Amarillo Chili

Amarillo Chili

4 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
2 onions
1 garlic clove
1/2 pound pork shoulder, coarsely ground
1 pound beef round, cut into 1/2-inch strips
1/2 pound beef chuck, coarsely ground
2 to 4 jalapeño chiles, diced
1 tablespoon ground hot red chile
2 tablespoons ground mild red chile
1 teaspoon dried Mexican oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons cumin (comino)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
12 ounces tomato paste
3 cups water
1 (16 ounce) can pinto beansFry bacon in a large, deep heavy pot over medium heat. When the bacon has rendered most of its fat, remove the pieces with a slotted spoon, drain on paper toweling and reserve. Add the onions and garlic to the bacon fat and cook until the onions are translucent.

Add the pork and beef to the pot. Break up any lumps with a fork and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the meat is evenly browned.

Stir in the remaining ingredients except the beans and the bacon. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.

Taste and adjust seasonings. Stir in the beans and the bacon, and simmer for 1/2 hour longer.

Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns

Ingredients
1 cup milk
2 Tbsp yeast
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup butter, melted and cooled
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
4 eggs
5 cup flour
1 1/3 cup currants or raisins
1 egg white

Glaze (you can use this one or your favorite)
1 1/3 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 1/2 tsp. finely chopped lemon zest
1/2 tsp. lemon extract
1-2 Tbsp milk

This may be difficult for younger children to do themselves, but they’ll enjoy helping to mix and measure the ingredients, helping to knead the dough, forming the dough into balls and adding the glaze.

In a small saucepan, heat milk to very warm, but not hot (110°F if using a candy thermometer). Pour warm milk in a bowl and sprinkle yeast over. Mix to dissolve and let sit for 5 minutes.

Stirring constantly, add sugar, salt, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg and eggs. Gradually mix in flour, dough will be wet and sticky. Continue kneading until smooth, about 5 minutes. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough “rest” for 30-45 minutes.

Knead again until smooth and elastic, for about 3 more minutes. Add currants or raisins and knead until well mixed. At this point, dough will still be fairly wet and sticky. Shape dough in a ball, place in a buttered dish, cover with plastic wrap and let rise overnight in the refrigerator. Excess moisture will be absorbed by the morning.

Let dough sit at room temperature for about a half-hour. Line a large baking pan (or pans) with parchment paper (you could also lightly grease a baking pan, but parchment works better). Divide dough into 24 equal pieces (in half, half again, etc., etc.). Shape each portion into a ball and place on baking sheet, about 1/2 inch apart. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.

In the meantime, pre-heat oven to 400° F.

When buns have risen, take a sharp or serrated knife and carefully slash buns with a cross. Brush them with egg white and place in oven. Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350° F, then bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes more. Transfer to a wire rack. Whisk together glaze ingredients, and spoon over buns in a cross pattern. Serve warm, if possible.

Sweet Buns

Sweet Buns
Easy treats made with Bisquick - scroll down the page for more cinnamon rolls and sweet bun recipes.
2 cups Bisquick
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
melted butter
sugar
Mix together Bisquick, sugar, and spices. Add milk and egg; mix well.spoon batter into greased muffin cups, filling about 1/2 full.back at 400° for about 15 minutes. Dip in melted butter and sugar while still warm.

Mrs Beeton Recipes

Mrs Beeton Recipes

INGREDIENTS

450g (1lb) Flour
170g (6oz) Good Butter
150ml (¼ pint) Milk (approx)
110g (4oz) Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
2 small tsp Baking Powder
Few Drops Lemon Essence

Warm the butter, without oiling it.
Beat with a wooden spoon.
Stir the flour in gradually with the sugar and mix together well.
Heat the milk to lukewarm, beat with it the yolk egg and the lemon essence and stir into the flour, etc.
Add the baking powder, beat the dough well for about 10 minutes.
Divide it into 24 pieces.
Put into buttered tins or cups.
Bake in a brisk oven from 20 to 30 minutes.

Time: 20 to 30 minutes.
Sufficient to make 12 buns.
Seasonable at any time.

TO MAKE GOOD PLAIN BUNS

1730. INGREDIENTS - 1 lb. of flour, 6 oz. of good butter, 1/4 lb. of sugar, 1 egg, nearly 1/4 pint of milk, 2 small teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, a few drops of essence of lemon.

Mode - Warm the butter, without oiling it; beat it with a wooden spoon; stir the flour in gradually with the sugar, and mix these ingredients well together. Make the milk lukewarm, beat up with it the yolk of the egg and the essence of lemon, and stir these to the flour, &c. Add the baking-powder, beat the dough well for about 10 minutes, divide it into 24 pieces, put them into buttered tins or cups, and bake in a brisk oven from 20 to 30 minutes.

