Puff The Magic Meal Recipes

PUFF THE MAGIC MEAL

Steps:

• Coat a large skillet with cooking spray.
• Heat over medium-high heat.
• Add onion, garlic and eggplant.
• Cook, stirring, 5 to 7 minutes or until onion is softened and eggplant is golden brown.
• Remoce vegetables from skillet and set aside.
• Coat skillet with cooking spray again.
• Heat over medium-high heat.
• Add turkey (or chicken).
• Cook over medium heat, stirring, until no longer pink, 3 minutes.
• Add basil, oregano, cinnamon, salt and pepper.
• Stir in tomato sauce and eggplant mixture.
• bring to boil.
• Reduce heat.
• Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes.
• Heat oven to 425*.
• Place butter in 10-inch pie plate.
• Place in oven until butter is melted.
• Yorkshire Pudding: In medium-size bowl beat eggs lightly.
• Add milk.
• Beat to blend.
• Add flour and salt.
• Beat until smooth and pour into heated pie plate.
• Place turkey (or chicken) in middle of batter.
• Spread out to within 1 inch of edge.
• Sprinkle with Cheddar and Parmesan cheese.
• Bake 30 minutes or until brown and puffy.
• Cut in wedges and serve.
• Enjoy!

MAGIC PANCAKE PUFF

Steps:

• Set the oven to 425°F Put the butter in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave it on HIGH until the butter is melted. (25-30 sec.).
• Add the eggs, milk, flour, salt, and vanilla to the melted butter. Whisk until all of the ingredients are smooth.
• Grease the bottom and sides of a 1.6 liter round, high sided baking dish. Pour the egg mixture into the dish.
• Bake the pancake for 25 minutes or until it is puffed and golden brown. Carefully remove from the oven. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if you like. Cut into 4 triangles. Serve with syrup. Enjoy!
• Variation: before baking, fill the center of the pancake puff with fresh fruit such as, blueberries, raspberries, or sliced strawberries.

PUFF THE MAGIC SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• Arrange salmon steaks on a greased broiler pan, sprinkle with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• Broil 4-6 inches from heat, 6-8 minutes or until center is opaque.
• Meanwhile, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.
• Fold in the remaining ingredients and spread mixture evenly over the fish.
• Broil until lightly browned.

PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON

Steps:

• Pour all ingredients in a punch bowl or large pitcher.

CLASSIC CANNONCINI

Steps:

• To make the dough, melt the butter in a bain-marie or double boiler and leave to cool. Measure out the water and add the salt. Place the flour in a bowl and pour in the water. Add the vinegar and melted butter. Work the ingredients with your hands to bring them together into a dough, then shape into a block. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• To make the butter paste, sift the flour into a mound on a clean surface and make a well in the middle. Place the butter in the well. Rub the flour and butter together using your fingertips or a dough scraper, until you obtain a very soft paste.
• Place the butter paste between two sheets of parchment paper and roll it out with a rolling pin to form a rectangular block. Wrap in plastic wrap and let rest in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Using a rolling pin, roll the chilled dough out on a lightly floured surface to form a rectangle. ¼ inch thick with the short side of the rectangle facing towards you. Flatten the butter paste into a rectangle the same width as the rolled-out dough but a third of its length. Place the butter on top of the dough in the center.
• Take the short side of the dough closest to you and fold it up and over the butter paste. Fold the other short side of the dough up and towards you to cover the first fold of dough. Turn the dough through 90° so the folds no longer face you and roll the dough out again, to form a rectangle just under ½ inch thick.
• Take the short side of the dough closest to you and fold it up and over into the middle of the rectangle, then do the same with the other side, folding the dough up and over so the short sides meet in the center of the rectangle. Fold the rectangle in half again, wrap it in plastic wrap and let rest in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
• Position the dough with the short side closest to you and roll it into a rectangle ½ inch thick. Fold the lower third of the dough up and away from you, then fold the upper third up and towards you to cover the first fold of dough. Wrap the block in plastic wrap and let rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Repeat this stage a further 4 times, to make a total of 6 stages, and always leave the dough to rest in the refrigerator between each stage.
• Pour the cream into a bowl. Using an electric whisk, whip the cream to soft peaks.
• Add one-third of the whipped cream to the cooled custard and fold it in gently, using a silicone spatula.
• Add the remaining cream and fold it in again until you obtain a soft, even mixture.
• Preheat the oven to 400°F and line the baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Place ¼ cup (50 g) of the sugar in a small saucepan, add the water and bring to boiling point over medium heat to make a syrup. Continue to cook until all the sugar has dissolved then set aside to cool.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out the puff pastry dough into a 13 x 9-inch rectangle, that is ⅛ inch. Using a pastry wheel, cut the rolled-out dough into 16 strips, each measuring ¾ inch wide.
• Pour the remaining sugar into a bowl. Hold a metal cannoncini tube in one hand and, starting at one end, wrap it with a strip of pastry, overlapping each wrap slightly, so as not to leave any gaps. Brush each pastry with the sugar syrup and roll it in the remaining sugar, making sure it is completely covered. Place on the lined baking sheets and continue preparing the rest. Depending on how many metal tubes you have, make, and bake the cannoncini in batches.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, or until the pastry is puffed, golden, and starting to release from the cannoncini tubes. Leave to cool for 15 minutes, then slide the pastries off the cannoncini tubes and let cool completely on a cooling rack.
• To serve, fill a pastry (piping) bag fitted with a star piping tip (nozzle) with the chantilly cream and fill each cannoncini. To ensure the pastry remains crisp, fill the cannoncini immediately before serving.