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Food of the month
Food of the month from our Tv. Talk show is SPANAKOPITA This Is AWESOME Greek Dish . Enjoy
We cooked this up at the Pa Club with Mike , Its AWESOME MMMMMMM :0) Its a Greek Dish
SPANAKOPITA
INGREDIENTS
2 PACKAGES CHOPPED FROZEN SPINACH
1 QUART RICOTTA CHEESE
¾ CUP OF FETA CHEESE
4 EGGS
1 SMALL ONION
MINCED GARLIC TO TASTE
SALT TO TASTE
PEPPER TO TASTE
MELTED BUTTER
OLIVE OIL
FILO DOUGH
COOK THE SPINACH AND DRAIN THROUGHLY
FINELY CHOP THE ONION AND HEAT IN FRYING PAN WITH A LITTLE OLIVE OIL
LET THE SPINACH AND ONION COOL
IN A LARGE MIXING BOWL COMBINE THE RICOTTA, FETA, EGGS GARLIC, SALT, AND PEPPER
ADD THE SPINACH AND ONIONS TO THE MIXING BOWL AND MIX WELL (USE YOUR HANDS)
USE BUTTER OR OLIVE OIL TO COAT THE BOTTOM OF A LARGE BAKING DISH
LAYER 3 TO 4 SHEETS OF FILO DOUGH IN BOTTOM OF DISH BRUSHING ON MELTED BUTTER OR OLIVE OIL BETWEEN SHEETS
SPREAD 1/3 OF THE SPINACH MIX OVER THE FILO DOUGH
COVER THIS MIX WITH 3 TO 4 SHEETS OF FILO AS ABOVE
REPEAT THIS PROCESS UNTIL MIX IS FINISHED THE TOP LAYER OF DOUGH MUST BE BRUSHED WITH BUTTER
PLACE BAKING DISH IN PREHEATED 350 DEGREE OVEN FOR AT LEAST 50 MINUTES OR UNTIL TOP IS GOLDEN
LET COOL THEN CUT TO DESIRED SERVING SIZE
CAN BE SERVED HOT OR COLD
GreenApple - PecanCake
w/ Caramel Sauce
Ingredients:
2½ Cups Sugar
3 eggs
1½ Cups Vegetable Oil
3 cups all-purpose Flour
1½ cup Chopped Pecans
2½ cups Golden Delicious or Granny Smith Apples, Peeled + Diced
(½ Cup Golden Raisins *Optional*)
1. Preheat oven to 350° degrees.
2. Mix , Sugar, Eggs and Oil.
3. Add Flour Slowly to mix - *Mix Well*
4. Mix in Apples, Pecans, and Vanilla.
5. Pour Mix in lightly floured and greased 13 x 9 baking dish, spread evenly.
6. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until fork comes out clean.
Caramel Topping
Ingredients:
3 sticks of butter
2 cups brown sugar
¼ cup milk
1. Heat all ingredients together over medium heat.
2. Bring to boil and whisk all ingredients over heat for 3 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and continue whisking.
4. Punch holes in top of cake and pour half of caramel sauce over top of cake.
5. Place extra sauce in air tight container - its good for a week, re-heat it over low heat.
*serve with whip cream or vanilla ice cream.
**you can also plate the cake and drizzle the sauce over top and serve with ice cream or whip cream.
Chicken Kavaran
This is a awesome Bulgarian Meal From the Cooking Show Cooking With Papa Tuck . You’ll love it :0)) You’ll need a bag of Onions . This meal feeds six people .
Ingredients
3 lbs Boneless skinless chicken
1 bag of 0nions “ about 12 medium sized “
3 large red peppers
3 large Tomatoes
1 one lb. Prego jar Tomato sauce
3 or 4 cups water
1 cup flour
1 tea spoon Montreal Chicken Season
¼ tea spoon Black Pepper
1 tea spoon salt
1 and a ½ table spoons Basil
1 tea spoon Oregano
¼ tea spoon Tarragon
½ tea spoon Paprika
2 cloves garlic Chopped
Olive oil
So lets get started Cut the chicken into chunks “ about 2 inch Chunks” Cover the bottom of the frying pan with olive oil and brown the chicken on low heat . Keep turning the chicken so all sides are cooked. It won’t turn brown but it will turn white. It doesn’t need to cook all the way through yet . While that’s cooking on a low heat , Cut up the Onions into ¼ inch slices . As the chicken is done remove it from the frying pan and cook the onions . Do the same thing with the onions . Cover the bottom of the fry pan with olive oil and cook on medium heat until the onions are tender . Remember the more onions the better . While the onions are cooking cut up the peppers into slices or chunks and dice up the tomatoes and cloves of garlic. As the onions are done Put the Chicken & onions into a large electric fryer on 350. Deg. Add the tomatoes , garlic & peppers . Mix them all together . Now mix up one cup of flour with water and make a paste . Get all the clumps out. Add the paste and mix it in. Then add the jar of tomato sauce to it . Use the sauce jar and add two jars of
water . Keep stirring it all together . Now add all spices stir it up real good and cover it with the cooker top. Let it cook on 350 for about 15 minutes . Check the peppers . When they are tender its done. Also check the chicken by cutting one of the large chunks in half. Make sure the chicken is white. Now I used a large electric cooker to cook everything in . And a large fry pan on the stove to cook the Onions and peppers .
