Really Good Baked Potato Soup
- 2-3 large potatoes, cooked, diced
- 2-3 tbsp chicken bouillon powder (lightly coat potatoes)
- 2-3 tsp black pepper, ground (lightly coat potatoes)
- 1-2 tbsp butter
- 1 medium onion, diced
- Celery, Bacon, Carrots (optional: sliced, diced to taste)
- 1-2 tsp garlic, minced
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Herbs (to taste)
Cook potatoes until tender (recommend: properly microwave).
Dice potatoes into ~1/2 inch cubes.
Coat with salt, pepper, chicken bouillon powder, set aside.
Melt butter in soup pot, dice onions, vegetables, etc
Cook until onions are translucent, add garlic towards the end (so as not to burn)
Mix together vegetables and coated potatoes in the soup pot.
Add enough boiling water to barely cover / float potatoes, and simmer ~30 minutes.
In separate frying pan, melt butter and mix with flour to make a roux.
Temper in milk/cream, and herbs.
Transfer herbed milk roux to soup pot.
Blend ~50% of the soup to thicken.
Serve, top with bacon or croutons.
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Trompo de Pastor
- 2 tbsp salt
- 2 tbsp Paprika
- 2 tbsp Chili Powder
- 2 tbsp Cumin
- 1 tbsp pepper
- 1/2 cup lime juice
- 2 lbs Pork Loin, Sliced into Medallions
- 2 skewers
- 1 onion, sliced in half
- 1 onion, sliced in strings (julienned)
- Red, Green Peppers, sliced in strings (julienned)
- Pineapple Chunks
- Salt
- Pepper
- Olive Oil
Preheat oven to 300 degrees farenheit
Blend spices into slightly watery paste (using lime juice)
Slice meat into medallions, coat with paste in a bowl.
Refrigerate covered bowl for 30 minutes
Slice vegetables for fajita/veggie mixture into a bowl.
Coat vegetables with salt, peper, olive oil.
Slide meat onto skewers, use onion halves as base and skewers as the “trompo”
(Pierce skewers into onion, straight down, such that the meat is free-standing)
alternately, cook the meet on a wire rack with a pan to catch the drippings
Cook meat on skewers in 300 degree oven for 1.5 hrs
Remove meat, slice, dice, arrange on a baking tray beside coated and spiced vegetables.
Cover meat with a layer of tortillas and aluminum foil
Broil pan underneath broiler ~10-15m until veggies get sweated / roasted.
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Ruth Woodard’s Spaghetti
* 1lb bacon, cooked, drained, and crumbled (reserve grease)
- 3 tbsp bacon grease
- 1 tbsp flour
3 onions, sliced into thin strips
* Salt + Pepper (to taste)
1 large can tomatoes, stewed (28oz?)
* 3 tbsp oregano
* 1 lb cheddar cheese, sharp
- 1 lb spaghetti, cooked
- Salted water (to taste)
Cook bacon, drain and reserve grease
Heat bacon grease + flour until combined and slightly browned (do not burn)
Cook sliced onions in bacon grease w/ salt and pepper to taste
Add stewed tomatoes and oregano, simmer 30m
Cut or blend large tomato chunks
Add cheddar cheese, crumbled bacon, stir into cooked pasta
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Molasses Sugar Cookies
- 3/4 cup shortening, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1 whole egg
- 2 cups flour, sifted
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cloves
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup sugar (for rolling)
Melt shortening in saucepan or microwave.
Remove and let cool (otherwise egg will cook).
Add sugar, molasses, and egg, mix well.
Sift together all dry ingredients.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix well.
Wrap and chill thoroughly.
Roll into 1 inch balls, roll in sugar.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes and let cool on wire racks.
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Red Beans and Rice
- 1 lb dried red beans, soaked overnight
- 1/2 lb salt pork / ham hock / bacon
- 2 qt water
- 1 tbsp salt
- 3 cups red onion, chopped
- 1 bunch green onions, chopped
- 1 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 cup bell pepper, chopped
- 2 large pods of garlic (~10+ cloves), crushed
- 1 tsp red pepper (probably flakes?)
