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Cannelloni Recipe

talat — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:17:37 +0000

Preparation time : 50 mins. | Serves 4-6 persons

This Cannelloni recipe is taken from Italian cuisine, it looks quite similar to the baked enchiladas but differ totally in taste. It is prepared with a pasta dough in which filled a mince beef mixture. You can also use ready made cannelloni strips to save time and also the stuffing can be of different type depends on your choice.

Ingredients:

For Pasta Dough:

2½ cup all-purpose flour
2 egg
Salt to taste

For Stuffing:

2 cup ground beef
1 carrot (chopped)
2. egg
1 cup mozzarella cheese (grated)
1 tbsp garlic (chopped)
1 tbsp crushed black pepper
1/3 tbsp fresh basil (chopped)
3 tbsp tomato paste
Oil for fry
Salt to taste
2 cup white sauce

Procedure:

1. To make cannelloni pipes flour with eggs and salt and knead them together to make hard dough.
2. Now roll it with rolling pin and cut into 4 inch wide strips.
3. In a pan, heat oil and saute garlic, then add ground beef and cook till beef would turn into brown.
4. After that add carrot, tomato paste, basil leaves and salt to taste. Cook them together over high heat for 2 mins.
5. Then add eggs to mix and take it out when eggs cook completely.
6. Take a strip and place 2-3 tbsp of prepared filling at one side and start rolling the cannelloni strips from filled side to other. Place the cannelloni rolls in greased baking dish, pour white sauce over the rolls and spread mozzarella cheese on top. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 min at 375 degrees F till sauce starts bubbling and turn into golden brown in color.

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Chicken Pasta Bake

talat — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:47:30 +0000

Preparation time : 50 mins. | Serves 6 persons

This chicken pasta bake is more like a casserole dish which is filled with lots of flavors including veggies, chicken and cheese. It can be served as complete meal for either dinner or lunch and hot crisp garlic bread makes additional complement to this yummy pasta.

Ingredients:

For Chicken And Vegetables:

2 lb boneless chicken (cut into thin strips)
Salt to taste
½ tsp white pepper
1 tsp chicken powder
1 tbsp chili sauce
1 tsp oregano
1 egg (lightly beaten)
2 tbsp corn flour
1 can sweet corn
2 medium capsicum (cut into strips)
3 cloves garlic (chopped)
4 butter mushrooms (sliced)
¼ cup oil

For Sauce:

2 tbsp butter
3 Tbsp flour
1½ cup chicken stock
1½ cup milk
1 tsp mustard paste
Salt to taste
¼ tsp white pepper
2 slices cheddar cheese

For Assembling:

3 cup Penne pasta or macaroni
1 cup mozzarella cheese (grated)
2 tbsp Parmesan cheese
2 tsp oregano
Chili garlic sauce as required
1 tbsp butter

Procedure:

1. Marinate chicken with ingredients mentioned for chicken and vegetables including salt, white pepper, chicken powder, chili sauce, oregano, egg and corn flour . Leave for 15 mins.
2. In a wok sauté garlic in oil until its turns into golden brown, then add marinated chicken and cook over medium heat till chicken turn into light brown color.
3. After that add veggies including sweet corn, mushroom, and capsicum and sauté for just 2-3 mins.
4. Now boil pasta according to package instructions.
6. To prepare sauce, heat butter in a sauce pan add flour and cook till fragrant, then add stock, milk, mustard, salt, white pepper, cheddar cheese whisk till sauce gets thick. Then remove it form heat.
7. Now to assemble the pasta, sauce and chicken, take a greased casserole dish spoon 1-2 tbsp of sauce at the base and spread it evenly, make layer of pasta first, sprinkle half of mozzarella cheese, whole prepared chicken and vegetables, rest of the white sauce, spoon butter and chili garlic sauce according to your taste and finally cover with remaining mozzarella. Sprinkle oregano at the top and then bake in pre-heated oven for 25 mins. at 350 degrees F or until the white sauce begins to boil.

