Turkey Burgers

50's Prime Time Café
Disney- MGM Studios Theme Park

Now referred to as Hollywood studios, this restaurant is still in existence, although according to WDWinfo, this burger is no longer on the menu.

The main thing that sets this burger apart from other burgers is the cranberry chutney (or cranberry sauce)...which I realized I didn't have as I was assembling it. A score of 0 to me for reading ahead and being prepared. Of course, Greg and I don't like cranberry sauce, so it was not that big of a deal that it was missing. While I'm sure it would have changed the flavor, overall the burger was good. We give it 3 mickeys. Pretty average.

Beef Barley Soup

 

 

Steerman's Quarters
Disney Village Marketplace

And yet another restaurant that no longer exists. Okay, so you probably thought I no longer existed either. Even worse, you might have thought I gave up on my quest. Rest assured, I did not. I was just a bit occupied....with a 2 year old and a very pregnant body. It held me back a bit. But have no fear, I was still cooking through Disney (a bit slower I do admit).

This is the second beef barley soup recipe, a bit different from the one in the 1986 book.  It was good, but nothing about it was exciting. I actually think the one from the 1986 book is better. It's a basic beef, barley, carrot, celery, onion, and base soup.

3 mickeys.

 

Chocolate Mint Souffle

Contemporary Resort Banquets - Contemporary Resort

I didn't have high hopes for this recipe since it is very similar to the raspberry souffle - which wasn't good.  It was a step up from the other souffle, a very little step up. If you coated it in chocolate syrup it wasn't too bad. I think the souffle recipe itself just needs work, regardless of what flavor you add to it. It's not sweet at all and mostly flavorless. Only 1 mickey.

Sesame Green Beans and Asparagus

Papeete Bay Verandah - Disney's Polynesian Resort

 There is nothing like fresh veggies, especially when you use fresh green beans and asparagus. What an easy recipe, yet great tasting. You basically cook the veggies in a skillet in chicken stock, soy sauce, sesame oil, and dry sherry. Next you coat them in sesame seeds and serve.  4 mickeys!

Grilled Pork Chops

Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park

Yes, I put that down right, this recipe was served at MGM, not Hollywood Studios. The cookbook is from  2000. :-)

Another great recipe worth making again. What really made it was the hot pepper relish and the hollandaise sauce. The sauce turned out perfect. I couldn't find a jar/can of hot pepper relish, so I made my own. I will give you the recipe, since it was awesome. I didn't grill the chops as the recipe calls for, since it was 25 degrees outside and snowy. I seared them and then baked them.
5 mickeys, so here is the recipe for you!

12 center-cut pork chops, 1/2 inch thick (2 per person)
2 cups hot pepper relish
2 cups hollandaise sauce
Salt, pepper

Season pork chops on both sides with salt and pepper. Charcoal-broil or barbecue until fully cooked. Top each chop with 2 T. hot pepper relish and 2 T. hollandaise sauce and serve immediately.

Hollandaise Sauce
1 3/4 c. butter, clarified, (from 2 lbs of whole butter)
6 egg yolks
2 t water
1T lemon juice, fresh
1/4 t Worchestershire sauce
Salt
Cayenne pepper

Melt butter in a double boiler or microwave. Do not allow butter to boil and do not stire while melting. Once melted, let butter stand 30 minutes while milk solids sttle to bottom and foam rise to top. To clarify butter, skim top and discard foam. Carefully remove yelow oil, leaving white milk solids on bottom of pan. Reserve only yellow oil part o butter. Keep warm but not hot.

Place egg yolks in a stainless steel bowl with water and lemon juice (I used a double boiler). Place bowl over a pan of hot, not boiling, water and whisk egg yolks until pale yellow and foamy. Remove eggs from heat any time they appear too hot, or they may scramble. Slowly add clarified butter to eggs, in a steady stream, whipping after each addition. Return eggs to hot water while whipping to help incorporate and thicken sauce. Add butter slowly,  or sauce could separate. Add more warm water to sauce if it becomes too thick. The final result should be like runny mayonnaise. When all butter has been incorporated, add Worcestershire sauce and season with salt and cayenne pepper. serve immediately. 

Hot pepper sauce

9 c. bell peppers
4 c. jalapeno peppers
6 c. onions
3 tbsp. canning salt
7 c. vinegar
7 c. sugar

 

I can't find the exact recipe, but this one is close. I think their might have been pickling spice in there too. 

I cut this recipe down - a lot.

 

 
Discard bell pepper seeds, chop peppers. (Leave hot pepper seeds in.) Chop onions. Put peppers and onions through a food processor. Add salt, vinager, and sugar and boil for at least 30 minutes, until most liquid is absorbed.Cool.

 

 

Keiki Lipa (Lamb Kabobs)

Papeete Bay Verandah - Polynesian Village Resort


What a great recipe! It didn't get 5 mickeys, but we still enjoyed it quite a bit. I made curry couscous as a side, which went with it well. The lamb has to marinate overnight, so be prepared to have 2 days for this recipe. The marinade is very good. This is the one and only lamb recipe in this cookbook.
4 mickeys!

Chicken and Meatball Stew

Le Cellier Restaurant - Canada Showcase, EPCOT

 I know I know, it's been forever since I posted. I promise I haven't given up...my current pregnancy came with it some not-so-pleasant all day nausea, which meant cooking food was difficult. If that didn't stop me, the exhaustion usually did. Now into my 2nd trimester, I'm perking up and getting back on track. Some of these recipes I did awhile ago but haven't had a chance to post about them until now. Enjoy!

The meatballs in this stew are made with a mixture of ground pork and ground veal. I could barely handle the smell of the veal, but my husband said that they were good. Again, pregnancy nose! The rest of the stew was good - a basic chicken and veggie stew.
4 mickeys!