CCOOOL AIR,CLEAR SKIES - chicken scallopini stuffed

A very cool air mass has settled over hollywood beach. The sun is bright but the temps still hover in the high 60's. The water is warmer at about 78

Chicken Breasts stuffed with Spinach & Prosciutto

Chicken breasts – 3 – sliced thin and pounded

Prosciutto – ¼ lb – sliced thin

Spinach, chopped, 10 oz frozen – thawed

Parmesan cheese, fresh grated

Chili Stuff Chili Mix – 2 tsp

Olive oil

Kosher salt – 1 tsp

Black Pepper, fresh ground – 1 tsp

Lemon juice – one lemon

　

Slice breasts to get 8 pieces. Put plastic wrap over them and pound tender and thin

Lay prosciutto over each breast piece

Put the spinach into a colander and press out the excess water. Place in a bowl and mix around as you drizzle with olive oil. Stir in the salt & pepper and Chili Mix

Spoon the spinach on top of the prosciutto.

Roll each breast into a tight wrap and secure with tooth picks

Use a large pan at medium heat. Add in the lemon juice and olive oil

Place all the rolled breasts into the pan and cook covered for about 10 minutes.

Sprinkle the cooked breasts with a good covering on parmesan cheese and serve

COLD NORTH EAST WIND -SUN - Cuban sandwich

The cold wind from the north will keep the air in the very low 70's

today and the ocean is cool and calm. The sky is clear

CUBAN SANDWICH

Roast pork – thin sliced. 3 oz.

Ham – thin sliced, 3 oz

Swiss cheese, thin sliced, ¼ pound

Deli mustard

Butter

Kosher Dill Pickles, thin sliced (sandwich style)

Cuban bread – 1 small loaf. (Italian or French can be substituted)

Method without a sandwich press

Slice the bread lengthwise. It should be about 10 inches in length.

Spread both halves with butter and mustard.

On one piece make layers with the pork, ham, and cheese, and a layer of pickles

Cover with the other half piece of bread.. Wrap the sandwich in foil or parchment paper.

Without a sandwich press, use an oven heated to 400 degrees. Place the sandwich into a large warmed cast iron skillet. Nest another large cast iron skillet on top and place the whole thing into the pre heated oven. Bake for about 15 minutes. The bread should be crispy and the cheese melted.

As soon as you remove the sandwich slice it on the diagonal and serve while hot;

or wrap the sandwich in foil and take to the beach.

Light east wind , sunshine - Stuffed Pork chops

Light east wnd still blows on shore but the sky is clear and the ocean is calm. the tide is fine for swimming along hollywood beach. the beach will get crowded in the afternoon.

STUFFED PORK CHOPS

4 center cut bones removed chops
1 Tbl OLIVE OIL
3 CUPS OF DRY CUBED BREAD
1 can condensed Mushroom soup
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped onion
minced garlic, 2 cloves
1 egg - whisked
1/4 tsp poultry seasoning
1/4 tsp black pepper

Preheat oven to 350
Brown chop[s and stuff with mixed ingredients. cook for about 50 minutes uncovered in a pan about 2" Deep. sserve with asparagus , steamed,

COOL EAST WIND OVERCAST Tiger shrimp sautee

Not a great beach. The tide is fine for swimming and any showers will be light, but the east wind is cool and the sky is overcast.

TIGER SHRIMP - RED POTATOES - SPINACH

Tiger shrimp - ½ lb. 30 /40 count

Small red potatoes - 8 , cut in half

Spinach, frozen - 10 oz - chopped

Italian Marinara Sauce - 1 cup

Italian bread crumbs

Kosher salt

Black pepper, fresh ground

Butter

Olive oil

Lemon -1 - juice

Boil the potatoes until they fall from fork. Steam the spinach.

Remove shells and veins from shrimp. .Paint on a coating of olive oil and sprinkle with a layer of bread crumbs. Sautee quickly until they turn pink and flip them and repeat.

Serve with a topping of warm marinara sauce over everything. Dab the potato halfs with butter, thrn pinch on salt & pepper to taste

EAST WIND & SHOWERS - Panini w/ mushrooms & gruyere

winds from the NE bring showers to hollywood beahc the ocean is cooler now and the tide is fine for swimming. The air wont reach 80 today but the humidity is up so it will feel warm.

PANINI W/ MUSHROOMS & GRUYERE

Fresh Spinach , leaves , stemmed - 5 or so oz.

Mushrooms fresh, 8 oz.

Bell pepper ¼ cup, sliced

Onion , chopped

Gruyere, shredded - 1 cup

Mustard, Dijon - 4 tsp.

Wheat bread slices

Butter 3 TBL

Black pepper -pinches

　

Heat butter in a large pan at medium, add mushrooms for about 5 minutes.

Spread mustard on bread. Layer each piece with 6 spinach leaves. Pinches of pepper, 1 TBL mushroom and onion and a covering of gruyere. Place in between

Parchment paper. And bake in a press for a couple of minutes until bread is golden and the cheese is melted. Brush with the melted butter and cook for another couple of minutes until bread is crisp.

EASTERN ON SHORE BREEZE -3 bean salad

The breeze from the east brings a few scattered showers and clouds today but it is warmer now and the ocean tide is low

3 bean salad

Kidney beans , cooked 1 ½ cups

Garbanzo beans, cooked 1 ½ cups

Green Beans, fresh 2 cups, cooked and cut into 1 ½ to 2 “ pcs.

