Show #111 Pita Bread

Pita Bread
Makes 8

3 ½ All-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups water
1 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 teaspoons yeast

Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat. 

In bread machine add water, oil, ½ flour, salt, the rest of the flour, sugar and yeast. Set bread machine to dough cycle. 

When cycle is completed cut dough into eight equal pieces and shape into rounds, cover with clean kitchen towel or tea towel and let dough rest for 15 minutes. 

Roll each ball out to 6 to 8 inches. Keeping dough that you are not currently working on under a kitchen towel or tea towel so they don’t dry out. 

Place 2 rolled out rounds on prepared baking sheet and bake in a 400 degree preheated oven for 4 or 5 minutes. Dough will puff up in the oven, remove to a cooking rack for 5 minutes then place in tea towel to prevent from drying. 

After all the rounds are baked and cooled you can store transfer to a large zip top bag. 

You can slice you pitas and stuff them with filling in the pocket that forms or place fillings on top and fold over. It’s up to you. Enjoy.

Peace,
CK



Pita Bread

Show #110 Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

Makes about 40 cookies

1 ¼ cup flour

½ cup plus 1 teaspoon cocoa powder

1 ¼ cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 stick butter plus 2 ½ Tablespoons butter

Put all ingredients except butter and egg in stand mixer and mix on low for 4 minutes. 

Add the egg and butter and mix until dough come together. 

Remove from mixture to wax paper, cover with more wax paper and flattened it with your hands. 

Then roll it out to ¼ inch in thickness. Take a 1 ½ cookie cutter and punch out circles, remove excess. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 degree. Line a baking dish with parchment or use a silpat. 

Place round on baking sheet and bake for 4 minutes, rotate and bake for another 4 minutes. Remove, let cookies sit on baking sheet for a couple of minutes before placing the cookies on a cooling rack. Let cookies cool.

Filling

1 stick butter

1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

1 1/3 cup powdered sugar

1 Tablespoon mil

1/8 teaspoon salt

In a stand mixer place the butter and mix on medium for 1 minute, then add the powdered sugar and mixed until combined, add the vanilla extract, the milk, then salt. 

Stop the mixer and scrape down the bowl and mix until the stuff is combined, about 30 seconds more. Place cream filling in a pastry bag or a zip top bag with one corner snipped off.

To put the cookies together, just take a couple of cookies and pipe a blob of frosting in the middle and top with another cookie wafer. Enjoy.

Peace,

CK

Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

Show #109 Gyros with Tazatziki Sauce

No, it's not authentic. Yes it is delicious. :)

 Gyros with Tazatziki Sauce
Serves 4

Sauce
8 ounces regular yogurt
1/2 cup diced cucumbers, seeds removed
2 Tablespoons sour cream
2 Tablespoons diced onion
1 clove garlic, minced
2 teaspoons sugar

Filling
1 pound ground beef
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon oregano
1  teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon black pepper

Toppings
minced onion
sliced onion
chopped lettuce

Mix sauce ingredients, cover and keep refrigerated. Mix filling ingredients in a bowl, form in to 3 or 4 patties. In a non stick pan over medium low heat place paddies and lid the pan.

Cook for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let rest for 10 minutes before cutting. slice the meat.

Spread about 1 Tablespoon of sauce over each pita, layer meat evenly over each pita. Everyone then adds the amount of topping they want. Finish with a little more sauce. Enjoy.

Peace,
CK




Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce

Show #108 Sour Cream and Onion Dip

Sour Cream and Onion Dip

Serves 4

1 cup sour cream

2 Tablespoons minced dried onions

2 beef bouillon cubes, crushed

½ teaspoons onion power
 ¼ teaspoon dill

1/8 teaspoon sugar (not shown in video)

1/8 teaspoon celery seed
1/8 teaspoon salt

 

Toss everything in a bowl, stir well. 

Cover the bowl, and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving. Then just dip your favorite potato chips in them and enjoy.

Peace,

CK



Sour Cream and Onion Dip

Show #107 Potato Chips

Hey, guys! The story goes that the first chip recipe dropped in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1853 by a hotel chef named George Crum. 

Some dude was complaining about his potatoes being all sogged out, and Chef Crum sliced up some potatoes super thin, fried them and bathed them in salt. 

The guy loved them and history was supposedly made.

Be warned, you may never go back to the bagged potato chips. I'm saying it, these are the best homemade chips out there, what? Yeah, I said it!

Potato Chips
Serves 2

2 russet potatoes, washed, peeled and sliced to 1/8 inch thickness
Peanut or Vegetable oil for frying
fine sea salt or regular salt

Pour 1/2 inch oil into a large pot. Bring the temperature up to 300 degrees. 

Add about a handful or so of sliced potatoes and lightly fry while stirring and flipping them around until there are minimal bubbling around chips. 

Remove and drain on paper towel, paper bags or cooling rack. Salt fresh out of the oil. Enjoy.

Peace,
CK 
 

 

Potato Chips

Show #106 Pittsburgh Burger

Pittsburgh Burger
Serves 1

3 ounces ground beef 80/20
1 hamburger bun, toasted
1/2 ounce, shredded cheddar cheese
French fries, cooked
2 teaspoons ketchup
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon butter, soft

Salt and pepper ground beef and shape into patty. Cook beef in frying pan to your desired doneness, flipping once. Remove from heat. Place cheese onto of patty and cover pan to melt the cheese. Spread ketchup on bottom bun, add cheeseburger patty, top with fries and top bun. Enjoy.

Peace,
CK





Pittsburgh Burger

Show #105 Chocolate Sauce

Chocolate Sauce 
Serves 6

½ cup sugar 
2 Tablespoons cocoa 
¼ teaspoon salt 
2 Tablespoon butter 
¼ cup water 
½ teaspoon vanilla extract 

In a sauce pot over medium heat add cocoa, salt, sugar and waters. 

Stir until combined, add butter and mix in well. Bring mixture to a boil. 

Once it has started to boil cook for one minute stirring the entire time. 

Remove to a bowl add vanilla and mix well. Serve this over ice cream while warm, or in milk for chocolate milk. Enjoy.

Peace,
CK

Chocolate Sauce