To prepare the pesto sauce: Mix all the ingredients by hand in a mortar or use a food processor. Puree the garlic, most of the pine nuts and cheese, the basil and oil (add enough oil to produce a light puree with the consistency of a tomato sauce). Pour the puree into a small bowl […]

Get a leg of lamb and ask the butcher to bone it and butterfly it for you. Do not let him tie it in a roast but ask him for some butcher string so you can do it by yourself. When you get the lamb home, try to remove as much fat from the inside […]

Measure flour and sift with baking powder, salt, and spices. Add sugar slowly to beaten eggs and stir in lemon juice and grated lemon rind. Add dry ingredients and nuts and mix well. Refrigerate 2 hours. Roll out 1/2″ thick and cut with tiny cutter 3/4″ round. Let cookies stand over night in cool place […]

Heat oil unti hot and remove from heat, pour chile to fry about 2 min in hot oil, then drain on paper towels. Put chile, tomato sauce, cumin, and garlic in blender and mix, add salt to your taste

Brown onions and green pepper in olive oil. Add meat, chopped tomatoes, salt, garlic and black pepper and stir frequently to break up and large chunks. Add remaining ingredients and simmer slowly until meat is tender and flavors have developed, about 30 minutes. Serve with rice. Miami Cuban Picadillo

Cook and stir meat and onions in large skillet or Dutch oven until meat is brown. Drain off fat. Stir in tomatoes (with liquid) and remaining ingredients except Cheddar cheese; break up tomatoes. TO COOK IN SKILLET: Heat mixture to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until spaghetti is tender, about 30 minutes. […]

This attractive dish is spiced with pungent, hot chili sauce with garlic. Preparation: Rinse bamboo shoots; slice & sliver to the size of thick matchsticks. Slice pork like bamboo & marinate in thin soy sauce & cornstarch for 10 minutes. Peel & slice garlic in thin rounds. Combine stock, chili paste & sugar. Deep-frying Rice […]

Wash the Lentils well and drain. Heat the Ghee or Oil in a large saucpan and fry the Onions. When they soften add the Chili, Pepper, Cumin, Coriander, and Turmeric. Stir in well and cook for 30 seconds or so. Add the Lentils. Stir well to ensure that each grain is coated and add the […]

Grind cumin seeds, red chilies, peppercorns, cardamom seeds, cinnamon, black mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds in a coffee-grinder or other spice grinder. Put the ground spices in a bowl. Add the vinegar, salt and sugar. Mix and set aside. Heat the oil in a wide, heavy pot over a medium flame. Put in the onions. […]

THIS IS BASICLY AN ANTIPASTO SALAD, MORE OR LESS Get out a beautiful glass serving tray or any other large serving tray and arrang carefully the following: Make carrot curls. Use a potato peeler to give you long, thin stirps. Roll up strips and crowd, side by side, in a deep bowl. Cover with water […]