TOMATO CHEESE SOUP

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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28 oz 2 undrained and chopped
2 T Butter
2 ea Stalks of celery diced
2 ea Cloves of garlic, minced
1/2 ea Sweet red pepper diced
2 T Butter
1/2 lb Mushrooms, chopped
1 ea Large cooking onion diced
2 T Flour
1 t White sugar
8 c Beef stock
1/2 t Basil
1/2 t Rosemary
1/2 t Thyme
3 oz Cream cheese
1 ea Salt and pepper to taste
1 ea Parsley for garnish

Place the tomatoes, with juice, in a buttered oven-proof baking dish.
Add the celery, garlic and red pepper and cover and bake in a 325
degree oven for 25 minutes. Saute the mushrooms and onion in the
second batch of butter in a large stock pot for about 8 minutes. While
stirring, slowly add the flour and sugar, blending until mixture is
very smooth. Add the stock, basil, rosemary and thyme, stirring until
soup comes to a boil. Add the contents of the baked tomato pan from
the oven and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer the soup for about 30
minutes. Meanwhile, in a food processor, blend the cream cheese, salt
and pepper until smooth. Slowly stir the cream cheese into the soup.
Garnish with chopped parsley. Yield: 12 hearty portions.

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NEUA DAET DIAO (FRIED SUN-DRIED BEEF)

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Thai Meats
Beef Appetizers

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 lb Beef
1 ea Garlic bulb
1 t Curry powder
1/2 t Pepper
1 T Oyster sauce
1 T Fish sauce
3 ea Coriander roots
1 T Sugar
2 T Whiskey
3 T Chili sauce

After washing the beef, cut it into slices about 1/3 inch thick.
Pound the garlic, coriander root, and pepper in a mortar. Add
the beef slices and work them around in the mixture. Add the fish
sauce, oyster sauce, whiskey, sugar, and curry powder, mix well,
and allow to marinate for one hour.
Arrange the slices of beef on a rack and leave in the sun for one
day. Turn occasionally.
Fry the sun-dried beef in hot oil and then drain. Serve with
sweet chili sauce.
Recipe from: The elegant Taste of Thailand, by Sisamon Kongpan
Pinyo Srisawat.

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Title: Amaretto Liqueor
Categories: Beverages
Yield: 1 recipe

1 c Granulated sugar
3/4 c Water
2 Dried apricot halves
1 tb Almond extract
1/2 c Pure grain alcohol
1/2 c Water
1 c Brandy
3 dr Yellow food coloring
6 dr Red food coloring
2 dr Blue food coloring
1/2 ts Glycerin

Combine sugar and 3/4 cup water in a small saucepan.
Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and
simmer until all sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat
and cool.

In an aging container, combine apricot halves, almond
extract, grain alcohol with 1/2 cup water, and brandy.
Stir in cooled sugar syrup mixture. Cap and let age
for 2 days. Remove apricot halves. (Save apricot
halves, as they may be used for cooking). Add food
coloring and glycerin. Stir, recap and continue aging
for 1 to 2 months.

Re-bottle as desired. Liqueur is ready to serve but
will continue to improve with additional aging.

Variation: For a more prominent ‘bitter almond’
flavor, add 4 apricot nuts,** split in half, to basic
mixture. Leave in for 2 days to 2 weeks depending upon
depth of flavor desired. Remove and discard apricot
nuts. Continue as directed.

**Note: Apricot ‘nuts’ come from within the apricot
pit. You may split pits yourself or obtain them dried
at a health food store.

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In food processor put the garlic and chop fine. Add all
remaining ingredients except the oil. Blend until all is well
mixed. Slowly add oil while blending, then blend for 2
minutes.
Tear up one head of romaine lettuce into bitesize pieces. Mix
approx. 1/2 of dressing in. Sprinkle on 1/4 cup parmesan
cheese, 1/4 cup bacon bits and 1/2 cup croutons. Mix all and
serve. Store remaining dressing in the fridge. It will only
keep for about 5 days. It is best if dressing is made up in
the morning for dinner that night.

Title: BASIC WON TON
Categories: Chinese, Meats, Pasta
Yield: 1 servings

10 Chinese mushrooms, small
1/4 lb Prawns
5 Fresh water chestnuts (OR 7
– canned ones)
1/2 lb Ground pork
1 Green onion, finely chopped
1 pk Wonton skins
1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Sugar
1 ts Thin soy sauce
1 ts Oyster sauce
Dash of pepper
1 1/4 tb Cornstarch
1 sm Egg

Boil Chinese mushrooms for 10 minutes, rinse, squeeze
dry, cut off, and discard stems; then, chop into very
small pieces.

Shell, devein and wash prawns. Chop into very small
pieces

Peel and crush water chestnuts with the flat side of
the cleaver. If you don’t have a cleaver, chop the
water chestnuts into very fine pieces.

Combine mushrooms, prawns, water chestnuts, pork and
green onion.

Add all other ingredients and mix well. 1 teaspoon of
filling is used for each wonton.

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With one corner of the skin toward you, place 1
teaspoon of filling about an inch from the corner.

Fold one corner to cover the filling.

Told once more…about 3/4 inch.

Turn the won ton so that the triangel is toward you.
Dampen the left corner with a little water.

Swing the right corner away from you and place it on
top of the dampened left corner. As you make this
fold, simultaneously pull the filling toward you with
your middle finger. You should finish with a little
“hat-like” effect.

SOURCE: Chopstick, Cleaver and Wok.

