Sheree's New England Pot Roast

New England Pot Roast  

This the perfect one-dish family dinner.  Kids love it because the meat is very tender, adults love the complexity of the flavors, and most importantly, the cook loves it because you just throw everything in the crock pot and leave it alone for ten hours.  

When you prep the vegetables, cut the onions very thick, so the roast can rest on top of them.  This keeps the meat from sitting directly on the bottom of the pot, so the heat and flavors circulate evenly.    And I have to confess:  I don’t particularly like turnip.  I find it very bitter, but my family is from Nova Scotia where turnip is very common.  So, I like the flavor it infuses into the pot roast, even if I don’t eat the actual turnip.

Use any combination of the following root vegetables, cut to large cubes:
Carrots
Parsnips
Squash
Turnip
White Onion
Celery
Celery root
Potatoes

4 to 5 pound chuck roast
Salt and pepper to taste
Canned tomatoes
1 cup beef stock
½ cup red wine, medium to dry

Herbs:
fresh rosemary
fresh thyme
bay leaf
fresh parsley
4 garlic cloves, whole

Instructions

1. Peel and cut vegetables.  Place onions in first.
2. Place beef into crock pot or slow cooker and season with salt and pepper.
3. Place all vegetables into pot around beef until. If they rise above rim do not worry as the lid will settle as the pot roast cooks.
4. Add beef broth and wine, top with fresh herbs and place cover on top.
5. Set crock pot or slow cooker on medium heat for hours.

Remove cover, place vegetables into bowl, and remove and cut beef. Place on a platter or make individual servings, being sure to use some of the liquid broth for added flavor.

Serve with crusty bread for dipping. Enjoy!

Raspberry and Apple Crisp

Raspberry and Apple Crisp
Serve with Vanilla Ice Cream or Freshly Whipped Cream

preheat oven to 350 degrees
9"X9" greased pan

Ingredients:
1 c. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. flour
5 Lg. Apples
1 c. Raspberries (can use frozen)
1/2 c. old fashioned oats
1/2 c. flour
1 1/2 teasp. cinnamon
1/4 teasp. salt
6Tbsp melted butter

In a large bowl, mix brown sugar and 1 tablespoon flour. Add sliced apples and raspberries; toss to coat. Spoon into baking dish. In a medium bowl, mix together oats, 1/2 cup flour, cinnamon and salt. Stir in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over apple mixture 

Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes, or until topping is lightly browned. Serve warm with Vanilla Ice Cream or Freshly Whipped Cream

I Love My Mother-In-Law Banana Bread! - The key to a happy marriage and loving "The Family"

I Love My Mother-In-Law Banana Bread!

Makes Two Loaves of this Delicious Bread!

The key to a happy marriage and loving "The Family" can be in the "baking". 

RECIPE:
3 cups of all purpose flour
2 cups Sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter (2 sticks) softened
1 - 8oz package of cream cheese softened
2 eggs room temp
4 ripe bananas mashed
1 tsp of vanilla
1 cup of chopped walnuts or pecans

I like to have all my ingredients ready to go
before I assemble things!

Flour and Chopped Nuts

Cream Cheese at Room Temperature

Butter at Room Temperature

The Most Important Ingredient!
Overripe Bananas!

I love my Kitchen Aid Mixer!

Cream together the butter and cream cheese, add sugar and mix at med speed until
fluffy, add one egg at a time until blended, add dry ingredients, flour slowly, baking
powder, baking soda and salt, add vanilla, bananas and nuts.
bake at 350 for one hour.

The Batter in the Pans!

Looks Perfect!!

Love it when the top cracks
and opens as it bakes!

Enjoy a piece with your mother or mother-in-law with coffee!

This is my time tested and proven recipe for getting along with your Mother-In-Law or other relative. Bake them a special bread, just for them and spend time with them enjoying it. Pure Heaven!

Happy Baking!
Sheree

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New Years Day No Resolution Soup

Lentil Soup

Happy New Year, I wish you health, happiness and good fortune. Be kind, daring, creative, funny positive, loving loyal honest, genuine, fearless, generous, original, brave, optimistic, grateful and happy! 
If I think of any more Be's I let you know. 

aka New Years Day No Resolution Soup

3 tbsp of Olive Oil
1 cup of diced carrot
1 cup of diced onion
1 cup of diced celery
2 tbsp of diced garlic
1 cup of Red Lentils
2tsp coriander
1 1/2 Tbsp of Curry
2 tsp of salt
2 tsp of fresh ground pepper
1 quart of Vegetable Stock
1 16oz can of petit diced tomatoes
3 cups of water

sauté carrot, onion, celery in olive oil until tender, add garlic, lentils, spices and Stock, tomatoes, and water, simmer for 2 to 3 hours and serve with crusty bread and grated cheese if desired. 


