Friday, September 19, 2014

FRIDAY COCKTAIL - ITALIAN BERRY MULE!

Still time to get great raspberries and this is so simple to make..delicious!

Ingredients:

6 raspberries
2 oz vodka
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1/4 oz simple syrup
1/2 tsp aged balsamic vinegar
2 oz chilled ginger beer
ice

In a cocktail shaker muddle the raspberries.  Add ice and all other ingredients except ginger beer.  Shake Well!  Strain the drink into an iced filled glass and top with the ginger beer.

If you don't know how to make simple syrup by now, you shouldn't be making cocktails!

RASPBERRIES!
ENJOY!

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

WELL DONE WEDNESDAY - MUSTARD CRUSTED SALMON!

This is the perfect marriage of lemon and mustard.  Just wonderful!!!!!

Ingredients:

3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
1-1/2 tsp lemon zest
1 tsp fresh chopped Italian parsley
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 Tbl olive oil
veg oil
2 Tbl Dijon mustard
4 (6 oz) salmon fillets

Combine first 6 ingredients and set aside.  Spread mustard on top of the salmon fillets and then add the breadcrumb mixture on top.  Pat into the mustard.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

In a sauté pan with vegetable oil sauté fillets skin side down for 3-4 minutes.  Move pan to the oven and cook until the topping is golden brown...5-7 minutes.  Serve with lemon wedges.

LEMON AND MUSTARD!
ENJOY!