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Roasted Meatballs (Kyufteta)

Roasted Meatballs (Kyufteta)

Kyufteta are Bulgarian roasted meatballs. Ingredients ½ lb pork, minced (not too fatty) ¼ lb ground beef 1 onion, finely chopped ½ cup crumbled bread (preferably at least a day old) 1 egg Black pepper, ground White pepper, ground 1½…

Roast Pork Loin with Gravy

Roast Pork Loin with Gravy

If you look up comfort food in the dictionary, you’ll see a picture of this dish. Ingredients 1 boneless pork loin roast 1 cup salt ¾ cup honey 2 tbsp cracked black peppercorns 2 cups apple cider vinegar, brought to…

Roast Chicken on Salt

Roast Chicken on Salt

This is an old family recipe for chicken on salt from Russia. Ingredients 1 chicken, plucked and dressed 1 lemon, quartered 4 peeled cloves of garlic Several sprigs of fresh rosemary 1 kg salt Procedure Stuff the chicken with the…

Roast Beef Round with Au Jus

Roast Beef Round with Au Jus

Slow roasting makes normally tough eye of round tender. Ingredients 1 eye (2 ½ lb) of round roast, trimmed of extra fat 1 cup red wine 2 tbsp dried thyme 1 tbsp dried rosemary 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp freshly…

Rissoles

Rissoles

Rissoles (ris·sole) is an extremely popular traditional Australian dish, similar to the American meatloaf. Ingredients 1 kg (2.2 lb) regular grade beef mince (ground beef) ½ cup (40 g / 1.4 oz) breadcrumbs 2 eggs Gravy powder or flour Various…

Rice in Fish Broth (Sayyadieh)

Rice in Fish Broth (Sayyadieh)

Ingredients 1 large (~2 lbs / 1 kg) whole fish, cleaned 1 cup olive oil 2 cups uncooked rice 1 ½ cups chopped onion Salt Lemon juice Water Procedure Fry fish in olive oil until well cooked. Remove the fish…

Pouch-Roasted Snapper

Pouch-Roasted Snapper

This pouch-roasted snapper cooks perfectly in 30 minutes. Ingredients 2 cups quick-cook couscous 1 whole (2 lb/1 kg) red snapper, cleaned, fins removed, head and tail intact Salt Freshly ground black pepper ½ large bunch each of dill, oregano, thyme,…

Potato Meat Loaf

Potato Meat Loaf

Ingredients 4 medium potatoes, sliced 1 onion, sliced ½ pound ground beef ½ pound bulk sausage 1 egg, beaten 6 soda crackers, crumbled 1 teaspoon chili powder ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper ~1 can cheddar cheese soup Procedure Preheat…

Potato and Sausage Casserole (Papa Turmada)

Potato and Sausage Casserole (Papa Turmada)

La papa turmada is a baked potato and criolla sauce with sausage casserole, from Cucuta, Norte de Santander Colombia. Ingredients 6 large potatoes, peeled and sliced 6 hard boiled eggs 1 cup hogao with 6 sliced fried pork sausages 3…

Pork Tenderloin with Asparagus and Prosciutto

Pork Tenderloin with Asparagus and Prosciutto

Ingredients About ½ lb pork tenderloin 1 lb asparagus 50 g prosciutto 175 ml whipping cream (35% fat) 6–10 cloves garlic, chopped 3–4 shallots, diced 2 sun-dried tomatoes About 500 g linguine 4 tbsp olive oil 100 ml white wine…

Pork Chops Cacciatore

Pork Chops Cacciatore

Ingredients Double batch basic polenta 6 ea. (1 kg) 4 cm thick boneless pork chops 1 can (28 oz) tomatoes, preferably “fire roasted” or similar 1 large carrot, peeled 1 medium onion, peeled 15 ml olive oil 15 ml butter…