Curt's Delectable Creations

Fresh  sliced tomatoes, fresh sliced mushrooms homemade dough what more can you ask for?   Fresh San Marzano Sauce too!         Fresh sliced mushrooms Whole milk shredded mozzarella Olive oil Fresh sliced tomatoes Homemade San Marzano Sauce < click here   or store bought F resh Homemade dough or store bought Fresh Italian Basil parsley, oregano, garlic powder, salt, pepper to taste grating cheese Make the sauce above, set aside. Stretch out dough on an oiled pizza pan. Let rest for 45 minutes.   Heat oven to 430 degree hot oven. Spread around 1/2 cup pizza sauce on top of the dough. Place slices of tomatoes randomly. Add the mushrooms.  Sprinkle with parsley, oregano, garlic powder, pepper. Add the fresh basil. Sprinkle grating cheese, generously with mozzarella, drizzle the top with olive oil and bake until browned and bubbly around 35 minutes. +Curt Iffert   Author 

 I love the taste of fresh tomatoes but when I can't get them and need pizza sauce, I have some great canned ones I love. Even though we use fresh plum tomatoes often for making homemade sauce, they are a great taste alternative. Great that you stopped by, kind regards, Curt! 1- 28 ounce can of San Marzano whole peeled tomatoes or use 2 pounds of fresh plum tomatoes put through the food processor 3 fresh leaves of  basil 2 teaspoons oregano 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes 3 tablespoon sugar 2 cloves minced garlic 1/4 cup olive oil salt to taste 1/4 teaspoon black pepper pinch of cayenne pepper Place the tomatoes in a food processor with all the herbs. In a medium size sauce pan add the olive oil and mince garlic and saute for 1 minutes. Add the tomatoes herbs and cook for around 1/2 hour.  This is now ready to be used on your pizza dough to make your favorite Italian pizza!  We loved the taste of this sauce for pizza. A very...

The filling is rich and smooth, the cupcake with a hint of Marsala wine. A famous Italian popular pastry filling used in the Cannoli. That's what's inside this wonderful and easy to make filled cupcake! Tonight we are doing a hangout on Google + on how to make these, if you miss it you can watch the video. If you love cannoli, you will love this easy recipe we are going to show you how to make and assemble, a great dessert that my mom makes @ What's Cookin' Italian Style Cuisine. If you are on google plus the hangout is at 6:00 EST time February 17th under Events, Italian Cannoli Cupcakes. Everyone's invited. If you can't that's ok we will post the video for you to watch I will post below sometime after 8:00 EST tonight.  Hope you can make it!     Authors: +Curts Delectables   +claudia lamascolo  

5 minute trifles are all about easy to make desserts for every individual taste. You can choose from the chocolate lover to the decadent cheesecake or sponge cake lovers. The secret is to start with the crust of your favorite cookie, cake or brownie, build your dessert with fruits, puddings and toppings your love. Interested yet?  Watch our first video below. My son and I will give you plenty of ideas and I am sure you will taylor them to your families cravings. Using cookies,  fruits, nuts coconut, chocolates and more!  We made a Nutella brownie pudding trifle that was my very favorite of all! Layers of chocolate brownies spread with Nutella, chocolate pudding, topped with a   Nutella dipped strawberry and raspberry filled chocolate candy! Coconut vanilla pudding and graham cracker trifle.    A banana cream trifle. Oatmeal cookie with cinnamon sugar, butterscotch pudding and toasted almonds. The last trifle we made  was lemon pudding, bluebe...

2 Porterhouse or T bone Steaks Butter Salt, Pepper Minced Garlic in Olive oil 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce 1/4 Tennessee Whiskey Olive oil pinch of cayenne pepper Add olive oil to a cast iron skillet with grates. Sprinkle each steak cooking one at a time with salt, pepper, dash or cayenne pepper. Grill steaks in a cast iron skillet on a hot heated grill and Sear on both sides for around 5 minutes each side for medium rare. In a small skillet add the garlic, Worcestershire sauce, Whiskey and butter. Heat and boil for 2 minutes. Pour over steaks. Optional: Season with Montreal Steak Seasoning for extra kick ENJOY!

Using a good Tennessee Whiskey this is one that is asked for time and time again! The flavors are perfect for chicken or pork. Always comes out juicy, tender and flavorful! 1/4 cup Tennessee Whiskey your favorite brand 1/4 cup Soy Sauce 2 tablespoons lemon juice or lime juice 2 cloves minced garlic 1/2 cup ketchup 1/2 cup dark brown sugar pinch of cayenne pepper 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika 6 pieces of Chicken of your choice. This works great with pork ribs too! Place all ingredients in a small saucepan, except chicken. Boil for 5 minutes or until thickens. Cool. Place your preferred chicken pieces in a large zip lock bag. Pour half the sauce over the chicken to marinate chicken pieces for at least 3 hours or overnight. Preheat grill or bake in a preheated oven on a grated cast iron pan. Place chicken pieces on an oil sprayed hot grill. Cook on one side around 12 to 15 minutes and flip. Keep cooking until evenly cooked and charred on both...

5 pounds frozen wings thawed blotted dry Cooking methods: Bake at 400 degrees till crisp 20 minutes or deep fry until crisp around 10 to 12 minutes, ( or if you can grill outdoors recommended cook until you have some good grill marks on the outside of the wings.)  Set aside. Sauce: 1 cup honey 1/4 cup orange juice 1/2 cup soy sauce 2 tablespoons ketchup 1 teaspoon garlic powder pinch of red pepper flakes 2 tablespoons butter melted 1/2 teaspoon ginger salt and pepper to taste Place all ingredients in a measuring cup to blend together except wings. Pour this mixture over the cooked wings added to a large baking sheet keeping wings in a single layer. Bake the cooked crisp wings with sauce on top for around 20 minutes until heated through.