Best Mean Chefs Raspberry Mazurkas Recipes

SALMON WITH RASPBERRY GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Put butter and just enough lemon juice to cover bottom of a shallow pyrex baking dish.
• Put in oven until butter is melted.
• Wash salmon and cut into serving pieces.
• Place in baking dish with skin side down, sprinkle with pepper and bake for 20 minutes, or until fish flakes.
• Glaze: whisk vinegar and raspberry preserves until well blended.
• Set aside.
• To remove skin, slide a spatula under the fillet and the skin will remain in the baking dish.
• Place on serving plate and drizzle with glaze.
• I suggest rice and asparagus spears to accomyany this entree.

MEAN CHEF'S ZUNI ROLLS WITH RASPBERRY CHIPOTLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Make chipotle sauce: In a small saucepan combine sauce ingredients and simmer, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved.
• In a blender or food processor puree sauce and strain through a fine sieve into a bowl.
• Make Zuni rolls: Finely chop scallions.
• Arrange tortillas on a work surface and divide Havarti, turkey, bacon, and scallions evenly between them.
• Drizzle some chipotle sauce over filling and gently roll up tortillas.
• In a lightly oiled skillet toast rolls, starting with seam sides down, over moderately high heat, turning them, until golden on all sides, about 3 minutes.
• Diagonally halve tortillas crosswise and serve remaining sauce separately.
• Can also bake in 350 oven until cheese is melted and they are hot (I usually do them this way).

MEAN CHEF'S CHICKEN WITH MARSALA, MUSHROOMS AND GORGONZOLA

Steps:

• slice chicken on an angle into 3/4 inch pieces; season generously with salt and pepper.
• In a 10 inch straight sided saute pan, heat 2 TBL of oil over medium high heat; saute half of the chicken turning once until lightly browned and barely cooked through- about 1-2 minutes per side; Transfer cooked chicken to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm; repeat with remaining chicken.
• Return pan to medium high heat and add remaining 1 TBL oil.
• Add mushrooms, season and saute stirring with a wooden spoon until softened and well browned- 3-4 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium, add garlic and cook stirring for 30 seconds.
• Add Marsala and scrape pan to loosen brown bits; simmer until slightly reduced- about 2 minutes.
• Stir in cream and simmer until thickened slightly- 2-3 minutes.
• Add 2/3 of the gorgonzola and stir until melted- 1-2 minutes.
• Taste sauce and adjust seasoning.
• Add chicken along with any accumulated juices and turn to coat with sauce.
• Serve immediately, sprinkled with remaining cheese and parsley.

RASPBERRY MAZURKAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Mix flour, brown sugar, oats, coconut, and walnuts together in a bowl. Pour melted butter over the flour mixture and mix. The mixture should clump together easily when compressed.
• Press about half the flour mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish; top with a layer of raspberry preserves. Finish by topping with the remaining flour mixture, patting lightly to complete the 'crust.'
• Bake in preheated oven until browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting to serve.

MEAN CHEF'S LEMON TEA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Butter and flour a 4 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch loaf pan.
• Sift flou, baking powder and salt together into a bowl.
• Beat butter and lemon zest together with an electric mixer (use paddle attachment) until light and smooth- about 1 minute.
• Add sugar, eggs, coriander and mace; beat until smooth.
• Add half of the milk, beat until just blender.
• Add the flour mixture in two batches, beat until just blended and scraping the bowl as needed.
• Add remaining milk and mix until just blended.
• Add caraway seeds and stir in with a rubber spatula.
• Transfer to loaf pan and smooth top.
• Bake until tester comes out clean in the middle of the loaf- abou 60-65 minutes.
• Let cool for 10 minutes, remove cake from pan and cool completely on a rack.
• Cake will keep 3 days at room temperature if wrapped well.
• Cut with a serrated knife in thick slices- cake is tender.

MEAN CHEF'S DRIED CHERRY CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray a 12 cup muffin tin.
• Place cherries and 1 tbl flour in bowl, toss and set aside.
• Combine milk, melted butter and eggs in a bowl.
• Set aside.
• In bowl of mixer combine flour, sugar, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
• Mix with paddle to blend.
• Add milk mixture and mix on low until just blended.
• Add cherries and mix to combine.
• Spoon into muffin tin.
• Bake until tests done.
• Remove muffins from pan to cool.