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Bellisari's Blue Cheese Mac & Cheese
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Treat your taste buds with Blue Cheese Mac & Cheese!
Servings: 6
Ingredients:
4 oz thick-sliced bacon
Vegetable oil
Kosher salt
2 cups cavatappi pasta
1 1/2 cups milk
2 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
4 oz gruyere cheese, grated
3 oz extra sharp cheddar, grated
3 oz of Bellisari's Blue Cheese, Honey & Shallot Spread
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
Pinch nutmeg
2 slices white sandwich bread, crusts removed
2 tbsp freshly chopped basil leaves
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Place a baking rack on a sheet pan and arrange the bacon in 1 layer on the baking rack. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the bacon is crisp. Remove the pan carefully from the oven - there will be hot grease in the pan! Transfer the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels and crumble when it is cool enough to handle.
Drizzle oil into a large pot of boiling salted water. Add the pasta and cook according to the directions on the package, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain well.
Meanwhile, heat the milk in a small saucepan, but don't boil it. Melt the butter in a medium pot and add the flour. Cook over low heat for 2 minutes, stirring with a whisk. While whisking, add the hot milk and cook for a minute or 2 more, until thickened and smooth. Off the heat, add the gruyere, cheddar, Bellisari's Blue Cheese, Honey & Shallot Spread, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Add the cooked pasta and crumbled bacon and stir well. Pour into 2 individual size gratin dishes.
Place the bread slices in a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until you have coarse crumbs. Add the basil and pulse to combine. Sprinkle the bread crumb mixture over the top of the pasta. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the sauce is bubbly and the macaroni is browned on the top.
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Bellisari's Blue Cheese Mac & Cheese
Posted by Annette Bellisari on
Treat your taste buds with Blue Cheese Mac & Cheese!
Servings: 6
Ingredients:
4 oz thick-sliced bacon
Vegetable oil
Kosher salt
2 cups cavatappi pasta
1 1/2 cups milk
2 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
4 oz gruyere cheese, grated
3 oz extra sharp cheddar, grated
3 oz of Bellisari's Blue Cheese, Honey & Shallot Spread
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
Pinch nutmeg
2 slices white sandwich bread, crusts removed
2 tbsp freshly chopped basil leaves
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Place a baking rack on a sheet pan and arrange the bacon in 1 layer on the baking rack. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the bacon is crisp. Remove the pan carefully from the oven - there will be hot grease in the pan! Transfer the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels and crumble when it is cool enough to handle.
Drizzle oil into a large pot of boiling salted water. Add the pasta and cook according to the directions on the package, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain well.
Meanwhile, heat the milk in a small saucepan, but don't boil it. Melt the butter in a medium pot and add the flour. Cook over low heat for 2 minutes, stirring with a whisk. While whisking, add the hot milk and cook for a minute or 2 more, until thickened and smooth. Off the heat, add the gruyere, cheddar, Bellisari's Blue Cheese, Honey & Shallot Spread, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Add the cooked pasta and crumbled bacon and stir well. Pour into 2 individual size gratin dishes.
Place the bread slices in a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until you have coarse crumbs. Add the basil and pulse to combine. Sprinkle the bread crumb mixture over the top of the pasta. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the sauce is bubbly and the macaroni is browned on the top.
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Amy’s Divine Cheesecake
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Treat your tastebuds with Amy’s Divine Cheesecake!
Ingredients:
Crust:
1 ½ cup of crushed graham crackers
2 tablespoons of melted butter
*Press into lightly buttered 9” spring form pan, using sides as much as possible
Filling:
1 ½ lbs. of cream cheese
1 1/3 cups of sugar
5 large eggs
16oz sour cream
2 tsp of vanilla
2 tsp lemon juice
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Be sure that all ingredients are at room temperature. Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add sugar slowly and beat until creamy. Add one egg at a time and beat well after each egg. Add flour, vanilla, lemon juice and mix well. Add sour cream last and beat well.
Be sure to place on top rack in middle of oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Turn off heat and leave in oven with door propped open. When cool, place in fridge for 24 hours.
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Amy’s Divine Cheesecake
Posted by Annette Bellisari on
Treat your tastebuds with Amy’s Divine Cheesecake!
Ingredients:
Crust:
1 ½ cup of crushed graham crackers
2 tablespoons of melted butter
*Press into lightly buttered 9” spring form pan, using sides as much as possible
Filling:
1 ½ lbs. of cream cheese
1 1/3 cups of sugar
5 large eggs
16oz sour cream
2 tsp of vanilla
2 tsp lemon juice
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Be sure that all ingredients are at room temperature. Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add sugar slowly and beat until creamy. Add one egg at a time and beat well after each egg. Add flour, vanilla, lemon juice and mix well. Add sour cream last and beat well.
