Set the diced onion & cucumber in a bowl. Bring water to a boil, drop in the tomatoes for a minute, remove & peel. Seed & dice the tomatoes & add to the bowl. Sprinkle with the salt & leave for 2 hours. Drain any liquid from the vegetables & stir in the herbs & […]

1. In a food processor or blender, blend the shallots, almonds, lemon peel, thyme, parsley and chives. 2. Mix in the salt and white pepper. SLOWLY drizzle in the oil while the blade is turning. Transfer to tempered glass jars and store in the refrigerator (8-10 weeks) or freezer for a year. NOTE: You may […]

Remove casings from sausage and crumble meat. In large skillet, brown sausages with onion and green pepper 5 minutes. Drain fats. Stir in tomatoes, chili powder and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer 5 minutes. In bowl, combine ricotta, 1 1/2 cups Cheddar cheese and jalapeno peppers. In 13x9x2-inch (33x23x5cm) baking dish, spread a thin layer of tomato […]

Cook broccoli to desired tenderness in lightly salted boiling water. RESERVE 1 CUP of BROCCOLI COOKING WATER. Drain remaining water from broccoli and cut into bite-size chunks; set aside. In a medium size saucepan; heat olive oil over medium, add garlic slices and stir until lightly and evenly browned. (At this point, you can remove […]

Simmer rice, covered, in salted water until rice is done. Drain. Combine oil, vinegar, soy, pepper, turmeric. Stir into the still warm rice. TEAR the spinach into small pieces. Toss spinach, onion and bacon into the rice. Eat it as a cold salad, or warm as a side dish.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Rinse chicken breasts; pat dry. Dip into melted butter; coat with mixture of the remaining ingredients. Arrange skin side up in shallow baking pan. Sprinkle with any remaining butter and crumb mixture. Bake for 50 minutes or until tender.

Heat cream to simmering, do not boil. Add Gorgonzola, salt, pepper and nutmeg; crush Gorgonzola against the pots sides with the back of a wooden spoon until its thoroughly mixed. Cook rigatoni al dente, toss with butter, then mix the pasta into the cream sauce. Mix in about half the Parmesan, serve the rest at […]

Combine ingredients; mix well. Serve as a dressing for favorite salads or use as a marinade for fresh vegetables, bean salads or cooked shrimp. Makes about 3/4 cup.

Fry sausage until 3/4 cooked ( about 15min ). Remove. Cut and core peppers and slice into strips. Peel and slice onions into strips. Fry pepper strips in sausage grease add oil if not enough grease. Fry about 5 min and onions and continue frying chop garlic and add mushrooms and fry about 5 mins. […]

FINELY DICE THE PANCETTA and saute it gently with the onion and chile in the butter and olive oil until pancetta is rendered and the onion soft, about 10 minutes. Discard chile. Beat the eggs with the 2 cheeses, 1/2 teaspoon salt, several grindings of black pepper and the parsley. Bring 4-to-5 quarts of water […]