BYZANTINE DOLMATHES (STUFFED GRAPELEAVES)

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 60 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Greek Appetizers

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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Karen Mintzias
1 Jar grapeleaves (or fresh)
—–FILLING—–
2 tb Oil
1 lb Ground beef or lamb
2 Onions — chopped
1 Garlic clove — pressed
2 c Water
1/2 c Tomato sauce
1 c Rice
2 tb Chopped mint
2 tb Chopped parsley
1/2 ts Salt
Pepper to taste
1/8 ts Cinnamon
1/2 c Currants
1/4 c Port wine (optional)
1/4 c Pine nuts or walnuts
2 c Water
1 Lemon (juice only)
—–SAUCE—–
3 Eggs
2 Lemons (stained juice only)
1 c Hot broth

If using canned grape leaves, rinse off brine by floating leaves in a basin
of cold water. Prepare fresh vine leaves by pouring a cup of boiling water
over them in a bowl. Drain. Spread 5 or 6 leaves out at a time on a flat
surface. Lay leaf stem side up. Snip off stem with kitchen shears.

MAKE FILLING: Heat oil in large frying pan. Fry meat, onions and garlic
on medium heat for 5 minutes, mixing it as it cooks. Add water and
remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Cover. Reduce heat to simmer and
cook 10 minutes, until water is absorbed. Set aside until cool enough to
handle. Put 1 teaspoon of filling near stem. Bring left side of leaf
towards center, then bring right side towards center. They will not always
meet. Pick up stem end of leaf, tucking in the filling. Roll away from
you. It will be an oblong roll like a sausage.

Line the bottom of a large skillet with 4 leaves. Place each roll so that
the tucked under end is on the bottom. Arrange each roll snugly, one next
to the other, until all the leaves (except 3), and filling are gone. Place
these leaves flat on top of rolls. Place a flat dish on top of rolls also
to prevent their unravelling during cooking.

Add water and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Cover. Reduce heat to simmer
and cook 45 minutes. When done, remove pot from fire. Make Egg and Lemon
Sauce and add to broth immediately or serve without sauce either cold as an
appetizer or as a hot entree.

EGG AND LEMON SAUCE: Beat eggs until thick and light yellow, at least 5
minutes, with an electric beater or 10 to 15 minutes by hand. Add juice
slowly, beating all the while. Mix 1 cup hot broth into beaten eggs,
stirring it in quickly with spoon (or wire whisk) so heat will not curdle
the eggs. Cook over very low heat until thickened.

From: “The Complete Greek Cookbook” by Theresa Karas Yianilos. Avenel
Books, New York.

Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

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Banana Cream Filling

Recipe By : The Fannie Farmer cookbook
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cake Cakes
Cakes/Pies Dessert
Desserts Frosting
Fruit Fruits
Sauce/Gravy Sauces

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 Cup Milk
1/2 Cup Sugar
3 Tablespoons Flour
1/8 Teaspoon Salt
2 Egg Yolks — slightly beaten
1 Large Banana — mashed
2 Tablespoons Lemon juice

Heat the milk in a heavy-bottomed pan until very hot but not boiling.
Mix the sugar, flour, and salt together in a bowl, stir in the hot
milk, and beat until well blended. Pour back into the pan and
continue stirring vigorously over low heat for 4-5 minutes, until very
thick and smooth. Add the egg yolks and cook for a few more minutes.
Cool.

Mash the banana and beat it until smooth, add the lemon juice and stir
the mixture into the cooled filling.

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Fajita Nachos

Recipe By : Weber
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:30
Categories : Beef Poultry
Salads

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1/4 cup lime juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 cups beer
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 jalapeno — seeded and chopped
1 pound boned and skinned chicken breast halves — fat

32 ounces pinto beans
salt
2 medium onion — diced
1/2 cup lowfat cheddar cheese
1/2 cup guacamole
15 corn tortillas — cut in triangles
LIME SALSA
1 large tomato — quartered
2 large tomatillos — quartered
1/4 cup red bell pepper — sliced
2 tablespoons red onion
1 teaspoon lime peel — grated
1 tablespoon lime juice

