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Mocha Supreme

Ingredients:

2 liters coffee
1/2 cup chocolate powder
1 cup cream
1 tbsp sugar
1 cinnamon slit, in halves

Preparing:

Cook coffee along with chocolate and cinnamon for 2 hours, with a lid.

Beat
the cream with the sugar until soft peaks forms.
Serve coffee with whipped cream.

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New Years Pork in Chocolate and Tamarindo Sauce

Ingredients:

6 pork loins
125 g tamarind
1 cup seedless prunes
1 cup red wine
3 garlic cloves
4 tbsp cocoa
3 tbsp tomato sauce
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp orange marmalade
1 tbsp mustard
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp cloves
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Marinate pork loins with garlic, mustard and oil.

Boil for 5 minutes the tamarind with prunes and wine.
Remove from the heat, remove the seeds of tamarind, liquefy and sift.
Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
Cover with plastic the pork loins with the sauce and let stand for 2 hours.

Place pork loins in a pyrex without grease, cover with aluminum and bake at 175°C (350°F) for 30 minutes.

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Rice with Spices

Ingredients:

2 cups pre-cooked rice
1 cup nuts
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup white wine
4 garlic cloves chopped
2 envelopes beef broth
1 bar margarine
1 onion chopped
1 tbsp curry
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tsp thyme powder
1/2 tsp powdered cloves
Lemon zest

Preparing:

Mix in a pot wine, thyme, curry, cloves, broth, cinnamon, raisins and lemon peel.
Allow to boil under low fire.

Toast the nuts in margarine in a frying pan.

Besides, in a saucepan mix 4 cups of water, garlic, celery and onion.
Add the rice when it boils.
Add nuts, stirring with a fork as it begins to dry out.
Incorporate the mixture of spices.

Leave to dry and covered with the fire off.
Season with salt and pepper.

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