Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Sausage and Cabbage


 Another recipe from the New York Times - and talk about perfect timing! I just got another cabbage in my CSA box, and I just made my one cabbage recipe - cabbage rolls - with the one I got last week!

 

 Sausage and Cabbage

  • Yield6 servings
  • Time3 hours


Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times

Ingredients

  • Salt
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 pounds fresh sweet Italian pork sausages or bulk sausage
  • 1 large green or Savoy cabbage, about 4 pounds, cored and thickly shredded
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • Crusty bread and mustard, for serving
  • Nutritional Information

Preparation

  1. Heat oven to 300 degrees. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and butter a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking dish. If using sausages, remove casings and discard them.
  2. Place cabbage in boiling water, cover, and let water come back to the boil. Uncover and boil for 3 minutes. Drain cabbage in a colander and run cold water over it to stop cooking.
  3. Put about 1/3 of the cabbage in buttered dish and cover with 1/2 the meat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and dot with butter. Repeat, ending with a final layer of cabbage, and dot top with butter.
  4. Cover dish tightly with a layer of parchment paper, then top with a lid or a layer of aluminum foil. Cook for about 2 1/2 hours, until cabbage is soft and sweet, and top is lightly browned. After 2 hours, uncover the dish: if there is a lot of liquid in the bottom, leave uncovered for the rest of the cooking time. If not, re-cover and finish cooking.

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Chocolate hot pots from the New York Times

These basically sound like lava cakes.  They should be great!

Ingredients

Butter for ramekins

  • ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup superfine sugar
  • 3 tablespoons Italian 00 flour (see note) or all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup white chocolate chips

Preparation

  1. Place baking sheet in 400-degree oven. Butter four 2/3-cup ramekins and set aside.
  2. Using a microwave oven or double boiler, melt together the semisweet chocolate and the butter. Set aside to cool.
  3. In a separate bowl, combine eggs, sugar and flour. Add cooled chocolate mixture, and mix until blended. Fold in white chips.
  4. Divide mixture evenly among ramekins and place on baking sheet. Bake until tops are shiny and cracked and chocolate beneath is hot and gooey, about 20 minutes. Place each ramekin on a small plate with a teaspoon and serve, reminding children that ramekins and chocolate are hot.