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Showing posts with label Minish Cap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Minish Cap. Show all posts

Quest 89: Traveling to the Clouds Stew

Traveling in the clouds comes up in a number of LOZ games. The most obvious is Skyward Sword, but we a;so journey to a place in the clouds in Twilight Princess and Minish Cap. Today the weather is a little chilly and a trip to the clouds with a bowl of nummy stew is just the thing. Enjoy!


Gear!
Stew
2 lbs. chuck roast, cut into 1.2 inch cubes
2 T. potato starch
salt & pepper
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 bay leaf
1 t. paprika
2 t. GF Worcestershire sauce
1 onion, chopped
3/4 c. red wine - I used Merlot
2 c. beef broth
1 c. carrots, chopped, 1/2 inch
2 c. potatoes, cubed 1.2 inch
1 c. green beams, quartered
bunch thyme
bunch rosemary
1/4 c dried mushrooms
1 T olive oil
1 T. butter

 Dumplings
1 1/2 c AP GF Flour with xianthium gum
3 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
3/4 c milk
1/2 c. shredded cheddar
2 T. chives, chopped

Quest!
 Prep chuck roast, onions, and garlic.
 Place chuck roast, salt, pepper, and potato starch in a zippy bag and mix to coat.
 In a cast iron enamel pot, melt butter and add olive oil. Add onions and sweat until translucent. Add garlic.
Add meat to pan/ Brown the meat, then add all other ingredients except the green beans.
 Cook mixture together for about an hour. Remove thyme and rosemary bunches as well as the bay leaf.

 Add green beans and simmer while we make the dumplings.











Let's make the dumplings! In a bowl, add flour, baking powder, chives and cheese. Mix together.










Add milk and stir together.
 Spoon into the top of the stew and cook 10 minutes covered, then 10 minutes uncovered.



Spoon into a bowl and Enjoy!














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Quest 86: Berry's Cranberry Minish Muffins

Minish are cute little people and Berry is no exception. When this little girl is not fusing kinstones together for us, she has an affinity for berries. So today we are making cranberry minish muffins to both use up our extra cranberry sauce and make a tasty muffin. 

Gear!
Muffins
1/4 cup Crisco
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
2 cups GF flour with xanthium gum
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cranberry sauce

Topping
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon or cake spice
1/4 cup cold butter, cubed
1/4 cup slivered almonds



Quest!

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, add egg, milk, Crisco, sugar and mix together.


Add flour, salt and baking powder and stir until just mixed.










Add cranberry sauce and mix together until well mixed. Let mixture sit to absorb moisture into flour.









Prep muffin pan with cupcake liners that are lightly sprayed with cooking spray. Fill muffin tins about 3/4 of the way full.

Let's make a crumb topping! Add butter, sugar, flour, and cake spice to a bowl and mix together with a fork to a crumb consistency.










Add sliced almonds to the mixture and top the muffins before putting into the oven for 25-30 minutes.










Bake until toothpick comes out clean. Cool for about 5 minutes before serving.





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Quest 81: Eenie and Meenie's Brussels Sprouts with Bullbo Strips

Today, Eenie & Meenie want to remind us to eat our vegetables. They never said we had to eat them steamed and lightly salted - so today, we are going to jazz up Brussels Sprouts with some bacon! Now I understand that Brussels Sprouts have a bad rap from what we have done to vegetables over time - you know about all the creaming they have taken! But I assure you that will a little care, these little cabbages will be on your menu too. Enjoy!

Gear!
1-2 lbs Brussels Sprouts
1/2 lb. Bacon, uncooked
Salt & Pepper
Mandolin with guard
Non stick pan

Quest!


Very carefully, slice on the second thinnest setting on your mandolin. Make sure to use the hand guard!
That's nice! Once all of the sprouts are done, set aside.
Cut bacon into small bite-sized pieces. Add to a non stick pan and place on low to render out some of the fat.
Once the bacon is cooked about half-way through, add the sprouts. Add a little salt and pepper.
Continue cooking until bacon is fully cooked. Adjust seasoning as needed.
There you have it! This is a great dish because you get all the smoky flavor from the bacon into the sprouts. The sprouts get a little char to them without getting burnt. The only thing that would make this better is if we added potatoes - which is really good too. BTW, if you want to do that, add the potatoes with the bacon at the beginning. Add the sprouts in the same place in cooking to the bacon. Enjoy!




