Sauteed Stracchino With Pine Nuts And Amaretto

I have always been fascinated with the lives of the twelve apostles. Who isn’t? The personality types of these men are familiar to us. They are just like us, and they are like other people we know. They are approachable. They are real and living characters we can identify with. Their faults and foibles, as well as their triumphs and endearing features, are chronicled in some of the most fascinating accounts of the Bible. These are men we want to know. That’s because they were perfectly ordinary men in every way. Not one of them was renowned for scholarship or great erudition. They had no track record as orators or theologians. In fact, they were outsiders as far as the religious establishment of Jesus’ day was concerned. They were not outstanding because of any natural talents or intellectual abilities. On the contrary, they were all too prone to mistakes, misstatements, wrong attitudes, lapses of faith, and bitter failure – no one more so than the leader of the group, Peter. Even Jesus remarked that they were slow learners and somewhat spiritually dense (Luke 24:25).

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Grains	Lombard		4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

12	oz	Stracchino cheese, well
		chilled
		See * Note
1/2	c	Pine nuts
2	T	Unsalted butter, plus
2	t	Unsalted butter
1/2	t	Ground cinnamon
3/4	c	Amaretto liqueur

INSTRUCTIONS

Note: Stracchino is a soft, mild, cow's milk cheese that comes from
the Lombardy region of Italy. Cut the cheese into slices about 4
inches square and about 1/2-inch thick. Spread pine nuts out on a
plate. Press into the pine nuts so that they adhere on one side, and
set aside. Heat a 10-inch nonstick pan over medium heat, and add 2
tablespoons butter. When the butter is sizzling, place the cheese
pieces in the pan nut-side down, and cook until golden brown on the
nut side, about 3 minutes. Remove each piece, and place on a separate
plate, nut-side up. Add the cinnamon, amaretto, and remaining 2
teaspoons butter to the pan, and reduce by half over high heat, about
2 minutes. Pour the sauce over the cheese, and serve immediately.
Serves 4.  Cuisine: "Italian" Source: "Martha Stewart Living -
(www.marthastewart.com)" S(Formatted for MC5): "by Lynn Thomas -
Lynn_Thomas@prodigy.net"  Per serving: 165 Calories (kcal); 16g Total
Fat; (84% calories from  fat); 4g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; 21mg
Cholesterol; 2mg Sodium Food  Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean
Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 3  Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates  Recipe by:
Recipe from Mario Batali  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 219 Calories From Fat: 180 Total Fat: 21g Cholesterol: 20.4mg Sodium: 43.4mg Potassium: 110.9mg Carbohydrates: 7.3g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 3.4g Protein: 2.7g