SPAGHETTI CARBONARA
(2 - 4 Servings)
8 oz. spaghetti
4 oz. bacon
1 green pepper
5 tbsp. Parmesan cheese 5 tbsp. chopped parsley 1-1/4 cups cream
1/4 cup butter
8 slices cooked ham, lean 1 tsp. dried oregano 1 tsp. dried basil
Cook spaghetti in boiling salt water for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, chop bacon. Core pepper and chop finely. Put bacon in saucepan, cook until crisp. Stir in cheese, parsley, cream, green pepper. Cook slowly 5 minutes.
Drain spaghetti, toss with butter, place in greased oven dish. Roll up ham slices, lay on spaghetti, cover with bacon sauce. Sprinkle with herbs. Bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes. Serve hot.
Dutch Baked Mackerel
Place the mackerel in a baking-dish; sprinkle with pepper and chopped parsley. Cover with fried bread-crumbs and bits of butter, and moisten with cream. Then bake until brown on top and serve hot with stewed potatoes.
Belgian Potato Salad
Slice cold boiled potatoes very thin and mix with chopped celery and onion; season with salt and pepper. Then mix the yolks of 2 hard-boiled eggs with 1 tablespoonful of olive-oil. Add to the salad with 2 tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.
Yellow And Red Bell Peppers Filled With Tuna
10 yellow bell peppers — cut
lengthwise into thirds
10 red bell peppers — cut
lengthwise into thirds
1 cup plus
2 tablespoons olive oil
5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
5 garlic cloves — pressed
salt and freshly
ground pepper
3 cans albacore tuna packed in
water — drained
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
5 tablespoons drained capers
fresh parsley sprigs
imported black olives
(such as kalamata or
nicoise)
Arrange pepper skin side up in broiler pan (in batches if necessary) and broil until blackened. Wrap in paper bag and let stand 10 minutes to steam. Peel and pat dry. Mix olive oil, lemon juice and garlic in large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add peppers and marinate at least 30 minutes. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before continuing.) Drain peppers, reserving marinade. Combine tuna, chopped parsley and capers in another bowl, breaking up tuna with a fork. Mix in enough reserved marinade to season to taste. Season with salt and pepper. Place 1 tablespoon tuna mixture on inside of each piece of pepper at one end. Roll up. Arrange seam side down on serving platter. Pour remaining marinade over rolls. (Can be prepared 6 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Garnish with parsley sprigs and olives before serving. 16 appetizer servings.
Cucumber Rings
1 large cucumber
3 eggs
3 tablespoons half and half
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/4 cup cooked ham — chopped
1 tablespoon chopped parsley — fresh
Remove the rounded ends from the cucumber and cut into 1/2 inch thick slices. Scoop out some of the cucumber seed area with a rounded teaspoon, leaving the shells and the others side intact. You are making a little hole in each slice. chop scooped part and save.
Drain the slices well on paper towels while you lightly beat the eggs together with the chopped cucumber scoopings. Stir in half and half, salt, pepper and paprika. Melt butter in a saucepan and cook the egg mixture gently until set. Stir in the ham and parsley. with a teaspoon, spoon the egg mixture into the holes in the cucumber slices. Arrange on a serving plate.
Yield: Serves about 4 for and appetizer.
Copenhagens
4 ounces waterchestnuts — canned, drained
48 tiny shrimp
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
With a sharp knife, cut each waterchestnut into 3 rounds. Drain shrimp. Combine mayonnaise, parsley and lemon juice. Put a dab of mayonnaise mixture on each chestnut round, secure a shrimp to the top with a toothpick.
Yield: Serves 16
Vienna Stewed Carrots
Peel some carrots and cut in small pieces. Boil in salted water until tender; drain. Brown 1 tablespoonful of flour in 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; add 1/2 cup of the water in which the carrots were cooked, 2 tablespoonfuls of vinegar and a little sugar. Let all boil; then add the carrots and 1 cup of cooked peas, some chopped parsley and a pinch of pepper. Simmer ten minutes and serve hot.
Egyptian Meat Balls
Chop 1 pound of raw beef; season with salt, pepper and 1 teaspoonful of curry-powder; add 2 stalks of chopped celery, 1 small onion and some chopped parsley. Mix with 2 beaten eggs and 1/2 cup of bread-crumbs, and make into small balls. Let cook in hot butter until tender. Serve on a border of boiled rice and pour over all a highly seasoned tomato-sauce.
Spinach and Artichoke Dip
2 cups chopped spinach
2 cups chopped artichokes
1/2 cup diced onion
1 tsp. minced garlic
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup chopped green onion
2 tsp. lea and Perrins
1 oz. olive oil
2 cups chicken stock
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup shredded mozzarella
salt and pepper to taste
roux to thicken
Place olive oil in pan and heat. Sauté onion, green onion and garlic for approximately 3 minutes, then add all Other ingredients except roux and cheese. Simmer for 20 minutes. Thicken with roux until creamy. Fold in cheese at end.
