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Tingle's Random Cooking Tips: Lemon Curd

Kooloo-Limpah! Tingle is out and putting random stuff into the world. So, we've given him a chance to prove himself useful by handing out random cooking tips.  These tips are completely random when they come out - so stay tuned! Anyways, Lemon Curd is super easy to make and it sad that they charge so much for it in grocery store. Since it is citrus season, Tingle thought it appropriate to give you something to do with it all. This is not limited to lemons, but also try grapefruit, blood oranges, tangerines, key limes, etc. The best part - it can kept frozen for up to a year if we do things right. Keep some on hand for Springtime desserts and Summer trifles.

Gear!
5 Egg Yolks
1 Cup Sugar
1/3 cup of fresh lemon juice and zest 
1 Stick of Butter - Cut into small pieces then chilled

Now, let's make the curd! In a double-boiler bowl, combine egg yolks and sugar whisk until smooth, about 1 minute. Zest and squeeze the lemons. Add juice and zest to egg mixture and whisk smooth. Place on double boiler.


Continuously whisk until thickened over medium heat, approximately 8 minutes, or until mixture coats the back of a spoon and is generally the consistency of pudding.
Remove promptly from heat and stir in butter a piece at a time. It should start getting think and rich.Transfer to a container and chill for at least 2 hours. Extra Tip! If it seems a little runny after chilling, you can put it back in the double boiler - if really runny also add another egg yolk and cook down until thickens up. Chill again for at least 2 hours.

To freeze, divide into small freezer safe containers. Label with date and keep in the freezer until ready to use - should keep for months.

Quest 52: Lemon Cucco Quiche with Ordon Goat Cheese

Cuccos are still running amuck throughout Hyrule. Here is another recipe to help thin the population while enjoying the lovely goat cheese from Ordon. This recipe is versatile enough to make into a pasta dish and is easy enough either way for a great week night meal. Enjoy!

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Gear!
1 10oz. chicken breast
1 15oz. can of artichoke hearts
3 oz. herb and garlic goat cheese
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1 Tablespoon capers
3 eggs
salt and pepper
1 GF pie crust

Quest!

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Blind bake the crust for 10-15 minutes. 






Cut chicken breast into small pieces and cook in a pan until it turns white. 

Chop artichoke hearts into small pieces and add them to the chicken. Add lemon juice and bring to a boil.
Turn heat down to medium and stir in capers. Add goat cheese. Stir until melted.
 At this point, this dish can go a number of ways. You can use it as a pasta sauce with linguine -OR you can continue on and make a quiche.


Add filling to our pie crust from before. Scramble eggs and add it over the filling - making sure that it gets in with the filling. Bake on a baking sheet in the 350 degree F oven for about 20-25 minutes.
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Ta-da! Enjoy warm or cool










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Quest 51: Ashes of Ganon Snack Mix

After many quests, Ganon has finally been defeated - for now. Since there is a chance that he can be brought back with the help of his minions, we have to snack fast. Luckily we can make this pile of ash into something delicious that will keep Ganon at bay. Enjoy!







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Gear!
9 cups Corn Chex (For GF), otherwise you can use Crispix, Life, or other similar cereal.
1 cup dark chocolate chips
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup nutella
1/4 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
M&Ms
Honey Roasted Peanuts


Quest!
In an extra large bowl, measure cereal.








In a double boiler, melt chocolate chips, peanut butter, nutella and butter until melted and smooth.







Remove from heat and add vanilla. Pour mixture over cereal, mix together with two sandwich bags on your hands until evenly coated.







Pour powdered sugar over the top. Mix together with sandwich bagged hands until well coated.







Put mixture into a large ziptop bag. Add in M&Ms and peanuts and shake the bag until everything evenly distributed.







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Quest 50: Red Potion

Happy 50th Recipe and Happy New Year! Today I would like to share with you my take on the famous red potion that helps our hero keep going when all seems lost. This recipe is made in a blender and meant to be shared to help the whole party going until the bitter end. Remember to enjoy responsibly!




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 Gear!
Frozen Whole Strawberries
6 shots of Honey Tequila
GF Beer - Like Burning Brothers
Limeade
Blender

Quest!
Fill up your blender up to the top with frozen strawberries.











Add Tequila and enough beer to fill the blender half way.











Add Limeade until it fills up the rest of the blender.











Blend together until smooth and delicious. Pour into glasses and Enjoy!












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Quest 49: Monster Parts Cookies

Ever wonder what happens to all the enemies that Link defeats? Well their parts are most likely scattered around Hyrule and they are starting to stack up. So today was are going to take some of those parts and make monster cookies. Enjoy!




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 Gear!
1 1/2 cups chunky peanut butter
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 cup  sugar
8 tablespoons butter, softened
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 1/2 cups quick cooking oats
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
1 cup M&M's plain chocolate candies
1/3 cup sweetened chipped coconut
candied eyes, claws, teeth beaks - really whatever you have

Quest!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, put together peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar and butter. Mix together until combined.
Mix in eggs, vanilla and baking soda.
Until creamy!
Add in your mix-ins: M&Ms, coconut and dark chocolate chips is what we used.
Mix in oatmeal until well combined.
Spoon 1 inch balls of dough onto a parchment lined sheet pan. Add your candy eyes, teeth, breaks, claws, etc. to each cookie.
Once they look somewhat like this bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown around the edges.
Cool on a cooling rack after baking and Enjoy!
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Quest 48: Chocolate Lava Puddles

Lava, lava everywhere, but how can we harness this molten element into something useful? Wait until it cools. In many LOZ games it has been common to dodge the lava puddles and lakes and even take advantage of cooled areas to help get across. Today, we too will be using the cooling of our lava to make a sweet treat we can all Enjoy!





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Gear!
1 lb. good chocolate
6 oz. butterscotch chips
12 oz. Red or Orange candy melts - vanilla flavored
2 tbsp. peanut butter
1/4 block. paraffin wax
1 lb.  roasted Spanish peanuts
Wax paper
Room to spread out

Quest!
 In a double boiler add together all the chocolate, butterscotch, candy melts and wax.
 Melt over medium heat until fully melted and worked together.
 Add in Spanish peanuts
 Mix together and remove from heat.
Set up a table with wax paper. Spoon small spoonfuls of the chocolate peanut mixture onto wax paper leaving a little room in between so they can spread out.
 Leave our chocolate lava puddles to cool.
It makes a whole bunch! When cooled and hard keep in an air tight container.










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