MUSHROOM SOUP
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
8 oz Mushrooms 2 T Butter
2 1/2 C Milk 2 T Flour
1 Stock cube 2 T Lemon juice
-(beef or chicken) Salt, white pepper
Wash mushrooms and cut into slices. (…)
SPLIT PEA SOUP
Servings: 16
Ingredients:
1 lb Split peas 3 Garlic cloves, minced
1 lb Bacon, chopped 1/2 C Parsley (fresh, chopped)
-into small squares 12 C Beef broth (or any
4 oz Butter -other kind of broth,
2 Celery stalks -or water)
1 1/2 C Yellow onion 1 Bay leaf
-(chopped) 12 Peppercorns (cracked)
1 C Potato flakes (instant; 6 Green cardamom seeds
-or, if you are a purist, -(cracked)
-about 2 cups of mashed Cognac (good), 1 jigger
-potatoes) 1/2 t Chinese hot pepper oil
Soak the peas for 6 hours and no more. (…)
POPPYSEED CHICKEN
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
2 C Chicken, cooked 1 C Ritz cracker pieces
-(white or dark meat) -(about 1 ’tube’ of
13 oz Sour cream -crackers)
13 oz Cream of chicken soup 2 oz Butter
-(1 can of condensed soup) 2 T Poppy seeds
Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and put it on the bottom of acasserole dish big enough to hold it. (…)
SATAY
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
———————————–SATAY———————————–
2 lb Beef, chicken, 1 t Turmeric
-or mutton 2 T Coriander (roasted
6 T Sugar, castor -and pounded, or
1 1/2 C Peanuts, ground -use pre-ground)
Lemon grass (1 piece) 1 oz Langkuas (if you
1 t Cumin (ground -know what this is,
-or powdered) -use it, if not,
1 t Salt -use ginger)
2 lg Onions (or less) 1/4 C Vegetable oil
5 Garlic cloves 1/4 C Water
——————————–SATAY GRAVY——————————–1 1/2 lb Peanuts 3 oz Tamarind5 Garlic cloves 1/2 C SugarLemon grass (2 pieces) Lengkuas (or substitute1/2 C Sesame seeds -ginger), 1 piece2 T Chili pepper (dried), 4 t Salt-ground (or substitute 6 C Coconut milk-fresh chopped chilies) -(or substitute water)1 T Shrimp paste, dried Satay2 lg Onions
Cut meat into strips, pound meat, then cut into cubes and season with meattenderizer. (…)
ARTICHOKE-SPINACH CASSEROLE
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
8 oz Marinated artichoke 20 oz Spinach, cooked, drained
-hearts, drained -and squeezed dry
-(2 small jars); save -(use 2 packages of thawed
-marinade for dressing -frozen spinach, or about
8 oz Cream cheese, softened -1 1/2 lb cooked, fresh
1/2 C Grated parmesan cheese -spinach)
2 T Butter, softened
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. (…)
HAZELNUT CHERRY TART
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
———————————–PASTRY———————————–
1/2 C Plain flour 2 T Sugar
1/8 t Salt 2 oz Butter
2 oz Hazelnuts, roasted 1 Egg yolk
-ground 2 t Water
——————————CUSTARD FILLING——————————4 Egg yolks 1 3/4 C Cream1/4 C Sugar 3 t Gelatine1 t Vanilla extract 2 T Water
———————————-TOPPING———————————-2 lb Cherries, canned 2 t Rum (see note)2 t Gelatine
MAKE PASTRY: Sift flour and add all dry ingredients together, with thesugar in the centre, on a pastry board. (…)
MEXICAN CORNBREAD
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
1 1/2 C Cornmeal, self-rising 8 oz Corn, cream-style
3/4 C Cooking oil - (one small can)
2 Eggs 2 Jalapeno peppers,
1/2 C Onions, chopped - chopped (or more)
2 T Green pepper, chopped 3 oz Pimentos (one small can)
8 oz Sour cream 1 C Cheddar cheese, grated
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. (…)
HOT AND SOUR SOUP
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1 T Peanut oil (or 4 C Chicken broth
- other vegetable oil) - (canned or homemade;
1 Garlic clove - I usually use canned)
1 t Ginger root 1 T Sherry, dry
- (about 2 slices) 3 T Red wine vinegar
1/2 C Pork loin (boneless), 1 T Cornstarch
- shredded 1/4 C Water
1 1/2 t Soy sauce or tamari 1 Tofu pad
1/2 C Bamboo shoots, - (a package generally
- shredded - contains 2 pads)
6 Shiitake mushrooms, 1/4 C Green onions
- dried 2 Eggs
10 Lily buds, dried 1 T Toasted sesame oil
- (also called 1 t Chili oil (or less)
- golden needles) 1/4 t White pepper
12 Tree ear fungus, dried Salt and more pepper
- (also called cloud ears)
Re-hydrate the dried ingredients (15 minutes: in lukewarm water for theshiitakes, and in boiling water for the lily buds and tree ears). (…)
TARRAGON GAME HENS
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
2 Cornish game hens 2 T Tarragon, dried
6 T Butter, at room -(or about 1 T
-temperature -fresh tarragon)
2 T Lemon juice 1/8 t Salt
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. (…)
PRINZREGENT TORTE
Servings: 1
Ingredients:
————————————CAKE————————————
9 oz Butter, salted 1 2/3 C Cake flour, about
9 oz Sugar -(sift before measuring!!)
1/8 t Vanilla extract 1/2 C Cornstarch
4 lg Eggs, beaten 1 t Baking powder
———————————-FILLING———————————-2 C Chocolate pudding 7 oz Butter, unsalted-(extra strong) 1 2/3 C Powdered 10X sugar
———————————-FROSTING———————————-1 oz Cocoa powder, bitter 3 T Water, boiling1 oz Butter (sweet), melted -(up to 4 T)
In an electric mixer, whip the salted butter. (…)