Crock Pot Rosemary Cornish Game Hen

INGREDIENT:
1-2 cornish game hens
1 onion chopped
4 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 tbs salt
1/2 tbs ground pepper
1 tbs granulated onion
1 tbs granulated garlic
2 tbs dried rosemary or 2 2 fresh spring rosemary
1/4 cup of water

DIRECTION:

1. Sprinkle bottom of crock pot with half the salt and pepper then drizzle 1 tbs olive oil over the bottom of the pot. Rough chop the onion and spread over the bottom of the pot. Place frozen cornish game hen on top of the onions. Drizzle the remaining olive oil on the birds. Rough chop the garlic and place half on the top of the birds and the rest let fall in the pot. Season the birds with remaining salt, pepper and granulated garlic and onion seasoning. Top the bird with dried or fresh rosemary.

2. Add 1/4 cup of water to the pot. Cook on LOW heat setting for 6 hours or until the legs begin to fall away from the body.

3. To serve, cut the birds down in the middle. Serve with boiled potatoes or steamed vegetables.

Italian Tiramisu

I just got back from Italy and wanted to try some Italian food to cook at home.I really like Italian dessert Tiramisu, but it contains coffee and alcohol, produce that I don't intake. So I need to come up with healthy version of Tiramisu, which I did.

I had to go to the international store to get Lady Fingers cookies and to the baking specialty store to get non-alcoholic version of Rum. Lady Finger cookies are like classic cookies for Tiramisu, but I think that any sugar cookies will do just fine.

Ingredients: 

4-5 egg yolks
1 cup of whipping cream
1/2 cup of sugar or sugar substitute
1 cup of strong coffee (I used PERO drink, which is made of roasted barley, no caffeine)
8 oz. of Mascarpone cream (it can be substituted with soft cream cheese beaten with 4 tb spoons of sour cream)
10-12 Lady Fingers cookies or other sugar cookies
3 tb spoons of cocoa powder 
1 tea spoon of flavored Rum or Marsala

Beat the whipping cream with 2 spoons of sugar until high peaks. In a separate bowl beat together egg yolks, flavored Rum or Marsala, 1 spoon of coffee drink and the rest of the sugar  until sugar is dissolved. Add Mascarpone cream and beat another 3 minutes. Slowly infold the whipped cream, but don't beat for long, just enough time to have it smooth and fluffy.

 

Now is the hard part: dip each Lady Finger cookies in cold coffee drink for 3-4 second and layer them up on the bottom of the serving dish. If you dip them longer, they will get to soggy and you will ruin the unique taste of Tiramisu. Use only half of the cookies, you will need them for two layers.





 
 Use the half of the whipped cream mixture to
cover the soaked cookies.
Repeat the procedure until all the cookies
and the cream are gone.


Use a small sifter to spread the cocoa powder on the top of the finished dessert. Let it chill at least for three hours. Serves 6 people.

 Enjoy!