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Pastry for two 1-crust 9-inch pies, prebaked for 5 minutes, and cooled
6 large eggs plus 2 egg yolks
1 c fresh lemon juice (5 to 6 lemons)
1/2 c fresh orange juice (1 large orange)
1 1/2 c sugar
1 c heavy cream
1 t vanilla extract
1/2 t grated lemon zest
speck of salt

Slowly beat together the eggs, lemon juice, orange juice, sugar,
cream, vanilla, lemon zest, and salt until the mixture is combined
but no bubbles or froth has formed.

Pour the mixture into the baked shells and take 30 to 35 minutes or
until the filling is deep golden on top.

Cool thoroughly on a rack before serving.

Recipe by Marcia Adams

Makes 2 9-inch pies.

BLACK BEAN SOUP (AZTEC OR YUCATECA STYLE)

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups Mexican
Vegetarian

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 lb Black beans
10 c — Water
4 ts Salt — divided
1 Bell pepper, green — cored
– halved
2/3 c Oil
1 lg Onion, yellow — peeled
-sliced
4 Garlic clove — minced
1 Chile serrano — seeded
-halved
1/2 ts Pepper, black
1 1/2 tb Mexican chocolate — crumbled
1 Bay leaf
1/8 ts Cumin, ground
1 t Sugar
2 1/2 tb Wine vinegar, red
2 1/2 tb Olive oil

Rinse beans and soak overnight, along with 1 tsp salt
and bell pepper. In a 6-quart stewpan, bring beans,
soaking water, pepper to a boil. Simmer till tender
(really tender). Heat peanut oil in deep frying pan.
Saute onion, garlic and green hot pepper till soft.
Remove 2 1/2 cups bean broth from pot and add to
frypan. Simmer 10 minutes. Strain onions, garlic
hot peppers from broth and discard them. Remove bell
pepper discard. Add seasoned broth to soup pot.
Add all other ingre- dients except vinegar and olive
oil to soup pot and simmer 1 1/2 hours till thick. If
too thick, add water. Add vinegar and olive oil before
serving.

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Mini Mushroom-Feta Turnovers

Recipe By : Woman’s Day 11-19-96
Serving Size : 36 Preparation Time :0:20
Categories : Not Sent

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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Filling:
1/2 tsp olive oil
1 tbsp minced shallot
3/4 c mushrooms — finely chopped
1/3 c seeded tomato — finely chopped
3/4 tsp fresh thyme or 1/4 tsp dried — crumbled
1/8 tsp each salt and pepper
1/3 c feta cheese — finely crumbled
1 sheet frozen puff pastry — thawed
1 egg — beaten with fork

Heat oven to 400. Have a large cookie sheet ready.

Filling: Heat oil in medium skillet over medium heat. Add shallot and
saute 2-3 minutes until soft. Add mushrooms and saute 2-3 minutes until
mushrooms are soft. Add tomato, thyme, salt and pepper and saute 1
minute more. Scrape the mixture into a small bowl and cool about 5
minutes. Add feta cheese; stir to mix well.

Unfold puff pastry on a lightly floured surface. With a folling pin,
roll into a 12-inch square. Cut the pastry in thirty-six 2-inch
squares. Place 1/2 tsp of mushroom mixture in center of each square,
leaving a 1/2=inch border all around. Moisten edges with water. Fold
in half diagonally to make triangles. Press edges with tines of a table
fork to seal in filling. Brush tops lightly with egg. With a spatula,
transfer pastries to ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 12-15 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Serve warm or at
room temperature.

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NOTES : Pizza Variation: Thaw 1 sheet puff pastry and heat oven as
directed. Roll and cut dough as directed above. Substitute for the
mushroom mixture:

In small bowl, mix 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce, 1/8 tsp crushed red pepper,
1/2 tsp minced garlic, 1 1/2 tsp dried basil, crumbled. Top with 3 tbsp
shredded mozzarella cheese, evenly divided. Moisten edges, fold and
proceed as above.

Title: SHREDDED CHICKEN WITH SESAME SEEDS
Categories: Poultry, Oriental
Yield: 4 servings

1/2 lb Boneless chicken breasts
-skinned
1 Egg white
1/2 ts Salt
2 ts Cornstarch
2/3 c Oil, preferably peanut
1 tb White sesame seeds
– (untoasted)

—————————SAUCE—————————
1 ts Dark soy sauce
1 ts Chinese black rice vinegar
-=OR=- Cider vinegar
1/2 ts Seame oil
1 ts Sugar
2 ts Rice wine or dry sherry
1/2 ts Roasted Sichuan peppercorns
– (optional)
2 ts Finely chopped scallions

CUT THE CHICKEN BREASTS into fine shreds 3 inches
long. Mix them with the egg white, salt and
cornstarch. Chill for about 20 minutes. Heat the oil
in a wok or large skillet until moderately hot. Add
the chicken mixture and stir-fry it quickly in the oil
to keep it from sticking. Cook until it turns white,
which should take about 1 minute. Drain the chicken
immediately in a colander or sieve and drain off the
oil. Clean the wok and add about 1 tablespoon of the
drained oil. Reheat until it is hot. Add the sesame
seeds and stir-fry them for 1 minute or until slightly
brown. Add the sauce ingredients and bring to a boil.
Return the cooked chicken to the pan and stir-fry the
mixture for another 2 minutes, coating the pieces
thoroughly with the sauce and sesame seeds. Serve at
once, or let cool and serve at room temperature.

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Vanilla Extract

Recipe By : RED FLA
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Kitmail14 Miscellaneous

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 vanilla beans
cut in half lengthwise and then chopped
1/2 cup brandy
1/4 cup water

Combine the ingredients in a 1/2 pint mason jar and set aside to steep for at
least 3 days.

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