Nordonia Recipes

Send us your Favorite Recipes. Appetizers Salads Main Courses Desserts   Appetizers From The Inn @Rocky Hill - Sagamore Hills Streusel Coffee Cake - a favorite of the Inn  For the cake you will need:  1 box of French Vanilla Cake mix; 1 box of instant French Vanilla pudding; 1/4 cup oil; 3 eggs and 1 cup of water. For the Streusel Mix - You will need 1 cup of brown sugar; 1 stick plus 3 Tbsp. melted butter; 2 tsps. cinnamon and 1 package (9 full) graham crackers.   Place graham crackers in a ziploc bag and smash with a rolling pin or palm of hand until crushed.  Place in a bowl, then add other dry ingredients.  Add melted butter and mix thoroughly. Beat together the cake mixture, pour 1/2 of the batter in a 9x13 baking dish.  Sprinkle 1/2 of Streusel mixture over top.  Pour balance of cake mixture over Streusel.    Then top with remaining Streusel.  Bake 45 minutes at 350 deg.  Insert a toothpick for final test.   Salads Diane’s Famous Chinese Salad From the kitchen of Diane Gacom -  Sagamore Hills resident Saute' together :      1 cup of sesame seeds ½ c. Almonds (slivered) optional ¼ c. butter 2 pkgs. Of Ramen Noodles – crumbled (do not use seasoning packet) Cool Dressing: - Mix/Shake together 1 cup oil ½ c. vinegar 1 c. sugar 2 tbsp. Soy sauce  Add all above ingredients to 2 – heads of NAPA cabbage 1 bunch of chopped scallions Toss – Serve immediately Main Courses Pumpkin, Sage, and Chile Risotto 1/2- Cup Butter 1- Large Onion, finely chopped 1-2- Fresh or dried chilies, seeded and finely chopped 1- Pound of peeled and rough chopped Pumpkin 21/2- Cups Aborio or Vialone Nano Rice 5- Cups hot chicken stock or vegetable stock 3- Tablespoons chopped sage 1- Cup grated Parmesan Cheese Salt and Pepper to taste Garnish Deep- Fried Sage Sprigs Parmesan Shavings Method Heat half of the butter in a large sauce pan and add onions. Cook gently for about ten minutes or until softwithout any color. Add in the red chilies and cook for one minute. Add the Pumpkin and cook, stirring constantly for about five minutes. Then add the rice to coat with the butter and vegetables. Cook for about two minutes to toast the grains. Add the stock a ladle at a time, stirring until each ladle is absorbed into the rice. Continue adding the stock and cook until the rice is tender and creamy but the grains are still firm and the pumpkin is beginning to disintegrate. This should take about twenty minutes. Taste and season the rice with salt and pepper then stir in the chopped sage and the remaining butter and the parmesan cheese. Cover the pan and let the rice rest for a few minutes then serve and garnish with the Sage leaves and Parmesan shavings. Serves 6 Preparation Time: Ten Minutes Cooking Time: About Forty Minutes If Pumpkin is not available you may use Acorn Squash Chef Frank Zifer Baked All – American Hot Dogs For a delicious twist try my version for cookin hot dogs   - from the kitchen of Diane Gacom, Sagamore Hills  1 oackage of Hot dogs 1 package of bacon Brown sugar - 1/2 cup Cut hotdogs into 3rds.  Cut bacon in half.                                                           Wrap each hot dog in bacon –                                                                                      Sprinkle with brown sugar and bake at                                                                375 deg. for 30 minutes, or until bacon is cooked. Serve - place American Flag toothpicks in each hotdog for a festive look. VEGGIE PIZZA - Nicki Taupin 2 packages Crescent Rolla, unrolled and patted into a Jelly Roll pan.  Bake 350 deg. for 10 minutes.   Mix 1 package Hidden Valley Mix (orig.), 2 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese & 1 cup of Hellmans mayo.  Spread over cooled crust.  Chop up 2/3 cup each green onions, green pepper, cauliflower, broccoli, tomatos, black olives.  Press veggies down all over cheese mixture.  Cover with 1 cup of cheddar cheese.  Cover with saran wrap and refrigerate over night.  Sliced black olives may also be added on the top.   Desserts

Toffee Bars  Line a jelly roll pan with Graham crackers (divided).  Put foil down first) Bring to a boil 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 margarine, 1/2 cup butter. Boil for about 3 minutes.  Pour over graham crackers.  Sprinkle nuts on top.  Bake 350 deg. oven for 7-9 minutes. 1 melt chocolate and drizzle all over.  (Recipe says to put chocolate chips on top, put back in oven, then spread all over.