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Chicken Potpie Skillet Pizza

Chicken Potpie Skillet Pizza
Serves 4 (or 6 if you’re sharing 6 pizzas)
Try this quick, playful spin to turn pizza night on its head—in a good way. You get all the creamy goodness of chicken potpie, in a fun, eat-with-your-hands way that kids will love. Grown-ups will dig it, too, especially if you offer hot sauce at the table. Cooking the pizza in a preheated cast-iron skillet makes the crust wonderfully crispy so that it doesn’t sog out when the creamy sauce goes on. Be sure to use only 10 ounces of dough (though you’ll likely have to purchase in a 1-pound or larger ball); save the remaining dough to make breadsticks the next night.

Ingredients

  • 4 teaspoons olive oil, divided
  • 1/4 cup prechopped onion
  • 1/4 cup matchstick-cut carrot
  • 1/4 cup prechopped celery
  • 1/4 cup frozen green peas
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup unsalted chicken stock
  • 10 ounce refrigerated fresh whole-wheat pizza dough
  • 5 ounces skinless rotisserie chicken breast, shredded (3/4 cup)
  • 3 ounces preshredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (about 3/4 cup)
  • 1 teaspoon thyme leaves
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt

Nutrition Information

  • calories 332
  • fat 12.3 g
  • satfat 3.4 g
  • monofat 6.5 g
  • polyfat 1.2 g
  • protein 22 g
  • carbohydrate 37 g
  • fiber 6 g
  • cholesterol 44 mg
  • iron 3 mg
  • sodium 674 mg
  • calcium 196 mg
  • sugars 2 g
  • Est. Added Sugars 0 g

How to Make It

  1. Place a 12-inch cast-iron skillet in oven, and preheat oven to 500°F. (Do not remove skillet while oven preheats.)

  2. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high. Add onion; sauté 2 minutes. Add carrot, celery, and peas; sauté 1 minute. Remove mixture from skillet; set aside.

  3. Add flour and 1 tablespoon oil to nonstick skillet. Cook 30 seconds, whisking constantly. Slowly add stock, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, whisking often, until mixture is thickened, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat. ((I cooked it longer and made it thick)

  4. Place dough on a lightly floured surface; roll into a 12-inch circle. Carefully place dough in preheated cast-iron skillet; flatten to cover bottom of pan. Bake in preheated oven until crust is lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven; increase heat to broil. Top pizza crust with 1/2 cup stock mixture. Sprinkle with onion mixture, chicken, and cheese. Broil until cheese is melted, about 2 minutes. Drizzle with remaining stock mixture. Sprinkle with thyme, pepper, and salt.

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Peach and Brie Quesadillas with Lime Dipping Sauce

Peach and Brie Quesadillas with Lime Dipping Sauce
Peach and Brie Quesadillas with Lime Dipping Sauce

Cooking Light, June 2005

Ingredients:

Sauce:

  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated lime rind

Quesadillas:

  • 1 cup thinly sliced peeled firm ripe peaches (about 2 large)
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 3 ounces Brie cheese, thinly sliced
  • 4 (8-inch) fat-free flour tortillas
  • Cooking spray
  • Chive strips (optional)

Preparation:
To prepare sauce, combine first 3 ingredients, stirring with a whisk; set aside.

To prepare quesadillas, combine peaches, 1 tablespoon chives, and sugar, tossing gently to coat. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Arrange one-fourth of cheese and one-fourth of peach mixture over half of each tortilla; fold tortillas in half. Coat pan with cooking spray. Place 2 quesadillas in pan; cook 2 minutes on each side or until tortillas are lightly browned and crisp. Remove from pan; keep warm. Repeat procedure with remaining quesadillas. Cut each quesadilla into 3 wedges; serve with sauce. Garnish with chive strips, if desired.

Note: Placing the fillings on one side of the tortilla and folding the other half over (like a taco) makes the quesadillas easier to handle. Whole wheat tortillas would also be great, offering a sweet, nutty taste. The lime-honey dipping sauce balances the richness of the buttery filling.

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“Molten” Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes and Chocolate Ice Cream

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Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 45 minutes
Yield: 12 servings

Cooking Notes: Be certain to add the chocolate chunks while the cakes are still quite hot from the oven otherwise the crust will form and you will damage the appearance. The mayonnaise is here to add moisture to the cake. You could omit it with out adjusting the recipe but it is has an amazing effect. Serve this as a plated dessert by removing them from the paper and adding warm bananas.

Ingredients

  • Vegetable spray, for greasing liners
  • 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, preferably Scharffen Berger
  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 4 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon gray salt

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
  2. Line the cupcake pan with paper liners and spray the liners with vegetable spray.
  3. Shave 5 ounces of chocolate and put it into a bowl. Cut the remaining 3 ounces of chocolate into roughly 1/2-inch pieces, set aside.
  4. Combine the butter and cream in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. When the cream mixture comes to a simmer, pour it over the shaved chocolate and stir gently to melt the chocolate.
  5. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, mayonnaise, cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt just until the sugar has dissolved. Pour the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture and gently mix just until combined. (Mixing too much will prevent the eggs from rising in the oven.) Scoop about 1/4 cup of the batter into each mold, it should come about 3/4 of the way up the sides. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Do not over bake. Immediately while hot, add a chunk of the remaining chocolate in the center of each, by gently pushing it through the top of the cupcake in the center. Cool the pan on a rack for 10 minutes and then unmold them. Dust with powdered sugar and serve warm.

Chocolate Ice Cream

Cooking Light, May 2008

Ingredients

  • 3 cups 1% low-fat milk, divided
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped

Preparation

  1. Place 2 1/4 cups milk in a heavy saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium heat. Combine 1/4 cup milk, sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Slowly add the sugar mixture to pan, stirring constantly with a whisk. Cook 4 minutes or until mixture begins to thicken, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove pan from heat.
  2. Place chopped chocolate in a small bowl. Bring remaining 1/2 cup milk just to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Pour hot milk over chocolate; let stand 1 minute. Stir chocolate mixture until smooth. Add chocolate mixture to sugar mixture; stir until well blended. Cover and chill 2 hours.
  3. Pour mixture into the freezer can of an ice-cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer’s instructions. Spoon ice cream into a freezer-safe container; cover and freeze 1 hour or until firm.