Adriatic Spaghetti - Spaghetti Dell’adriatico
1 small octopus (about 3 1/4 pounds)
1/2 cup olive oil
1 pinch rosemary
1 bay leaf
1 pinch oregano
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 chopped parsley
1 green chili pepper chopped
1/2 lb tomatoes, peeled and cut in strips
3 cloves garlic, (inner buds removed); , chopped
1 salt and pepper
1 lb spaghetti
Serves 4 to 6
The octopus must be very carefully washed and dried, and the mouth removed. Cover the bottom of a saucepan with oil; add the rosemary, bay leaf oregano, cumin seeds, parley, chili pepper, tomatoes and chopped garlic. Place the octopus on top of this mixture and season with salt and pepper. Cover the pot very tightly and simmer for about 45 minutes. Cook the spaghetti in plenty of boiling salted water until it is ‘al dente’ (firm to the bite). Drain and turn onto a warm serving dish. Mix the octopus sauce into the spaghetti. Serve piping hot.
CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP WITH CHEDDAR CHEESE
2 c. milk
3 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. finely chopped onion
3 tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. white pepper
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/2 tsp. granulated garlic
2 chicken bouillon cubes
1 1/2 c. boiling water
2 c. shredded Cheddar cheese
1 c. cooked finely chopped broccoli
Cook onions in butter until tender. Blend in flour and seasonings and cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Add boiling water and bouillon cubes and cook slowly until thick, stir in the milk until smooth. Add the cheese and broccoli and heat through. Garnish with fresh chopped parsley. Serves 6.
Fried Crab Cakes
1 lb Crabmeat
1 Egg yolk
1 1/2 ts Salt
-Pepper to taste 1 t Dry mustard
2 ts Worcestershire sauce
1 tb Mayonnaise
1 tb Chopped parsley
1/2 ts Paprika
1 tb Melted butter
-Bread crumbs (1/2 to 1 -cup) 1/4 c Butter or oil
1 Lemon, cut into wedges for garnish
combine all ingredients except oil and lemon; mix gently. Shape into 6 cakes. Heat butter or oil. Fry cakes over medium high heat until browned on both sides.
Caviar Eggs
6 hard-cooked eggs
6 tablespoons caviar (red or black)
1 tablespoon chopped chives or green onions
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 tablespoon mayonnaise or sour cream
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• Shell the eggs, cut them in halves, and remove the yolks.
• Mash these well and combine with the remaining ingredients.
• When it is thoroughly whipped together, heap it into the whites with a spoon, or pipe it in, using the rosette end of a pastry tube.
• For a first course, serve 2 halves per person.
• Arrange them on greens and pass a Russian dressing.
• Or double the recipe and serve it as a salad course with watercress, Russian dressing, and crisp French bread.
Yield: 6 servings
Apple Cider Salad
2 packages gelatin powder — unflavored
2 cups apple cider
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups apples — diced
1/4 cup black walnuts — chopped
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
cooking oil
lettuce leaves — for decoration
1. Put 1/2 cup cold water into a small bowl. Sprinkle two envelopes (2 tablespoons) of unflavored gelatin on water. Let stand 5-10 minutes to soften.
2. Heat 2 cups apple cider until very hot; add salt. Remove from heat and immediately add softened gelatin. Stir until gelatin is completely dissolved. Have a 1 quart mold lightly greased with cooking oil. Do not use olive oil. Spoon about 1/2 cup of gelatin mixture into mold and place in refrigerator.
3. Chill remaining mixture until slightly thicker than consistency of unbeaten egg white. Just before large bowl of gelatin is desired consistency, dice apples and chop walnuts and parsley. Add this to the gelatin and place into the mold which already has thin bottom layer of gelatin. Chill until set.
4. Unmold onto serving plate which has been decorated with lettuce leaves; curly endive is a good choice.
7 Grain Vegetable Soup
—–INTO A LARGE KETTLE PUT—– 2 qt Water
—–BRING TO A BOIL, THEN ADD—– 1 qt Tomatoes & juice
1 c AM 7 Grain Cereal (uncooked)
1 cn Green beans & juice
3 Celery stalks — chopped
1 cn Whole kernel corn & juice
6 oz Jar sliced mushrooms
3 c Squash, cubed
1 tb Onion powder
2 ts Garlic powder
1 t Celery seed
Sea salt — to taste -OR- vegetable seasoning
Bring to boil and simmer, covered for 1 hour. Add 1 tablespoon of AM Canola Oil before serving, and a handful of chopped parsley. Any other vegetables of choice may be added or substituted.