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Chicken Lemon Pasta

talat — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:13:29 +0000

Preparation time : 30 min. | Serves 2-4 persons

This chicken lemon pasta is one of a simple pasta recipe which can be easily prepared. You don’t need to bring lots of ingredients to make this recipe, just grill chicken with salt, pepper and garlic, boil pasta season it with sauted garlic and pepper and then toss with chicken and lemon juice; and here it is your easy and simple chicken lemon pasta is ready to serve with topping of parmesan.

Ingredients:

1 lb dried penne pasta
1 chicken breast (cut into fingers or thin slices)
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp garlic powder
3 cloves garlic (sliced)
¼ tsp red pepper flakes
3 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp fresh parsley (chopped)
2 lemon juice
½ cup grated Parmesan

Procedure:

1. Boil pasta according to the package instructions.
2. Marinate chicken with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
3. Heat large grill pan with 1 tbsp of olive oil and then add chicken. Grill over medium heat until turn into golden color and cooked completely from inside.
4. In a pan, saute garlic and red pepper flakes in remaining olive oil till become slightly golden on color.
5. Now add the cooked pasta with seasoning of salt and pepper and mix it well with the ingredients.
6. Remove the pan from heat and add chicken to the pasta along with chopped parsley and lemon mix them well. Transfer the hot pasta immediately to the serving platter and top with parmesan cheese before serving.

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Easy Tiramisu Recipe

talat — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:14:30 +0000

Preparation time : 30 min. | Serves 2-3 glasses

This easy Tiramisu recipe is taked from Italian cuisine where it is prepared in different fashion. This recipe contains a simple tiramisu dessert prepared with coffee flavoured biscuit and special tiramisu cream.

Ingredients:

100 gm mozzarella cheese (grated)
100 gm icing sugar
3 eggs (separated)
1 cup cream
Pinch of salt
1 cup milk
2 tbsp sugar
3 to 4 tbsp coffee (according to your taste)
Half pack Marie biscuits
1 tsp coco powder
100 gm chocolate(grated)

Procedure:

1. In a sauce pan heat cream till it boils.
2. Add mozzarella cheese and 3 egg yolk and icing sugar to cream and mix well. Cook the mixture over low heat for just 2 min, keep stirring so that sauce would not stick to the pan.
3. In a separate bowl whisk together egg whites and salt till stiff peaks are formed.
4. Now fold both the mixture together then refrigerate for 15 min to set.
5. Meanwhile in milk add coffee and sugar and let the mixture cook over medium heat till coffee dissolves completely in the milk.
6. Now dip Marie biscuits in the coffee mixture and leave it for a while.
7. In the serving glass or bowl, first place the layer 1-2 biscuits, then pour half of the prepared cream, drizzle some coffee mixture, and then repeat the layers in the same patter. In the end sprinkle some coco and grated chocolate and served after chill.

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Cheesy Spaghetti

talat — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:49:56 +0000

Preparation time : 40 min. | Serves 4 persons

This cheesy spaghetti is prepared with chicken, veggies and cheesy white sauce. The chicken is cooked in a similar fashion as of Fajita style while the white sauce is cooked with the flavor of both fajita chicken and veggies. Thus result in awesome flavor of spaghetti with creamy sauce, fajita flavor and fresh veggies.

Ingredients:

For Chicken:

1chicken breast (cut into strips)
¼ cup vinegar
½ cup olive oil
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp honey or sugar
2 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp ground black pepper
¼ tsp dried thyme
½ tsp dried basil
1 tsp dried parsley
1 tbsp salt

For Sauce:

2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp garlic cloves (minced)
5 tbsp flour
½ liter milk
1 tsp crushed black pepper
Salt to taste
1 small capsicum (chopped)
1 medium carrot (chopped)
5 tbsp fresh cream
1 cup slice cheddar cheese
½ packet spaghetti

Procedure:

1. Cook spaghetti according to the package instructions.
2. Marinate chicken with the ingredients mentioned to cook chicken and leave for 15 mins.
3. Then cook chicken in a lightly greased pan over medium heat till chicken would turn into light brown in color.Then remove the chicken from pan.
4. In the same pan heat butter and oil to prepare sauce, saute garlic in the melted butter for a minute.
5. Add flour and cook till pleasant roasted smell starts to come, constantly stir while cooking so that flour would not burn or turn into dark brown.
6. Now remove the pan from heat and slowly add milk to the flour, stir using whisk make sure that there would be no lumps.
7. Now again cook the sauce till it starts to thick then add seasoning of salt and pepper with veggies and chicken. Cook the mixture over low heat for 8-10 min.
8. Then remove the pan from heat, add cheese and cream and mix it well among the sauce ingredients. In the end add spaghetti and fold it evenly into the chicken vegetable sauce. Serve immediately.