Happy New Year to ALL!!
Live Love
Sheree

My Christmas Wish For All

My Christmas Wish for all:

At Christmas time every year we all watch the hub bub businessness  at the stores and malls. I personally get overwhelmed at all the buying, wrapping and running around looking for gifts to give.

Today, I want to stop and quiet my mind and soul and think of the real meaning of life which my Mom taught me as a child. How to be grateful.
I am grateful, Bea Grant, that you taught me; "it is better to give than receive". Look around and give to  those in need. To reach out and touch someone who is having a tough day. And to sing a little, to bring joy in these dark days.
All our hearts are saddened when we look at the faces of the children and staff in Sandy Hook, CT.
So this year my Christmas wish is for peace on earth. For my children and your children too.
Merry Christmas to our friends and family and to all the staff at Seaport Grille, Cruiseport Gloucester, and Gloucester Marine Terminal.

Sheree DeLorenzo

Sheree DeLorenzo's Lobster Mac and Cheese - We Serve this at Seaport Grille!!

Lobster Mac and Cheese

Everything you love in life is in this dish. It’s pasta, it’s cheese, it’s cream sauce, it’s lobster. It just makes me happy.  The mere act of stirring this together makes me happy.   I use Wisconsin Cheddar, the same cheese I used for the mac and cheese I used to make for my children when they were young.  I keep the sauce simple and let the elegance of the lobster bring this dish into another dimension.  It’s crazy good!




click here to see video of Sheree making Lobster Mac and Cheese

1 pound pasta, elbows recommended

For the cheese sauce:

2 tablespoons butter, unsalted

2 tablespoons flour , all purpose

Salt and pepper, to taste

1 cup heavy cream

1 cup whole milk

1 pound cheddar cheese, grated

1 pound lobster meat (meat from about 3 boiled lobsters), bite sized pieces

For the breadcrumbs:

1 cup breadcrumbs

1 cup Ritz crackers, crushed

¼ cup Parmesan cheese

½ cup parsley, minced

1 tablespoon garlic powder

2 tablespoons oil 

2 tablespoons butter

Instructions

Heat water for pasta

Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees F.

1. Boil pasta until al dente, firm but chewable.

2. Make roué in saucepan by melting butter with flour until it forms a paste and turns a dark, yellow color. Add cream and then milk to form a sauce. Add cheese and stir until melted. Salt and pepper to taste.

3. Combine the pasta in a large bowl with the sauce, mix well, and then add the lobster meat and mix in. 

4. Plate into casserole dish or cast iron frying pan, cover with bread crumbs and bake in the oven at 325 degrees F. for one hour until bubbly.

For the breadcrumbs:

1. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl until moistened.

This is such a great dish and really has the WOW factor! Bring your friends to Seaport Grille and try our version of Lobster Mac and Cheese!

Happy Holidays,
Sheree

Take it up a Notch with Sheree Delorenzos Coffee Eggnog Punch

Sheree's Coffee Eggnog Punch

This is wonderful for a holiday party.  It allows your guests to serve themselves, so as host you don’t have to keep remaking drinks.    I like this eggnog recipe because it takes things up a notch.  It can easily be done as a nonalcoholic beverage for kids and non-drinkers.  If you do follow the recipe and include (my namesake) Sherry as well as brandy, you can use a basic brand.  Since this a punch with a lot of different flavors, you don’t need to use a top shelf liquor to get a delicious result.

  RECIPE

Ingredients

1 half-gallon eggnog
3 cups coffee, cooled
1 quart coffee ice cream
1 cup Cream Sherry
1 cup Brandy
1 quart whipped cream
Ground nutmeg to taste 

Instructions

Add eggnog to a punch bowl.

Add coffee, ice cream, Sherry, Brandy, and whipped cream. Using the ladle, mix ingredients by stirring.

Serve in punch glasses and garnish with a spoonful of the whipped cream and a dash or two of nutmeg.