Bacon, eggs and pasta? It is possible!
An easy Italian classic that’s sure to be a hit.
Approx Ingredients:
For 4 generous portions
500g (1lb) Long Pasta (spaghetti)
250ml (1 cup) Cream
3 Eggs
500g (1lb) Bacon
2-3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
Salt, Pepper, Nutmeg (to taste)
Boil a big pot of water with 1 tablespoon of salt
and add pasta.
Cut the raw bacon in squares and pan fry until crispy.
Use paper towels to drain the fat.
In a bowl, mix the cream, eggs, nutmeg and olive oil.
Add the bacon.
Cook pasta as directed on packaging. (7 to 10 minutes?)
Drain pasta and mix with the raw ingredients.
The heat from the pasta will cook the eggs.
Salt and pepper to taste and voilà!
3 Teaspoons Pataks Madras curry paste (or other curry to taste)
A handful of cilantro (to taste)
Cut onions, red peppers and celery into strips and put into bowl.
Cut chicken into strips.
Place wok or pan on high heat.
Add oil, once oil is hot, add curry and mix.
Add chicken, mix well into curry oil, cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
Add peppers, onions and celery. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes.
Mix in coconut milk.
Add lime zest, lime juice and cilantro.
Stir it up and serve on rice or vermicelli (rice noodles).
To cook most rices, you slightly less than 2 parts water for 1 part rice. Some rices need to be rinsed before cooking to remove excessive starch powder (which makes your rice… starchy!)
Bring water to boil, add salt and oil, bring to low minimum heat, add rice, stir well and cover for 15 to 20 minutes.
Test rice consistency after 15 minutes. Fluffy = Good!
Portions:
As side dish: ¼ cup rice per person
As main dish: ½ cup rice per person
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut the apple tops and take out seeds with knife or spoon. Add cinnamon sticks, fill the apples up with sugar and place tops back on.
Put apples in the oven and cook until brown for 30 minutes to an hour (depending on the size of the apples).
Fun variation: Flambé! Pour sweet liquor over apples after taking them out of the oven, and fire it up!
This recipe take about 1 hour but can be tackled while preparing other dishes.
2-4 pounds Porc Ribs (cut into small pieces)
1 bulb of Garlic
1 1/2 cups of Sugar
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1 tablespoons oil (peanut, corn, grapeseed or canola)
Put the oil in a large pot and place on maximum heat
Throw in ribs and garlic and stir for five minutes.
Add sugar and stir constantly.
After five to ten minutes or stirring, you should see the sauce getting darker. Once it is really dark and caramelized in the bottom of the pot, add water to top of ribs. Do not cover pot.
Bring to medium heat and stir intermittently for 30 minutes to an hour.
Top with green onions (optional)
Mix flour, baking soda and spices in seperate bowl and add to wet ingredients.
This is the time to add those “extra ingredients”. I like to add chopped walnuts and dates. You can try adding whatever you like… and share the results! I added chocolate chips once and the cake was a little too sweet…
Grease pan and bake for 60 to 70 minutes.
