5 simmered legs Recipes

toasted pecans, heavy cream, granulated sugar, light corn syrup, vanilla extract, unsalted butter, in pieces, salt, black licorice strands , cut into 2-inch pieces, semisweet chocolate, chopped, milk chocolate, chopped, chocolate curls or jimmies, optional, line 2 baking sheets with waxed paper and lightly spray with, mound 30 small clusters of pecans , about 3 or 4 pecans each, spaced a, couple inches apart on the pan ., make caramel : warm the cream over low heat and keep warm while you, cook the sugar ., put the sugar and corn syrup and in a deep, heavy-bottomed large, saucepan ., cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the sugar, dissolves ., stop stirring , raise heat to medium-high, and simmer until the sugar, reaches the hard crack stage , or 305 degrees f on a candy, thermometer , about 7 minutes., whisk the butter and salt into the sugar mixture., gradually pour in the cream and vanilla taking care since the mixture, will bubble up ., reduce the heat to medium and continue to cook, stirring, occasionally , until the sugar reaches soft ball stage, 240 degrees f, on the thermometer , about 5 minutes more., immediately remove from the heat and cool for a minute., ladle a couple tbsp of warm caramel over some of the nut, clusters , to make the spider bodies., then press 6 pieces of licorice into the warm caramel to make the, legs ., repeat with the remaining caramel and licorice., helpful to have an extra hand here, since the caramel can set, quickly ., if caramel hardens, warm over very low heat . ), let spiders cool 15 minutes ., meanwhile , put the chocolates in a medium heatproof bowl., bring a saucepan filled with 1-inch or so of water to a very slow, simmer; set the bowl over , but not touching, the water., stir the chocolate occasionally until melted and smooth ., alternatively , put the chocolate in a medium microwave-safe bowl., melt at 50 percent power in the microwave until soft , about 1 minute., stir , and continue heat until completely melted, 2 to 3 minutes, spoon about 1 tbsp of melted chocolate on top of each spider ., sprinkle with jimmies or chocolate curls, if desired., let cool until firm .

onion, finely chopped, red bell pepper, seeded and chopped, garlic cloves, thinly sliced, dried hot red chili pepper, raisins, sized turkey drumsticks (4lbs total ), dry sherry, soy sauce, cornstarch , blended with, cold water

olive oil, sweet onions, chopped, garlic, minced, portuguese linguica, casing removed, white wine, whole tomatoes, chopped, short-grain rice (recommended : bomba or calasparra), seasoning, recipe follows or use store-bought, simmered chicken stock , recipe follows or canned chicken stock, dozen escargot, removed from shell, chicken meat from chicken used to make the stock, whole prawns, shell-on and deveined, mussels, cleaned, clams, cleaned, baby scallops, halibut checks (only if fresh is available) cut into 2-inch bite-size pieces, whole dungeness crab, cleaned with legs broken off (add the fat from crab to paella if you like), roasted red pepper strips, frozen peas, dozen hard-boiled quail eggs, piri piri sauce , to taste, optional, lemons quartered, for garnish, note : if using canned stock simmer with the saffron threads for at least 1 hour before use., smoked paprika, smoked black pepper, unsweetened cocoa powder, sea salt (recommended : hawaiian alaea), turmeric, whole fryer chicken, split in 4 pieces, water, olive oil, rosemary, thyme, sweet onion, chopped, chicken bones, carrots, peeled and chopped, stalk celery, chopped, garlic , smashed and peeled, sea salt (recommended : hawaiian alaea), whole black peppercorns, saffron threads

kitchen witch s make-ahead honey wings, sometimes i get so busy cooking for guests that i feel like that is all i am doing! it s nice to be able to cheat and make something earlier - it s a real time saver and gives me a chance to enjoy my company (or make something else for them, start by either baking or deep-frying chicken wings. cool; and refrigerate., when ready to enjoy the wings, honey, diced red sweet peppers, rice wine vinegar, pineapple juice, garlic salt, bottled hot pepper sauce, combine ingredients in saucepan and simmer (stirring) until thickened., place wings in single layer in baking dish ; pour sauce over; place in preheated 350* f. oven for about 15 minutes - or until wings are well glazed., serve with plenty of napkins, this will do 4 1/2 - 5 lbs. wings or try it on chicken legs