Mar 29, 2007

Vegetarian secret delight


It is very easy to prepare.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons oil
2 garlic cloves minced
1 sliced onion
1-2 sliced carrots
1 cup sliced cabbage
1 cup broccoli and cauliflower flowerets
1/2 cup sliced red bell pepper/capsicum
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon sugar

How to cook:

Heat a large pan and add the oil and garlic. Add all the other ingredients. Stir-fry for 5 minutes, until the vegetables are crisp tender.

Serve with steamed or boiled rice

Mar 26, 2007

Men cooking?

Men can take cooking as a hobby like any other. It's fun it's interesting it is simple. What do you think?

Mar 23, 2007

Italian rice cake recipe

My sister in-laws recipe

you will need 200g of rice cooked in 1 litre of milk. When rice is cooked add 50g of butter.
When the rice is warm add
2 eggs
150g of sugar
15g of baking powder
2/3 spoonful of flour
grated lemon peel.
Mix well. Put the mixture in a buttered container.

Cook for 3/4 of an hour at a median heat.

Kids will enjoy this delicious and healthy cake!!

Mar 22, 2007

eat Italian everyday

You don't have to be in Italy to eat like an Italian, you can prepare authentic Italian food wherever you are.
Don't you think so?

Mar 20, 2007

Italian carrot cake

This is a recipe I asked a friend of mine, she had invited us for tea and this cake was great!

Now I want to share it with you here!

Carrot cake

250 gr grated carrots
200gr sugar
100gr butter
150 gr chopped walnuts
250gr plain flour
1 pkt, baking powder
teaspoon mixed spice
Pinch of salt

Beat butter and sugar, until light and fluffy
Add eggs and pinch of salt and beat well
Add flour and baking powder,carrots,nuts,and mixed spice and mix thoroughly
Pour mixture into loaf shaped cake tin and bake at 190C for 45 mins

ENJOY IT!!!!!

Mar 5, 2007

Easy simple and quick Italian recipe:beef in red wine

500g beef
1 big onion
red wine
garlic
butter
tomato puree (concentrate)
Cut the beef and onion add the red wine, marinate all night.

Steps:
In a heavy pan heat the butter, add the garlic. Do not brown the garlic add the marinated beef plus a spoonful of tomato puree. Add more red wine to cover the meat.
Cook until the sauce is reduced.
Serve with potato puree or "ugali"

to make a good potato puree

I usually boil my potatoes in water and salt, and marsh them adding a bit of butter.

yummy!
Enjoy your meal.
In Italian: Buon Appettito!!

Mar 1, 2007

Beef Casserole: Easy simple dinner beef


Ingredients (serves 4)

700g beef,
1 onion
1 garlic
20g olive oil
1 spoonful flour
1,5 dl white wine
300g tomatoe puree,
300g peas (optional)
Salt
Pepper.

STEPS:
heat oil in a heavy based pan, and add onion and garlic
then add the meat cut into cubes, cook meat on high heat about 10 minutes, turning it.
-Add the flour, mix so all the meat cubes get the flour, then add the wine.
When it starts to boil, lower the heat and cook for 30 minutes or almost all the wine evaporates.
Add the salt, pepper and tomatoe. Add a little water and cook slowly for 2 hours.
Serve with rice or potatoe purèè.

Buon Apetito!

Feb 27, 2007

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Bujumbura twist (with alcohol)


On a hot day in Bujumbura, here is an idea to cool the afternoon.

Alcoholic:

3 parts of pineapple juice
4 parts of orange juice
a splash of sprite to make it fizzy
Add a small part of whisky (regulate to your taste)

and of course if available fruit syrup (cherry, strawberry)

steps: Just mix together.

serve in a glass with cubes of ice. Decorate with pieces of fruit.
Perfect for an evening with friends

Feb 24, 2007

Spaghetti in Tuna fish

Hallo, this recipe is for when you need to prepare something original and have few minutes to spend in the kitchen.

Ingredients:
1 tin of tuna fish
2 cloves of garlic
spoonful of olive oil
2 spoons of tomato paste
3 pieces of anchovy fish or small spoon of anchovy paste

steps:
heat garlic with oil in the cooking pot without browning it
Add paste and a glass of hot water
let it boil, add the anchovy and tuna
Cook it slowly until it becomes thick.


Spaghetti: Boil water in a large pot, add salt and when it boils add your spaghetti
cook until "al dente" or if you like very cooked.

When you have sieved the spaghetti mix with the sauce.
Serve hot.


Again Buon appetito!!!

Feb 23, 2007

Spaghetti meat sauce

This dish is famously known as Ragù in Italian. Ragù or meat sauce can be used for all types of pasta. Lasagne, spaghetti etc. Let's see the secrets of this delicacy.

Ingredients:
Cooking oil
2 carrots (grated)
onion
2 cloves garlic
1 beef cube
500g of minced meat (better if half pork and half beef)
3 big spoons of tomato puree
salt
1 glass white or red whine


Procedure:
Heat oil, add garlic and onion.
Add the meat and salt cook for 10 minutes then add the carrots.
Mix, cook for 3 minutes and add the wine.
Cook until wine evaporates.
(in the meantime put a litre of water to boil with the beef cube)
when the wine has evaporated add the boiled water and beef cube
Put your tomato puree and leave to boil.
When it boils lower the heat and leave it to cook slowly for 2 hours.

Pasta:
Boil alot of water to cook the pasta. Add salt and Pasta. When ready sieve the Pasta and add the sauce. Garnish with some parmesan cheese.
Enjoy your Pasta.

Buon Apetito!

Feb 20, 2007

Piadina


Piadina is a typical bread of the Romagna area of Italy. The best piadina have eaten is the one around Forlì and Bertinoro area. Piadina could be either filled with cheese, or vegetables. It is also good to accompany the meat dishes. The secret is "Can go with about anything". If you are visiting the area, this is one of the typical delicacy you should not miss.

But you can make it about everywhere in the world
Ingredients:
I kg of wheat flour
200g margarine
salt
30g of baking powder
Milk

Procedure:
Mix all the ingredients to form a dough.
Leave to rest for around 30 minutes
Divide the dough into small balls.
Using a rolling pin, roll the balls into discs.
Cook on the pan until they cook.

Results: Serve with cheese, grilled meat, vegetables.
Enjoy your piadina

Feb 18, 2007

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