Almond Shrimp With Amaretto Butter Food

GARLIC ALMOND SHRIMP

Steps:

• Drain oranges, reserving juice; set oranges aside. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch, salt, ginger and reserved juice until smooth. Stir in soy sauce; set aside., In a large nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry the peas, mushrooms and onion in oil for 2-3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add shrimp and garlic; stir-fry 3 minutes longer. , Stir cornstarch mixture and add to the pan. Add oranges. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Sprinkle with almonds. Serve with rice if desired.

ALMOND-AMARETTO TARTS

Steps:

• In large bowl, beat butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 egg and 1 teaspoon almond extract with electric mixer on medium speed 1 minute. Gradually add flour, beating 1 to 2 minutes just until blended. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour until thoroughly chilled.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Divide pastry into 48 pieces. Gently press pastry onto bottom and side of 48 ungreased mini muffin cups.
• Place almonds in food processor or blender; cover and process until almonds are finely ground. In medium bowl, mix almonds and remaining filling ingredients with spoon. Spoon about 2 heaping tablespoons filling into each tart crust. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and centers spring back when touched lightly. Cool 5 minutes; gently remove tarts from pan to wire rack. Cool 30 minutes.
• In chilled small bowl, beat 1/2 cup whipping cream and 1 tablespoon sugar with on high speed until soft peaks form.
• Place 1 teaspoon whipped cream and 1 raspberry on each tart.

ALMOND SHRIMP WITH AMARETTO BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat butter in skillet until golden brown, then saute onion in butter until translucent and barely browned.
• Add shrimp and saute about 5 minutes.
• Add amaretto, almonds and salt and cook on medium heat for another 4 to 5 minutes.
• Serve alone as an elegant appetizer, or over angel hair pasta as an entree.

AMARETTO BISCOTTI WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream together butter and sugar with an electric mixer.
• Add eggs, vanilla, and Amaretto liqueur; mix well.
• Add flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Mix on low speed until just blended.
• Add almonds and stir.
• Divide dough into two equal pieces.
• Roll each piece into a loaf about 12 inches long on a well floured surface, and place on a large baking sheet about 3 inches apart.
• Bake for about 20- 25 minutes, until golden.
• Remove from oven and place each loaf on a cooling rack.
• Allow loaves to cool for about 15 minutes.
• Place loaves on a cutting board.
• Using a bread knife, slice into 1/2-inch wide slices.
• Place slices in a single layer on baking sheet.
• Return to oven for about 10-12 minutes, or until lightly golden brown.
• Remove from oven and place cookies on a cooling rack.
• Cool completely and store in an airtight container.
• ~NOTE~You may freeze cookies in plastic freezer bags.

JADE AND CORAL ALMOND SHRIMP

Steps:

• Combine marinade ingredients and pour over shrimp.
• Let shrimp marinate for 10 minutes while assembling remaining ingredients.
• Heat 1 T oil in a large frying pan.
• Add almonds to oil and stir-fry for 2 minutes or until browned and crisp, then remove almonds from pan.
• Add green or red pepper to pan and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
• Add green onion to pepper and stir-fry for an additional 2 minutes.
• Remove pepper and onion from pan and set aside.
• Heat remaining 1 T oil in skillet until hot.
• Remove shrimp from marinade (reserve marinade) and stir-fry for 2- 3 minutes or until shrimp turns pink.
• Add reserved marinade, pepper and onions, peas, and water, and stir-fry for an additional 2 minutes more, until peas are heated through.
• Top with reserved almonds before serving.

AMARETTO BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar and butter. Add 3 tablespoons cream and 2 tablespoons Amaretto; beat until smooth. Add remaining cream and Amaretto if needed to achieve spreading consistency.

THAI ALMOND BUTTER SHRIMP

Steps:

• Add chicken stock and diced tomato in a small pot and simmer over low heat (5 minutes).
• add coconut milk and continue to simmer to meld all the flavors together and that the sauce has thickened.
• Add shrimp and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Turn off heat and take shrimp out on a separate dish and add almond butter and apple sauce and whisk in the thickened sauce.
• Add the shrimp into bowls and add extra tomato slices for garnish as desired.

ALMOND-CRUSTED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Generously spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In shallow dish, mix flour and salt. In another shallow dish, beat egg and water with fork or wire whisk until well mixed. In third shallow dish, mix bread crumbs and almonds.
• Coat shrimp with flour mixture. Dip shrimp into egg, coating well; finally, cover with bread crumb mixture, spooning mixture over shrimp and pressing to coat. Place coated shrimp in pan. Drizzle with butter.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until shrimp are pink and firm.

ALMOND AMARETTO GOOEY BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease a 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
• To make the crust: Combine crust ingredients and mix well with an electric mixer on low speed, 1 1/2-2 minutes.
• Spray fingers with cooking spray and pat crust mixture into the pan; set aside.
• To make filling: in another bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
• Add the eggs, almond extract, vanilla extract, amaretto, and butter; mix well.
• Add powdered sugar and mix well.
• Stir in the almonds.
• Pour the batter over the cake mixture.
• Bake for 40-50 minutes. (mine were done at 40 minutes).
• Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour.