1 lb ground lamb or beef, ground again
1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs
1 onion, chopped fine
3 eggs
1 Tbsp butter
3 potatoes
1 Tbsp milk
salt and ground black pepper
1 Tbsp tomato paste
1 Preheat a 375 F. oven. Knead the ground meat in a bowl with the bread crumbs, onion, and tow of the eggs, adding a Continue Reading...
1 Tbsp rice, washed
1 lb zucchini, peeled and shredded
1 Tbsp flour
2 Tbsp chopped fresh dill weed
2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
salt and ground black pepper
3 eggs
olive oil, for shallow frying
1 Boil the rice in water until soft, drain, and mix with the shredded zucchini in a large bowl. Add Continue Reading...
generous 1 cup margarine
4 cups flour
1/2 cup pine nuts
1-1/4 cups milk
gererous 3 cups sugar
1 Melt the margarine and stir in the flour. Keep on stirring over medium heat until the flour is very light brown in color. Add the pine nuts and, still stirring, brown the nuts slightly.
2 Pour over a Continue Reading...
1 lb red mullet or mackerel
1 tbsp olive oil
2 onions, sliced into rings
4 fresh tomatoes, skinned
1 lemon, sliced
4 bay leaves
salt and ground black pepper
boiled new potatoes, to serve
1 Preheat a 375 F oven. Arrange the fish carefully in a large ovenproof dish.
2 Heat the olive oil in a Continue Reading...
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, crushed
1 Tbsp flour
2-1/2 cups fish stock
2 lb fish fillets, such as sea bass or gray mullet
1 potato, peeled
2 carrots, peeled and chopped
2 fresh ripe tomatoes, skinned and chopped
2 bay leaves
salt and ground black pepper
juice of 1/2 Continue Reading...
1 lb dried figs
1 cup chopped mixed nuts
generous 1/2 cup sugar
heavy whipping cream, or clotted cream, to serve
1 Preheat a 375 F oven and grease an ovenproof dish. Mix together the chopped nuts and sugar.
2 Cut off the stalks of the figs and, with your fingers, open up the central cavity. Continue Reading...
1/2 stick butter plus a little extra
1 small onion, chopped
5 cups chicken stock
2/3 cup bulgur wheat
1/2 cup red lentils
1 Tbsp tomato paste
salt and ground black pepper
2 tsp paprika
1 Heat the 1/2 stick butter in a saucepan and fry the onion. Pour in the chicken stock and bring to a boil.
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3 eggplants
1-1/4 cups olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 large, fresh ripe tomatoes, skinned and chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tsp sugar
salt and ground black pepper
3 firm, fresh tomatoes, sliced
chopped fresh parsley, to garnish
1 Peel the eggplant skin in stripes Continue Reading...
1/2 cup margarine
generous 1/2 cup sugar
1-3/4 cups whole-wheat flour
1 egg
1 tsp ground cinnamon
20 whole blanched almonds
1 Preheat a 375 F oven. Butter a cookie sheet. Blend the margarine with the sugar until light. Beat the egg in a separate bowl with a little of the flour. Add to the Continue Reading...
1 lb plain butter cookies
1 stick butter or margarine
2 Tbsp cocoa powder
2 Tbsp sugar
4 eggs
1 Break the cookies into crumbs by hand or with a rolling pin. Do not use a blender or food processor because you need small pieces, not powdered cookies.
2 Melt the butter or margarine in a pan with Continue Reading...