DOLMAS WITH LAMB

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Main Dish

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 lb Ground lamb
1 c Olive oil
3 tb Olive oil
1 c Finely chopped yellow onion
3 Finely chopped green onions
-(incl tops)
1/4 c Minced fresh parsley
2 tb Minced fresh mint
1/2 c Pine nuts
1 t Ground cinnamon
1/2 ts Ground allspice
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Freshly ground black pepper
1 Jar (16 oz) grape leaves
-packed in brine
3/4 c Freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 c Chicken broth

Several stems of fresh parsley
Additional freshly squeezed lemon juice
Grated or minced lemon zest for garnish

Wash and drain the rice. Heat 3 Tbl olive oil in a
skillet over medium-high heat. Add the yellow onion
and saute until soft, but not brown, about 5 minutes.
Add ground lamb and fry with onion till done.
Transfer to mixing bowl and add the drained rice, 1/2
cup of the remaining olive oil, green onions, parsley,
mint, pine nuts, cinnamon, allspice, salt, and pepper.
Set aside. Rinse the grape leaves under running cold
water to remove as much brine as possible; pat dry and
stack on a plate.
Place 1 leaf at a time, shiny side down, on a flat
work surface. Cut off and discard the tough stem end.
Spoon about 1 Tbl of the rice mixture in the center
near the base of the leaf. Fold the stem end over to
cover the filling; fold both sides inward, lengthwise,
and then tightly roll leaf toward pointed tip end to
form a compact packet. Repeat with the remaining
leaves and filling. Pour about 2 Tbl of the remaining
olive oil in the bottom of a large pot and strew with
a layer of parsley stems to prevent grape leaves from
sticking. Arrange the stuffed leaves, seam side down
and almost touching on top of the parsley, making as
many layers as necessary. Drizzle the remaining 6 Tbl
olive oil the lemon juice and 1/2 cup broth over the
leaves.

Top with a heat-resistant plate and weight with a
heavy can to keep leaves from unwinding during
cooking. Cover the pot bring to a gentle boil reduce
the heat to low and cook until rice is tender about 1
hour. During cooking add a little heated liquid as
needed to keep dolmas moist. Remove from the heat and
cool in the pot.
Sprinkle with lemon juice to taste garnish with lemon
zest and serve at room temperature.

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Quick Pea Soup

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 5 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups Vegetables

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 Tablespoons Margarine
Stalks Celery — chopped
Cloves Garlic — minced
1/2 Cup Med Onion — chopped
2 Cups Vegetable stock
16 Ounces Frozen Peas
1 Dash White Pepper
1/2 Cup Low-fat Milk
1 Dash Nutmeg

GARNISH: Herbed garlic Croutons, 1/4 c chopped fresh parsley and 2 T lemon
peel, or grated Parmesan cheese, optional. In a Dutch oven or 4-5 qt saucepan,
melt margarine. Add celery, garlic, and onion. Saute until softened, about 5
minutes. Add vegetable stock, peas, and white pepper. Over med heat, cover and
simmer 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to bowl of food processor. Cool slightly.
Puree. Return mixture to pan; add milk and nutmeg. Heat through, about 5
minutes, stirring constantly. Top each serving with garnish if desired.

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Fire Balls

Recipe By : Jo Anne Merrill
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:30
Categories : Appetizers Pork

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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12 ounces jalapeno peppers, canned
1 cup buttermilk baking mix
6 ounces mozzarella cheese — shredded
1 pound sausage
6 ounces seasoned bread crumbs

* Use a spicy breading mix made for pork or for less spicy dish use unseasoned
fine dry bread crumbs. A mixture of pork breading crumbs and plain crumbs is
good to use.

1. Cut off stem ends and remove seeds from the peppers. Rinse peppers to
remove seeds, but allow some seeds to remain if you like them hotter.

2. Stuff peppers lightly with cheese, then set aside.

3. Thoroughly mix sausage, biscuit mix, and remaining cheese. Make small
patties from the mixture. Place a pepper in the center of each patty,
then wrap and seal the dough around the pepper. Coat one or two balls at
a time by shaking them in a plastic bag with the pork breading mix or
seasoning of your choice.

4. Using a lightly greased skillet, brown sausage balls until the sausage
is thoroughly cooked, turning several times.

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Per serving: 905 Calories; 62g Fat (62% calories from fat); 31g Protein; 55g
Carbohydrate; 116mg Cholesterol; 3655mg Sodium

Serving Ideas : Interesting and different appetizer.

