Alter High School Cooks with Sallie

Alter High School students and teacher cook with Sallie Taylor in the Lifestyle's Kitchen. A delicious pasta dish complete with dessert! Make it in your home. The recipe is below.

 

Recipe Title:  Thai Peanut Butter Pasta with Chicken

 

Description: A spicy pasta dish with a peanut butter sauce, pea pods, carrots, pineapples, and chicken.

 

Recipe Source: recipe modified from Better Homes and Garden New Cook Book

 

Sponsor:

 

Website: http://www.bhg.com/recipe/chicken/turkey-and-pasta-with-peanut-sauce/

 

Course:  Main Dish

 

Cuisine: Thai

 

Servings:4

 

Prep Time: 30 minutes

 

Difficulty:  Intermediate

 

Ingredients:  1 lb box fettuccine, 2 cups fresh pea pods, 2 cups cooked cubed chicken, 1 can pineapple tidbits-drained, ½ cup chicken broth, 4 Tbsp creamy peanut butter, sliced carrtos-steamed,2 Tbsp soy sauce, 2Tbsp lemon juice, ½ tsp crushed red pepper, 1 ½ tsp minced garlic.

 

Directions:

1.  Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, halve the fresh pea pods diagonally. Place the pea pods, carrots and chicken in a large colander. Pour hot cooking liquid from pasta over pea pods, carrots and chicken in colander; drain well. Return pasta, pea pods, and chicken to the hot pan. Add pineapple.

2. Meanwhile, for sauce, in a small saucepan stir chicken broth into peanut butter. Heat and stir with a whisk until peanut butter melts. Stir in soy sauce, lime juice, red pepper, and garlic; heat through.

3. Add sauce to the pasta mixture. Gently stir to coat pasta with sauce

 

Recipe Title:  Raspberry Filled Lemon Cupcakes

 

Description:  A zesty lemon cupcake with a pureed raspberry filling with lemon cream cheese buttercream.

 

Recipe Source: Paula Deen Magazine

 

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Website: http://www.fromcalculustocupcakes.com/raspberry-filled-lemon-cupcakes/

 

Course: Dessert

 

Cuisine: American

 

Occasion: Any

 

Servings: 24

 

Prep Time: 70 minutes

 

Cook Time: 20 minutes

 

Difficulty:  Intermediate

 

Ingredients: 2 ½ sticks of unsalted butter, 2 cup sugar, 3 Tbsp lemon zest, 3 eggs, ½ cup lemon juice, 3 cups cake flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 ¼ cup buttermilk, 2-12oz packages of fresh raspberries, 1 Tbsp corn starch, 1 8oz package cream cheese, 3 ½ cup confectioners sugar, cup cake liners

 

Directions: 

cupcakes:

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, at room temperature

1 3/4 cups sugar

2 Tbsp. lemon zest

3 eggs

1/3 cup lemon juice

3 cups cake flour

1 tsp. of baking soda

1 1/4 cups whole buttermilk

optional: lemon slices for garnish

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Mix in lemon zest. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition. Mix in lemon juice and baking soda until well combined. Add flour to mixture, alternating with buttermilk, but beginning and ending with flour. (I use 5 additions – flour, buttermilk, flour, buttermilk, flour.) Using a scoop to make each cupcake the same size, scoop the mixture into the muffin cups. Bake for approximately 20 minutes. Cool completely before filling and frosting.

 

raspberry filling:

2 12 oz. raspberries

1 Tbsp. lemon juice

1/4 cup sugar

1 Tbsp. cornstarch

 

Thaw berries. Press berries through a fine mesh sieve until you get as much pulp and juice as you can without getting seeds.  You should have about 1 cup of pulp and juice. Combine the pulp/juice mixture with the the lemon juice, sugar, and cornstarch in a medium/small saucepan. Whisk continuously over medium heat until mixture begins to boil. Boil for 1 minute or until thickened and cornstarch is cooked.

 

lemon cream cheese filling:

1/2 cup (1 stick butter), at room temperature

1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened

1 Tbsp. lemon zest

1 lb. confectioners’ sugar

2-4 Tbsps. lemon juice

 

With the paddle attachment of an electric mixer, mix together butter, cream cheese and lemon zest. Mix until well combined. Mix in confectioners’ sugar until well combined and completely smooth. Mix in lemon juice a little at a time until icing reaches your desired consistency.