tablespoon tuna mixture on inside of each piece of pepper at one end. Roll up. Arrange seam side down on serving platter. Pour remaining marinade over rolls. (Can be prepared 6 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Garnish with parsley sprigs and olives before serving. 16 appetizer servings.
Sweet-Sour Meatballs
2 pounds bulk sausage — rolled into 1 1/2″
— balls
40 ounces canned pineapple chunks — drained, reserving
— 1 cup liquid
1 cup ReaLemon reconstituted lemon juice
1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 medium green peppers — cut in pieces
In large skillet, brown meatballs; drain. Meanwhile, combine reserved pineapple liquid, ReaLemon juice, sugar, soy sauce and ginger. In small cup, stir 2 Tbs. Lemon mixture into cornstarch; set aside. Add remaining lemon mixture to skillet; cover and simmer 20 to 25 minutes. Add pineapple and green peppers; heat. Gradually stir in cornstarch mixture; boil and stir 1 minutes. Turn into serving dish; place over warmer. Serve with toothpicks. Refrigerate leftovers. Makes about 8 dozen appetizers.
Shrimp And Scallops A La Leo
2 ounces butter
1 clove garlic — finely chopped
1/2 cup chopped scallions
1 pound raw medium-size shrimp — peeled & deveined
1 pound raw bay scallops
1 pound white mushrooms — washed with lemon
— and water
1 lemon — juice of
4 ounces dry vermouth
1/2 teaspoon dill weed
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 1/2 ounces brandy
Melt butter in large skillet; add garlic, scallions, shrimp and scallops; saute for 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and saute for 2 minutes. Add lemon juice, vermouth and spices. Simmer for 5 minutes; add brandy and serve with French bread.
Sardine Appetizer
1/2 cup mashed sardines
1 tablespoon minced pimento
3 tablespoons chopped olives
1 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1 squares toasted bread
1 slice stuffed olives
Add lemon juice to the mayonnaise and mix with the mashed sardines, pimento and chopped olives. Spread on the toasted bread and garnish each square with a slice of stuffed olive.
Fruit Kabobs
apple
pear
pineapple
grapes
strawberries
lemon juice
dressing
1 1/2 cups vanilla yogurt
1 1/2 teaspoons coconut
1 1/2 teaspoons orange marmalade
Toss apples and pears with lemon juice. Alternate apple, pineapple, grape, pear, and strawberry on wooden skewer.
Mix dressing ingredients.
Chicken Almond Dainties
bread
butter — softened
1/2 cup roasted blanched almonds — slivered
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 cup cooked diced chicken
1 tablespoon pimiento — optional
2 teaspoons lemon juice
salt — to taste
1 dash paprika
Cut bread in fingers, squares or crescents. Lightly spread with butter. Combine remaining ingredients. Spread mixture on bread pieces.
Dutch Eggs
Heat some butter in a pan; then break in as many eggs as needed and fry them; add some sliced onions. Remove the eggs to a platter; arrange the onions on the eggs; sprinkle with salt and red pepper and pour over some lemon-juice. Serve as hot as possible on toast.
Russian Pancakes
Make a pancake batter and fry in thin cakes. Then spread them with a layer of anchovies, butter and a layer of caviar. Sprinkle with minced shallots, cayenne pepper and lemon-juice. Roll up and serve hot as possible.
CHICKEN – BROCCOLI CASSEROLE
1 can (10 3/4 oz.) cream of mushroom soup
1 can (10 3/4 oz.) cream of celery soup
1 c. mayonnaise or milk
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 bag (20 oz.) frozen broccoli cuts (thawed & drained)
3 lb. (8 c.) cooked chicken (in sm. pieces)
1 c. shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz.)
