Saturday, December 25, 2010

ChickMum (Chicken tenders sauted in mushroom sauce)

ChickMum Ingredients
9 Chicken tenders
4 Tb butter

Mushroom Sauce Ingredients
1 C button mushrooms,chopped
1 C fresh Shiitake mushrooms, chopped
Two 1/4 tsp salt each
pinch Black pepper
1/2 C Chicken broth
2 Tb extra dry vermouth
2 Tb heavy cream

Saute chickens in 2 Tb of butter.  Add pinch of black pepper and 1/4  tsp salt.  Turn it over after one side is seared. Set aside.
Saute chopped mushrooms in 2 Tb of butter, 1/4 tsp of salt, pinch of black pepper, 1/2 C chicken broth, 2 Tb extra dry vermouth, 1/4 C  heavy cream.  Simmer to reduce the sauce until it is thick.
Add chickens just to heat through.  Remove from heat.
Arrange chicken tenders - individual servings on a plate.  Arrange some mushroom sauce on top of chicken tenders and dot the plate with mushroom sauce.  Serve.

Friday, December 24, 2010

Holiday Biscotti with Maraschino Cherries

This Biscotti is the same recipe as the other one I posted.  Add 10 well drained and squeezed and chopped maraschino cherries.




Dip in melted chocolate and coat with toasted almond slivers.

Pucker Up - Lemon Cookies

This is lemon cookies.  I call it the Pucker Up.  Add 1 Tb of lemon zest and 1/4 C lemon juice to the basic cookie recipe.  Then, powder up with powder sugar while they are still warm.