Saturday, November 26, 2011

Pasta with tomato sauce, hot dogs & mozzarella



Ingredients:
* 1 jar marinara sauce
* 1 box pasta
* 1 pack hotdog - cut a small
* 1 tsp chili flakes
* 1 small onion - chopped
* 3 gloves garlic - chopped
* 1/2 tsp dried oregano
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 1/2 tsp pepper
* 1/4 cup olive oil

Garnish
* parsley - chopped
* Shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions:
- cook the pasta al dante - or fallow the instruction behind the box
- Heat the deep skillet over the medium heat with olive oil, add chili flake, chopped onion, garlic until caramelize for 3-5 minutes.
- add the marinara sauce, slice hot dogs, dried oregano, salt, and pepper in a skillet. stir to evenly coat then add cooked pasta to the sauce. toasted coat for 5 minutes
- garnish with chopped parsley & shredded mozzarella cheese over the pasta while it's hot.
- serve immediately

Thursday, November 24, 2011

whole wheat & sweet potato waffles



Ingredients:

  • 2 cup whole wheat pancake mix
  • 1 cup puree sweet potato
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1/4 tsp allspice
garnish:
  • walnut - chopped
  • syrup
  • powder sugar
Directions:
- combine the ingredients in a bowl, whole wheat, sweet potato puree, milk, egg, oil and allspice. whisk until no lump
- Preheat the waffle iron and greased with oil 
- pour the pancake batter to waffle iron, cover and let them cook until brown
- serve and garnish with syrup, chopped walnut and powder sugar

Ayam goreng Serundeng - fried chicken and shredded coconut


Ingredients A:
* 1 whole chicken - cut into 10-12 pcs
* 150 ml coconut milk
* 150 ml water
* 100 gr dried coconut shredded
* 2 bay leaves
* 2 lemon grass
* 1 tablespoon tamarind

Paste ingredients B:
* 5 shallots
* 4 gloves garlic
* 3 cm ginger
* 4 candle nuts
* 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
* 1 1/2 tsp salt
* 1 tsp pepper

Instructions:
1. Put all ingredients A and paste ingredients B in a pot, except coconut shredded. Marinated for 10 minutes before boil.
2. cook the chicken until soft and tender for 30 minutes. stir the chicken occasionally and cover
3. Add dried shredded coconut and continuous to cook for 10 minutes. remove chicken and coconut from the pot
4. fried chicken with coconut shredded until golden brown and crispy
5. serve chicken with fried coconut over the chicken for garnish and eat

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Creamy Mac & cheese



Ingredients:
* 1 box pasta shells
* 2 tsp butter
* 2 tsp flour
* 1/2 cup sour cream
* 1 cup milk
* 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
* 1/4 tsp black pepper
* 1/4 tsp thyme - chopped
* 220 gm medium cheedar cheese- shredded
* 200 colby-monterey jack cheese - shredded
* 100 gm swiss cheese - shredded

Garnish - extra shredded cheese & bread crumb

Instructions:
- In a pot with some water and salt. cook the pasta to al-dante or fallow direction behind the box and drain. let a side.
- meanwhile, heat a deep skillet in medium. put 2 tsp butter and flour.  whisk flour until no lump and let turned to brown color
-  pour the milk, sour cream, shredded cheese. keep whisking until sauce cook with no lump,  thick and creamy sauce. add cayenne pepper, chopped thyme & black pepper. stir to combine
- pour the cooked pasta to cheese sauce. fold pasta & sauce to combine
- transfer the pasta into baking sheet or individual ramekin . spread all over the baking sheet until even. sprinkle with bread crumb and shredded cheese over the pasta. bake in the oven 400 degree for 30 minutes until bubbly and cheese turned brown color.

