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Chick Pea Salad
By Tiller
Drizzle over salad and serve
- 1 can chick peas
- 1 can black beans
- 1 can corn
- 1 red pepper chopped
- 3 green onions chopped
- fresh parsleu chopped
- dressing;
- 1 \4 cup redwine vinegar
- 1 \4 cup olive oil
- 1 tbsp honey or maple syrup
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Bean salad
By Tiller
mix together
- 1\2 cup vinegar
- 1\2 cup oil
- 1\2 cup sugar
- or
- 1\2 cup vinegar
- 1\3 cup oil
- 1\2 cup sugar
Cheese Ball
By Tiller
Mix together the cheeses and relish, form into a ball and refrigerate for a few hours with plastic wrap over top
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1/4 cup relish
- 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
- paprika
- parsley
Meat in Pastry Cups
By Tiller
Place everything except bread crumbs and gin in saucepan
- Hot water pastry:
- 2 cups flour, sifter
- 1/2 tsp baking pwd
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup boiling water
- 2/3 cup shortening
- Meat mixture;
- 1 pound pork, minced
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp summer savory
- 1/4 cup Gin (opt)
- 1/4 tsp celery seeds
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup fine bread crumbs
Steamed Artichokes with Dipping Sauces
By Tiller
Trim off each artichokes stem so artichoke stands level
- 4 large artichokes
- 1/2 lemon
- Aioli Sauce;
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup light mayonnaise
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Ginger Beurre Blanc Sauce;
- 2/3 cup dry white wine
- 2 tsp gingeroot ,minced
- 1 tsp lemon rind, grated
- 1/2 cup butter, cut in small pieces
- pinch each salt, pepper
Chinese cooking tips
By Tiller
Misc
- TO TENDERIZE BEEF;
- SLICING BEEF;
- cut against the grain of the meat
- PREPARING VEBETABLES;
- to 102 30 of water to a boil, then add 102 tsp of baking soda, add veges for 30 seconds then rinse well with cold water. This makes veges bright in color.
- COOKING RICE;
- 10 long grain rice, when cooked , rinse with cold water, this removes starch and breaks up clumps of rice.Then rinse with boiling water. Wait at least 10 minutes before frying rice.
- DEEP FRYING;
- 375* in this strips at 375* will cook the outside and the inside.
- 350*, to at 350*, will cook to center and not only cook the outside.
- THIN EGG BATTER; for General Tao Chicken
- 1 2 1 2 to 30 tbsp veg oil for 2 minutes, add 1 cup cold water, 2 tbsp cornstarch and enough flour to make thickeness of pancake batter. let stand 30 minutes
Baked Greek Shrimp
By Tiller
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 large tomatoes, pealed and coarsely chopped
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tsp pepper
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 2 lb. large shrimps, de-veined
- 3oz. light feta cheese, crumbled
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley
Spring Rolls
By Tiller
Mix raw ingredients in bowl (meat first) working the rest in with hands
- 1 small onion, chopped fine
- 1/2 cup ground pork
- 6 shrimp, chopped fine
- 6 green onions
- 4 oz mushrooms, chopped fine
- 1 lb chinese cabbage, chopped fine
- 3 tbsp asian chili sauce
- 4 oz waterchestnuts, chopped fine
- 2 tbsp red or white wine
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp chicken stock pwd
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp cornstarch ( mixed with 1/2 cup water)
- (bring to a boil & remove from heat)
- 18 spring roll wrappers, cut 6 in 1/2, diagonally
Greek Village Salad
By Tiller
In a large bowl, combine red onion, tomatoes, cucumber and olives
- 1 1 1 red onion, sliced
- 4 4 4 beefsteak tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 1 1 1 large English cucumber, peeled, seeded and sliced
- 15 15 15 Kalamata olives, pitted
- 1/3 1/3 1/3 cup (80 ml) extra virgin olive oil
- 2 2 2 tbsp (30 ml) fresh lemon juice
- 1/8 1/8 1/8 tsp (0.5 ml) salt
- 8 8 8 oz. (226 g) creamy Greek feta, cut into slabs
- 3 3 3 tsp (15 ml) chopped fresh oregano
Seafood Ceviche 2
By Tiller
Roughly chop the prawns and scallops
- 1 lb raw shrimps , shelled and deveined
- 1 lb raw sea scallops
- 1/2 cup red onion, diced
- 2 Pasilla peppers, minced (or jalapeno)
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 roma tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 1 cup lime juice (approx. 8 limes)
- salt to taste