Mcdonald’s breakfast burritos

Mcdonald’s breakfast burritos

Ingredients:

1/2 lb Jimmy Dear spicy Sausage — Patties — brown crum
2 Eggs; scramble — break up Pcs
1 md Tomato — sm dice
6 Soft flour tortillas — Steam
6 tb Cheese Whiz — melt in

Instructions:

Micro Combine sausage eggs and tomatoes. Place about 1/6 mixture into center of each tortilla. Top each mound of the mixture with 1 tb of the melted cheese. Fold bottom third of tortilla up over the filling and then bring right side of the tortilla toward the left folding over filling. Fold left side of tortilla to the right leaving the top end open. Wrapin eaxed paper and refrigerate up to 4 hours. Micro each 1 briefly just to warm and serve promptly with picante sauce on the side.

Veggie Venezuelan ‘Ham’ Bread

Veggie Venezuelan ‘Ham’ Bread

Mixed-grain or Wholemeal Bread Mix
1 garlic clove
1 onion
1/2 red sweet pepper
4 or 5 calamata olives
4 or 5 green olives
thyme
handful of raisins
olive oil
molasses

Prepare the dough as indicated in the package (usualy it only needs to add warm water).Extend the dough and cover with a tiny layer of olive oil, rub the garlic clove (chopped), and cover with the rest of the vegetables, finely chopped.

Spread the thyme and the raisins, roll it and let it rise for 30 minutes, in a warm place (cover with a damp cloth) and, before putttimg it into a preheated oven (230 gas mark), cover it with a layer of olive oil and molasses.
Bake until brown (about 20 minutes).

Corn pancakes-Cachapas

Venezuelan Recipes

Corn pancakes (Cachapas)

4 cups of tender corn kernels (canned corn may be used)
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 to 3/4 cup of milk (depending on how tender the corn is)
1/2 cup of sugar

1 egg

Combine all the ingredients in a blender or food processor. The mix should become thick and weighty . If not, add more corn or some yellow corn flour . Shape the mix into small pancakes approximately 1/2 inch (1.25cm) thick and about 5 inches (12.5cm) in diameter. Let them cook on medium heat for about one minute on each side, or until small bubbles form on the top. Cachapas should be served hot, and normally is accompanied with cheese (feta cheese is one of the favorite option).

Quesillo!

Quesillo!

Ingredients:

1 can condensed milk
3 cups of milk
4 eggs
2 Tblsp. water
2 Tblsp. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Beat eggs well and add milk. In small casserole (about 7 or 8 inches in diameter) mix sugar and water and cook over med. high heat until sugar takes on a dark yellow color. Reduce heat and rotate to cover bottom with the caramelized sugar. Mold must be small for this quantity. When caramel is dry, strain and pour in the mixture of eggs and milk adding the vanilla. Cook in a double boiler for 20-25 minutes or in a pan of boiling water in the oven at 350xF for the same amount of time. Invert carefully and refrigerate.

Guasacaca sauce

Guasacaca sauce

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped onions
1/4 cup green bell peppers chopped
1/4 cup red bell peppers chopped
3-4 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons vinager
2-3 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoons black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 1/2 cup mashed avocado
1 1/2 cup chopped avocado
salt (to taste)

Combine first nine ingredients; then stir in mashed avocado. Finally add reserve d chopped avocado and salt and stir.

Arroz Con Leche

Arroz Con Leche

2 cups of water
7 cups of milk
2 cinnamon sticks
2 cups of sugar
½ teaspoon of salt
1 peel of lemon
Cinnamon powder
1. Put the rice in a strainer and under water wash it until the water get through transparent in the other side.2. In a pot put the rice with water and boil it for 7 minutes until the rice get softer and the water almost vanished.3. Add the milk, the sticks of cinnamon and the lemon peel. Boil it using moderate heat and after 10 minutes take the cinnamon sticks out and the lemon peel and cook for another 5 to 6 minutes until a softer rice, stirring often with a wood spoon.4. Add the sugar and cook for another 30 minutes, then include the salt and cook for 1 or 2 more minutes, stirring often.5. Take it off the heat and put it in a glass deep dish, sprinkle the cinnamon powder over it and refrigerate.

Naarthangai Hot pickle

Naarthangai Hot pickle

Dry narthangai pickle - 1 cup, mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp, fenugreek powder - 1/4 tsp, asafoetida - 1/4 tsp, red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Add a few spoons of water in the dry narthangai pickle, and red chilli powder and allow to boil.Heat 1 tsp of oil, add musterd seeds. When it splutters, then add fenugreek powder and asafoetida. Then add this to the narthangai mix.