Banana Bread pudding



Ingredients:
* 7 slices white bread
* 1 large banana
* 3 eggs
* 1 1/2 cup milk
* 2 tablespoon sugar
* 1 tablespoon condensed milk
* pitch allspice

Garnish:
* 5 Oreo cookies - crashed
* 3 tablespoon butter
* 1 tablespoon sugar

Instructions:


1. fill ramekin with small pieces bread

2. second layer of slices of banana

3. last layer of pieces bread
4 . pour ramekin with milk and let soak for 1 hour before baking

* cut each breads into small size. cut banana into thinly slices. let a side
* Butter each 6 ramekins sized 3/4 cup and sprinkle with sugar
* whisk milk, condensed milk, egg, sugar and allspice into custard
* Range the ramekins with layer of bread + second layer banana + last layer with bread again
* pour enough custard into each ramekin. let soak with custard for 20-30 minutes before baking.
* garnish with smash oreo cookies and butter over the layer. Bake them in the oven 350-400 degree about 40 minutes

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Coffee & ovaltine shake

this's easy, and delicious coffee shake less then 5 minutes

Ingredients:
* 1 cup milk
* 4 ice cubes
* 1 tablespoon ovaltine
* 1 tablespoon instant coffee
* 3 tablespoon ice cream ( coffee or vanilla flavor )
* 3 tsp sugar

Instructions:
- Blend all ingredients together until smoothly, creamy and frosty milk shake
- Garnish with ovaltine and instant coffee powder, and some chocolate milk over the shake
- serve right away




Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Tagine meat with dates


Ingredients:
* 2 lb meat
* 1 onion - chopped
* 1 cinnamon stick
* 1/2 tsp ginger powder
* 1/4 tsp turmeric
* pitch saffron pistil
* 1 tsp salt
* 1/4 tsp pepper
* 1/4 cup olive oil
* 10 pitted date
* 2 bowl water or more if necessary

Garnish
- 4 dates stuffed with walnut

Directions:
- In a pressure cooker or a medium pot, mix the meat, chopped onion, ginger powder, turmeric, saffron pistils, salt, pepper, cinnamon stick and olive oil. combine all spices with your hand then add some water to the pot,
- Cover the pot and let it cooked for 30-45 minutes until meat becomes very tender
- then add pitted dates to the pot and stir occasionally for 7-10 minutes, leave some sauce to the tagine
- garnish with stuffed dates over the meat

Pineapple Smoothie





Ingredients:
* 2 cups frozen pineapple or  ( fresh or a can pineapple )
* 1 cup apple juice
* 2 tablespoon honey
* 4 ice cubes

Garnish
- 1 tsp chopped pineapple

Instructions:
- blender the pineapple, apple juice, honey and ice cubes until smooth and frosty
- garnish with some chopped pineapple
- serve immediately   


Grilled corn with roasted garlic compound butter



Ingredients:
* 6 fresh corn
* aluminium foil

Compound butter
- 1 stick of butter in room temperature
- 1 head roasted garlic
- salt
- pepper

Instructions:
- Preheat an indoor grill on your stove.
- Remove the corn skin and silk
- Wrap each individual corn tightly with aluminium foil
- Cook corn on the cob on the grill for 30 minutes, and turn occasionally until it's tender

- next how to preparing a compound butter. In food processor put the butter and roasted garlic, salt & pepper
- blend until all ingredients are combine and turned to paste.
- after 30 minutes corn are cooked, remove the aluminium foil then spread with roasted garlic compound butter. serve while it's warm

Monday, November 14, 2011

Beef Tagine with Prune



( for 1-2 people )
Ingredients:
* 1 lb beef with bone or boneless beef
* 1 onion - chopped
* 3 gloves garlic - chopped
* 1 tsp ginger powder
* 1/4 tsp mix saffron
* pitch saffron pistils
* 1/4 tsp pepper
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 4 tablespoon olive oil
* 2-3 cups water-  or add more water if necessary

Decorations
- 10 pitted prunes
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 tsp sugar
- 15 blanched fried almonds
- 1/4 tsp sesame seeds
- 1/2 tsp butter
- 1 1/4 cup water

Instructions:
- In a pressure cooker or pot, Place the beef with chopped onion, garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil, ginger powder, mix saffron, saffron pistils and water. Cover and let simmer for 30 minutes or more. Check the meat every 15-20 minutes, and add more water if need it. let the meat cook until very tender and sauce reduced to about 1/2 cup

- for decoration, Poach a prune in a sauce pan together with cinnamon stick, sugar, butter and water. let prune cooking for 10 minutes. Mean while, fried the almonds with oil until brown and let a side

- How to served, place the beef Tagine in a plate and decorated with fried almond, sesame seed and prune over the meat.
 

