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COMFORT FOOD RECIPES FOR WINTER
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Finally, the beginning of a warm Spring rebirth, and bringing to you some great recipes for the Easter Holidays, and Spring Time!
Dinner Recipe: Snapper with Kale-Orange Salad
Servings: 4
Food Network ~ Step by Step
Fish cooks quickly making it a great choice when you need a speedy weeknight dinner. In this recipe, we’ve dressed up snapper fillets with a simple, citrusy salad – which brightens things up and makes the meal feel perfect for the change of season.
Recipe by: Food Network
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Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup quinoa, rinsed
- Kosher salt
- 4 skin-on snapper fillets (about 5 ounces each)
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, coarsely chopped
- Freshly ground pepper
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 oranges, plus juice of 1/2 orange
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1 small shallot, thinly sliced and separated into rings
- 1 5-ounce package baby kale (about 8 cups)
- 1/3 cup toasted sunflower seeds
- Combine 1 1/2 cups water, the quinoa and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until just tender, about 12 minutes. Drain well in a fine-mesh sieve; let cool to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, pat the fish skin dry with paper towels. Season the fish with the fennel seeds, salt and pepper. Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large nonstick skillet. Add the fish skin-side down, place the skillet over medium heat and cook the fish, without moving, until it is almost cooked through and the skin is golden.
- Brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Flip and cook 30 seconds on the other side.
- Meanwhile, trim the top and bottom of the oranges using a paring knife. Remove the peel and pith with the knife, then slice the oranges crosswise into rounds, discarding any seeds.
- Combine the orange juice, vinegar, shallot, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a large bowl. Let sit at least 10 minutes. Whisk in the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add the quinoa, orange slices, kale and sunflower seeds; season with salt and pepper and gently toss. Divide among plates and serve with the fish.
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Dessert Recipe: Strawberry Cake
Servings: 8
Southern Living ~ Step by Step
Some spring celebrations call for pink cake, and we suggest serving this beauty. We use a fresh strawberry puree to infuse both color and flavor into the cake and icing.
Recipe by: Melissa Gray
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Ingredients:
- 2 cups trimmed fresh strawberries (from 1 qt. fresh strawberries), plus more for serving
- Baking spray with flour
- 2 3/4 cups (about 11 3/4 oz.) all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 1/4 tsp. kosher salt, divided
- 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 (3-oz.) pkg. strawberry-flavored gelatin (such as Jell-O)
- 2 cups (1 lb.) unsalted butter, softened, divided
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 3/4 tsp. vanilla extract, divided
- 1 cup whole milk, at room temperature
- 3 1/2 cups (about 13 oz.) powdered sugar, sifted (about 4 cups once sifted)
- Place strawberries in a food processor or blender; process until smooth, about 30 seconds, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl as needed; set aside.
Prepare oven and cake pans:
- Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in center position. Coat 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with baking spray. Line bottoms with parchment paper, and lightly coat parchment with baking spray; set aside.
Combine dry ingredients:
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and 1 teaspoon of the salt in a medium bowl.
Mix butter, sugar, and gelatin:
- Beat granulated sugar, gelatin, and 1 cup of the butter in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until light and fluffy, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl as needed, about 3 minutes.
Add eggs and vanilla:
- With mixer on low, beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon of the vanilla until just combined.
Finish cake batter:
- Whisk together milk and 1/2 cup of the reserved strawberry puree in a 2-cup measuring cup.
- With mixer on low, alternately add flour mixture and milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating until just combined after each addition, about 2 minutes total.
Add batter to pans:
- Divide cake batter evenly among prepared pans, spreading batter into an even layer.
Bake cake layers:
- Bake in preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean, 25 to 28 minutes. Let cakes cool in pans 15 minutes. Remove cakes from pans, and discard parchment paper. Let cool completely on wire racks, about 1 hour.
Make strawberry reduction:
- Meanwhile, place remaining 3/4 cup strawberry puree in a small saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat, and transfer to a small bowl; refrigerate, uncovered, until completely cooled, about 30 minutes.
Cream butter for frosting:
- Once cakes have cooled, beat together remaining 1 cup butter, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until smooth and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
Add sugar and reduction to butter:
- With mixer on low, alternately add powdered sugar and cooled strawberry reduction, beating until just combined after each addition. Increase speed to medium, and beat until fluffy, about 1 minute.
Assemble cake:
- Place 1 cooled cake layer on a serving plate or cake stand. Spread about 1 cup of the frosting in an even layer over top of cake layer.
Garnish and serve:
- Top with remaining cooled cake layer.
- Spread remaining 2 cups frosting evenly over top and sides of cake; swoop or smooth as desired.
- Garnish with additional fresh strawberries.
NOTE:
- What's the Secret to Great Strawberry Cake?
- If you've ever tried to make strawberry cake with fresh berries, you know there's a common problem: Berries are hard to bake with. You can add chopped strawberries to a cake, but bites without the fruit can fall a little flat. Boxed mixes use artificial flavorings that may not taste very fresh. But we were determined to make our homemade strawberry cake with real strawberries—and that's precisely what we did.
- We start by pureeing some fresh berries. That puree is then added to a cake batter, replacing some of the liquid so the batter isn't watery. It's then cooked down, or concentrated, so it can be mixed into an incredible buttercream frosting without making it too thin or causing it to curdle with all the extra moisture.
- Trust us, the quick work of pureeing fresh strawberries and then the time it takes to make the strawberry reduction pays off when you have your first bite of this incredible cake.
Preparation Instructions:
Make strawberry puree:
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