Rabu, 11 Maret 2009

Chicken With Saffron, Honey and Macadamias Recipe

Chicken With Saffron, Honey and Macadamias Recipe - The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern food recipes) invites you to try Chicken with saffron, honey and macadamias Recipe. Enjoy the Middle Eastern Cuisine and learn how to make Chicken with saffron, honey and macadamias.

Chicken marylands are marinated with onions and spices then roasted with a classic Middle Eastern combination of rose water, honey and nuts. Almonds are traditional but this works well with macadamias and hazelnuts, too.

Ingredients

2 onions, halved and cut into 1cm wedges
1 red capsicum, cut into thick strips
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp allspice
Good pinch of saffron strands, crushed
4 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp sea salt
½ tsp cracked black pepper
4 chicken marylands
100ml water or white wine
150g mixed nuts
1 tbsp rose water
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp coriander leaves

Method

In a large bowl, mix onions, red capsicum, ginger, cinnamon, paprika, allspice, saffron, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Cut two slashes into each drumstick and rub the marinade into chicken. Coat well, then leave for an hour or overnight in the fridge. Heat oven to 190C.

Arrange chicken and marinade in a baking tray, add water or wine and bake for 35 minutes.

Scatter nuts on a second tray and bake for three minutes until lightly golden. Remove nuts and roughly chop. Whisk rose water and honey together, add nuts and spoon over chicken.

Bake for a further 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked and nuts are golden. Scatter with coriander and serve with pan juices over rice or couscous.
Serves 4

Chef: Jill Dupleix Photo: Marina Oliphant Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Friday May 14, 2010 Middle Eastern, 45 mins plus, Contemporary, Healthy, Dinner

Jumat, 20 Februari 2009

Pumpkin, Cranberry Pecan Cookies

Pumpkin, Cranberry Pecan Cookies
 
Ingrediants:
  • 3/4 cup pecan halves
  • 1 stick, unsalted butter
  • 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1 large organic egg
  • 2/3 cup pumpkin puree, canned or homemade (but not flavored pie filling)
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1.5 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground allspice
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 cup dried cranberries

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper
  3. Spread pecans over a small baking pan and toast for about 8 minutes.  Chop.
  4. In a mixer, beat butter until creamy then slowly add brown sugar, continuing to beat until fluffy.  Add the egg, pumpkin and vanilla and beat until smooth.  
  5. In a separate medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice, cloves and salt.  Slowly add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and fold until just incorporated.  Stir in the cranberries and pecans.
  6. Scoop batter into drops using a teaspoon on the baking sheets.  Make sure they are at least 2 inches apart from each other.  Bake until golden brown, about 13 minutes.  Transfer to wire racks and allow to cool.  
  7. Enjoy!
Substitution Ideas:

Replace cranberries with white or semi-sweet chocolate chips
Consider macadamia nuts or walnuts in place of pecans