This northern Italian meat sauce, or Ragu Bolognese, is wonderful on pasta with freshly grated Parmesan cheese, or as filling for lasagne. Ingredients ¼ lb (125 g) ham or bacon, cut into cubes 1 lb (450 g) beef lean or…
Śląsko modro kapusta is a Silesian version of a side dish made with red cabbage. There also exists a version from the Greater Poland region. Serve as a side dish, normally with Silesian dumplings and roulade. Ingredients 1 kg red…
Sarmale is a small handful of ground up meat (usually pork) mixed with rice and rolled up in pickled cabbage leaves or grape leaves and then boiled. The meat is seasoned to taste of course, including garlic, salt, pepper, etc.…
A pupusa is a stuffed corn-tortilla, usually served with a spicy coleslaw called curtido. Pupusas originated in El Salvador, but immigrants have taken the dish to other Central American countries and beyond. Pupusas are hand-made and thick. Like all corn…
Flammkuchen or tarte flambée is a well-known Alsacian speciality. It is like pizza in that a thin crust of dough is baked in a very hot oven, but its topping is primarily crème fraîche, onions, and bacon. Like many traditional…
Ingredients Green split peas Streaky pork belly bacon, chopped small Pork belly slices (non smoked), sliced into small strips Dutch smoked sausage (if not available any smoked sausage will do), sliced small 1 large carrot, cubed 1 leek, sliced into…
Ingredients 1 head of green cabbage, sliced and/or diced Bacon, chopped Butter Parsley 1 egg Grated cheese Cayenne pepper ½ onion, roughly chopped Salt Procedure Boil the cabbage until tender. Drain. Fry the chopped bacon in butter. Combine the cooked…
The history of figgy pudding dates back to 16th century England. The ancestor of figgy pudding (and plum pudding) is a medieval spiced porridge known as Frumenty. Today, the term figgy pudding is known mainly because of a popular Christmas…
This is a wonderful dish that is very easy to do. It uses raw eggs, which are not to everyone’s taste and should be avoided by pregnant women. Ingredients 4 free-range eggs with large yolks 3 oz (65 g) fresh…
Ingredients Procedure Lightly grease an oven tray. Combine dried yeast, sugar and warm water. Stir together and leave covered to stand for 5 minutes (or until frothy). Mix together the bakers flour, bread improver and salt in a large bowl.…
El Pastel de Arroz (rice tamale) is typical dish from Cartagena, Colombia. It is very common to find it on Sundays at the beach or as a Christmas Eve favourite. Ingredients Rice 1½ cups rice ½ cup white vinegar 6…
Maple beans is a modification of the standard Baked Beans made throughout much of Europe and North America. This variant is common through south and central Quebec as well as most of Ontario and can be purchased in cans across…