It's Saint Patrick's Day and as far as I know, I don't have a drop Irish blood running through my veins. In fact, I might be the complete opposite of Irish. In honor of that little nugget of knowledge nobody asked me about, I made something for dinner that is not Irish, but pretends to be. And it's not a fondue. Since when do I play by the rules? Dessert, however, was the Holy Grail of fondues. Excited, yes?
I'd never had Corned Beef and Cabbage, but my other half had, and he said that it was delicious. What better time to try it than when every. single. grocery. store. has the ingredients for sale begging shoppers to take them home. Right? Right.
I followed Betty Crocker's recipe. I found it online somewhere. I chose Betty because she makes a mean carrot cake (among other things) and she can do no wrong by me. This is what Betty told me to do...
Corned Beef & Cabbage (6 quart pot)
~4 red potatoes, unpeeled, cut into 1 inch pieces
~4 carrots, cut into 1 inch pieces
~1 onion, cut into 6 wedges
~1 corned beef brisket (2-2.5 lbs)with seasoning package
~1 can (12 oz) Guinness
~1/2 head of cabbage, cut into 4 wedges
~1/4 c applesauce
~2 T Gulden's mustard
Spray crock pot.
Add potatoes, carrots, and onion.
Top with corned beef. Sprinkle seasoning on top.
Add beer and enough water to just cover the beef.
Cover and cook on low for 11 hours.
Remove beef and cover to keep warm
Add cabbage to crock pot.
Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes.
Cut corned beef across the grain into small slices.
Using a slotted spoon, remove veggies.
Serve beef with sauce.
Serve veggies with broth.
Delicious. We both agreed that the meat didn't really need the sauce, but we ate it anyway. As always, Betty is awesome.
Some of you may remember the Cadbury Creme Egg thread on Facebook last week. I browsed the ENTIRE internet for a recipe a la Creme Egg and came to the conclusion that one does not exist. I had to make one up. The easiest thing I could think of was to make a fondue. Was I going to just melt them and serve them that way? I hadn't really decided. Then, a few nights ago, I had the BEST IDEA EVER.
Cadbury Creme Egg Fondue AKA Bacon and Eggs Fondue (3.5 quart pot)
~4 Cadbury Creme Eggs
~3 T tablespoons heavy cream
~1 T bacon crumbles (because I love bacon and chocolate together, but I'm a terrible bacon cook, so I took the shortcut)
Unwrap 4 large Cadbury Creme Eggs (Because I don't want e-mails saying the fondue was good, but it tasted like foil)
Place eggs in crock pot.
Cook on low for about 10 minutes until melted.
Stir.
Add 2 T heavy cream.
Stir.
Add bacon.
Stir.
Add 1 T heavy cream.
Stir.
Serve with stuff...we had strawberries, pineapple, and pound cake.
It was fabulous. Bacon really does make everything better. Another successful experiment! If only Cadbury Creme Eggs were available year round...
