Notes: A. Lemongrass, Remove outer leaves of the lemongrass and bruise or smash the white end with the back of the knife or a wine bottle. Finely slice the tender white part at the base of the stalk, discard the tops or save for your chicken stock. A cuisinart with a 1mm slicer will slice […]

Cook potatoes in salted water to cover. Drain, cool and peel. Mash in large bowl with butter, milk and season to taste with salt and pepper. SEt aside. Saute beef until browned, stirring to keep meat crumbly. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add tomatoes, mushrooms, parsley, tomato paste, worcestershire and gravy. Stir to […]

Select a very small pumpkin, cut off the top, remove seeeds and most of the soft pulp. In a bowl, mix the beaten eggs, sugar, salt and coconut milk and stir until blended. Pour the mixture into the pumpkin, replace top, and cook in bamboo steamer until the custard is set … about 40 minutes.

Heat up the butter in a frying pan and saute the mushrooms until soft. Spread a spoonful of cheese on half of each tortilla leaving a 1cm margin around the edge. Top with the mushrooms. Brush the edges of the tortilla with beaten egg, then fold in half and push the edges firmly together to […]

-COATING – 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon 1/4 ts Ground cloves These are a traditional Mexican cookie and must be made with lard to have the right consistency. So, eat a lot of oat bran the next day…dont forgo one of the best cookies you will ever, ever eat. Position a rack in […]

Mix starch and sugar in top of double boiler. Add juice and rind and mix until there are no lumps. Gradually add milk and water. Cook over simmering water, stirring constantly until thick. Cover, turn heat low, and cook for 10 min. Remove from heat. Beat egg yolk with a fork. Gradually add a little […]

– Gelato alle Amarene – Tie the cherry stones in a piece of cheesecloth. Put the cherries in a saucepan and add half the sugar, the cherry stones, the zest and juice of the lemon, vanilla bean and sufficient water to barely cover the cherries. Simmer for 30 minutes. Set aside to cool. Discard the […]

Combine Pace and ketchup, season with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, transfer to a serving bowl and chill. To serve, place the bowl on a leaf lettuce-lined platter and surround with cooked and chilled shrimp, scallops or crab meat (real or imitation), or a combination of all three. Serve with cocktail picks.

Separate eggs putting whites in mixing bowl and yolks in cold water. Beat whites by hand or electric mixer until stiff but not dry. Gradually add sugar. Add yolks and water mixture and beat well. Add juices and rinds and beat well. Add cake flour and starch that have been mixed with very low mixer […]

Beat together yolks and flour til yellow and creamy. Fold in whites. Fold in chocolate. Sift flours together and fold them in with other mixture. Butter and sugar an 8″ sq. pan. Pour in batter, bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes (or until you can poke it with a skewer and pull it out […]