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Minestrone Soup Recipe – Vegetable Flavor

talat — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:37:23 +0000

Preparation time : 20 min. | Serves 4 persons

This Minestrone soup recipe is one of an easy soup recipe if you have canned veggies otherwise to make full fledge healthy soup with fresh veggies would require little bit of more time to tender the veggies. The veggies you can use in this soup are spinach, carrot, bell peppers and like that.

Ingredients:

1 cup onion (chopped)
3 cloves garlic (sliced)
2 tbsp olive oil
3 cup chicken broth
16 oz marinara sauce
15 oz red kidney beans (drained and rinsed)
3 strips celery (sliced)
10 oz frozen mixed vegetables
1 cup macaroni
Grated Parmesan cheese
Salt to taste

Procedure:

1. Heat oil in a soup pot and cook onion and garlic for just 2-3 min over medium-high heat.
2. Then add chicken broth, marinara sauce, kidney beans, celery and frozen mixed vegetables and let the mixture boils.
3. Then add macaroni and salt reduce the heat to simmer, cover the lid and cook for 10-12 min. till macaroni tender completely.
4. When the sauce gets the texture just like soup, take it out in serving bowl and serve hot Minestrone soup with topping of Parmesan cheese.

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Egg Strata

talat — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:31:29 +0000

Preparation time : 70 min. + Resting time | Serves 8 pieces

This is a breakfast egg strata recipe which you can prepare at night and bake it in the morning to serve it hot. It’s a perfect meal for breakfast as it contains all the necessary nutrition required for breakfast. You make lots of variation in this recipe by adding veggies of your choice and add spices according to your taste.

Ingredients:

12 bread slices (cut into cubes)
8 eggs
4 cup milk
1 cup chicken sausage
1 cup onion (finely chopped)
1 cup swiss cheese (grated)
1 cup cheddar cheese (grated)
1 tsp salt
Pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Spread bread pieces in a greased baking dish and make layers one by one of onions, sausages, cheddar cheese and Swiss cheese.
2. In a mixing bowl beat eggs, milk, salt and pepper together and then pour it over the cheese layer. Let cover the pan and refrigerate for overnight.
3. Bake in preheated oven at 325 degrees F for an hour until become golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean.

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Potato Gnocchi Recipe

talat — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:00:45 +0000

Preparation time : 90 min. | Serves 6 persons

This potato gnocchi recipe is one of a famous Italian recipe prepared with very few ingredients. All you need to bake potatoes then knead it with flour and cook for few seconds in boiling water after giving its particular shape. These gnocchi can be served with any sauce like ketchup, garlic sauce, cheese sauce, etc in this recipe it is served with white cheese sauce.

Ingredients:

2 lb baking potatoes
¼ cup oil
1½ cup Of flour
1 egg
1 tsp salt

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Poke each potato using folk then dip in oil just to grease. Place these potatoes in a baking dish and bake for at least an hour or until gets completely tender.
2. When potatoes baked, then cut each potato into half and scoop out potatoes or simply remove skin.
3. Process the potatoes using potato ricer or masher in a mixing bowl. Then mix it with egg and knead it by adding flour to make smooth fluffy dough. You will knead it gently to get the desired dough smoothness.
4. Now you need to give the dough gnocchi shape for that divide dough to shape the gnocchi, first break the dough into 4-6 pieces then roll out each piece about the thickness of your thumb. Cut the log into 1-inch pieces. Now to give it gnocchi typical texture slightly presses the back side of fork onto a piece of gnocchi then turn the side and press the center of gnocchi using your index finger to make it slightly deep. It is given then shape so that sauce can easily stand over it.
5. Now dip the prepared gnocchi into the boiling water for just few seconds then take them out from water and serve with any sauce of your choice.

