Tart Red Cherry Cobbler

Tart Red Cherry Cobbler

1 stick unsalted butter
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1-24 ounce can tart red cherries packed in water
1/4 cup light brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350 F. Put stick of butter in bottom of 8x8 baking dish and melt in oven. Meanwhile in separate mixing bowl add flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Next add milk, vanilla, and almond extracts. Stir batter till just barely mixed, a few lumps are ok. Pour batter into baking dish over melted butter. Drop cherries by spoonful's over the mixture evenly. Drop dollops of cream cheese over the cherries. Sprinkle brown sugar over the cream cheese. Bake in oven at 350 F for approximately 45 minutes or until top is nicely browned. Batter will puff up around cherries, cheese, and brown sugar. Cool for 15 minutes and serve with some ice cream or whipped cream. Tart red cherries are supposed to be good for your health. Enjoy !

Brandy Mushroom Cream Sauce

Brandy Mushroom Cream Sauce

8 ounces of mushrooms sliced
olive oil and butter to sauté mushrooms
1 ounce of brandy
1-1/2 cup cream

Sauté sliced mushrooms in butter and olive oil in hot pan. Make sure mushrooms get very soft. Add brandy and cook off. Add cream and reduce. Sauce is good over pasta, chicken, fish, or steak. We had it over a branzino fillet along with French cut green beans. Live a little, eat a rich sauce to celebrate life.

Ingrilli Lemon or Lime Juice

Ingrilli Lemon or Lime Juice

Picked up one of each of these at my local
grocery store. I had been keeping
those plastic bottles which fit in my fridge door.
This brand is by far much better.

Pan Seared Branzino

Pan Seared Branzino

2 branzino fillets
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
salt and pepper on fillets
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped flat leaf parsley
1 tablespoon capers, drained
1 additional tablespoon butter

Salt and pepper fillets. Sear branzino fillets in hot olive oil and butter, skin side first. Flip fillets and add lemon juice, parsley, capers and additional butter. Serve with rice or your favorite vegetable. You could substitute flounder, snapper, or other mild fish fillets. So wonderfully delicious and quick to make.