Party With McHenry Row

You’re probably going to spend a lot of time indoors in the next couple of months now that the winter weather is starting to kick in. You’ll need to keep yourself busy and entertained as well as fed! Invite a few friends over and host a cooking demonstration in McHenry Row’s stocked demonstration kitchen. Try out these recipes and really wow your friends and family with how talented you are.

Creamy Four Cheese Garlic Spaghetti Sauce

Pasta is one of the easiest dishes to make but this sauce will be so delicious that your friends will think you worked at it for hours. Here’s what you’ll need to make it happen:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 1 tablespoon butter 
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 8 oz spaghetti
• 1 cup cooked pasta water
• 1 chicken bullion cube
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 and 1/2 cups of Four-Cheese Italian White Cheese Blend (Mozzarella, White Cheddar, Provolone, Asiago)
• parsley or chives or green onions, finely chopped

1. Take your olive oil and butter and heat it up on medium heat in a large skillet. Add in the minced garlic and cook it for about a minute, but make sure it doesn’t burn!
2. Get your pasta good and ready and make sure when you drain it to save some of the water. Dissolve 1 cube of chicken broth bouillon in 1 cup of the pasta water.
3. Take the pasta water/chicken broth bouillon and add in the heavy cream and pasta and then toss it in the skillet with the cooked garlic. Bring the whole mixture to a boil and make sure to continually stir it. Once you get it boiling, stir in the cheese until it melts and coats the pasta. Turn the stove down low and continue to stir to thicken the sauce for another minute or so.
4. If you want to get fancy, serve the pasta with chopped chives, green onions or parsley to really finish off the presentation.

Your guests will be head over heels for your delicious pasta concoction and will be especially impressed with the gorgeous state of the art demonstration kitchen.

Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies

You can’t just ignore dessert! Dessert is the most important part of any meal and these red velvet cheesecake brownies are sure to become a staple on your dessert menus. Here’s what you’ll need to make it happen:

For the red velvet brownies:

• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted, plus more for greasing pan
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 Tablespoon red food coloring
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

For the cheesecake filling:

• 1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 Tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg yolk

1. To start, preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line an 8x8 baking pan and slather it up with butter. We don’t want those brownies sticking!
3. In a big bowl, stir together the butter, sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, food coloring and salt. Then, stir all of that in with the white vinegar.
4. Using a mixer, blend together the cream cheese, egg yolk sugar and vanilla until it’s really well blended. Spread the cream cheese mixture in an even layer over the brownie batter then top the cream cheese with dollops of the remaining brownie batter. Using a sharp knife or toothpick, swirl the cream cheese together with the dollops of brownie batter.
5. Bake the brownies for 30 minutes and then pull them out using the parchment paper to slice them and serve them.

Your pals will never forget these delicious cheesecake brownies and will ask you to make them for every function!

These recipes, while they might seem daunting, will be so much easier if you complete them in our state of the art demonstration kitchen. With the huge stovetop, oven and refrigerator, you’ll have all the supplies you need to craft the perfect meal and dessert for your friends. What’s your favorite recipe to share with friends? Let us know on Facebook and Twitter!