Glühwein

An old friend of mine introduced me to this drink a few years ago.  It's a German spiced wine served warm. This is a great treat on a cold night.  

Ingredients:

1 bottle of your favorite red wine (if you normally like sweet wine then you can add less honey in the next step)

1/2 cup honey

Juice of one orange plus rind

2 cinnamon sticks

12 cloves

3/4 cup water

Directions:

Boil the water, honey and cinnamon sticks in a large sauce pan

Reduce to a simmer and add orange juice, rind and cloves. I cut off a slice of orange to put in as well. 

Let simmer until reduced by half

Add bottle of wine and heat until steaming but not a simmer yet. 

Remove spices and orange rind and serve warm in mugs. 

Meyer Lemon Chicken

Ingredients: 

1 pound chicken cutlets

2 Meyer lemons

1 shallot diced 

1/4 cup white wine

1 clove garlic minced

1 teaspoon olive oil 

1 teaspoon thyme

Salt and pepper

Directions:

-preheat oven to 400 degrees

- coat a baking dish with nonstick cooking spray

- sauté the the shallots and garlic in olive oil for about 4 minutes 

- add the wine and the juice of one lemon to the pan, heat to boil and then reduce to simmer. Let simmer for 2 minutes and then remove from heat. 

- sprinkle salt, pepper and thyme on the chicken and place in pan. 

- pour the lemon and wine sauce over the chicken

- slice the second lemon and place the slices on the chicken

- bake at 400 for about 15 minutes. Cut into the thickest part of the chicken, it is done when it's no longer pink. 

Pistachio Crusted Chicken with Gluten Free Waffles

Ingredients:

1 pound chicken breast cutlets

1 cup shelled pistachios

1/3 cup yellow mustard

Gluten free waffles (I like Vans)

For the sauce:

1/4 cup brown mustard

1/4 cup strawberry preserves

1/4 cup honey

Directions:

-preheat oven to 400 degrees

Put the pistachios in a food processor on high until they are broken up in tiny pieces.  

- I usually take out two plates and put the mustard in one and pistachios in another. Then I coat the chicken in mustard, put it straight into the plate with the pistachios to completely coat and then straight into a greased baking sheet. 

- bake at 400 for about 15 minutes or until the inside of the thickest part of meat is no longer pink

While the chicken is cooking combine all the ingredients for the sauce in a bowl. 

Heat waffles according to the package directions. 

Place one half of a chicken cutlet on top of two waffles and drizzle with the mustard sauce. Enjoy! 

Gluten Free Doughnut Holes

Ingredients:

-One package of Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free biscuit mix

-Vegetable oil

-Powdered sugar

Directions:

-Make the biscuits according to the package directions.  

-Once the dough is made, make small balls with a large spoonful of the dough.

-Heat the vegetable oil on medium high heat on the stove. Fill the pot until there is about an inch of vegetable oil in the bottom. 

Tip: an easy way to tell if your oil is hot enough for frying is to place the handle of a wooden spoon into the oil. If the oil bubbles up around the edges then it is the right temperature and ready for frying. 

-Drop the dough into the oil and let fry on all sides until golden brown. About 6 to 7 minutes. 

-Remove the doughnut holes with a slotted spoon and place on paper towels for about 10 minutes to absorb the excess oil. 

-Roll the doughnuts in powdered sugar and serve!