Shepherd’s Pie I
Cottage pie, or shepherd’s pie, is a meat pie with a mashed potato top. It is traditionally made with leftover roast meat, but today it is more often made with fresh minced meat. Ingredients 30 g (1 oz) lard (optional)…
Ingredients butter
Kasnocken (Austrian Cheese Dumplings)
Kasnocken are small dumplings combined with melted cheese. In Germany, “Nocken” are called “Spaetzle”. They have their origins in Schwaben, a region in Southern Germany, and are served as a side dish to roasts. People from Austria and from the…
Figgy Pudding
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…
Chicken Marsala I
Ingredients ¾ cup marsala wine ¼ cup water 2 tbsp chopped parsley 2 tsp rosemary 2 tbsp butter 2 cups mushrooms 1 package (about 2 cups) sugar snap peas about 3 pounds chicken cutlets Flour Procedure
Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
Spaghetti alla puttanesca (Italian: “whore’s spaghetti”) is a spicy, tangy and somewhat salty Italian pasta dish. According to Annarita Cuomo, writer for Il Golfo, a newspaper serving the Italian islands of Ischia and Procida, sugo alla puttanesca was invented in…
Crock Pot Potato Soup
Ingredients 5 large potatoes, diced 3 medium onions, diced 5 cups water 1 tablespoon parsley 1 stalk celery, diced 1 teaspoon salt Black pepper, to taste 4 cups chicken broth 4 to 5 tablespoons butter 1 (13-ounce) can evaporated milk…
Börek (Turkish Filled Pastries)
Börek is a general term in Turkish cuisine that applies to a family of pastries with about fifty different members. They have in common the fact that they are all pastry layers of some type enclosing a filling. There are…
Pastry for Cornish Pasties
Any good pastry dough can be used for Cornish pasties, but it should be neither too rich nor too flaky. This works very well. Adjust amounts as required. See also Cookbook:Pasties. Ingredients 1 lb (450 g) flour ½ lb (225…
Gulab Jamun (Fried Milk Balls in Syrup)
Gulab jamun is a popular Indian and Pakistani sweet dish comprised of fried milk balls in a sweet syrup flavoured with cardamom seeds and rosewater or saffron. It originates from Bengal and is pronounced “Gulab Jambuh” in regional languages such…
Beurre Blanc
Traditionally, a beurre blanc consists of nearly equal parts white wine and good white wine vinegar reduced dramatically with shallot, held in emulsion with quite a lot of butter. Once the basic technique has been mastered, don’t be afraid to…
Corn Chowder I
Ingredients 2 tablespoon butter or margarine 1 cup chopped onion ½ cup chopped celery 1½ cups diced, pared potatoes, cut in ½-inch cubes 2 cups corn, fresh or frozen 1½ cups water 2 chicken bouillon cubes ¼ teaspoon thyme 1…
Sponge Cake I
Sponge cake is the most commonly-recognised variety of baked confectionery in Britain. It has a sweet taste, often flavoured with vanilla, chocolate or other additions. It can be cut and displayed in a very large number of different ways. A…