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Butterscotch Fondue

25 May

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Fresh fruit

Directions

  1. In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, corn syrup, cream and butter. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Transfer to a fondue pot and keep warm. Serve with fruit.

White Chocolate Martini

17 Dec

  • 1 oz. white chocolate liqueur
  • 1 oz. vanilla vodka
  • 1 Tbsp. of finely shaved dark chocolate
  • 1 Tbsp. of finely shaved white chocolate 
  1. Pour chocolate liqueur and  vanilla vodka into a shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously
  2. Pour into 2 martini glasses and sprinkle dark & white chocolate on top and enjoy!

Cosmopolitan

25 May

  • 1.25 oz Vodka
  • .25 oz Triple Sec
  • 1 oz Cranberry Juice
  • Lemon Twist
  1. In shaker with ice, add vodka, triple sec and cranberry juice
  2. Shake and strain into a martini glass
  3. Garnish with lemon twist

Hollywood Cheesecake

9 Mar

Topping

  • 1 cup Graham cracker crumbs
  • 3 tablespoons Sugar
  • 3 tablespoons butter or margarine – melted

Filling

  • 2 packages Cream cheese – softened – 8 ounces each
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Lemon juice - fresh
  • 1 teaspoon Lemom peel – freshly grated
  • 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 2 Eggs – separated

Topping

  • 1 cup Real sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla

Decoration

  • Fresh strawberries – whole or sliced
  • Fresh raspberries – hulled and served whole
  • Sprigs of fresh mint
  • Optional – Raspberry liqueur
  • Optional – Strawberry syrup

Shrimp Oscar

2 Mar

  • 1 pound cooked shrimp – peeled and cleaned
  • 1 6 ounce can crab meat – drained
  • 1 package frozen or 10 fresh asparagus spears
  • 1 package hollandaise sauce mix
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine

Parboil asparagus for 2 to 3 minutes until tender. Meanwhile, prepare hollandaise sauce mix with milk (we used 2 percent) and butter according to package directions. Drain asparagus on paper towels and cut into 1 inch pieces. Mix together with shirmp, crab and hollandaise sauce.

Place in microwavable casserole dish. Cover and microwave for 5 minutes. Remove and stir. Makes 2 generous or 4 regular -size portions.

Jean Harlow Cocktail

2 Mar

  • 1/2 Rum
  • 1/2 Italian Vermouth
  • Peel of lemom or piece of lemon.

Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.

Hollywood Martini

23 Feb

  • 3 oz Gin
  • 1/2 oz Orange Liqueur
  • 1/2 oz Dry Vemouth
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker half-filled with cracked ice. Shake well, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a blue cheese-stuffed almond, and serve.
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