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Pasta Primavera

talat — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:52:14 +0000

Preparation time : 20 min | Serves 6 persons

As Pasta Primavera is completely a vegetarian food prepared with fettuccini and veggies with Italian herbs but this recipe is quite different. This yummy recipe has some creamy texture due to addition of chicken powder with water and yogurt which makes it creamy hence have some flavor of chicken which is not usually found in any Pasta Primavera. You can make it more delicious if adding chicken broth instead of chicken powder and water.

Ingredients:

1 cup broccoli pieces
½ cup fresh mushrooms, sliced
¼ cup peas
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp chicken powder
2 cup water
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 cup plain low-fat yoghurt
½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
¼ tsp oregano leaves
¼ tsp basil leaves
Salt and pepper to taste
8 oz. fettuccini (cooked and drained)
2 cup cherry tomatoes (cut into halves)
Fresh parsley (chopped for garnishing)

Procedure:

1. Sauté broccoli, mushrooms and peas in butter for just a min over high heat.
2. Add water, chicken powder, parmesan, oregano, basil, salt and pepper and cook till boiling.
3. Dissolve cornstarch in ¼ cup cold water and then add it to the mixture.
4. When mixture starts bubbling add yogurt and cook for just 1-2 min so that every ingredients incorporate well with each other.
5. Now spread the cooked fettuccini over the serving platter, pour prepared vegetable sauce over it and top with fresh parsley and chopped tomatoes.

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Chicken Vegetable Casserole

Kash M — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:15:22 +0000

Preparation time : 50 min | Serves 6-8 persons

This chicken vegetable casserole has creamy texture due to mayonnaise and sour cream, hence become more delicious and attractive for youngsters who don’t want to eat vegetables but this casserole is a complete meal having veggies and meat. You may also add other veggies or seafood like shrimps to make this recipe more tasty.

Ingredients:

4 cup chicken (cooked and shredded)
2 cup celery (chopped)
4 tbsp lemon juice
1 small onion (chopped)
1 cup almonds (chopped)
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sour cream
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
2 cup potato chips (crushed slightly)

Procedure:

1. In a mixing bowl combine all the ingredients except potato chips and mix well.
2. Take a greased casserole dish or any other baking dish and spread the mixture over the whole dish, Sprinkle crushed potato chips on top of it and then bake in preheated oven at 325 degrees F for 45 min until become light golden from top.

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Minestrone Soup Recipe

talat — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:49:34 +0000

Preparation time : 2.5 hrs (approx.) | Serves 6 persons

This Minestrone Soup Recipe is prepared with beef flavor which you can also replace with chicken to reduce cooking time. The soup is one of a typical one which require lots of healthy ingredients and lot of time for cooking but in the end it would be wonderful healthy food recipe.

Ingredients:

2 lb beef soup bone
2 lb shin beef (cut into cubes)
4 quart water
1½ lb tomatoes (peeled)
15 oz tomato sauce
2 onion (chopped)
¼ cup chopped parsley
2 cloves crushed garlic
¼ tsp pepper
2 tbsp basil leaves (crushed)
2 cup sliced carrots
4 cup uncooked Macaroni
2 pkg Italian Green beans
10 oz Green Peas
2 cup sliced Celery
1 lb can Red Kidney Beans
2 tbsp salt

Procedure:

1. In a large 8 quart pan boil bone and shin beef with water and then remove all the fats that come on the surface.
2.After that tomatoes, tomato sauce, onion, parsley, garlic, salt, pepper and basil and let them cook till the mixture starts bubbling, then reduce heat to simmer and let it cook for 90 min.
3. Then remove meat and bones and cut meat into pieces then return to soup.
4. Add macaroni, green beans and peas and simmer for 20 min until they cooked well then stir in
kidney beans and turn off the flame after 5 min. Delicious minestrone soup is ready to serve with your favorite bread.

Toasted Ravioli Recipe

talat — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:19:56 +0000

Preparation time : 15 min | Serves 4-6 persons

This toasted ravioli recipe is one of a quick easy recipe to prepare at home. All you need to collect the very basic ingredients (mentioned below) and then step by step coat the ravioli with these ingredients and fry. The result would be great crispy snack and gives great taste when serve with marinara sauce.

