Cooks notes: Green olives stuffed with anchovies are available at stores that specialize in imported foods, Cost Plus. Preliminaries: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Procedure: Heat olive oil in medium skillet. Add garlic and scallops and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes. Add chopped olives (and anchovies if using them separately), capers, mustard, cream […]

Sift flour into bowl, and mix in baking powder. Add butter, egg yolk, sugar, cognac, and lemon peel; and knead to make a fairly soft dough. Separate into 2 parts. Roll one out into a fairly thick crust; place in a square pan. Break off a piece of dough from the remaining half and roll […]

This aromatic barbecued game hen can be easily served West- ern style with rice, cole slaw or a green salad. [But it would be better with Thai cucumber salad or Vietnamese carrot salad. Mmmm… S.C.] Halve the hens through the breast. Flatten with the palm of your hand. In a mortar or food processor, pound […]

Melt butter & water, bring to a boil for 5 minutes, add 6 tablespoons flour, stir in with a whisk. Wait a few minutes & remove the fat that comes out (this is used later). Add 1 1/4 cups flour & stir again, add milk which has been heated, use electric mixer to keep it […]

Servings: 6 Fry 4 slices of bacon until crips, drain on paper towel, then crumble bacon. Remove tomato navel, core tomatoes, scoop out inside centers and chop finely. Sprinkle the insides of the tomatoes with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt. Turn the tomatoes upside down on paper towels to drain, then place in refrigerator and […]

Heat 2 tb ghee in a skillet over low heat. Saute the onion, asafetida, mustard seeds & ginger until the onion is golden brown. Stir in garam masala, green mango powder, salt & cayenne. Mix thoroughly. Add beans, cover the pan & cook over moderate heat for 10 minutes until the beans are tender. Stir […]

Mound flour on kneading board and make hole in center. Drop eggs into hole and cut into flour with a knife. Add salt and water and knead until firm. Let rest for 10 minutes covered with a warm bowl. Divide dough in halves and roll thin. Cut circles with a large biscuit cutter. Place a […]

-MARINADE – 1 Egg white 1 tb Cornstarch 1 tb Light soy sauce 1 tb Rice wine 1 ts Sesame oil 1/2 c Dried Chinese blk. mushrooms 1 c Peanut oil 1/2 lb Chinese yellow chives -(OR green chives), -cut into 3-inch pieces 2 ts Finely chopped fresh ginger 1 tb Finely chopped garlic 1 […]

Blanch the bean sprouts for a minute, then set them aside to drain. Boil the noodles in plenty of water for five minutes, then drain them. Next, cook the ground pork in a saucepan over medium heat until it begins to brown. Add chicken stock, dried shrimp and fish sauce, stir, and bring the mixture […]

Wash poppyseeds throughly in boiling water and drain well. Cook all ingredients except nuts and raisins to soft ball stage. Add nuts and raisins and cook for 5 min. Pour onto wet board and spread with spatula to about 1/4″ thick. Allow to cool for a few minutes and cut into square or diamond shapes. […]