Thursday, March 24, 2016

Show Stopping Recipes for Easter Entertaining #Easter #Recipe

Easter is this weekend and if you're welcoming guests on Sunday make sure you are fully prepared to celebrate. Creating the perfect Easter brunch or dinner will have your friends and family planning to return year after year. Looking for a new "showstopper" recipe? This Easter, create new traditions and try delicious recipes by Gaea. Below, please find fresh and delicious recipes for a starter, main course and dessert.  

THE STARTER
Cucumber Salad with Fresh Herbs, Orange Segments and Citrus Dressing
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients
  • 6 small cucumbers
  • Sea Salt
  • For dressing:
  • 2 large oranges
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh rosemary
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh oregano
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh thyme
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh mint
Prep Time: 15 min.
Directions
Wash cucumber and oranges well. Peel oranges, remove white membrane and cut fresh in thin slices. Thinly slice cucumber with a mandolin. Combine salt and two kinds of pepper in glass or stainless steel bowl and add lemon juice. Slowly add olive oil while stirring constantly with wire whisk. Combine dressing with orange slices and fresh herbs. To serve: Arrange cucumbers in dishes and pour over prepared dressing. Sprinkle with a little coarse salt.


MAIN MEAL

Grilled Lamb Chops 
Ingredients
  • 2 Pound Unsalted Butter (8 sticks)
  • 2 Bay Leaves (chopped)
  • 1 Tablespoon Fresh Rosemary (chopped)
  • 1 Cup Dried Cherries (chopped)
  • Freshly Ground Black Pepper (to taste)
  • Sweet-Hot Mustard
  • 2 Cup Dijon Mustard
  • 4 Loin Lamb Chops (each about 1 inch thick)
  • Gaea Sitia Extra Virgin Olive Oil (for brushing)
  • Kosher Salt (to taste)
  • Freshly Ground Black Pepper (to taste)
Instructions

Prepare a fire in a charcoal grill or preheat a gas grill. 

To make the fruited mustard, in a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat and cook until it reaches a caramel color, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the bay leaves, rosemary, dried cherries, and pepper. Mix in the sweet and dijon mustards. Refrigerate while the lamb chops are grilling. 

Brush each of the chops on both sides with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill for 4 to 5 minutes on each side for medium-rare lamb. 

Serve immediately with the fruited mustard either beside the lamb or spooned into small ramekins and set on a plate garnished with dried cherries and herbs. (Make sandwiches the next day with any leftover lamb plus a generous slathering of the mustard.)



AND LASTLY, DESERT!

Almond Cake with Olive Oil and Orange Zest
Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup Gaea Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 7 ounces finely ground almonds
  • Zest of Orange
Directions
Preheat oven to 180C/356F. Beat oil, sugar and eggs in a bowl with a wire whisk until light. Combine flour with baking powder, ground almonds and orange zest. Add to oil and sugar mixture stirring in gently. Spread mixture in a greased rectangular pan 22 x11 cm 8.65 x 4.35 inches and bake for 50 minutes. Lower heat to 170C/338F and continue baking for 10 more minutes. Test cake in the center for dryness. If still moist, allow to bake a little longer. Cool cake, remove from pan and dust with powdered sugar.




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