Ingredients:

16 oz pkg of Meat Filled Ravioli
2 eggs (lightly beaten)
¼ cup water
1 tsp garlic salt
1 cup flour
1 cup bread crumbs
1 tsp Italian seasoning

Procedure:

1. Beat egg with water until come well.
2. In a large platter combine breadcrumbs, garlic salt and Italian seasoning.
3. Heat oil for deep frying in a wok.
4. At first dust Ravioli with flour, then dip in egg mixture, coat with breadcrumbs mixture and then finally dip in oil for frying. Fry ravioli in the same pattern in batches and take on turning into golden brown in color.
5. Serve the hot toasted ravioli with your favorite marinara sauce.

Chicken Romano

talat — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:16:38 +0000

Preparation time : 20 min | Serves 2 persons

This chicken Romano recipe is prepared with chicken cutlets fried with seasoned breadcrumbs and off course the main ingredient pecorino Romano cheese. You can prepare sauce according to the recipe give*l below or use some salsa to save your time.

Ingredients:

3 tbsp seasoned breadcrumbs
3 tbsp grated pecorino Romano cheese
4 thin sliced boneless chicken cutlets
1 tbsp olive oil
14 diced tomatoes
1 tsp Italian seasoning
3 cloves garlic (peeled and crushed)
2 tbsp sliced pitted kalamata olives
1 tsp balsamic vinegar
1/8 tsp red pepper flakes
3 tbsp fresh basil leaves (coarsely chopped)

Procedure:

1. In a mixing bowl combine breadcrumbs and cheese.
2. Coat chicken pieces with the breadcrumbs mixture.
3. Heat oil in a skillet and cook chicken pieces over medium heat until become golden brown form each side.
4. In a sauce pan add tomatoes with juice, garlic, olives, Italian seasoning, vinegar and red pepper. Cook for 2 min or until sauce starts to get thick.
5. After that remove the pan from heat and pour the sauce over the cooked chicken cutlets and serve immediately.

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Classic Lasagna Recipe

talat — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:03:01 +0000

Preparation time : 90 min | Serves 6 persons

This classic lasagna recipe is prepared with ground beef mixture along with delicious flavor of three cheeses; ricotta, Parmesan and mozzarella. The looks of this good recipe is very much appealing and no one restrict himself to eat it.

Ingredients:

2 medium onions (chopped)
2 tbsp olive oil
4 garlic cloves (minced)
1 lb lean ground beef
14.5 oz diced tomatoes
12 oz tomato paste
8 oz can tomato sauce
1 bay leaf
2 tsp Italian seasoning
1¼ tsp salt
¾ tsp pepper
12 lasagna noodles (cooked)
16 oz ricotta cheese
2 large eggs (lightly beaten)
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
12 oz mozzarella cheese slices
Fresh parsley for garnishing

Procedure:

1. Sauté onion and bay leaf in 1 tbsp oil.
2. Add garlic and stir to cook for just a minute.
3. Add beef and cook for 10 min until beef crumbles and turn into brown color.
4. When all the water from beef would get dry add diced tomatoes, 1 tsp salt, Italian seasoning and ½ tsp pepper. Cook over medium heat until mixture starts to boil. Then reduce heat and simmer for 30 min.
5. In a mixing bowl stir together ricotta cheese, eggs, Parmesan cheese, remaining salt, and pepper until uniform batter would form.
6. Now take a greased lasagna casserole or baking dish and spread half of the meat sauce mixture at the base.
7. Arrange some lasagna noodles over meat sauce to cover it. Spread half of ricotta mixture and mozzarella cheese slices. Repeat this pattern of layers with the remaining materials (meat sauce, noodles, ricotta mixture and mozzarella)
8. Cover the dish and bake at 350 degrees F for 55 min then uncover and bake for further 10 to 15 min until bubbly.
9. Serve the yummy classic lasagna after cool it to room temperature with garnishing of fresh parsley.

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Tomato Bruschetta Recipe

talat — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:37:41 +0000

Preparation time : 10 min. | Serves 4 persons

This tomato bruschetta recipe is one of a simple and easy Italian food. You can do lots of variations in this bruschetta recipe like adding mozzarella cheese topping make it more tempting for youngsters.

