Clockwise beginning from upper left: Easter Braid, Grilled Asparagus, Home-made Garlic Mayonnaise Devilled Eggs, Pork Loin Braised in Red Wine and Vinegar, Morrocan Potato Casserole (From A Stove with a House Around It), and in the center Mushroom and Onion Gravy.
Well, here it is a week later and I'm finally posting up Easter Dinner from a week ago. It's been a busy week! Between brunch and Dinner, I spent most of the day the same as most holidays at home--in the kitchen (happily).
Ingredients:
Directions:
Home-made Garlic Mayonnaise Devilled Eggs:
For Mayonnaise:
Directions:
Grilled Asparagus
Ingredients:
1 LB asparagus, ends removed, sliced into inch to 2 inch pieces
2 TB olive oil
1 TB lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Easter Braid
For the Glaze:
For the Topping:
Bread Machine
Directions:
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Pork Loin Braised in Red Wine and Vinegar with Mushroom and Onion GravyIngredients:
- Pork Loin Braised in Red Wine and Vinegar (Up to the gravy steps)
- Juices from Pork Loin
- 1 onion
- 2 TB butter
- 2 cups baby bella mushrooms
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1 TB flour
Directions:
- Slice onion thinly and saute in 2 TB butter for half and hour to an hour
- Add mushrooms and saute for 10 minutes until soft.
- Stir beef broth into juices from roast while it roasts.
- In a small bowl stir a couple of tablespoons of broth into 1 TB of flour. Add a couple more tablespoons until the flour and broth mixture is thin.
- Pour into the rest of the broth in a slow steady stream while whisking.
- Continue to whisk until gravy thickens.
- Add vegetables and keep warm until ready to serve.
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Home-made Garlic Mayonnaise Devilled Eggs:
For Mayonnaise:
- 2 garlic cloves
- kosher salt
- 1 egg yolk
- Salt and White Pepper
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 6 hard boiled eggs
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- Paprika to sprinkle on top
Directions:
- In a mortar pound garlic and salt into a paste.
- Break egg yolk into small mixing bowl and season with salt and pepper.
- Mix on medium low for about a minute, until the yolk becomes pale.
- Add lemon juice and mix thouroughly.
- Mix in garlic paste.
- Mixing constantly on medium low add oil a drop at a time until it starts to thicken and then in a slow and steady stream, until thick and creamy.
- Slice eggs in half and carefully scoop out yolk.
- In a small bowl mash egg yolk and stir in mayonnaise, salt and pepper.
- Spoon yolk back into eggs and sprinkle paprika ove the top.
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Grilled Asparagus
Ingredients:
1 LB asparagus, ends removed, sliced into inch to 2 inch pieces
2 TB olive oil
1 TB lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
- Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl.
- Lay on Foreman grill in one layer and cook 10 minutes.
Easter Braid
- 1 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 3 1/2 cups white flour
- 1 cup wheat flour
- 1 tsp ground cardamom seeds
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 tsp rapid-rise active dry yeast.
For the Glaze:
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 TB water
- 4 TB candied pecans
- 3 TB sugar
- 1 tsp rum extract
- 2 tsp water
Bread Machine
Directions:
- Pour milk into bread machine pan
- Add eggs
- Sprinkle the flour over
- Add the salt, sugar and butter in separate corners.
- Make a shallow indention in the center of the flour and add the years.
- Set on the dough setting.
- When the dough is done, on a lightly floured surface, punch thedough down, and then divide into three equal pieces and roll into 26 inch ropes.
- Lay the three pieces next to each other and starting from the center, braid the pieces together.
- Bring the ends ofthe braid together to form a circle and pinch to seal.
- Place on a greased baking sheet, cover with plastic and leave for 45 minutes to an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Make the glaze by mixing the egg yolk and water in a bowl.
- In another bowl mix the pecans, sugar, rum extract, and water.
- Brush the glaze over the loaf and sprinkle the topping over the bread, and tuck bits into the braid.
- Bake for 20 minutes, then reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 10 to 15 more minutes.
I use to make mayonnaise now and then but haven't in a long time, it looks pretty.
ReplyDeletemom
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The potatoes look yummy! Not to mention the rest of your delicious Easter spread -- that braid looks particularly delectable. Thanks for the mention!
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, that totally could be a photo of my husband, too, waiting for his crazy woman to stop taking pictures so he can eat, already.