Wash and dice the leek, celery, carrot, and onion. Cook pork hocks, diced vegetables, salt and peppercorns in water to cover 2 to 3 hours or until tender. Avoid overcooking. Remove from water; drain well reserving vegetables and cooking liquid. Preheat oven to 425F (220C). Melt fat or shortening in an enamel-lined, cast-iron pan. Add […]

optional — your favorite fresh green chiles, chopped or sliced. Cilantro if you like it. Slice up the pork and trim away most of the fat. Dice both the lean meat and the fat into 1/2-inch cubes; set the diced fat aside. In a heavy pot over a hot flame, cook the lean pork with […]

Put first 3 ingredients in pot and cover with warm water. Bring to boil and turn down heat and simmer about 1 1/2 hours, adding water if need be. to keep hocks covered. When done, meat should be fork tender but still holding to-gether. Remove hocks from pot and keep broth. Cut meat off hocks […]

1. Shred pork and cabbage. 2. Place oil in wok and heat to smoking point. Brown pork in it (about 3 minutes cooking time). Add cabbage, salt, and soya sauce. Stir everything well. Add 1/2 cup of water, cover wok and cook all ingredients 8-10 minutes, lifting wok cover from time to time to stir […]

Use a mild Dijon mustard and keep sauce warm. Gently flatten the pork. In a frying pan heat 2 tablespoons of the oil. Add the pepper strips and artichoke hearts and, stirring often, cook 5 minutes. Remove vegetables from the pan and keep warm. In the same pan heat the remaining oil, brown pork 1 […]

MEAT: CHOOSE ONE VEGETABLES: 2 CUP TOTAL OF ANY Frozen stir fry vegetable combination thawed Sliced fresh mushrooms Canned mushrooms drained Shredded/thinly sliced carrot Julienne carrot strips Sliced/chopped carrot Thinly sliced onion Strips/chopped green/red/yellow bell pepper Fresh broccoli flowerets Fresh cauliflowerets Pea pods SEASONING SAUCES: 1-2 TABLESPOON OF ANY ONE BELOW (OPTIONAL) Worcestershire sauce light/dark […]

* Cheese, Kefalotyri cheese is prefered, but if it is unavailable, Parmesan or Romano may be substituted. Peel eggplant and cut into 1/4 inch slices. Salt both sides heavily, let sit for 30 minutes. Pour cold water over eggplant and let sit for 10 minutes more. Squeeze the water out and blot dry with paper […]

In a large saucepan, mix frist 7 ingredients. Bring to boil, in a small pan , melt margarine and gradually add flour, stir until smooth. Add gradually to sauce mixture until desired thickness is reached.

Preheat oven to 350F. (175C.). Heat oil in a saucepan. Add sausage, onion, garlic, cumin and chili powder; fry gently 5 minutes, stirring to break up sausage. Add tomato, tomato paste, bell pepper and kidney beans. Stir well and cook gently 15 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent mixture sticking. Season with salt. Meanwhile, heat taco […]

Place ribs in nonreactive, plastic, bowl with a lid. In a separate bowl, combine marinade ingredients; sugar, sherry, hoisin sauce, garlic, salt (if desired) and ketchup. Mix well and spoon over ribs. Place cover on bowl and shake to coat ribs thoroughly with marinade. Place in refrigerator and marinate for 4 hours or longer. Shake […]