For Salsa:
Combine all ingredients in a food process or salsa machine and mix. Cover an
refrigerate until ready to use.
Marinade:
Combine lime juice, 1 tablespoon oil, 1/2 cup of the beer, garlic, coriander,
cumin and jalapeno in a freezer bag. Set aside 3 tablespoons and add
chicken, seal and rotate bag to cover chicken. Refrigerate for 2 hours or
over night, turning bag occasionaly.
Fajitas:
Combine reserved marinae, beans and remaining beer in a sauce pan. Cook over
medium heat, stirring and mashing beans until slightly thickened. Season to
taste with salt. In a frying pan add rest of oil over medium heat, add
onions adn cook partially covered and stirring often until soft and golden
brown. If made ahead cover beans and onion seperately, reheat when ready to
use.
Remove chicken from bag and drain and disgard marinade. Arrange on grate,
place lid on grill and cook turning once until chicken is done. Remove from
grate and cut into bite sized pieces.
Spread beans onto a 10 inch circle in a large pizza pan. Top with onions,
chicken, and cheese. Set pan on grate, place lid on grill and cook until
cheese is melted. Top with guacamole, and some of the salsa. Tuck some of
the chips around the edges. Serve with remainig chips and salsa.

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NOTES : May substitue 1 pound of flank steak for the chicken

Concia of Zucchini

Recipe By : Molto Mario
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : New Text Import

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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3 medium green zucchini
3 medium yellow zucchini
1/4 cup virgin olive oil
6 medium clove garlic, peeled and — finely minced
2 bunches fresh basil chiffonade — to yield 1 C
2 tablespoons kosher salt
2 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 porcelain or glass deep dish pie pan

Trim green and yellow zucchini at both ends and slice lengthwise into pieces
1/4-inch thick. Heat olive oil in a deep frying pan until just smoking. Cook 5
or 6 pieces of zucchini at a time until golden brown, turning once, about 3 to
4 minutes. Remove pieces and drain on paper towels. Continue with remaining
zucchini until finished.

In a mixing bowl, lightly stir together garlic, basil, salt and pepper until
well mixed. Place several pieces of zucchini on bottom of pie dish until base
is covered. Sprinkle zucchini with 1 to 1-1/2 tablespoons herb mixture as
evenly as possible and spritz with 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar. Continue
layering zucchini and herb mixture until zucchini is finished and cover with
plastic. Refrigerate 2 hours before serving. To serve, remove piece by piece
and serve over freshly grilled bread.

Yield: 4 servings

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SINGAPORE SOUP NOODLES

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories :
Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 lb Shrimp, preferably fresh
-with heads on
3 tb Peanut oil
3 Cloves of garlic, crushed
-and chopped
1 1/2 inch piece of fresh
-ginger, peeled and chopped
-fine
8 oz Cooked pork, cut into strips
1 c Bean sprouts
4 oz Fine noodles or vermicelli
—–GARNISH—–
4 oz Crab meat, flaked
1/4 Cucumber, peeled and diced
6 Scallions, chopped fine

First make the stock: remove shells and heads, if available, from shrimp.
Put heads and shells, or just shells, into a large saucepan, and add 5 cups
water. Bring to boil, then reduce heat and simmer 1/2 hour. Salt and
pepper to taste. Remove from heat and strain. Set aside 3 1/2 cups of
this broth.

Now heat the oil in the large saucepan. When just smoking, add chopped
garlic and ginger. Stirfry one minute, or until golden. Add pork,
deveined shrimp and sprouts; stirfry 3 minutes. Pour the reserved broth
back in and return to boil. Stir in noodles, cook 5 minutes or until done.
Transfer to a large serving bowl and garnish with the crab, cucumber and
scallions; serve piping hot.

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Title: Garlic Peanuts
Categories: Garlic, Snacks, Spicy
Servings: 1

1 c Raw Peanuts
1/4 ts Garlic Powder

For each cup of raw peanuts, start with a small amount of garlic powder,
about 1/4 teaspoon, stirring well to blend. Increase garlic powder to
taste as the peanuts warm. Spread out on a cookie sheet and bake in a
300øF oven until heated. From: The Carter Family Favorites Cookbook by
Ceil Dyer, 1976. Typed by Syd Bigger.

