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JC Chocolate Caramel Sauce with Strawberries

Ingredients

  • 500 grams strawberries
  • 1/4 chocolate bites
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • pinch salt

Instructions

  1. Over high heat, melt the sugar for about 2 minutes until transformed into a deep golden caramel.
  2. Add the caramel mixture and pour into the cream then return it to heat and cook until caramel and cream are smoothly dissolved.
  3. Remove from heat, add chocolate and salt and stir until chocolate melts.
  4. Finally, add butter to the mixture.
  5. When cooled drizzle the caramel chocolate sauce over your strawberry dish.

Variations

replace strawberries with any other fruits.

Cooking time (duration): 30

Number of servings (yield): 4

Meal type: dessert

Culinary tradition: Middle Eastern

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

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Lavender Panna Cotta

Summary: elevate your senses into a whole new space

Ingredients

  • 2 cup milk

  • 2 cup cream
  • 30 grams of gelatin
  • 4 tbsp cold water
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 tsp dried lavender

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl sprinkle the gelatin over water until softened.

  2. In saucepan, heat the cream, honey, and lavender until simmer. Turn the heat.
  3. Whisk in the gelatin and make sure that no lumps remain the add the milk to the ingredients.
  4. Pour into any preferred serving shape you like (i.e ramekins, shots, etc…) and put in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
  5. Serve with lemon zest on top and crushed dark chocolate.

Quick Notes

If you chose to serve your panna cotta in ramekins so to unmold them later on. Set the panna cotta in the fridge to more than 5 hours and then run a small knife to the edge when you un-mold them.

Variations

serve with any kinds of fruits, marmalade, or chocolate instead of lemon zest.

Cooking time (duration): 12

Number of servings (yield): 6

Meal type: dessert

Culinary tradition: Italian

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

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Nutella Sandwich

Ingredients

  • 1 baguette old-style bread
  • handful of season fruits (banana, strawberry, apple)
  • or

  • punch Nuts and kernels
  • Nutella spread

Instructions

  1. Over a grill, toast the baguette on both sides. Spread Nutella over the toasted baguette. Top with nuts or kernels, or some fresh season fruits.(e.g. banana, strawberry)

Quick Notes

A glass of sweet wine,Clairette, like La Crima D’oro

Cooking time (duration): 20

Number of servings (yield): 6

Meal type: snack

Culinary tradition: Italian

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

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leggy Balila

Ingredients

  • 1 cup precooked/canned chickpeas
  • 1 clove garlic mashed
  • 1 tomato chopped
  • Olive Oil
  • Salt and cumin powder to taste
  • 1/2 cup pine-nuts
  • 2 tbsp butter

Instructions

  1. In a Bowl, add the precooked chickpeas and mix with salt,cumin powder, garlic, tomato, and olive oil.
  2. In a pan, melt the butter (don’t burn it), then add pine-nuts and sauté till golden brown. Sprinkle the goldened pinenuts on top of your chickpea mixture.

Cooking time (duration): 15

Diet type: Vegetarian

Number of servings (yield): 2

Meal type: lunch

Culinary tradition: Lebanese

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

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Maggi (TM)Dip with Tortilla chips

Ingredients

  • 1 pack of powdered Maggi (TM) soup (chicken preferred)
  • 500 grams of labneh (strained yoghurt)
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 packs (large) tortilla chips

Instructions

  1. Dissolve Maggi (TM) pack in water.
  2. In a serving bowl, mix Labneh with the mixture above.
  3. Top the bowl with lots of tortilla chips.

Quick Notes

Unique Dip for a friends movie’ gathering.

Cooking time (duration): 10

Number of servings (yield): 6

Meal type: snack

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★.

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Ashta (Atemoya) Sauce

Summary: an exquisite taste for BBQ lovers

Ingredients

  • 500 grams Ashta (also knows as Atemoya , sugar-apple) pureed
  • 1/2 cup wine (white preferred)
  • 1/2 cup broth
  • 2 shallots (thinly minced)
  • 4 cloves garlic (mashed)
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • salt and black fresh pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Sauté shallots and garlic in butter.

  2. Add wine until glazed.
  3. Pour broth and simmer for 5 minutes.
  4. Stir Ashta puree and season with salt and pepper.
  5. Keep mixture on low heat until thickened.
  6. Serve with your sea-food or chicken BBQ.

