Cookbook

Apple Tart

Prepare crust first by mixing flour, sugar and salt together. Mix in butter and egg yolks. Mix until dough forms (I add a bit of cold water to help it along, but don't add too much). Cover and place in refridgerator.

Melt butter in a large oven-proof frying pan, and add sugar. Add apples and cook over medium heat stirring up the apples occasionally. Continue cooking until the sauce which forms is a dark caramel color. Remove from heat.

While apples cool, preheat oven to 350^o and roll out crust on a floured surface to size of frying pan. Cover apples with crust and place in oven for 30-35 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

Options: Add 1/2 t Cinnamon to apples while they are cooking.

Molé Sauce

Sauté onion and garlic in the olive oil, along with the oregano, cumin and cinnamon. Add chili powder and flour. Stir for a couple minutes over medium heat. Slowly mix in broth, and then increase heat to high. Add chocolate and sugar to taste. Cook until sauce thickens and then remove from heat.

Thenthuk (ten-too)

Sift the flour into a mixing bowl. Add water slowly and squeezed together with hands until flour is completely absorbed. Place on table or countertop and knead for five minutes (around 100 times) turning dough often. Continue with soup recipe...

After kneading dough, divide into five pieces. Roll each piece into a long thin shape and coat with oil. Cover and set aside. For best results, leave for one hour, but at least for ten minutes. Turn stove on high, and pre-heat wok (or frying pan). Add one tablespoon of oil. In a separate bowl, mix one egg with a few pinches of salt. Add to frying pan when oil is hot. Cook each side one minute, then cut into small pieces and set aside. Add remainder of oil to pan along with garlic, ginger and onions. Fry these until cooked, and then add tomato, cabbage and carrot. Fry for two minutes and then add soy sauce and salt. Add 2 1/2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Take out the dough. Using both thumbs, stretch out dough until it is long and flat. Quickly tear thumb-sized pieces into the boiling soup. After all noodles are in the soup, cook for three more minutes. Serve hot. If you like, top with fresh chopped green onion and cilantro. Add chili to taste.

Apple Crisp

Place apples in a baking dish, and Crumble topping over them. Bake in pre-heated 375°F oven for 30-35 minutes.

(Don't follow the recipe)

Janssons Frestelse

Skala och skär potatisen i strimlor och löken i tunna skivor. Strimlar
man på rivapparat, bör det strimlade lägges i durkslag och spolas i
kallt vatten. Rensa coh filea ansjovisen. Varva in en smord ugnssäker
form potatis, ansjovis och lök, sluta med motatis. Häll över hälften av
grädden ev. blandad med mjölk.

Lägg överst några klickar fett. Grädda i medelstark ugnsvärme tills
potatisen är mjuk, ca 45 min. Med råriven potatis blir gräddningstiden
kortare. Häll på resten ave grädden mot sluted av gräddningen.

Chicago Style Pizza

In a mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in 115°F water. Add vegetable oil,
olive oil cornmeal and half of the flour. Beat for 10 minutes. Attach
dough hook and mix in remaining flour. Knead for 5 minutes.

Cover and allow to rise in a warm place until dough has doubled in size.
Spread out in a greased deep dish pizza pan. Add your favorite ingredients,
cheese and top with tomato sauce.

Bake in a pre-heated 450°F oven until crust is golden brown.

Garlic Cheesy Biscuits

Mix the dry ingredients completely. Cut in the butter. Stir in milk
and cheese and mix just until blended (it's important not to mix too
long).

Pre-heat oven to 450°F. Drop biscuit sized dollops onto a greased
baking sheet. Brush with melted butter, and sprinkle liberally with
more garlic salt. Bake for 12-15 min until golden brown.

Moroccan Spiced Olives

Heat olive oil and spices in a small skillet over medium heat until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat & add olives & toss to coat.

Stir in remaining ingredients. Refrigerate in an airtight container for at least 4 hours or up to 3 weeks. The longer the marinate, the better they taste. Drain & serve at room temperature.

Feijoada (Brazilian Black Bean Soup)

1) In 3 T olive oil sauté onions, garlic, celery and jalapeño until soft, about 7 minutes. Stir in parsley, orange zest, lemon zest and cumin. Coook another minute.

2) Add beans, tofu, stock and bay leaf. Bring to a boil and simmer, partly covered for about 1 hour. Add sherry and orange juice. Heat through and taste for salt and pepper. Serve garnished with hard boiled egg and lemon and orange slices.

Variation: This is an adaptation of a recipe that used linguiça sausage. This version gets much of its flavor from the smoked tofu. The original called for the soup to be puréed. If you prefer, you can reserve the tofu, and purée the soup at the end of the hour. Now add the tofu and cook for another 15 mins to get the smoke flavor infused into the soup. Now finish with the sherry and orange juice.

Serving Note: Also good served with sour cream.

Butternut Squash Soup

Peel and clean the squash and cut into small cubes. In a pot begin heating boullion and add the squash. Keep the scallions and thyme in a bundle and add to the pot. With a knife make a few small holes in the scotch bonnet pepper and add it to the pot. Cook about 30 mins. Remove the scallions, thyme and the pepper. Using a hand mixer, puree the soup.

Serve as is, or with sour cream.

Käsespätzle

Das Mehl in eine Schüssel sieben. Die restlichen Zutaten dazugeben und mit dem Kochlöffel oder dem Knethaken des elektrischen Handrührgeräts zu einem glatten Teig verarbeiten. Salzwasser mit ein etwas Öl drin zum kochen bringen. Mit einer Spätzlepresse (oder mit Schneidebrett und messer) ins kochende Wasser tun. Die Spätzle aus dem Wasser löffeln sobald sie auftauchen. Die Spätzle nun in warmem Salzwasser behalten bis der Teig verbraucht ist.

Laura's Mother's Brownies

In a large saucepan melt the butter. Stir in the sugar and eggs. In a separate bowl mix the dry ingredients, and add to the sugar-egg mixture. Stir until well blended, and beat briefly. Pour into a greased, floured pan and bake in a pre-heated 350°F oven for 25-30 min.