LEMON PICKLE

LEMON PICKLE

Ingredients:
750 grams Lemons (Nimbu)
3/4 cup Salt (Namak)
1 cup Mustard Oil (Sarson Ka Tel)
1/2 teaspoon asafoetida
3 teaspoons Mustard seeds (Rai/Sarson)
3/4 cup Lemon (Nimbu) juice
2 teaspoons Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
3 teaspoons fenugreek seeds, powdered
1/2 cup Sugar (Cheeni)

How to make lemon pickle South Indian:
Cut the lemons into eight pieces each, rub salt and keep for one week in a jar.
Shake daily.
Heat the oil in a pan, remove from the fire, cool a little, add crushed asafoetida and mustard seeds and cover the pan.
Cool a little, mix lemon pieces, lemon juice, fenugreek powder, chilli powder and sugar.
Keep for one week before serving.

Capsicum pickle Recipe

Capsicum pickle Recipe

Ingredients
Capsicum(large) - 2 nos
(cut into thin strips)
Lemon(small) - 1 no
(peel off and cut it small pieces)
Salt - As reqd
Chilly powder - 2 tsp
Garlic - 2 tsp
(peel and cut into small pieces
Asafoetida(Kayam) powder
Oil - 2 tbsp
Preparation Method
1)Heat oil in a pan.

2)Fry capsicum and garlic till the water is absorbed.

3)Add lemon pieces and salt and fry for 6 minutes.

4)Add chilly powder and fry for another 2 minutes.

5)Add asafoetida powder and switch off the flame.

Fish Pickle Recipe

Fish Pickle Recipe

Ingredients
Fish(any fleshy fish) - 1 kg
Baby onions(Kunjulli) - 10 nos
Green chillies - 3 nos
Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - A pinch
Fenugreek(Uluva) - A pinch
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Chilly powder - 5 tsp
Salt - As reqd
Oil - As reqd
Vinegar - 1/2 cup

Preparation Method
1)Cut the fish into small cube like pieces of approx 3cmX3cm.

2)Marinate with 1/2 tsp of turmeric, 2 tsp of chilly powder and salt for atleast an hour.

3)Lightly fry the marinated fish in oil.

:- Take care not to deep fry, as the fish will become hard.

4)Keep aside for draining.

5)Heat oil in a kadai or a pan.

6)Splutter mustard seeds and light fry fenugreek seeds.

7)Add onions and fry, till they become golden brown.

8)Add the remaining chilly powder and turmeric powder.

9)Add the ginger-garlic paste and saute.

10)Add salt.

11)Saute, till the mix turns dark.

12)Add the fried fish to this along with lots of oil.

13)Cook for 10 - 15 minutes.

14)Allow it to cool.

15)As soon as it cools, transfer it to an air tight bottle.

16)Add vinegar and turn the bottle upside down for the vinegar to reach everywhere.

17)Keep aside for a day or 2.

Spicy Fish Pickle Recipe

Spicy Fish Pickle Recipe

Ingredients
Fish - 2 1/2 kg
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Oil - 1 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp
Sliced ginger - 1 tbsp
Chopped onions - 1 cup
Garlic pods - 2 tbsp
Water - 3 cups
Vinegar - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1 tsp
Salt - As reqd

For grinding:
Chilly powder - 1/2 cup
Garlic pods - 6 nos
Sliced ginger - 1/2 cup
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek(Uluva) - 1/2 tsp
Vinegar - 1/2 cup
Preparation Method
1)Cut the fish into small pieces. Wash and clean them.

2)Smear the pieces with a paste of pepper, turmeric and salt. Keep in the sun for a little while.

3)Fry them in oil and drain.

4)Grind together the chilly powder, garlic, ginger, mustard and fenugreek along with vinegar to a fine paste.

5)Heat the oil in which fish had been fried.

6)Fry mustard seeds, onion, ginger and garlic one by one.

7)Add the ground paste and sauté over low fire.

8)When the oil separates, pour water.

9)When it boils, add vinegar, sugar and salt.

10)Let it boil once and remove from fire.

11)Add the fish into the warm gravy.

:- Store in bottles or jars when the pickle is cold.

Kaduku Mango Pickle Recipe

Kaduku Mango Pickle Recipe

Ingredients
Mango - 1 no
Red chilly powder - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek(Uluva) powder - 1 tsp
Asafoetida(Kayam) powder - A pinch
Sesame oil(Ellanna) - 4 tbsp
Salt - As reqd

For grinding:
Chilly powder - 1/2 cup
Garlic pods - 6 nos
Sliced ginger - 1/2 cup
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek(Uluva) - 1/2 tsp
Vinegar - 1/2 cup

Preparation Method
1)Wash and clean the mango.

2)Cut it into small pieces without cutting through the seed.

3)Sprinkle a lot of salt and leave it overnight.

4)Heat oil in a pan.

5)Add mustard seeds and fenugreek powder.

