Garam Masala Rubbed Cornish Hen with Maple-Tamarind Glaze by Bobby Flay


My DH was watching the FoodTV channel last night and watched Bobby Flay's "Boy Meets Grill". Bobby was cooking some Indian bbq and DH thought this is really nice. So he searched the net for this recipe & found it on the Food Network website.

We tried this today with chicken wings. Our maple syrup was poured on our carpet 2 weeks ago by our DS, so we replaced maple syrup with honey. However, we were like, maple syrup? In Indian cooking? We also just used plain old canola oil.

On the show, Bobby lightly fried the chicken to make the skin crispy and then put it in the oven. Since we used wings, we just popped them in the oven after seasoning with the garam masala/pepper/salt. All in all, nice recipe, but maybe not authentic Indian but maybe Indian fusion?

Cook Time: 30 min

Level: Easy

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 4 cornish hens, washed and patted dry
  • Salt
  • 6 tablespoons garam masala
  • Maple-Tamarind Glaze, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Season entire hen with salt, including the cavity. Push the wings back and rub the garam masala over the entire hen. Place on a lightly oiled baking rack set over a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Brush with some of the glaze and reduce the heat to 375 degrees F and continue baking until just cooked through, about 10 to 15 minutes longer or until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the leg registers 160 degrees F. Remove from the oven, brush with the remaining glaze, and let rest 5 minutes before serving. Alternatively, you can sear the hens in an oven-safe saute pan over medium-high heat and then transfer pan to the oven to finish cooking.

Maple-Tamarind Glaze:

2 tablespoons canola oil

2 shallots, finely chopped

1 tablespoon minced or grated fresh ginger

1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes

1/2 cup homemade chicken stock

1 teaspoon black peppercorns

1 cup pure maple syrup

1 tablespoon tamarind paste

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots and ginger and cook until soft. Add red chili flakes and cook for 30 seconds. Stir in chicken stock and peppercorns and cook until reduced by half. Whisk in maple syrup and tamarind paste and cook for 15 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature before using.


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Chewy Chocolate Cookies, yummy!


This recipe is off allrecipes.com. I've been looking for a nice chewy chocolate cookie recipe for a long time. My family loves them especially DH. When we used to live in Ireland, we would our 'fix' at the cookie shop, forgot it's name though, really yummy!!


Some reviewers recommend putting in an extra 1 cup of flour, but I just left the recipe as is and used dark chocolate chips & put in a bit of raisins to finish them off.

INGREDIENTS
1 1/4 cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2.In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

3.Bake 8 to 9 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies will be soft. Cool slightly on cookie sheet; remove from sheet onto wire rack to cool completely.

Makes 4 dozen

footnote: I know I'm not meant to mix metric and US measurement, but I hate having to measure butter using cups and can't be bothered to weigh my flour/sugar etc, so I normally weigh my butter and use the cup for everythingelse

2 cups of butter is roughly 285g





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This is a pancake recipe I tried. Simple and delicious especially with maple syrup! Recipe taken from allrecipes.com. Nice & fluffy. I didn't seive the flour though, everybody wanted breakfast quickly!

Good old fashioned pancakes, picture taken from allrecipes.com


INGREDIENTS (Makes 8)


1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 1/4 cups milk
1 egg
3 tablespoons butter, melted

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg and melted butter; mix until smooth.
2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

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