Ingredients:

1 medium loaf Italian bread (crosswise cut into 1” slices)
1 garlic clove (minced)
2 tbsp olive oil
2 large tomatoes (seeded and chopped)
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
½ cup fresh basil (chopped)

Procedure:

1. Toast bread slices until become light brown in color.
2. In a mixing bowl combine olive oil and garlic and then brush it over the bread slices.
3. Now spread chopped tomatoes over the bread slices and sprinkle salt, pepper and fresh basil on top.
4. Bake in preheated oven for just 20 seconds and then serve hot. It is preferable to broil the slices instead of baking so that bread would not get too dry.

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Recipe for Vegetable Lasagna

talat — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:08:14 +0000

Preparation time : 60 min. (approx.) | Serves 6-8 persons

This recipe for vegetable lasagna is prepared with grilled veggies; therefore it has awesome combination of white sauce, marinara sauce and bbq flavor vegetables. To make good looking lasagna use enough white sauce while making layers so that it can cut easily into pieces and looks beautiful.

Ingredients:

1 package lasagna strips (cooked)
2-3 cup white sauce (or as required)
2 cup marinara sauce (or as required)
1 cup grated Mozzarella cheese
¼ cup Parmesan cheese

For Vegetables:

1 cup capsicum (cut in square pieces)
1 cup mushrooms (cut in large pieces)
1 cabbage (separate its layers and cut each in square)
1 cup onion (separate its layers and cut each in square)
1 cup potato (half boiled and cut in cubes)
1 tbsp crushed red chili
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp crushed black pepper
1 tbsp soy sauce

Procedure:

1. Prepare vegetables by following the instructions here.
2. Divide white sauce into four equal portions, marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese into 3 equal portions.
3. In a lasagna dish spread a layer of white sauce at the bottom, place lasagna strips over the whole sauce again spread white sauce over the strips, pour marinara sauce, add grilled veggies over the sauce, sprinkle grated mozzarella cheese and then cover with the lasagna strips. Similarly make another batch of layers from noodles to cheese and in the end cover with lasagna strips pour remaining white sauce, marinara sauce and Parmesan cheese on top.
4. Bake for just 20-30 min in preheated oven at 350 degrees F.
5. After that take out the dish form oven and cool it to room temperature and then cut into pieces for serving.

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Recipe for Marinara Sauce

talat — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:38:30 +0000

Preparation time : 30 min. | Yield 2 cups

This recipe for marinara sauce can be easily prepared at home and become very economical if it is prepared at home rather than buy it ready made form store. There are lots of other varieties of marinara sauce available in the market which can also be prepared in the same way except different seasoning flavor is used to make difference.

Ingredients:

1 can red tomatoes
¼ cup olive oil
4 cloves garlic (minced)
3 fresh leaves chopped basil
½ tsp of dried oregano
½ tsp red pepper flakes
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp white vinegar

Procedure:

1. Sauté garlic in oil until become light brown in color.
2. Blend tomatoes and then add to the garlic with seasoning of oregano, salt, pepper red pepper flakes, vinegar and basil.
3. Bring the mixture to boil at medium heat, and then simmer the sauce for 15-20 min until sauce gets thick.
4. After that put the sauce in air tight jar and can be used for one week.

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Pizza Bites

talat — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:49:30 +0000

Preparation time : 30 min. | Serves 48 bites

These pizza bites are stuffed with the typical pizza topping ingredients including pepperoni, cheese and veggies while the seasoning are done on top with Parmesan cheese, so it would become a wonderful snack for youngsters to enjoy pizza flavor in different style.

Ingredients:

2 can of refrigerated pizza dough
8 oz block mozzarella cheese (cut into small cubes)
4 oz thin sliced pepperoni (chopped)
1 cup chopped capsicum
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 cup chopped onion
2 tsp Italian seasoning (combine oregano, basil, parsley, and garlic)
¼ cup olive oil
3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
Pizza sauce

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Take out dough of one can and roll it into rectangular shape of large size so that it can be cut into 24 square pieces.
3. Now put small quantity of pepperoni, chopped veggies and cube of mozzarella cheese onto each square shape piece. Then seal the dough by joining the corners together and turn the sealed side down and place it onto the greased baking tray.
4. Similarly prepare rest of the bites. When all bites are ready for baking sprinkle some Parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning on top and then bake for 20 min in preheated oven. You can also freeze the bites before baking by covering the tray completely with plastic sheet.
5. Serve the delicious hot pizza bites with pizza sauce.