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Moroccan Rib of lamb with spices


Ingredients:
* 2 lbs lamb ribs
* 2 gloves garlic- grated
*1 tablespoon chopped parsley and cilantro
* 1 tsp cumin
* 1 tsp paprika
* 5 tsp extra olive oil
* salt
* pepper

Method:
* In a bowl mix the spices of grated garlic, chopped parsley & cilantro, cumin, paprika, olive oil, salt & pepper. combined all ingredient well with spoon
* Then mix lamb ribs to the paste and rub around the meat well. Let it seat with spices for 10 minutes before bake.
* Place the lamb ribs in the baking sheet and bake them in the broiler for 20-30 minutes for a both side.
* let cook until brown and almost burn over the meat.
* serve with bread and eat right away for better taste.
pepper

Boulfaf - Moroccan Grilled Liver & lung Kebab



Ingredients:
* 1 lb sheep or calf liver ( whole liver from 1 sheep )
* 1 lb sheep or calf lung ( whole lung from 1 sheep )
* sheep's lace fat ( the strip's fat look like a white fabric )
* salt
* pepper
* cumin
* wood skewers


Instruction:
* Clean the liver and lung with water and let them dried with fabric no moister
* cut a bite size almost 2 inch thick, cut about cubes size
* Marinated the liver and lung in separate a container with salt & pepper about 5 minutes
* then grill or cook in the pan the kebab separately. First cooked lung  for 40 minutes for both side, once it's cooked let a side
* next cook the liver about 15 minutes for both side and let a side
* Mean time, while the meat cooking, soak  the wood skewers in the water at least 2-3 hours before grilling
*  cut sheep's lace fat rectangle size, enough to wrap lung and liver. wrap each liver and lung with sheep's lace fat
* Place 4-5 pieces mix lung and liver in the wood skewers. Repeat the step until finish
* Bake in broiler for 5 minutes or more just keep watching until sheep's fat cook thoroughly its disappear or melt to the liver and lung
* When they are cooked sprinkle with cuming over the meat. Served right away while it's hot.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Parmesan fries


Ingredients:
* 2 large unpeeled Idaho potato
* 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
* Season salt
* oil to fry
* pitch garlic powder

Method:
- Clean potato with water and let the skin on, then cut the potatoes into1/4 inch long strip
- Sprinkle with some season salt and garlic powder. Toast until season well
- Heat the cooking pan with enough oil to fry until medium heat about 425 degree
- When the oil is hot pour the strip potatoes to the frying pan. Let them cooking until golden brown and crispy
- Take the fries out from oil. sprinkle and serve with enough Parmesan cheese.
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Opor ayam



Ingredients:
* 1 whole chicken - cut in pieces
* 400 ml coconut milk
* 5  cm ginger root
* 1 onion
* 5 gloves garlic
* 3 bay leaves
* 3 kemiri - candle nut
* 2 cinnamon stick
* 1/2 nutmeg - brake in pieces
* 2 star anise
* salt
* pepper
* 1 tsp sugar
* oil

Method:
- Cut  the chicken in pieces for 10-15 pieces and wash with quick cold water
- Blend onion, garlic, kemiri, and ginger root in a food processor until soft almost puree
- Heat a deep skillet with some oil and pour blend onion, let saute  for 3-4 minutes until turned a bit brown
- add cut chicken to the sauce. let them cooking for a couple minutes before pour the coconut milk, nutmeg cinnamon stick,bay leaves, star anise, salt, pepper and sugar.
- Cover the skillet and time after time checking the chicken and stirring so sauce do get burn. Let the chicken cook until tender and serve with white rice

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