Food Recipes

Method
Heat oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add beef and cook until brown, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Add onion and garlic and sauté until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes with juices and all remaining ingredients except frozen vegetables and parsley. Cover and simmer until meat is tender, about 1 hour 10 minutes. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat before continuing.) Stir in frozen vegetables. Cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.

Method
In a 3-qt saucepan, combine the contents of the potato package, corn, tomatoes and water; mix well. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-18 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add milk, cheese and hot pepper sauce if desired; cook and stir until the cheese is melted. Garnish with parsley if desired. Yield: 6-8 servings (2 quarts).

Method
In a saucepan set over moderate heat, combine coconut milk, sugar, cardomon pods, lemon grass, ginger and vanilla. Bring to a simmer and let cool. Chill, covered, overnight.
In a bowl, combine the tapioca with the water and let mixture sit for 45 minutes. Drain the tapioca. Strain the coconut mixture. In a saucepan set over moderate heat, combine the tapioca with the coconut milk mixture, bring to a simmer and cook over low heat, stirring frequently, for 10 minutes, or until thickened. Transfer to a bowl and stir in the cream. Let cool and chill, covered, until cold. In a bowl, combine mango with orange juice, lime juice and sugar. To serve: Pour coconut mixture into soup bowls then arrange mango mixture in the middle of each bowl. Garnish with mint leaves.

Method
Melt the butter in a large pan and cook the bacon, shallots, and potatoes for 5 minutes. Add the thyme, bay leaf, and fish stock, bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
Stir the crabmeat and creme fraiche into the pan and heat through gently. Stir in the parsley and season to taste.
Ladle into bowls, and serve.

Method
In large saucepan, cook bacon over medium-high heat until crisp, crumble and set aside.
Pour off all but 2 tbsp fat from pan, reduce heat to medium, add celery, potatoes, carrots, onion, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, marjoram, salt and pepper, cook for 5 minutes.
Stir in flour, cook for 1 minute, add milk and stock; bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
Remove whites from yolks and coarsely chop, add to soup and gently heat through.
Finely chop yolks. Serve soup sprinkled with yolks, reserved bacon, toasted whole wheat rolls and carrot sticks.

Method
1. In a small receptacle, soak the bolillo in milk for 5 minutes. Grind well the onion and garlic in a mortar.
2. Add the tomatillos, mint, cumin, and grind together until it forms a paste. Add the mixture to the ground beef, salt and pepper, and mix well with your hands. Form Albondiga meatballs about 4 cm in diameter with a piece of the Chihuahua cheese inside. Set aside.
3. To make the sauce, blend the tomatoes, onion, garlic, chiles and water in a blender to a puree.
4. In a large pot, heat the oil and then add the puree. Let it boil around 8 minutes and then add the stock, bay leaf, and salt to taste Bring to a boil again. Reduce the flame and let it cook 5 minute. Add the Albondigas and cook on medium heat for 30 minutes. Spicy!