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USCHO Cooks: Allez Cuisine!

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I have an amazing chocolate zuke cake recipe somewhere that is like chocolate brownie.
 
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i think this needs to be posted stat.
Had to find the recipe...

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

2 1/4c all purpose Flour
1/2c unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp salt
1 3/4c sugar
1/2c (1 stick)unsalted butter room temp
1/2c vegetable oil
2 lg eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2c buttermilk
2 c grated unpeeled zucchini (about 2 1/2 medium)
1 c semisweet choc chips
3/4 c chopped walnuts (I never add these- family allergy)

Oven 325F

Butter and flour 13X 9X2 pan

Sift first 4 ingredients in bowl
Beat butter, sugar and oil in another bowl
Add eggs one at a time. Add Vanilla
Mix in dry ingredients alternating with buttermilk in 3 additions each
Mix in grated zucchini
Pour into pan and sprinkle choc chips and nuts over top
Bake cake until tester comes out clean- about 50 minutes.
Cool completely in pan.

People have no idea there is zuke in it. :p
 
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
2 1/4c all purpose Flour
1/2c unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp salt
1 3/4c sugar
1/2c (1 stick)unsalted butter room temp
1/2c vegetable oil
2 lg eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2c buttermilk
2 c grated unpeeled zucchini (about 2 1/2 medium)
1 c semisweet choc chips

Oven 325F
Butter and flour 13X 9X2 pan
Sift first 4 ingredients in bowl
Beat butter, sugar and oil in another bowl
Add eggs one at a time. Add Vanilla
Mix in dry ingredients alternating with buttermilk in 3 additions each
Mix in grated zucchini
Pour into pan and sprinkle choc chips and nuts over top
Bake cake until tester comes out clean- about 50 minutes.
Cool completely in pan.

I'll be right over.
 
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All my Zuke plants died.:mad:
:mad:

Saturday, I'll be making stuffed zucchini with chorizo.

Also, I'm picking up some more fish today, and want to try either fish tempura or some method of frying it; any good batter recipes?
 
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What's a good technique for cooking zucchini without getting it all soggy?
I chop into a medium dice- about 1/2 inch square, no need to peel, just wash and chop the ends off. Heat a pan on medium high, melt some butter or a little olive oil- dump in the zuke. Stir frequently until it is just starting to get transluccent on the edges. Dump in a few small sprigs of your favorite herb, stir one last time. (rosemary is what I use) Turn off, cover and let sit for a minute or 2 to let the herb infuse. Viola. Sometimes I cover it early on and just let it sort of steam in its own juices.

We do this with a mix of summer sq, zuke and julienned carrots. Great with bit of meat in there. We put it over egg noodles with fresh Parm cheese. YUM!! (also reheats beautifully)

Never stick it in water. It gets rubbery.
 
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zucchini relish, zucchini bread... 2 of the things my mother-in-law can actually prepare that is edible.

Add a little apple sauce to a basic zucchini bread recipe. Replacing an equal amount of oil or shortening. Maybe 1/2 cup.

Moist and yummy.
 
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It's odd that I've only just recently made "______ Parmesan" for the first time last night.

I didn't have any chicken (well, I have wings in the freezer, but beyond that...), so I did Thin-Cut Boneless Pork Chop Parmesan instead. Nice, crispy, delicious and totally unhealthy, so I think it worked out very well.
 
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It's odd that I've only just recently made "______ Parmesan" for the first time last night.

I didn't have any chicken (well, I have wings in the freezer, but beyond that...), so I did Thin-Cut Boneless Pork Chop Parmesan instead. Nice, crispy, delicious and totally unhealthy, so I think it worked out very well.

But that's the other white meat. :)
 
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What can I do with a zucchini the size of a baseball bat?

I made both zucchini muffins and zucchini chocolate brownies. Yum...

Also, cut up and placed in pumpkin sage tortellini is great too. My favorite dish actually.
 
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If you like food (presumably you like food if you're reading this thread), you should watch Monday's (100th episode special) episode of No Reservations, which was entirely food-focused. Eric Ripert spends the whole episode with Bourdain bumming around Paris, checking out some more modern places in their restaurant scene. Appearances by a bunch of chefs including (most notably, I guess) Joel Robuchon. I want to go make a trip back to Paris and eat at all these places that they're going.
Programming note: Travel Channel is re-airing this episode tonight at 8 PM.

It's odd that I've only just recently made "______ Parmesan" for the first time last night.

I didn't have any chicken (well, I have wings in the freezer, but beyond that...), so I did Thin-Cut Boneless Pork Chop Parmesan instead. Nice, crispy, delicious and totally unhealthy, so I think it worked out very well.
Sounds better than chicken parm! Tonight I'm making parmesan-encrusted whitefish with rice pilaf. :)

Also, while going through Mom's belongings last night, I found the manual to my bread machine.
 
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I saw that episode through On Demand a couple nights ago. I'd have eaten everything except maybe that tripe & pig trotter stew that got Bourdain brownie points from Robuchon (not quite that adventurous :o). Even the pan-fried sweetbreads looked like they were worth trying.
 
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Speaking of offal, I have a pound of beef livers in my freezer. I know I can prepare liver, onions, and sauerkraut, or I can make beef liver pate, but beyond that, I'm lost. :o

Also, I understand beef tongue is something worth trying. True or false?
 
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Also, I understand beef tongue is something worth trying. True or false?
Worth a try. Once you get over the "this was in the cow's mouth" factor, it's really just a muscle like your standard meat. Slightly different texture, taste is pretty similar.
 
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The brown bits on top are a little of the leftover salt pork that starts the recipe.
 
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