This is a awesome Meal Enjoy :0)
Papa Tuck’s Chicken Wings
Ingredients :
2 - 16 oz hot sauce “ Durkeys if you can find it’
1 - cup ketchup
1- table spoon Worcestershire sauce
½ fresh lemon
8 to ten pounds of chicken wings . “Fresh wings from meat room work best”
50 fl oz’s of Peanut oil or Crisco
1 to 3 sticks of butter
“The more butter you add the milder it gets”
Put your oil into a deep fryer and bring oil up to temp . Start frying the wings . As they get done put them into a casserole dish or roasting pan. Test one to make sure they are cooked . The meat will be all white . They will be golden brown . Repeat process until all wings are cooked spreading them out in the big dish. While they are frying up make your sauce . In a sauce pan add hot sauce , Worcestershire sauce , cup ketchup , ½ fresh lemon . Add the lemon juice only by squeezing the juice in. Bring it to a soft boil and keep it stirred . Do not let it burn . Once it comes to a boil add one stick of butter . The butter cuts down the hot spice and gives it a great flavor . Add another stick or two if you want . That’s up to your hot or mild taste. I use two sticks of butter in mine.
Once the sauce has cooked and the butter has melted in turn the burner off and pour the sauce all over your wings . Cover the wings with the sauce . Put foil on top of the dish and put in oven on warm to Keep them warm until you serve . Enjoy :0)
Papa Tucks Short Ribs With Dave
Ingredients
5 - pounds short Ribs “ Bone In”
5- cups carrots “Or a Bunch”
1- cup celery “ Chopped”
1- large onion “ Sliced”
1- cup Red Wine
2- table spoons beef stock “ Paste” Not liquid”
3- cloves minced garlic
2- cups flour
1 - tea spoon onion powder
1- tea spoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
5- table spoons olive oil
2- cups water
Directions :
Add the flour , salt , pepper, garlic powder and onion powder to a big zip lock bag. Shake it all up and one at a time put the short ribs into the bag and flour them up. As you take the ribs from the bag lay them into a frying pan with the heated olive oil . Brown the ribs on each side for a few minutes . Just brown the ribs. As the ribs brown put them flat into a roasting pan. “Do not put them on top of each other” . Spread them out and add all other over the top of the ribs. Short of mix up the liquids together and poor it over the top of the ribs . Cover the roasting pan with foil “ Shiny side facing the food”. Put them into a preheated oven at 375 for 2 ½ hours .
Check them once in a while to make sure the liquid has not cooked out. Add a cup of water as needed . But not to much. Just keep the juice in the pot . Do not add anymore wine.
Enjoy :0)
DEDICATION
Pa Pa Tuck’s cookbook is dedicated to all the Mom ands Dads that will be. For the upcoming families to have a taste of Family dining that have been enjoyed by my ancestors. I dedicate this book to my mom and dad. With out them passing most of the recipes down we would have not had a chance to cook these great foods. These foods stand for family dinning that you will cherish with your family as you watch your children become adults. I dedicate this cookbook to you. I also dedicate Pa, Pa Tuck’s cookbook to my brother who seems to lose my lasagna recipe every year at Christmas time. He loves to have my lasagna every year on Christmas day. Brother now you can put Pa, Pa, Tuck’s cookbook on your kitchen bookshelf.
Chicken Chicken Kavaran
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Seared Tuna Two Ways
The following tuna recipe will be used in both dishes. I find them to be both easy and healthy.
yields two servings
2 yellow fin tuna steaks
1/2 cup sesame seeds
wasabi paste, wasabi powder, or sauce
salt and pepper
If using wasabi powder, follow directions on the wasabi tin, and set aside for at least 30 minutes.
The flavor of the wasabi will intensify while the dish sits.
Take tuna steaks, rinse with water, and pat dry.
Place sesame seeds, along with a dash of salt and pepper on a plate.
Dip the sides of tuna in sesames, and set aside.
Take a skillet and place it over medium heat.
Lightly coat pan with cooking spray or olive oil.
When pan is hot, place tuna in pan and let sear for 3-4 minutes on each side.
Do not let tuna cook more than rare or medium rare.
Remove tuna from pan and set aside.
Seared Tuna over White Rice
white rice
butter
salt and pepper
wasabi
soy sauce
I prefer Carolina white rice for this dish, however, you can use which ever kind is your personal favorite.
Pour 1cup rice into your pot and 2 cups water.
Cook rice for however long the package recommends.
After the rice is cooked I add 1 & 1/2 tbls of butter, salt and pepper, and mix them together.
Pour the rice onto a platter.
Slice the tuna along the grain and place on top of rice.
Drizzle soy sauce over tuna, or place on the side along with wasabi.
Enjoy!!!
Seared Tuna over Mixed Greens and Wasabi Vinaigrette
For the Salad
cherry tomatoes
cucumber
yellow pepper
red pepper
( plus any other vegetables you personally enjoy)
mixed lettuce greens
Place mix greens on platter, or on individual plates.
Place veggies on top in any fashion you would like. Be creative! Arrange so that the plate is aesthetically pleasing.
Wasabi Vinaigrette
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1 cup olive oil
3 teaspoons wasabi
juice from 1/2 a lemon
salt and pepper
In a food processor or blender, put red wine vinegar, wasabi, lemon, salt and pepper.
mix together.
Slowly mix in olive oil to the other ingredients.
Blend dressing together and taste. Adjust seasonings as needed.
at this time you can also add more wasabi and mix it in, however, don't be to heavy handed or you
will be sweating because of it.
Slice tuna along the grain and place on top of salad.
drizzle dressing over tuna and salad, or serve on the side.
enjoy,
mama aimme
