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Italian Pesto Pasta

Ingredients:

450 g dried spaguetti
1 quantity Green Pesto Sauce (click here to see the recipe)

Preparing:

Cook pasta in salted water for 10 minutes.
Drain the pasta and set aside 2 tbsps of cooking water.
Mix the water with the Green Pesto Sauce.
Add to the pasta and serve.

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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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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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Surimi Sauce

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup soy sauce
1 cup prepared surimi (commercial)
1/2 cup tomato sauce

Preparing:

Mix the soy sauce with the tomato sauce.
Add surimi and mix well.

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Avocado and Tomato Salad

Ingredients:

6 avocados
1 chopped onion
1 chopped chili
6 tbsp tomato sauce
6 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp chopped cilantro
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Cut avocados in half, retire off the bone and bathe with the lemon juice.
Mix well all the ingredients.
Fill avocados with the filling and serve.

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Green Pesto Sauce

Ingredients:

50 g Parmesan cheese, grated finely
25 g pine nuts
40 fresh basil leaves
3 garlic cloves, crushed
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Process the basil leaves, garlic, pine nuts and Parmesan cheese for 30 seconds.
Add slowly the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

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Piri-Piri Prawns (Lagostins Piripiri)

Ingredients:

750 g large prawns
4 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp piri-piri sauce
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 chilli, chopped

Preparing:

Marinate prawns with garlic, chilli and olive oil.
Wrap in foil and refrigerate for 24 hours.

Fry prawns, add piri-piri sauce and cook for 3 minutes.

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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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Spicy Valentine’s Shrimp Stew

Ingredients:

1 kg jumbo shrimps
1/4 kg gouda or swiss cheese, chopped
150 g butter
1 cup shrimp broth
1 cup cream
3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup chopped nuts
1/4 cup Peruvian yellow hot sauce
1/4 cup white wine
3 eggs
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 tbsp paprika
Salt y pepper

Preparing:

Cook the onion, garlic and nuts with the butter.
Add the paprika, hot sauce and tomato and cook for 5 minutes.
Add flour and cook for 3 more minutes.
Add the white wine and shrimp broth and season to taste.
Add shrimps and cook for 3 minutes.
Add the cheese and cream.

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Pork Medallions with Gorgonzola Cheese Sauce

Ingredients:

150 g pork loin, cut into medallions 3
30 g gorgonzola cheese, in pieces
30 g cream
1 1/2 ounces demi glace sauce
1 ounce white wine
1/2 ounce vegetable oil
1/2 tbsp chopped onion
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Season the pork medallions with salt and pepper.
Fry in the oil until they get a pink color, not brown, and remove from skillet.

Incorporate the onion to the skillet, the white wine, gorgonzola cheese, cream, demi glace sauce, salt and pepper until thicken.

Serve the pork medallions with the sauce.

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