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Honey and Whisky Cake (Scottish)

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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6 oz SR Flour
6 oz Butter
6 oz Soft Brown Sugar
3 Eggs,Beaten
4 tb Whisky
Grated rind of a small
Orange
—–BUTTER ICING—–
6 oz Icing Sugar
2 oz Butter
2 tb Clear Honey
Juice from the Orange
—–DECORATION—–
Toasted Flaked Almonds

: Set oven to 375F/Gas 5. Grease two 7 inch
sandwich tins. Cream the butter and sugar together in
a bowl. Add the orange rind. Beat in the eggs one at a
time and whisk until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
Sift in about half the flour and add the wiskey. Fold
into the mixture. Sift in the remaining flour and fold
in. Divide the mixture equally Between The two tins
and smooth the tops. Bake for 20-25 minutes until
light golden. Turn out on to a wire rack to cool.
: To make the icing, put the butter into a
mixing bowl. Add the honey and one tablespoon of the
orange juice. Sift in the icing sugar slowly and work
the mixture gradually until the ingredients are
combined. Sandwich the cakes together with half of the
buttercream. Smooth the remainder over the top of the
cake and decorate with the toasted almonds. :
:: From the booklet Scottish Teatime Recipies :: Typed
in for you By Ray Watson

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Title: MAPLE SYRUP SHORTBREADS
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 servings

———————————SHORTBREAD———————————
1/2 c Unsalted butter
1/4 c Sugar
1 c All-purpose flour

——————————-MAPLE TOPPING——————————-
3/4 c Packed brown sugar
1/3 c Pure maple syrup
1 tb Unsalted butter; room temp.
1 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Chopped toasted walnuts

For shortbread: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter 9-inch
square baking dish. Cream butter and sugar in processor unitl light and
fluffy. Add flour and process just until blended; do not form ball. Pat
into bottom of prepared dish. Bake until shortbread is light brown, about
25 minutes.

For topping: Beat sugar, maple syrup and butter to blend. Beat in egg and
vanilla. Pour over shortbread. Sprinkle evenly with walnuts. Bake until
topping is set, about 25 minutes. Cool on rack. Cut into 1-1/2″ squares.
Store in airtight container.

Source: Bon Appetit magazine, December 1984. Typed for you by Karen
Mintzias

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Ritzy Chocolate-Covered Nuts

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Today’s Imports

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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MM — €
1 MM —————————CANDY——
2 c Almond slivers
1 c Sugar
1/3 c Water (or less)
MM — €
1 MM M————————–TOPPING—- — €
12 oz Chocolate (can use
chips — but if they
have a gray bloom
they might not melt)

In a heavy sauce pan, boil almond slivers, sugar and water over low to
medium heat until all the water is gone and the sugar crystallizes on
the peanuts.

Pour almond slivers out onto a well-greased baking sheet. Separate
clumps with a greased fork. Bake in a preheated 350 degree F. oven
about 15 minutes. Be careful not to burn.

Melt chocolate over low heat with constant stirring. When candied
almonds have cooled, dip into melted chocolate. Place on foil to set.

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Title: Soft Whole Wheat Pretzels
Categories: Kids, Snacks
Servings: 6

2 (16 oz) loaves frozen whole
-wheat bread dough, thawed
1 Egg white, slightly beaten
1 ts Water
Coarse salt

Thaw bread in the refrigerator overnight. From each loaf, shape 12 1-1/2
inch balls. Roll each ball into a rope approximately 14 inches long. Shape
into pretzels by forming a knot and looping ends through. Arrange pretzels
one inch apart on well-greased baking sheet. Let stand for 20 minutes.
Brush combined egg white and water on pretzels, then sprinkle with coarse
salt. Place in a shallow pan containing one inch of boiling water on a
lower rack in the oven. Bake pretzels on a cookie sheet on a rack above the
water at 350 for 20 minutes or till golden brown. Makes two dozen pretzels.

Variation 1: Pretzel Sticks can be made by beginning with balls rolled into
8-inch sticks. Try pretzel letters, which is something small children will
enjoy helping you do.

Variation 2: Roll sticks 4-6 inches long in mixture of melted butter,
cinnamon and sugar before baking.

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