Entries from The Amateur Gourmet tagged with 'original recipes'
Cannellini Beans and Rice
After my sticky bun disaster, I need to redeem myself and redeem myself I shall with the picture you see above: that's cannellini beans and rice, an improvised dinner I whipped up with just a few cheap ingredients in less than 20 minutes. And it was good. Really good! What was so good about it? Let me tell you....
I Tried To Invent A Pudding
Ok, the election is over, we can all breathe a heavy sigh of relief, and move on with our lives. What better way to move on than to try to invent a pudding? After making Elise's foolproof recipe for chocolate pudding (click here) several times--it's become something of a staple in our home--I began to think deeply about the process. "Ok," I thought, " to make chocolate pudding you put milk in a pot with sugar, cocoa powder, cornstarch and a pinch of salt. You heat and whisk vigorously until it gets really thick, then you add an egg and some more chocolate and put in ramekins or mugs and refrigerate. That's all you do." My thoughts continued: "So why can't I just put anything I want in milk, add cornstarch and sugar and a pinch of salt, and make whatever kind of pudding I can dream up? Why can't I invent my own pudding?"...