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp oregano, dried
- 1/4 tsp thyme, dried
- 4 oz tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp Worchestershire sauce
- 3 generous dashes Tobasco sauce
- 1 lb sausage (kielbasa), cooked and sliced thin
Cook beans and pork in salted water.
Bring to boil then simmer for 45 minutes.
Add vegetables, seasonings, and tomato sauce.
Simmer 1hr, stirring occasionally.
Add sausage for extra body and cook 45 minutes more.
Cool, but do not necessarily refrigerate.
Reheat to a boil, then simmer for 30 minutes.
Serve over boiled, buttered white rice.
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Apple Pie
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- ~6 small apples or 3-4 large, peeled and thinly sliced
Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.
Prepare pie crust / pan bottom, set aside top.
Stir sugar and spices into small or medium bowl.
Peel apples, slice thinly into bowl slightly larger than pie crust/pan.
apple slices should be ~1/16” or ~1mm. If you shake a slice back and forth it should wiggle instead of being solid
When you’ve peeled a heaping amount into the bowl, using both hands mix with sugar and spices by thirds, separating apple slices.
Spread heapingly into pie crust / pan bottom.
Dot with slices of butter or margarine.
Cover with pie crust top, press together edges, slice top to allow steam to vent.
Cover crust edges with aluminum foil.
Bake at 425 for 40-50 minutes, until golden brown and juice bubbles through slits.
Remove aluminum foil for last ~5 minutes.
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Chocolate Clusters
- 12 oz chocolate chips (one bag)
- 12 oz butterscotch chips (one bag)
- 1 3/4 cup salted cashews or salted peanuts
- 1 3/4 cup chow mein noodles
Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips in microwave (or double-boiler) until creamy and smooth
Gently stir in chow mein noodles and nuts
Drop onto waxed paper, roughly the size of golf balls
Refrigerate 4+ hours, remove from waxed paper and serve
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Pizza Dough
- 1 /12 tsp yeast
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- sauce + cheese + toppings
Dissolve yeast in warm water
When fully dissolved, add remaining ingredients in order listed
Dough should be slightly sticky and pull away from sides of bowl
Turn dough onto lightly floured surface (slightly more flour if dough is more sticky)
Knead 20 times, let rest 5 minutes
Knead 10 more times, let rest 15 minutes
Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees
Roll dough flat to be ~1/4” thick, transfer to cooking surface (pizza stone or lightly greased pan)
Blind bake crust (no toppings!) for ~5-10 minutes at 425 degrees until crust is almost cooked
Remove, top with sauce, cheese, toppings
Return to oven for ~5-10 minutes more until cheese melts and begins to bubble
Remove from oven, slice and serve
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Lemon Pie
- 1 box (~16oz) ‘Nilla Wafers
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 whole lemons
Select enough ‘Nilla Wafers to stand upright around pie pan edge
Roughly layer bottom with ‘Nilla Wafers (broken and laying flat is preferable)
Crumble most of remaining ‘Nilla Wafers and layer over bottom, covering all visible parts of the pan
Zest/grate a single lemon peel into bowl
Juice both lemons into zest, straining seeds
Empty condensed milk into juice and zest, mixing thoroughly
Gently layer condensed milk mixture over crumbled ‘Nilla Wafers
Cover, refrigerate overnight
Serve with whipped cream
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Pan de Yuca - Cheese Bread - Almohabanas
From this recipe, gluten free
- 2.5 cups yuca starch/flour or tapioca starch/flour
- 4 cups mozzarella cheese, grated
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 stick butter, room temperature, cut into 8 pieces
- 2 large eggs
- 1-2 tbsp water, optional if needed
Melt butter and cool.
Combine the yuca starch or flour, cheese, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
Blend until smooth, adding up to 1-2 tbsp water if necessary.
Shape into 1-2 inch balls and place on cookie sheet.
Pre-heat the oven to 400 F.
Optional: Chill for about 30 minutes before baking.
Bake at 400 for ~5 minutes then turn on broiler and continue until golden brown on top.
Serve immediately, they should be lightly crusty on the outside and chewy on the inside..
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