QUICK GARLIC-ONION SOUP WITH RED-WINE CROUTON

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups Garlic

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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—–GARLIC-ONION SOUP—–
2 lg Garlic cloves
1 1/2 lb Onions (5 medium)
2 1/2 tb Butter
1/4 c Red wine
1/4 ts Dried thyme
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Freshly ground black pepper
1 qt Chicken stock (or canned
-chicken broth)
—–RED-WINE CROUTONS—–
1/2 Loaf French bread
5 tb Olive oil
1/4 c Red wine
3 oz Swiss cheese, thinly sliced
2 oz Grated Parmesan cheese (1/2
-cup)

GARLIC-ONION SOUP: Peel and mince the garlic. Peel
and thinly slice the onions (food processor
preferred). Heat the butter in a large, deep skillet.
Add garlic and onions; cover and cook over medium
heat, stirring occasionally, until onions soften,
about 8 minutes. Uncover and saute until golden, about
5 minutes longer. Add thyme, salt, pepper, and
chicken stock. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat,
and simmer to blend flavors, about 5 minutes.

RED-WINE CROUTONS: Cut the bread on the diagonal into
four 1-inch thick slices. Heat 3 tablespoons of the
oil in a large skillet. Add the bread and saute on
both sides until light brown, about 2 minutes. Drizzle
the wine and remaining oil over the croutons and top
them with the cheese slices. Cover and cook over
medium heat until the cheese melts, 2 to 3 minutes.

SERVING: Ladle soup into warm soup bowls and top with
the croutons. Pass the Parmesan cheese separately.

[Cook’s magazine; April
1989]
Posted by Fred Peters
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Salsa Verde with Tuna

Recipe By : the California Culinary Academy
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:10
Categories : Basics Essentials Make-Ahead Dishes
Pasta Pasta Sauces Sauces Dressings

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 cup parsley sprigs — packed
1 1/2 cups basil leaves — packed
2 large garlic cloves
1 2 oz. can flat anchovy fillets — drained
1/4 cup olive oil
2 teaspoons lemon juice
6 1/2 ounces water-packed tuna — drained
freshly ground pepper to taste

1. In a food processor or blender, process parsley, basil, garlic,
anchovies, oil, and lemon juice to a puree.

2. By hand, stir in tuna. Season to taste with pepper. Use immediately or
cool to room temperature and refrigerate or freeze (see Timesaver Tip).

3. To serve: Cook 8 ounces thin tubular pasta, such as thin spaghetti,
following package directions. Drain. Toss pasta with 2 tablespoons olive
oil, then with sauce. Top with sliced black olives, slivered dried
tomatoes in oil (pumate), or freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

Makes 1-1/4 cups.

* Timesaver Tip: Sauce can be made up to 1 day ahead, covered and
refrigerated, or it can be frozen. To freeze, spoon into a freezer
container, cover, label, and freeze at 0 degrees F up to 3 months. To
serve, defrost sauce 8 to 12 minutes in microwave oven on Defrost setting,
stirring several times, or thaw in refrigerator 8 to 24 hours. Gently warm
sauce in saucepan or in microwave oven on 50% power, 1 to 3 minutes. Sauce
should be at room temperature or barely warm when tossed with pasta.

Note: When basil is unavailable, use 2-1/2 cups packed parsley sprigs and
1-1/2 to 2 tablespoons dried basil.

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NOTES : This sauce is good with a thin pasta such as thin spaghetti; see
step 3 for instructions on cooking the pasta.
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Spinach Noodle Casserole

Recipe By : Elizabeth Powell
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:30
Categories : Casseroles

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 8 oz pkg broad no-egg noodles — (8 oz)
3 tbsps butter
2 tbsps unbleached flour
1 c skim milk — scalded
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp nutmeg
2 10 oz pkgs frozen spinach — cooked/drained
1/2 lb Swiss cheese — shredded

Cook noodles according to packaged directions until just tender; drain an
d rinse. In saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour and cook, stirring, one
minute. Gradually add milk and bring to a boil. Cook until thick, stir
ring constantly. Add seasonings and spinach. Stir and remove from heat.
In greased baking dish, arrange half of noodles, and sprinkle with half
of cheese; spoon spinach mixture over cheese. Add another layer of noodl
es and sprinkle with rest of cheese. Cover, and bake at 400 degrees for
15 minutes. Remove cover and bake 15 minutes more.

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Title: CHICKEN SZECHWAN-STYLE WITH SESAME PASTE
Categories: Chinese, Chicken
Yield: 6 servings

2 Whole chicken beasts,
-skinned and boned
2 tb Szechwan peppercorns
4 tb Sesame paste
3 tb Green tea
2 tb Wine vinegar
2 1/2 ts Soy sauce
3 tb Peanut oil
2 ts Crushed red pepper *
3 sl Fresh ginger, minced
1 Scallion (white part only),
-chopped
1 Clove garlic, minced fine
1 1/2 tb Dry sherry or Shaoshing wine
1/2 ts Cayenne pepper

* or you substitute 2 whole chili peppers, crushed.