1 can (2.8 oz.) French fried onions
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 2 (2 quart) shallow baking dishes. Whisk undiluted soups, mayonnaise and lemon juice in bowl until well blended. Place half broccoli in bottom of each baking dish. Top with half the chicken. Pour soup mixture over each; spread to cover; sprinkle with cheese. Bake 25-30 minutes until lightly
browned. Scatter onions over tops. Bake 5-7 minutes more. To freeze: Cool, wrap tightly in foil and freeze up to 3 months. To reheat frozen, baked wrapped casserole 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees. Unwrap and bake 10 minutes longer. Chapter KQ, IL Submitted by Colleen Wise
BAKED CHICKEN SALAD 1
2 c. cubed chicken
2 c. celery, sliced
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen green peas
1/2 c. slivered almonds
2 tbsp. green pepper
1 tbsp. grated onion
2 tbsp. diced pimento
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 c. mayonnaise
1 c. grated American cheese
Combine all ingredients thoroughly. Turn into buttered 2-quart casserole. Sprinkle with cheese and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until cheese is melted. Makes 10 servings and this can be frozen.
LEMON CHICKEN SAUTE
6 chicken breast halves, boned and skinned
3 tbsp. all-purpose flour
Non-stick cooking spray
1/4 c. margarine
1/3 c. teriyaki sauce
3 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. fresh garlic, minced
1/2 tsp. sugar
Rice, cooked
Roll chicken in flour to coat. Spray 10″ skillet with non-stick spray. Add margarine and melt. Add chicken breasts. Cook over medium heat until chicken is lightly browned, about 5 to 7 minutes. Turn chicken, cook until lightly browned. Remove chicken and set aside. Stir in teriyaki sauce, lemon juice, garlic and sugar. Return chicken to pan and simmer 3 minutes. Turn chicken and continue cooking until fork-tender, about 2 to 3 minutes. Serve over rice. Serves 4 to 6.
CHICKEN BREASTS IN SOUR CREAM
6 chicken breasts, split and boned
2 c. sour cream
1/4 c. lemon juice
2 tsp. salt
4 tsp. worcestershire sauce
3 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 c. breadcrumbs
1/2 c. margarine, melted
1/2 c. butter, melted
Rinse chicken breasts and pat dry. In bowl, combine sour cream, lemon juice and seasonings. Roll chicken breasts in sour cream mixture, place in bowl and top with any remaining sour cream. Cover; refrigerate overnight. Remove chicken breasts, taking up as much of sour cream mixture as possible. Roll chicken in breadcrumbs to coat well.
Place in baking dish. Mix margarine and butter; pour half the melted butter and margarine over chicken and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Pour remaining butter sauce over chicken and bake 5 minutes more. Serves 6.
MARINATED CHICKEN
1 c. soy sauce
1/3 c. lemon juice
1/4 c. dry sherry or wine
1/4 chopped green onion
1 garlic clove
Pinch of pepper
Combine all ingredients in a glass or ceramic container and mix well. Marinate chicken for 12 to 24 hours then either grill or broil. Makes enough for 4 to 6 pieces of chicken.
LEMON – PARSLEY CHICKEN BREASTS
2 whole chicken breasts, boned & skinned
1/3 c. white wine
1/3 c. lemon juice
2 cloves fresh minced garlic
3 tbsp. breadcrumbs
2 tbsp. olive oil
1/4 c. parsley, fresh
In a measuring cup, combine wine, lemon juice and garlic. Pound each breast until 1/4 inch thick and lightly coat with breadcrumbs. Heat olive oil in a large skillet and brown chicken, 5 minutes on each side. Stir wine mixture and pour over chicken in skillet. Sprinkle on parsley and let simmer 5 minutes. Serve with pan juices.
CHICKEN DIVAN
3 or 4 deboned chicken breasts
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 c. sharp American cheese, shredded
2 (10 oz.) pkgs. frozen broccoli
1/2 c. soft bread crumbs, mixed with 2 tsp. melted butter
1 c. mayonnaise
Simmer chicken until tender. Cook broccoli in salted water, drain. Arrange broccoli in greased casserole dish. Place halved chicken breasts on top of broccoli. Combine soup, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Pour over chicken.
Sprinkle cheese and bread crumbs on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Prepare rice or potatoes for 6 people and serve.