Archive for February, 2008

Surimi Soup

Ingredients:

1 litre chicken broth
2 surimi bars
2 cans corn, drained
2 Cambray onions, chopped
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce

Preparing:

Blend surimi with corn and 1 cup of chicken broth.
Cook the mixture with the rest of the chicken broth and onion until it begins to boil.

Dissolve the cornstarch in 4 tbsp cold water
Add to the soup and cook at low heat for 20 minutes until it thickens.
Season with soy sauce and cook for 10 more minutes.

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Mint Capuccino Coffee

Ingredients:

1 oz mint syrup
1 oz caramel syrup
1/3 cup espresso coffee
1/3 cup milk
1/3 cup foam

Preparing:

Pour the mint and caramel syrup into a cup.
Add coffee, milk and foam and serve.

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Bacon Koftas

Ingredients:

225 g lean bacon, rinded and chopped
1 1/2 cup fresh white bread crumbs
1 small onion, chopped
1 egg white
1 tbsp chopped fresh marjoram
Grated rind of 1 lemon
Paprika, to dust

Preparing:

Preheat the grill.

Process the bacon with onion, bread crumbs, marjoram, lemon rind and egg white.
Season to taste with pepper and process briefly.

Divide the bacon mixture into 8 equal portions and form a fat sausage.
Dust with paprika and cook for 10 minutes over hot coals, turning frecuently.

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Marinated Feta Cheese

Ingredients:

8 oz feta cheese into cubes
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp fresh herbs (thyme, basil, rosemary, parsley, dill)
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp ground pepper
1/2 tsp poppy seeds
2 garlic cloves, minced

Preparing:

Combine olive oil with herbs, lemon juice, garlic, pepper and poppy seeds.
Add feta cheese cubes, mix and refrigerate for 3 days.
Allow 30 minutes outside the refrigerator before serving.

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Tropical Rice Salad

Ingredients:

1 cup canned corn, drain
1/2 cup long-grain rice
225 g canned pineapple pieces in natural juice, drain reserving their juice
4 scallions, sliced
2 red bell peppers, seeded and diced
3 tbsp golden raisins

Dressing:
1 tbsp groundnut oil
1 tbsp hazelnut oil
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp chopped fresh gingerroot
1 garlic clove, chopped

Preparing:

Cook the rice in salted boiling water for 15 minutes.
Drain thoroughly and rinse under cold running water.
Mix the pineapple pices, corn, peppers, scallions, raisins and rice.

Add all the dressing ingredients to the pineapple juice and whisk well.
Season with salt and pepper.
Pour the dressing over the rice salad and serve.

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Scrambled Eggs with Mushrooms on Bread

Ingredients:

250 g sliced mushrooms
200 g grated Manchego cheese
4 beaten eggs
1/2 chopped onion
1 baguette
2 tbsp butter
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Fry the onion in butter.
Add the mushrooms and season with nutmeg, salt and pepper.
Add the egg and cheese.

Cut the bread into slices and toast.
Serve eggs on bread.

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Italian Espresso Coffee

Ingredients:

1 cup espresso
1 oz Sambuca (anise liqueur)

Preparation:

Stir the espresso with Sambuca.
Serve in a glass.

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Valentine’s Cannelloni

Ingredients:

800 g canned chopped tomatoes
350 g dried cannelloni tubes
115 g cooked ham, diced
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated romano cheese
2 onions, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped1 egg
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp shredded fresh basil
1 tbsp tomato paste
Sal and pepper

Preparing:

Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).

Fry the onions and garlic in olive oil for 5 minutes.
Add basil, chopped tomatoes and their can juices, tomato paste, salt and pepper.
Let simmer for 30 minutes.

Cook cannelloni in salted water.

Mix the ricotta, ham, egg, salt and pepper.
Fill the cannelloni tubes with the ricotta mixture and place in a single layer in a heatproof dish with butter.
Pour the tomato sauce over the cannelloni and sprinkle with grated romano cheese.
Bake for 30 minutes and serve.

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Moon Light Valentine’s Cocktail

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz hpnotiq
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz blue curacao
Carambola and Cherries

Preparing:

Mix well the 3 liqueurs together in a very cold shaker.
Decorate with cherries and carambola and serve.

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Valentine’s Roasted Shrimps

Ingredients:

36 shrimps, peeled, with tails left on and deveined
4 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp parsley, chopped

Sauce:
450 g tomatoes, chopped
6 red chiles, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 onion, chopped
3 tbsp olive oil
Pinch of sugar
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Preheat the grill.

Put sauce ingredients in a food processor together until get a purée mixture.
Cook the mixture to low heat.
Stir in the sugar and season with salt and pepper.
Simmer gently, without boiling, for 15 minutes.

Rinse the shrimps under cold water and dry them.
Mix parsley and olive oil.
Add the shrimps and cook them for 3 minutes on each side.

Serve with the sauce.

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