August 19, 2009
Title: Chicken in Sauce
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Level: Easy
Serving: 4
To buy a good quality chicken is important: The best chickens are medium in size and weight. Meat should be tight (elastic and tender) and should not be soft. Skin, smooth-industrial chicken skin is unavoidably grainy and a little thicker but we must try to make it as smooth as possible. The legs, thin and shiny in appearance with scales and soft nails. The peak soft and flexible breast bone indicate a young and tender chicken.
Ingredients:
- 8 chicken pieces
- 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 sliced onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 carrot cut into julienne
- 1 celery, cut into julienne
- ¾ cup red wine
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- ½ tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 cups tomato juice in
- 1 teaspoon lemon
- 1 tablespoon chopped flat parsley
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August 18, 2009
Title: Chocolate cake with ice cream
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Level: Easy
Serving: 3
Chocolate has become one of the gastronomic pleasures are more widespread in the world. Anyone can enjoy the wide assortment of chocolates being produced. 70% of cocoa, its main ingredient, is derived from equatorial Africa, where countries like Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer and Ghana are highly dependent on exports to the major manufacturers of chocolate and cocoa derivatives: U.S., Germany, United Kingdom, France and Brazil.
Ingredients:
- 170g black chocolate
- 60 g butter
- 140 g grated coconut
- 50 g sugar or brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons whole milk
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August 17, 2009
Title: Shrimp Creole
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Level: Easy
Serving: 6
For the following recipe is important to keep in mind that buys in a safe place where it is certain of its freshnes. This is an espectacular dish, the always rich prawns prepared in a sauce of chili, onion, celery, pepper, tomato, flour, vinegar and peas, delicious recipe for a special dinner.
Ingredients:
- 1 pound shrimp (prawns) preferably large
- 60 grams butter
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/2 cup celery chopped fine
- 3/4 cup chopped green chile sweet fine
- 3 tbsp. parsley chopped fine
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
- 1/2 tsp. chili powder or drops tabasco
- 1/4 tsp. white pepper
- 1 1/2 tbsp. salt
- 1 1/2 tbsp. sugar
- 1 1/2 cans tomato paste
- 1 1/2 cups peeled and chopped tomatoes
- 3 cups shrimp broth
- 1 tbsp. vinegar
- 1 tbsp. flour
- 1 small can peas
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August 15, 2009
Title: Tomato soup with potatoes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Level: Easy
Serving: 4
Since its inception, the Cuban cuisine has a mixture of Spanish customs, Aboriginal, African and the subsequent impact of Asian immigration and Yucatan. The following recipe is a delicious soup that serves as an appetizer for lunch or dinner.
Ingredients:
- 1 lbs Potatoes
- 2 cups water
- 1 1 / 2 pounds ripe tomatoes
- 2 small onions
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 5 teaspoons sugar
- 3 teaspoons salt
- 1 / 8 teaspoon pepper
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August 14, 2009
Title: Beef steak with Ham and Mozzarella
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Level: Easy
Serving: 6
A steak is a cut of meat. Most steaks are cut perpendicular to the muscle fibres, improving the perceived tenderness of the meat. The more tender cuts from the loin and rib are cooked quickly, using dry heat, and served whole. In many restaurants that specializes in beef steaks, a typical steak dinner consist of a steak, with a starchy side dish, usually baked potatoes, but occasionally another dish like rice, pasta, beans or vegetables.
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 6 beefs meat ½ cm thick
- Juice of half lemon
- 6 slices of cheese mozzarella
- 6 slices ham
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 3 basil leaves
- Salt, freshly ground pepper
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August 13, 2009
Title: Coconut Flan
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Level: Easy
Serving: 4
The coconut is the undisputed protagonist of fairs and festivals, besides of being the common dessert of different preparations and common use of multiple preparations in craft and industrial baking. The most interesting market in Asia as Europe and Northern America is the packaged coconut water, and greater acceptance of high demand each year.
Ingredients:
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 1 can coconut cream
- 1 can condensed milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 cup sugar (for caramel)
- 1 / 2 cup water (for caramel)
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August 12, 2009
Title: Vegetables with feta cheese
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Level: Easy
Serving: 4
Feta cheese comes from Athens and surrounding areas. It is made from sheep’s milk, sometimes with only goat milk. White cheese is soft and spicy pasta. Have low-fat and a good supply of calcium. For its strong and spicy flavor. Is often taken in salads: Salad with feta cheese, vegetables gratin, beef tomato, garlic and Feta cheese, Pasta with Prawns.
Ingredients:
- 100 gr Feta cheese
- Oregano
- Salt
- Pepper
- ½ zucchini
- ½ eggplant
- 2 tomatoes
- 10 wild asparagus
- 2 artichokes
- Olive oil
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August 11, 2009
Title: Spring Rolls
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Level: Medium
Serving: 4
Everybody loves spring roll and with this recipe as easy preparation will certainly not need any more of a Chinese restaurant. Traditionally, meat is used but the truth is that with soybeans (soy) and we needed the protein and are lighter and healthier.
Ingredients:
- 250 g. cabbage or cabbage
- 1 leek
- 1 medium onion
- 100 g. mushrooms
- 4 tablespoons of sprouts of soy (soybeans)
- 2 medium carrots
- Ginger powder
- Salt and pepper
- Oil
- Soy sauce
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August 10, 2009
Title: Orange Flan
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Level: Easy
Serving: 4
Orange is one of the most consumed fruit in the world, is grown especially in temperate and humid. Contrary to common believe, the orange does not lose like others citrus fruits none of its properties to be cut from the tree. Therefore becomes the only citrus that retains its full nutritional value of vitamins, minerals and sugars.
Ingredients:
- 1 can condensed milk
- 1 can cream
- 150 grams cream cheese
- ¼ liter of fresh orange juice sieving
- ½ cup water
- 20 grams of unflavored gelatin
- 1 cup sugar
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