Saturday, March 10, 2007

Cooking update

Made dinner again. Successfully. She liked it alot.

I made the stuff below. I made minor changes, subsituted cornish hens for the pheasant......and a couple changes to the salad, otherwise as below.


Here's the first recipe:

Cranberry Glazed Pheasant: Makes 3-4 servings.

1 whole dressed pheasant (1 ½ - 2 ¼ lbs) skin on, trussed.
2 tablespoons butter, melted
Salt and pepper to taste
1 lb. fresh or frozen cranberries
1 cup sugar
1 cup orange juice
¼ cup orange-flavored liqueur
2 tablespoons grated orange peel
Orange slices and cranberries for garnish

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Place pheasant breast-side-up in small roasting pan. Brush with melted butter. Sprinkle evenly with salt and pepper. Cover pan with foil. Roast for 45 minutes.Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, combine cranberries, sugar and juice. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in liqueur and peel. Simmer for 5 minutes longer, stirring frequently. Remove glaze from heat.Remove foil from pheasant and spoon 1 cup glaze over pheasant. Continue roasting, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes, or until pheasant is tender and golden brown and juices run clear, basting frequently with pan juices.Remove pheasant from oven and place on warm serving platter. Spoon ½ cup remaining glaze over pheasant. Garnish with orange slices and cranberries. Serve remaining glaze with pheasant.

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An Israeli Salad
4 tomatoes, diced
1/2 medium cucumber, cut into 1/2-inch dice
1 small green pepper, cut into 1/2-inch dice
2 scallions, thinly sliced
1 cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olice oil
1 teaspoon celery seed
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

17 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well done chef charmachu!!!!!!

( have you thought of trying out for a spot on hell's kitchen ) lol..

proud of you man!!!!!!!!!!!

10:04 AM, March 11, 2007  
Blogger carmachu said...

Thanks! Its getting easier, to be honest.

Naaaa, I dont want this to be a job....

10:05 AM, March 11, 2007  
Blogger Flawed And Disorderly said...

Sounds yummy! I

Do you have a slow cooker/crock pot?

I have some easy and yummy recipes if you have one.

And they don't require two hours of my time to type out cooking details. :D

2:14 PM, March 12, 2007  
Blogger carmachu said...

No no slow cooker as far as I know.

And what are you complaining about? I've seen how you waste 2 hours with your blog entries...

2:36 PM, March 12, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love my slow cooker...If you get some more recipes for the slow cooker ...pass them along.
It's nice to just toss a bunch of stuff in there and turn it on and go to work and its all cooked when you get home..mmmmmmmmmmmmm

9:43 PM, March 12, 2007  
Blogger Attila the Mom said...

It doesn't count unless you went out and shot the pheasant yourself.

So there. LOL

2:56 AM, March 13, 2007  
Blogger carmachu said...

So your saying I needed to shoot a fat old bird to make it count? No sweat. Where did you say you lived again Attila? *grin*

8:22 AM, March 13, 2007  
Blogger Attila the Mom said...

Hmph. And where's the Israeli in the salad?

10:12 AM, March 13, 2007  
Blogger carmachu said...

The reciepe came from someone that lived there. WHy its called that I dont know.....

12:17 PM, March 13, 2007  
Blogger Kim's Life said...

YUM Ok Im coming over there.

5:41 PM, March 13, 2007  
Blogger carmachu said...

Your welcome too KL, just let me know when...

7:52 PM, March 13, 2007  
Blogger Queen of the Mayhem said...

I am SO impressed! Could you please give Mr. Mayhem lessons?

I bet the wife is LOVING you!

You may have found your new calling!

2:17 PM, March 16, 2007  
Blogger carmachu said...

Yes, yes she is loving it. Its nice for her to walk into the house to a a hot cooked meal. She's eating more now...

3:08 PM, March 16, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SOME people don't think my writing is a waste, Carm!

Plus you were lucky to get that much of my life the first time around, and you tossed it out. I'd have to be an eeeediot to go to that effort again.

When are we going to know if the baby is a girl or a boy?

Jenn

3:28 PM, March 16, 2007  
Blogger carmachu said...

Humf! I'm not tell you there jenn. I'll just have to keep you in suspense....




(next thursday actually).

3:42 PM, March 16, 2007  
Blogger Nikki said...

You killed the birds first right.

8:51 AM, March 22, 2007  
Blogger carmachu said...

No supermarket did....unless you meant did I get Attila, then the answer is no I'm afraid not. Missed the old bird by THIS much....*grin*

10:19 AM, March 22, 2007  

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