Green onions - ½ cup chopped and sliced

Flat parsley - chopped ½ cup

DRESSING

OLIVE OIL - ½ cup

WINE VINEGAR 1 TBL

GARLIC - 1 clove, minced

RED PEPPER SPRINKLE TO TASTE

SEA SALT, PINCH TO TASTE

BLACK PEPPER, PINCH TO TASTE

　

Toss together the salad ingredients. Whisk together the dress parts.

Drizzle over bean mix

NE BREEZE RAINY 0VERCAST - Roast Beef Panini

The day will remain cloudy rainy and bleak at hollywood beach. The tide is high early about 7 and dropping until afternoon. the ocean is cool and calm. a good day to stay indoors, any wind will blow from the NE.

ROAST BEEF PANINI W/ ARUGULA

Rare roast beef, sliced thin - ¾ lb.

Onion , sliced crosswise and thin - 2 cups

Mayonnaise - 3 TBL

Horseradish, prepared - 1 TBL

Salt

Pepper, fresh ground - pinch

Arugula - 1 bunch, stemmed

Butter

　

In a large pan at medium cook the onion slices until golden with butter salt & pepper.. Lay the roast beef on a slice of white bread spread with mayo. . Lay the onion and arugula on top. Cover with another piece of white bread with horseradish and mayo and place between sheets of parchment paper .

Cook in a press until bread is golden.

NE cool breeze continues - Crab & Avocado salad

The sun is out today and the tide as well. Light breeze from the north east keeps things at hollywood beach cool. The water is calm.

CRAB AND AVICADO SALAD

Crab meat - 1 cup

Haas avocado 1, slice lengthwise

Celery 1 stalk, minced

Scallion 1 - minced

Salt

Fresh cracked black pepper

Dressing

PLAIN YOGURT ¼ CUP

SOUR CREAM - 2 TBL

PAPRIKA - PINCH

DIJON MUSTARD 2 tsp

Lemon juice - 1 lemon

　

　

Toss together crab, scallion & celery. Whisk the dressing ingredients and combine with the crab mix

Fill the center of the avocado halves and drizzle any dressing which is left.

Light NE breeze - Baked Italian Fish Fillet

The breeze is still coming out of the NE but it is much lighter today and the ocean is calm . The tide will be ebbing most of the morning and will be lowest about noon. clear skies.

Italian fish fillet, baked with red potatoes

Fish fillet - 1lb. , sliced in half

1 pack of fresh frozen peas, thawed

Small red potatos, 6 - cut in half

Marinara sauce - 1 cup

Chicken broth - 8 oz

Sea salt

Black pepper, fresh ground

Olive oil - 2 TBL

Preheat Parsley dry - 1 TBL

Butter - 2 TBL.

Boil potatoes, paint fish fillets with olive oil an sprinkle one side with pepper.

Preheat oven to 380, use a large pan at medium and place the fish on olive oil pepper side down. After a couple of minutes sprinkle on a covering of bread crumbs. Heat the frozen peas in chicken broth. Warm the marinara sauce. Flip the fillets and cover pepper side with bread crumbs and place pan in oven. For about 5 minutes

Serve fillets on plates with equal amounts of potatoes sprinkled with parsley, butter & pepper & salt to taste add the peas and a good scoop of marinara sauce

HIGH GUSTY WINDS FROM EAST -OVERCAST - cioppino

Cool winds from the east are gusting on-shore today and bring the ocean temp down with cloudy skies at hollywood beach. red flags fly from the life guard towers.

Cioppino with Lime Gremolata

Gremolata

Limes, 2 – Zest

Lemon, 1 – Zest

Parsley, 1 bunch – minced

Garlic, 2 cloves - minced

Ciopinno

Clams in shell – 2 doz

Mussels in shell – 1 doz

Cod or Bass, 1 lb. – cut into bite size chunks

Shrimp, 40 count – ¾ lb. – peeled

Bay Scallops - ½ lb

Lemon juice – 1 lemon

Kosher salt - 1 tsp.

Olive oil – 2 TBL

Red pepper flakes – 1 tsp

Tomato paste – 1, 4 oz can

Garlic, 6 cloves – minced

Fish stock - 7 cups.

　

Use a large deep pot. Add the olive oil, onion, garlic and rep pepper flakes.

Cook at a medium heat while stirring constantly for about 5 minute. Don’t let the garlic burn.

Add the tomato past with a cup of fish stock, stir and bring to a boil. Add the clams and mussels. Cover and cook just until the shells open, about 5 minutes.

Add the rest of the stock and all the fish and shell fish. Cover and cook for about 8 minutes. Season with the salt to taste.

Add the lemon juice just before serving and then the zest mixture on top of each bowl

EAST WIND CLOUDY SKY - Pork burgers

a cool day at the beach with winds blowing in steadily from the east. The air won't get out of the 70's and the water temp is about the same.

PORK BURGERS with Chili Mix

Ground Pork – 1 ½ lb.

Onion, minced – 2/3 cup

Garlic, 1 clove – minced

Chili Stuff Chili Mix – 1 TBL

Olive oil – 2 TBL

Red wine vinegar – 1 TBL

Kosher salt

Black pepper, fresh ground

Parsley, dry – 1 TBL

　

Place ground pork into a large mixing bowl.

Use your fingers to not over mix

Add all the ingredients with a pinch each of salt & pepper.

Mix thoroughly too make 4 patties.