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Next Week: Shaq's Burgers With Homemade Jalapeño Pimiento Cheese
Ingredients:
Jalapeño Pimiento Cheese
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
½ cup canned pickled jalapeños, drained and chopped
¼ cup plain cream cheese, at room temperature
¼ cup mayonnaise
1 tsp hot sauce (such as Tabasco or Crystal)
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
½ tsp kosher salt
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
Burgers
2 lb 80/20 ground beef
1 Tbsp kosher salt
2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
6 sesame-seed burger buns, split
2 vine-ripened tomatoes, sliced (optional)
6 lettuce leaves (optional)
Recipe
Jalapeño Pimiento Cheese
- In a medium bowl, thoroughly mix all ingredients. Cover; refrigerate until ready to use.
Burgers
- Set a large cast-iron skillet over high heat, or preheat an electric griddle to 450°F.
- Divide beef into 6 equal balls; season with salt and pepper. Working in batches, if needed, to avoid overcrowding pan, place beef balls in pan. Firmly press down with a spatula until patties are about ½ inch thick. Cook 4 minutes undisturbed, then flip and top each burger with about ¼ cup Jalapeño Pimiento Cheese. Cover; cook 2–3 minutes or until cheese has melted. (Cooked patties can be refrigerated, untopped, in a sealed container up to 3 days; reheat in a 300°F oven 14 minutes or until hot, adding Jalapeño Pimiento Cheese during the last few minutes.)
- Serve burgers on buns with tomatoes and lettuce, if desired.
Benny Blanco's Baklava
3 cups toasted walnut halves
1 cup pistachios, shelled and roasted, plus 1/4 cup finely ground
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 3/4 cups sugar
pinch of salt
1 lemon, zested
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup honey
3 sticks unsalted butter, melted and cooled
28 sheets phyllo dough
Order IngredientsSelena + Chef's Cinnamon Sugar Dusted Bunuelos
Ingredients:
6 - 8 inch flour tortillas
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
vegetable or avocado oil
assorted fresh berries (strawberries, blackberries, raspberries)
vanilla ice cream
cajeta (goat's milk caramel sauce)
cookie cutters (optional)
Order IngredientsVinny Guadagnino's Keto Guido
Get CookbookAlmond Flour Pizza with Ricotta Cheese
Guadagnino's personal favorite is the almond flour pizza with ricotta cheese.
"The pizza is ridiculous," he says. "I challenge you to eat it and then come back to me and tell me it’s not one of the tastiest things you’ve had in your life."
Pizza Crust ingredients:
1 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
3 tablespoons plain cream cheese
1 cup almond flour
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
Pinch sea salt
1 egg lightly beaten
Olive oil cooking spray
Other Ingredients (to taste):
Prosciutto
Ricotta cheese
Truffle oil
Order IngredientsSteps
To make the crust
- Preheat the oven: Set the temperature oven to broil
- Melt the cheese. Stir together the mozzarella and cream cheese in a large microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir the cheeses and heat them again for 30 seconds to 1 minute until they're completely melted.
- Add the dry ingredients. Stir in the almond flour, basil, oregano, and salt until everything is well mixed and set it aside to cool to room temperature, about 10 minutes.
- Finish the dough. When the mixture has cooled enough that it won't cook the egg, mix in the egg until it's well blended, then gather the dough into a ball.
- Roll the dough. Lay a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet and spray it lightly with olive oil. Place the dough on the sheet in the center and press it down with your fingers to form a disc until it is about 1/2 inch thick.
- Broil the dough until it is golden and firm; about four minutes.
To make the pizza
- Preheat the oven to 425
- Top the pizza with prosciutto. Use a small ice cream scoop to evenly distribute about 6 scoops of ricotta cheese on top of the crust. The cheese will spread when melted. Drizzle with truffle oil.
- Bake the pizza until ricotta is melted, about 5 to 7 minutes.