Thought for Food

Copy-Cat Clone Recipes

Ian McKenzie — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:53:43 +0000

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Starbucks Copycat Recipes

tubaism — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:34:15 +0000

The Gourmet Sleuth has done a little detecting and dug up clues to solving the mysteries of Starbucks recipes. (I’m sure there’s a couple of jokes embedded in that phrase.) Among the links are recipes for these standard beverages plus some that I’ve not seen in Starbucks around here.

There are also some pastry recipes. Again, Starbucks in this area have pastry supplied by a local bakery, so I’m not sure what constitutes a “Starbucks” pastry.

GourmetSleuth.com - Starbucks Copycat Recipes.

Orange Julius Copycat Recipe

tubaism — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 04:08:39 +0000

1/2 cup frozen orange juice concentrate
1 cup milk
1 cup water
3 tablespoons icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 ice cubes

Combine all ingredients, except ice cubes, in blender. Blend 1−2 minutes, adding ice cubes one at a time, until smooth.

Pasta Milano — Romano’s Macaroni Grill

tubaism — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 22:14:03 +0000

This is a “copycat” recipe for Pasta Milano that I’ve perfected over several attempts. We now honestly enjoy it more… [TheRedKitchen]

Alfredo sauce ingredients:

1/4 cup butter
1 cup heavy cream
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 1/2 cups grated fresh Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Melt butter in medium sauce pan over medium-low heat.
Add cream and simmer for five minutes.
Then add garlic and cheese and whisk quickly, heating through.
Stir in parsley and add to recipe below.

Pasta Milano ingredients:

1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. roasted garlic
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 Tbsp. sun dried tomatoes
1 tsp. fresh parsley
2 oz. chicken stock
3-5 oz. cooked pulled chicken (or grilled chicken breast)
1 cup Alfredo sauce
4 oz. cooked bow tie pasta (about 2 cups cooked)
1 Tbsp. grated fresh Parmesan cheese

Heat a 10” saute pan. Add olive oil, mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes, parsley, stock, chicken, and garlic.
Add Alfredo sauce, bow tie pasta and toss.
Put in large pasta bowl, and (optional) garnish with parsley, Parmesan cheese, fresh tomato and fresh basil.