6)When it starts to splutter, remove from fire.

7)Add chilly powder and asafoetida and stir well.

:- Make sure that the chilly powder doen’t get burnt.

8)Add the mango pieces and stir well.

:- Store in clean, dry air tight containers for future use.

Carrot Pickle Recipe

Carrot Pickle Recipe

Ingredients
Carrots - 1/2 kg
(peeled and cut into lengthwise pieces)
Onions - 2 nos
(made into a coarse paste)
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tbsp
Red chillies(Kollamulaku) - 2 nos
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Mustard powder - 1 tsp
Fenugreek(Uluva) powder - 1/4 tsp
Cumin(Jeerakam) powder - 1/2 tsp
Jaggery(Sharkkara) powder-1 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice or vinegar - 3 tsp
Chilly powder - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds(Jeerakam) - 1/4 tsp
Black gram(Uzhunnuparippu) - 1/4 tsp
Fenugreek(Uluva) seeds - 1/4 tsp
Asafoetida(Kayam) - A pinch
Turmeric powder - A pinch
Cooking oil - 1 cup
Curry leaves - A stem
Salt - As reqd

Preparation Method
1)Heat oil in a wok.

2)Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek and blackgram.

3)Once the seeds splutter, add asafoetida, broken red chillies and curry leaves.

4)Add onion and ginger garlic paste.

5)Fry till it turns golden brown. Switch off the flame and allow it to cool.

6)Along with the carrot pieces, add all the powders, salt and lemon juice to the wok.

7)Mix well.

:- Store in an air tight bottle.

Hot Lime Pickle

Hot Lime Pickle-'Pickles Recipe'

Ingredients
12 limes
litre boiling water
125ml cider vinegar
3tbsp julienne fresh ginger
3tbsp julienne garlic
2 fresh green peppers, quartered12 limes
litre boiling water
125ml cider vinegar
3tbsp julienne fresh ginger
3tbsp julienne garlic
2 fresh green peppers, quartered
2tsp salt
3tbsp Indian spices

Preparation Method
Immerse limes in the boiling water for 5 minutes to soften and reduce the bitterness. Drain and dry before quartering. Retain all the juice. Mix the Indian spices with the vinegar and set aside.

In a suitable pan heat the oil and saute the ginger, garlic, chillies and slat for approximately 2 minutes.

Add the spice and vinegar mix and continue to saute for a further 1 minute.
Remove from heat and add limes and juice, mixing well. Cool to room temperature.
Refrigerate after opening.

Fruity pickle add raisins and other dried fruit when adding lime.
Hotter pickle add more chillies.

Sweet pickle add 50 gms of brown sugar at the lime stage.

To pickle other fruit and vegetables such as green mangoes, carrots, pineapple or green tomatoes either add to sauteing ingredients or at the lime stage.
Optional-add spices such as black mustard seed, fennel seeds or fenugreek seeds to saute.

Indian spices Garam Masala, ground ginger, mace, mustard, paprika, cayenne pepper, saffron, turmeric etc. Prepared Indian spice of curry powder is also suitable.

Maoa and Pahuata Iro Recipe

Maoa and Pahuata Iro Recipe-'Tahitian Recipe'

Ingredients:
2 Dozen ma’oa [turbot snails]
-or pahua [clams]
500 g Taioro [juice of grated
-coconuts, seawater and
-shrimps]
3 Onions
2 Garlic cloves
Salt and pepper

Directions:
The turbot snails are available around here++in pet stores for something like eight bucks a pop! They might be available in a Chinese seafood market for a reasonable price. I’ll check the next time I’m up that way.

The snail of the ma’oa may be extracted from the shell either by breaking the shells with a hammer or by boiling them for a few minutes if you wish to keep the shells intact. Wash the snails and remove the pocket of black matter. In the case of the pahua, a bivalve, the muscle adhering to the shell should be severed, the animal extracted from the shell, and the black matter removed. Soak in fresh water for a few hours. Mix with the taioro, then add the chopped onions and garlic plus seasoning. Serve at room temperature.

Sauteed Prawns Recipe-Tahitian Recipe

Sauteed Prawns Recipe-Tahitian Recipe

Ingredients:
1 kg Prawns
150 g Chopped onion
2 Crushed garlic cloves
1 Glass water or white wine
30 g Finely chopped parsley
Salt and red pepper

Directions:
1. Wash the prawns thouroughly, breaking off the feelers or legs which are too long. Fry the chopped onion in a heavy frying pan until golden. Add the prawns and continue cooking until they turn red in colour.

2. Season and add a glass of water or dry white wine to the pan, then the crushed cloves of garlic and a light sprinkling of paprika. Cover the pan and allow to simmer for about 5 minutes. Check the seasoning, sprinkle over the fresh parsley and serve hot.

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