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Today's Crock-Pot Thursday video gives you an inside look at our media department and processes we use when creating our videos. You'll get a quick first-hand look at our equipment, scenes, and setting up the shots! Check out the video below for a unique look behind the scenes!
Chicken Parm Lasagna
INGREDIENTS
- 3 chicken breasts
- 2 cups Italian bread crumbs
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup flour
- 24 ounces marinara sauce
- 15 ounces ricotta
- 8 lasagna noodles
- 2 cups mozzarella
- 2 cups parmesan
- Vegetable oil
- Basil
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C.
- Cut chicken breasts in half widthwise (pound thin if necessary) and season with salt and pepper.
- Coat the chicken in flour, egg, and finally in bread crumbs.
- Heat oil in a cast iron skillet and fry the chicken on both sides until brown (about 4 minutes each side). Set aside.
- In a bowl, whisk one egg into the ricotta, then set aside.
- In a casserole dish, spread some of the jar of marinara on the bottom, top with lasagna noodle overlapping with each noodle.
- Spread half of the ricotta mixture on top of the noodles and layer with chicken.
- Top the chicken with ½ cup of mozzarella and a ½ cup of parmesan.
- Continue layering in the same order and top with remaining cheeses.
- Cover with foil and bake for 45-60 minutes uncovering the lasagna for the last 10 minutes of baking.
- Sprinkle with fresh basil and enjoy!
Cannoli Poke Cake
INGREDIENTS
- 1 box white cake mix, plus ingredients on box
- 1 14 oz cans sweetened condensed milk
- 1 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
- 1 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon, optional
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
- powdered sugar, for dusting
DIRECTIONS
- Bake cake according to directions on box for a 9x13 pan.
- Remove cake from the oven and poke holes all over the top of the cake. (I used a straw)
- Reserve half a cup of sweetened condensed milk and pour the rest of the sweetened condensed milk over the cake.
- Put cake in refrigerator for about an hour to absorb milk.
- Combine ricotta cheese, mascarpone cheese and vanilla extract in a mixer bowl. Mix until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar and cinnamon, if using and mix until combined.
- Add reserved sweetened condensed milk and mix until combined.
- Once cake has absorbed milk, spread cannoli topping evenly over cake.
- Top with mini chocolate chips and a sprinkling of powdered sugar.
- Cover cake and allow to set in refrigerator for 2-3 hours. Cake should keep for 4-5 days.
NOTE: Do consider straining the ricotta before using, especially if it's a particularly watery brand. Also, when mixing together the ricotta and mascarpone cheese, DO NOT over mix it. If mascarpone cheese is over mixed, it becomes very thin.