Spiced Amaretto Food

SPICED AMARETTO CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the cranberries, syrup, honey, orange zest and pie spice. Cook over medium heat until the berries pop, about 15 minutes. Stir in amaretto; cook 5 minutes. Cover and store in the refrigerator. If desired, top with almonds before serving.

AMARETTO

Steps:

• Combine water and sugars in a saucepan over medium heat. Heat until the mixture is boiling, and all of the sugar is dissolved. Remove the pan from the heat and let the mixture cool for 10 minutes.
• Stir vodka, almond extract and vanilla extract into the mixture. Store in a sealed bottle.

SPICED POACHED PEARS WITH CRèME FRAîCHE AND AMARETTO COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine sugar with 8 cups water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, star anise, and lemon, stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Add the pears to the liquid and reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer the pears until tender, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove pot from heat and let the pears cool in their liquid at room temperature.
• When ready to serve, use a slotted spoon to transfer pears to serving platter. Top with a dollop of crème fraîche, amaretti cookie crumbs, and a light dusting of cinnamon.

SPICED AMARETTI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
• Line a cookie sheet with baking parchment.
• In a medium-size bowl, beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks. Gently fold in the almonds, sugar, almond extract and spices, if using, until blended.
• Drop the dough by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until lightly golden. Let cool and remove from parchment.

TROPICAL SPICE COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Pour the Mango-Pineapple Juice, rum and amaretto into a tall glass filled with ice. Top with club soda and stir gently. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.
• Juice, in this order, the mango, pineapple and limes, following your juicer's specific settings for each. Serve the juice immediately over ice, if desired.

SPICED AMARETTO

Steps:

• Mix amaretto and rum well.
• Pour over ice.
• Add either soda or cream and stir gently.
• Enjoy.

VEAL AMARETTO

Steps:

• Start by setting the butter in a shallow sauté pan over med-high heat.
• Set the flour on a plate.
• Take the veal cuts and set them in the flour and put a thin coat over each side.
• Place the veal into the pan to sauté. You want to lightly brown the bottom of the veal, don't let it get too dark.
• Turn the veal in the pan. Then add the sliced strawberries, arranging them so they are touching the pan, not on top of the veal because they won't cook properly.
• Once the other side of the veal is brown and the strawberries begin to get soft, add the amaretto slowly to the pan. Be careful, it could flame up, but it won't be hot enough to burn you. Let the alcohol catch, it will take most of the bitterness out and leave the sweet taste of the amaretto for your sauce.
• Once the flame dies out, add your heavy cream and cinnamon and stir.
• Reduce heat to medium and let the sauce thicken for about a minute or two.
• While the sauce is thickening, take your two whole strawberries and, using a paring knife, slice them a quarter inch from the green down and all the way across leaving about 5 to 6 slices. You want the green stem to stay attached to hold your slices together. Lay the strawberry on it's side and press on the stem with your finger. It should fan out evenly leaving a beautiful garnish.
• Arrange the veal on two plates and pour the sauce over top. Garnish with the fanned strawberries, either on top of the veal or alongside. You can also use freshly chopped parsley and sprinkle it around the outside of the plate, or a sprig of mint leaf, to add color to the dish.

SPICED EGGNOG CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• For crust combine crumbs, sugar, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and butter in small bowl until well blended. Press over bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• Bake 10 minutes, transfer pan to wire rack to cool, leave oven on.
• For filling, beat cream cheese in medium bowl until smooth.
• In small bowl mix sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves.
• Add cream cheese, beat until smooth.
• Beat in egg, then add eggnog slowly, beating continuously, finally beat in vanilla.
• Pour onto crust in assembled pan. Tap lightly to release air bubbles.
• Bake in preheated oven 1 hour.
• Remove, spread sour cream over top and bake for 5 more minutes. Let cool on rack until cake is cool to touch, refrigerate.
• For curls, line loaf pan with foil, leaving overhangs.
• Melt chocolate in top of double boiler over barely simmering, not boiling water, stirring until smooth. Stir in nutmeg, then pour into pan spreading evenly.
• Refrigerate until firm.
• Lift Chocolate bar out of pan. Then using veggie peeler scrape into loose curls and arrange on top of cake!
• ENJOY!

SAVOURY AMARETTO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large frying pan over medium heat, sauté garlic and onion in oil until tender.
• Add Amaretto, simmer till reduced by half.
• Add chicken stock, simmer till reduced by half.
• Add whipping cream, simmer till reduced by half or till desired thickness is reached.
• Serve over chicken cutlets, pasta, etc, or put into a small pitcher on the table for guests to self-serve. Garnish each serving with fresh chives if desired.