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Béchamel Sauce

Ingredients:

300 ml milk
300 ml light cream
55 g butter
40 g all-purpose flour
3 cloves
2 bay leaves
1 onion
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Pour the milk into a pan with the bay leaves.
Press cloves into the onion, add to the milk and bring to the boil.
Remove from heat and set aside.
Strain the milk into a pitcher and rinse the pan.

Melt the butter in the pan, stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
Remove from heat and gradually pour in the milk, stirring constantly.
Cook the sauce for 3 minutes, stirring, then pour in the cream and bring to the boil.
Remove from heat and season with nutmeg, salt and pepper.

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Potato and Parsley Soup

Ingredients:

2 cups water
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1 can evaporated milk
4 potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1/3 butter stick
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Fry potatoes in butter and season with salt and pepper.
Add the parsley and garlic.
Add the water, lower the heat and cook for 20 minutes.
Add evaporated milk, mix well, remove from heat and serve.

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Chicken with Rice

Ingredients:

2 cooked chicken breasts and crushed
2 cups rice
1 cup red wine
4 strips of bacon, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
1 bay leaf
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1/2 butter stick
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Fry bacon and chicken in butter, remove and reserve.
Cook in the same pan, the vegetables with red wine.
Add rice and 1 cup of water when the wine has evaporated.
Add 1 more cup water and when consumed add another cup and cook over low heat until the rice is well cooked.

Add the chicken, bacon and tomato sauce and cook for 5 more  minutes.

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Fish with Carrot and Leek

Ingredients:

6 fish fillets
3 carrots, sliced
3 leeks, sliced
1 cup white wine
1 cup water
1/4 butter stick
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Season fish with salt and pepper.
Fry in butter and reserve.
Fry in the same skillet, leek and carrots for 5 minutes.

Add the white wine and cook over medium heat until it evaporates.
Add water and the fish and cook for 10 more minutes.

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Chicken Creamy Soup

Ingredients:

1 1/2 l chicken broth
1 chicken, in pieces
1 cup milk
1 cup cooked peas
1/2 cup cream
2 boiled eggs (separate yolks and egg whites)
1/2 bar butter
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Liquefy yolks with milk, cream and 1/2 l chicken broth.

Season the chicken with salt and pepper.

Fry chicken in the butter and add the remaining broth, peas and chopped egg whites.
Season with salt and pepper and cook until it boils.

Pour the liquefied mixture and cook for 20 more minutes over medium heat and serve.

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Pilaf Rice

Ingredients:

1 l beef broth
1 1/2 cup rice
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 chopped onion
1/2 butter stick
1 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp ground cumin
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Fry onion in the butter.
Add rice, nutmeg, cumin, sugar, salt and pepper.
Pour the beef broth, cover and cook until the liquid is consumed entirely.

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Easter Mediterranean Spaghetti

Ingredients:

350 g spaghetti
12 jumbo shrimp
12 mussels
2 tbsp oil
1 butter stick
1/2 jar capers
Herbs, salt and pepper to taste (thyme, parsley, rosemary)

Preparing:

Cook
pasta in salted water.
Drain and reserve.

Skip mussels and shrimp in butter and oil.
Add herbs, salt and pepper.
Serve the pasta with seafood and capers.

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Easter Fish Cream Soup

Ingredients:

6 fish fillets, in pieces
2 potatoes, diced
2 carrots, chopped
1/2 onion, chopped
1 clove
3/4 liter milk
1/2 bar butter
1/2 tbsp chicken consommé
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Fry the onion and potatoes in butter.
Add half of the fish pieces, cloves, consommé and 3/4 l of water.
Cook over medium heat, and remove from heat.

Liquefy this with milk and return to the heat.
Season with salt and pepper, add the carrots and mix.
Add the remaining fish 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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Vegetarian Valentine’s Lasagna

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups Béchamel Sauce
2 1/2 cups strained tomatoes
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
225 g mozzarella cheese, grated
175 g dried no-precook lasagna
4 zucchinis, sliced
2 eggplants, sliced
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp parsley, chopped
1 tbsp marjoram, chopped
1 garlic clove, chopped
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Preheat the oven to 200ºC (400ºF).

Put half the eggplant slices on a greased pan and cook for 8 minutes.
Remove from the pan  and drain on paper towels.
Add the remaining eggplant slices and extra oil and cook for 8 minutes.

Fry garlic, zucchinis, parsley and marjoram in melted butter for 5 minutes.
Remove fron the pan and drain on paper towels.

Layer the eggplant, zucchinis, mozzarella, tomatoes and lasagna in a greased heatproof dish.
Season with salt and pepper and finish with another layer.
Pour over the Béchamel Sauce, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake for 40 minutes.

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