Cooking time (duration): 15

Number of servings (yield): 4

Meal type: brunch

Culinary tradition: Central American

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

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Spanakotyropita (Spinach Pie with Feta Cheese)

Ingredients

Spinach & herb mixture:

  • 2 kgs of fresh spinach,washed, trimmed, and chopped
  • 2/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 medium onions, chopped
  • 1 bunch of fresh dill, stems removed, chopped
  • 1/3 cup of water

Pita mixture:

  • Cooked spinach and herb mixture (above) at room temperature
  • 1 egg
  • 300 grams feta cheese
  • black fresh ground pepper
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 500 grams phyllo sheets
  • 2 tbsp water

Instructions

Spinach and herbs

  1. Over medium heat, sauté the onion with dill.
  2. in olive oil in a large soup or stew pot until soft.
  3. Add water and spinach and bring to a boil.
  4. Cover, reduce heat to low and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  5. Put in a colander to drain.
  6. When cooled, cover and continue to drain in the refrigerator overnight.

Pita Making

  1. Remove spinach from the refrigerator and keep in the colander over a bowl while allowing it to reach room temperature. As ingredients are added, it will continue to drain.
  2. Preheat oven to 175C.
  3. Beat the egg with a fork and add to the spinach.
  4. Crumble the cheese and add to the spinach, and toss with one or two forks until evenly distributed.
  5. Unroll the phyllo and count the sheets.
  6. Oil a pan measuring the same or slightly less than the phyllo sheets with 2 tablespoons of oil using a pastry brush.
  7. Lay half the phyllo in the pan, and fold in any overlap toward the
    center to fit the dough into the pan.
  8. Brush the top of the phyllo with 2 teaspoons of olive oil, covering
    it from side to side.
  9. Pour the spinach mixture into the pan and use a fork to spread it
    out evenly over the dough. Lay the other half of the phyllo sheets
    on top of the spinach, and fold in the overlap so the sheets fit in
    the pan.
  10. With a sharp knife, cut into 20 pieces, cutting all the way through
    to the bottom. Use your hand to sprinkle 2 tablespoons of water
    evenly over the top. Work with small amounts of water to
    distribute evenly. Do not touch the dough with wet hands.
    Bake at 170°C for 40 minutes until golden brown.
  11. Cut and serve.

Cooking time (duration): 70

Diet type: Vegetarian

Number of servings (yield): 6

Meal type: lunch

Culinary tradition: Greek

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Zucchini Tempura

Ingredients

  • 500 grams zucchini thinly sliced

  • Olive oil for frying
  • Salt to taste

    Batter:

  • 1 cup soda water
  • 1/2 tsp of sea salt
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

Instructions

  1. Thinly slice zucchinis in a bowl.

  2. Prepare the batter by mixing all the ingredients(soda, flour and salt).
  3. Bring oil to high heat.
  4. Pour batter over zucchinis to coat them.
  5. Place battered zucchinis in oil and fry until golden on both sides and batter puffs up. Drain enough to remove excess oil.
  6. Serve hot.

Cooking time (duration): 25

Diet type: Vegetarian

Number of servings (yield): 4

Meal type: lunch

Culinary tradition: Middle Eastern

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

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Nutty Buttons

Summary: when salty and sweety isn’t enough

Ingredients

  • 100 grams Pretzel Rings

  • 100 grams Chocolate’s Kisses (e.g. Hershey’s)
  • 100 grams Hazelnut and Pecans

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 100 C.

  2. In a waxed sheet, spread pretzel rings out in a single layer on the baking sheet.
  3. Place one Kiss inside each pretzel ring.
  4. Bake for 5 minutes.
  5. Remove from the oven and immediately press one nut on top of each kiss.
  6. Allow to cool completely so that the kisses can harden back up.

Variations

Replace nuts with M&m’s

Cooking time (duration): 10

Number of servings (yield): 6

Meal type: dessert

My rating:4 stars: ★★★★☆

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Peanut Butter BuckEye

Ingredients

  • 1 jar peanut butter

  • 1 small pack butter (melted)
  • 6 cups icing sugar
  • 4 cups dark chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Mix together peanut butter, melted butter and sugar.

  2. Roll the dough into munch like balls.
  3. Stick each ball in a toothpick and align on a cookie sheet.
  4. Froze for 40 minutes.
  5. Bain-marie chocolate until smooth.
  6. Dip rolled balls in chocolate.
  7. Leave a small portion of balls without chocolate thus the look of a Buckeye.
  8. Refrigerate until served.

Cooking time (duration): 50

Number of servings (yield): 6

Meal type: dessert

Culinary tradition: USA (Southern)

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

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