Be sure to place on top rack in middle of oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Turn off heat and leave in oven with door propped open. When cool, place in fridge for 24 hours.
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Saigon Spiced Pecans
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Treat your guests this week with Saigon Spiced Pecans featuring Bellisari's Saigon Street Sauce!
Ingredients:
1 pound pecan pieces
1 jar Bellisari’s Saigon Street Sauce
4 Tablespoons of butter
Directions:
Melt butter and toss pecans in a bowl with butter. Lay on parchment lined sheet tray and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool. Pour the entire jar of Bellisari’s Saigon Street Sauce over the cooked pecans in a bowl and use a rubber spatula to toss the pecans so they are coated entirely. Lay on the parchment paper sheet tray, separate with a fork and cook for 12-15 minutes. Let cool and serve. Pecans will keep for three days at room temperature if layered between parchment or wax paper in an airtight container.
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Saigon Spiced Pecans
Posted by Annette Bellisari on
Treat your guests this week with Saigon Spiced Pecans featuring Bellisari's Saigon Street Sauce!
Ingredients:
1 pound pecan pieces
1 jar Bellisari’s Saigon Street Sauce
4 Tablespoons of butter
Directions:
Melt butter and toss pecans in a bowl with butter. Lay on parchment lined sheet tray and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool. Pour the entire jar of Bellisari’s Saigon Street Sauce over the cooked pecans in a bowl and use a rubber spatula to toss the pecans so they are coated entirely. Lay on the parchment paper sheet tray, separate with a fork and cook for 12-15 minutes. Let cool and serve. Pecans will keep for three days at room temperature if layered between parchment or wax paper in an airtight container.
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Bellisari’s Blue Cheese Honey & Shallot Shrimp And Grits
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Treat your tastebuds with Bellisari’s Blue Cheese Honey & Shallot Shrimp and Grits!
Serves 4-6
Ingredients:
4 cups water
1 cup stone-ground grits
3 tablespoons butter
1 jar Bellisari’s Blue Cheese, Honey and Shallot Spread
1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
6 slices bacon, chopped
4 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 cup thinly sliced scallions
1 large clove garlic, minced
Salt and pepper
*You can add one egg over light for a garnish if interested
Directions:
Bring water to a boil. Add salt and pepper. Add grits and cook until water is absorbed, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter and Bellisari’s Blue Cheese, Honey and Shallot Spread.
Rinse shrimp and pat dry. Fry the bacon in a large skillet until browned; drain well. In grease, add shrimp. Cook until the shrimp turn pink. Add lemon juice, chopped bacon, parsley, scallions and garlic. Sauté for 3 minutes. Spoon grits into a serving bowl. Add shrimp mixture. Serve immediately. Enjoy!
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Bellisari’s Blue Cheese Honey & Shallot Shrimp And Grits
Posted by Annette Bellisari on
Treat your tastebuds with Bellisari’s Blue Cheese Honey & Shallot Shrimp and Grits!
Serves 4-6
Ingredients:
4 cups water
1 cup stone-ground grits
3 tablespoons butter
1 jar Bellisari’s Blue Cheese, Honey and Shallot Spread
1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
6 slices bacon, chopped
4 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 cup thinly sliced scallions
1 large clove garlic, minced
Salt and pepper
*You can add one egg over light for a garnish if interested
Directions:
Bring water to a boil. Add salt and pepper. Add grits and cook until water is absorbed, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter and Bellisari’s Blue Cheese, Honey and Shallot Spread.
Rinse shrimp and pat dry. Fry the bacon in a large skillet until browned; drain well. In grease, add shrimp. Cook until the shrimp turn pink. Add lemon juice, chopped bacon, parsley, scallions and garlic. Sauté for 3 minutes. Spoon grits into a serving bowl. Add shrimp mixture. Serve immediately. Enjoy!
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Seasonal Spooky-hued Martini
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Treat your tastebuds with a seasonal spooky-hued martini!
Ingredients:
3 ½ oz vodka
½ oz black raspberry liqueur
Lemon twist for garnish
Directions:
Stir vodka and raspberry liqueur in a cocktail shaker or other vessel with ice, then strain into a martini glass. Squeeze the lemon peel twist, rub around rim of the glass then float it on top of the cocktail. Enjoy, responsibly!
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Seasonal Spooky-hued Martini
Posted by Annette Bellisari on
Treat your tastebuds with a seasonal spooky-hued martini!
Ingredients:
3 ½ oz vodka
½ oz black raspberry liqueur
Lemon twist for garnish
Directions:
Stir vodka and raspberry liqueur in a cocktail shaker or other vessel with ice, then strain into a martini glass. Squeeze the lemon peel twist, rub around rim of the glass then float it on top of the cocktail. Enjoy, responsibly!