In a pot, poach the chicken breasts in a little
boiling water for 10 minutes until white and opaque.

In a dry frying pan, toast the Szechwan peppercorns
over moderate heat, then crust or grind them; set
aside.

Remove the chicken breasts from the pot, drain and
cool them. Slice them, then shred the slices into
julienne pieces.

In a mixing bowl, combine the sesame paste and green
tea (or the peanut butter and sesame oil — See NOTE).
Add the vinegar and soy sauce; blend well. Add the
peanut oil, red pepper, ginger, scallion, garlic,
sherry, cayenne pepper, and the peppercorns. Mix all
ingredients very well.

Toss the chicken strips in this sauce, to coat.
Refrigerate until 20 minutes before serving. Pass the
chicken and the lettuce leaves separately, and let
each guest place a small portion of the chicken in the
middle of a lettuce leaf and roll it up like an egg
roll to eat using fingers. Makes 6 appetizer servings.

NOTE: The authentic recipe calls for green tea to
thin the sesame seed paste, but you may substitute
chicken broth, or simply water, if you prefer.

Another substitution you may make if you wish is
peanut butter for the sesame seed paste along with
sesame oil instead of green tea.

This dish is served cold or at room temperature and
can be made a day ahead.

Recipe: “Chinese Appetizers” by Verdi Published by
Irene Chalmers Cookbooks, 1981

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Title: MAPLE SYRUP MOUSSE
Categories: Desserts
Yield: 10 servings

1 tb Unflavored gelatin
1/3 c Water
1/3 c Packed light brown sugar
2 Egg yolks
1 pn Salt
1 1/4 c Pure maple syrup
4 Egg whites; room temperature
1 pn Cream of tartar
1/4 c Sugar
3 c Whipping cream; well chilled
1 1/2 tb Powdered sugar
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Crushed gingersnap crumbs
Maple candies (optional)

Sprinkle gelatin over water in double boiler set over gently simmering
water; stir to dissolve. Add brown sugar, yolks and salt and whisk until
thickened and gelatin is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to
bowl; strain if necessary. Stir in maple syrup. Cool completely.
Refrigerate until just beginning to set, about 15 minutes; do not allow
mixture to gel.
Beat whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Add 1/4 cup
sugar 1 tablespoon at a time and beat until stiff and shiny. Gently fold
1/3 mixture to lighten. Fold in remaining whites.
Beat 2 cups cream until soft peaks form. Fold in maple syrup mixture.
Spoon mousse into large bowl, stemmed goblets or pots de creme. Refrigerate
several hous or overnight.
Just before serving, whip remaining 1 cup cream with powdered sugar and
vanilla until soft peaks form. Sprinkle mousse with gingersnap crumbs.
Garnish with whipped cream and maple candies if desired.

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

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MELON, HEARTS OF PALM, AND PROSCIUTTO SALAD

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Salads

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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8 c Mesclun salad mix* or
-4 oz bag mixed greens,
-chilled
14 oz Hearts of palm — drained
-cut into 1/2 inch slices
2 c Diced cantaloupe
1/4 lb Prosciutto — thinly sliced
-or boiled ham cut into 2
-inch pieces
1/2 c Red-wine vinaigrette
—–NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION/SERV—–
x 240 calories
x 10 g protein
x 17 g carbohydrate
x 16 g fat
x 13 mg cholesterol
x 467 mg sodium

In salad bowl, combine first four ingredients. Add dressing and toss.

*Mesclun is a mixture of shoots and leaves from slightly bitter
lettuces–endive, mache, arugula, dandeline and oak leaf.

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Gumdrop Cookies

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 24 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Bar Cookies Cookies

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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4 Eggs
2 tablespoons Water
2 cups Brown sugar — packed
2 cups Flour
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 cup Gumdrops — cut in small
1 cup Walnuts — chopped
BUTTER FROSTING-
1/4 cup Butter
1 cup Confectioners’ sugar
1 Egg yolk — may be omitted
1 Orange — grated peel of
2 tablespoons Orange juice

Cookies. Beat eggs with water until light; add sugar and mix well. Add sifted
dry ingredients. Stir in gumdrops and nuts; bake in 9×13-inch pan in moderate
oven, 350 degrees, 25 minutes. While warm spread with Orange Butter Frosting.
Cool and cut in squares.

Orange Butter Frosting. Combine ingredients.

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