Dougherty Family Recipe Box

Category: Italian

  • Pesto

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 cup basil leaves removed from stems
    • 1 clove garlic
    • 6 tablespoons pine nuts lightly toasted
    • 1/2 cup olive oil
    • 1/4 cup parmesan finely grated
    • salt

    Method

    1. Crush basil, garlic, and nuts.
    2. Stir in oil, cheese, and salt.
    3. Use immediately, do not heat, just stir into cooked, drained pasta.

    Source

  • Tiramisu

    Ingredients

    Sheet-style Ladyfingers

    • 4 eggs
    • 2/3 cup white sugar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1/3 teaspoon salt
    • 3/4 cup all purpose flour

    Tiramisu

    • 6 egg yolks
    • 1 cup white sugar
    • 1 1/4 cup mascarpone cheese
    • 1 3/4 cup heavy 35% whipping cream

    Flavouring

    • 1 cup cold espresso
    • 1/2 cup coffee flavoured liqueur
    • cocoa for dusting

    Method

    Sheet-style Ladyfingers

    1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
    2. Line a jelly roll baking sheet with parchment paper.
    3. Separate the eggs.
    4. Whisk the egg yolks with half (1/3 cup) of the sugar and all of the vanilla until lightly coloured (about 5 minutes).
    5. In a separate, clean, metal bowl beat the egg whites until soft peaks.
    6. Slowly add the salt and the remainder (1/3 cup) of the sugar to the egg whites until they hold firm peaks.
    7. Gently fold the egg white mixture into the egg yolk mixture.
    8. Gently sift the flour over the egg mixture and fold it in.
    9. Pour the batter into the baking sheet and gently even it out with a spatula.
    10. Bake until firm to the touch and the edges are golden brown (about 15 minutes).
    11. Remove from oven and allow to cool until warm.
    12. While still warm, remove from pan and cut or trim to fit the dish that the tiramisu will be served in (best if cut so that there will be two full layers of ladyfinger in each dish).

    Tiramisu

    1. Beat together egg yolks and sugar in a saucepan over medium-low heat.
    2. Continue cooking for 10 minutes while stirring constantly.
    3. Remove yolk mixture from heat and beat until thick and lemon coloured.
    4. Add mascarpone to whipped yolks and beat until combined.
    5. In a separate bowl, whip cream until stiff peaks (best if done in a metal bowl that has been kept in the freezer before use).
    6. Gently fold the whipped cream into the mascarpone mixture and set aside.

    Assembly

    1. Assemble the tiramisu in a dish or cake pan with high sides as it can not stand up on its own – this recipe works well in a very high sided 9×13 dish or pan.
    2. Mix the espresso with the coffee liqueur.
    3. Put the first layer of lady finger in the bottom of the dish.
    4. Brush the lady finger with the coffee mixture.
    5. Spoon 1/2 of the tiramisu in and even it out with a spatula.
    6. Put the second layer of lady finger in.
    7. Brush with the coffee mixture.
    8. Spoon the remainder of tiramisu in and even it out.
    9. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
    10. Dust with cocoa before serving.

    Source

  • Lasagna

    Ingredients

    Filling

    • 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
    • 2 white onions chopped fine
    • 1/2 head garlic chopped fine
    • 1/2 tablespoon dried basil
    • 1/2 tablespoon dried oregano
    • 1 (16 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
    • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
    • salt
    • pepper

    Cheese Sauce

    • 4 tablespoons butter
    • 3 tablespoons flour
    • 3/4 cup parmesan cheese grated
    • salt
    • 2 cups milk
    • 2 egg yolks

    Noodles

    • 8 lasagne noodles cooked al dente

    Vegetarian Option

    • In the filling, replace the ground beef with:
      • 1 (18-ounce) can lentils, rinsed and drained
      • 2 pounds fresh mushrooms, finely diced
    • Brown the mushrooms before adding the lentils, then follow rest of directions.

    Method

    Meat Sauce

    1. In a large skillet brown the ground beef over medium heat.
    2. Add onions, garlic, and spices to beef and continue cooking until onions start to turn clear.
    3. Add tomatoes and vinegar, reduce heat and simmer until ready to use.

    Cheese Sauce

    1. Melt butter.
    2. Add flour to butter.
    3. Mix cheese and salt into the butter mixture.
    4. Stir in milk and cook over medium heat until thick.
    5. Add in egg yolks and cook just a couple of minutes longer.
    6. Remove from heat.

    Lasagne

    1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
    2. Layer: noodles, meat, cheese, noodles, meat, cheese.
    3. Bake for 20 minutes.
    4. Broil for 10 minutes or until cheese is brown and bubbling.
    5. Remove from oven and serve while hot.

    Source

    Barkley family recipe.