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Zuppa Toscana – Olive Garden Recipes [Copycat]

talat — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:13:31 +0000

Preparation time : 40-50 min | Serves 6 persons

This is a slightly modified recipe of the original Zuppa Toscana recipe found in the Cookbook America’s Secret Recipes (get 5 sample recipes) . The cookbook contains hundreds of top restaurant recipes [copycat] and the good thing about it is that it is immediately available for download as it comes in both e-book and hard copy format.

Ingredients:

1 tsp crushed red peppers
1 large diced white onion
4 tbsp cooked chicken pieces
2 tsp garlic paste
10 cup water
5 chicken cubes
1 cup heavy cream
3 large potatoes
1 bunch of borecole
¼ cup vegetable oil

For Italian Beef Sausage:

1 lb ground beef
½ tbsp salt
½ tbsp ground fennel seed
¾ tbsp sweet paprika
½ tbsp finely minced fresh garlic
½ tbsp sugar
½ tsp black pepper
3 tbsp apple vinegar

Procedure:

1. Combine all the ingredients mentioned for making sausage and then make elongated shapes of 2-4 inch size.
2. Place these sausages into the pan and sealed tightly with gelatin sheet. Refrigerate for at least 12 hrs. It is better to stuff the sausage mixture into the sausage funnel so that perfect shape would form.
3. Sautee prepared Italian beef sausage in 2 tbsp with crushed red pepper in a sauce pan. When the sausages get dry, transfer it into platter and refrigerate until prepare the rest of the recipe.
4. In the same pan, sauté chicken pieces in remaining oil with onions and garlic until chicken would become light brown in color.
5. Dissolve chicken cubes in water and add it to the cooked chicken and let it boil.
6. Add potatoes and cook until become soft; it would take 20-30 min.
7. After that add heavy cream and cook on high heat till boiling.
8. Remove the pan from heat, add sausages and borecole and stir well. Delicious Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana is ready to serve hot.
9. To make recipes similar to this one and various other copycat recipes of top American restaurants, grab a copy of the cookbook America’s Secret Recipes (get 5 sample recipes) .

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Pasta e Fagioli Recipe – Olive Garden Recipes [Copycat]

talat — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:19:53 +0000

Preparation time : 50 min. | Serves 10 persons

This is a slightly modified recipe of the original Pasta e Fagioli recipe found in the Cookbook America’s Secret Recipes (get 5 sample recipes) . The cookbook contains hundreds of top restaurant recipes [copycat] and the good thing about it is that it is immediately available for download as it comes in both e-book and hard copy format.

Ingredients:

3 tsp oil
2 lb ground beef
2 garlic cloves (minced)
1 tsp ginger (minced)
12 oz onion (chopped)
14 oz carrots (thinly sliced)
14 oz celery (diced)
48 oz canned tomatoes (diced)
2 cup cooked red kidney beans (drain)
2 cup cooked white kidney beans (drain)
80 oz beef stock
3 tsp oregano
2 tsp pepper
5 tsp parsley (chopped)
1½ tsp Tabasco sauce
48 oz spaghetti sauce
8 oz pasta shell macaroni

Procedure:

1. Heat oil in a large sauce pan and cook beef with ginger and garlic until all water of beef would get dry.
2. Add beans, beef stock, oregano, pepper, Tabasco and spaghetti sauce to beef and let it boil.
3. After that add onions, carrots, celery and tomatoes and simmer for 10 min so that all flavors blend well.
4. Add chopped parsley and macaroni and simmer again until pasta, celery and carrots are tender it would take 30 min. Delicious pasta e fagioli is ready to serve hot.
5. To make recipes similar to this one and various other copycat recipes of top American restaurants, grab a copy of the cookbook America’s Secret Recipes (get 5 sample recipes) .

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