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Quest 60: A Slice of Pie

Pi Day is here again and what better way to celebrate than by sharing a favorite and easy pie recipe with all of you. Conveniently, there is a bakery called the Bakery of Wheaton and Pita in Minish Cap where you can purchase a slice of pie for 40 rupees. Well, this pie won't set you back that much and it's also a no-bake pie! Happy Pi Day, Everyone. Enjoy!

Gear!
Prepared Gluten Free Crumb Crust (We used chocolate snap)
6 oz. Cream Cheese, Softened
1/2 cup Whipping Cream
1 - 3.4 oz.Instant Pudding (We used Chocolate Fudge)
2 cups 2% Milk
8 oz. Cool Whip
1 T. Hot Fudge Sauce
Chocolate Shavings (White and Dark)

Quest!
Prepare you crumb crust or simply unwrap if it is already done for you.







Using a hand mixer, cream together cream cheese and whipping cream until smooth.







Add milk and box of pudding and continue to mix until thickened and smooth - about 2-3 minutes.







Spoon mixture into prepared crust and refrigerate for 30 minutes.








Spoon Cool Whip on top of pie and smooth out.








Heat hot fudge sauce in the microwave using directions and drizzle over the top of pie in a decorative pattern.







Add chocolate shaving on top. Refrigerate pie for 30 minutes. Serve and Enjoy!







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Quest 55: Eenie & Meenie's Chard Chips

Eenie and Meenie have been working hard in the garden to bring about a bounty of fresh veggies for us to enjoy. Today, we will enjoy Swiss Chard in a delicious way by making them into chips. Lots of good flavor and even health-ish too. Enjoy!







Gear!
1 bunch of Swiss Chard
Olive Oil - Flavored if you wish
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Sheet Pan
Aluminum Foil

Quest!

First, scurry over to the garden, farmer's market or local grocery store and pick out some lovely Swiss Chard - This variety happens to be Rainbow Chard, but this recipe works well for other greens such as Kale.




Preheat the over to 400 degrees F.With a chef knife, carefully separate the greens from the stems. You can use the stems for some other use, but we won't be using them today. Cut the greens into 3 inch pieces.




On a sheet pan lined with aluminum foil, spread out the greens so they are in a single layer. They will look rather fluffy at this point.






Sprinkle with salt and pepper and Parmesan cheese evenly over all the chard. Drizzle with a small amount of olive oil.






Bake for 25-30 minutes. Start checking it 20 minutes because it really depends on the amount of moisture in the leaves. Cheese will melt and begin to brown.





Some leaves may stick together. Just tear them and keep the cooled chips in an airtight bag until you are ready to enjoy!







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Quest 44: Zucchini Muffin Minish Caps


It's zucchini time! I have been looking ways to incorporate more green ideas into the blog, and today I think I may have succeeded. Minish Cap is a great game in the LOZ series that takes advantage of size in a bigger way that Ocarina of Time. It also brings to life the hat that Link wears in a way that is beyond imagination. With this in mind, today we will attempt to make Minish caps to place upon our zucchini muffins. It will be an interesting and tasty quest that I hope you give a try! Enjoy!


Gear! - Get the Printable Recipe Here!
Muffins!
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1 t. vanilla
1/4 cup apple sauce - I used unsweetened
2 cups GF All-purpose flour with xanthan gum mixed in
2 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. cardamom
1 T. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1 cup finely grated zucchini
1/2 cup walnuts chopped

Streusel Topping!
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 T cinnamon
2 T. butter cold and cubed
1 T. GF flour

For the Minish caps!
carrots
zucchini
toothpicks
mandolin

Quest!
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Prep a muffin pan with muffin liners. Cream together sugar and butter. Add eggs, sour cream, vanilla, and apple sauce. Mix together.






To the mixture, add flour, cinnamon, cardamom, baking powder, baking soda, salt, grated zucchini and walnuts.







Spoon the muffin mix into the muffin liners and push the thick dough into the liners to remove bubbles.







Make the streusel topping by adding all ingredient to a bowl and crumb with a fork. Do not cream!







Spoon the streusel topping over each of the muffins.








BEING VERY CAREFUL!! Set your mandolin to 1/8 inch setting. Slice zucchini lengthwise creating 12 equal pieces. A medium zucchini should get you just enough. Set the mandolin to 1/16 setting and repeat with peeled carrots.





After some trial and error, the best way to make little caps is to start rolling on one end until it makes a nice spiral. Use a toothpick to secure at the top. Add the carrot piece to bottom and press into the muffin. If you don't press them into the muffin, as it rises, it will push the cap off and it will tip over.
Make a cap for each muffin. I added a little vanilla sugar over the top of the caps.


Bake muffins for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes and Enjoy!


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