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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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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 Mediterranean Salad

Ingredients:

80 g shrimp
60 g Parmesan cheese, sliced
30 ml extra virgin olive oil
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Arugula and parsley, chopped
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Cook shrimp in salted water.
Mix with parsley, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Incorporate arugula leaves and Parmesan cheese and serve.

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Stuffed Sardines for Easter

Ingredients:

12 fresh sardines, cleaned and scaled
2/3 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
4 garlic cloves, chopped
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp ground cumin
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Mix the garlic and parsley together.
Spoon the herb mixture into the fish cavities and all over.
Sprinkle with lemon juice, cover with plastic wrap and leave to marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Preheat the grill.

Mix the flour, ground cumin, salt and pepper.
Roll the sardines in the flor to coat.
Brush them with olive oil and cook for 4 minutes on each side.

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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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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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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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Saint Valentine’s White Bean Soup

Ingredients:

7 cups chicken stock
1 cup dried canellini beans, covered and soaked overnight in cold water
4 ounces soup pasta
6 tbsp olive oil
4 tbsp chopped parsley
2 garlic cloves, chopped
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Drain
the soaked beans and place them in a pan.
Add the chicken broth and bring to the boil.
Reduce the heat and let simmer for 2 hours.

Process about half the beans in a food processor, return the purée to the pan and stir well.
Bring the suop to the boil and cook for 10 more minutes.

Heat 4 tbsp of the olive oil in a pan.
Add garlic an cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
Stir the garlic, salt, pepper and parsley into the soup.
Drizzle the remaining olive oil and serve.

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Ham and Asparugus Saint Valentine’s Pasta

Ingredients:

500 grams noodles
150 grams ham
60 grams grated Parmesan cheese
50 g butter
2 tied fresh asparagus
1 1/2 cup cream
1 tbsp chopped parsley
1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Cook noodles in plenty of water with salt.

Cut the tough part of asparagus.
Cook them in salted water for 8 minutes, drain them and cut them into pieces.

Fry the ham in butter, add asparagus and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the parsley, basil, cream, salt and pepper.
Allow to boil over a low heat for 10 minutes.

Pour the sauce over the noodles and serve.

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Tuscan Tuna Salad

Ingredients:

800 g white beans
185 g tuna
2 chopped tomatoes
1 chopped onion
1 garlic clove minced
2 tbsp chopped parsley
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp honey

Preparing:

Mix the beans with onion, parsley, tuna and tomato.
Mix well olive oil with the lemon juice, honey and garlic.
Bathe salad with dressing.

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