by Admin | Jul 17, 2024 | Side Dishes
For a really special meal, try this: Prepare an antipasto assortment of, for example, Marinated Mushrooms, Peperonata, Garbanzo Bean Salad, and Insalatone. Add some hot peperoncini and a few cured olives and serve everything at once with a good Italian white wine. For...
by Admin | Jul 16, 2024 | Main Courses
Russian vareniki are like Italian ravioli: little pockets of pastry are filled with cheese. Serves 6 • dough • 1½ cups flour • ½ tsp. salt • 1 egg • 4 Tbs. water • 1 Tbs. butter, melted Filling • 12 oz. hoop or farmer cheese • ½ cup sour cream • 1 egg • pinch of salt...
by Admin | Jul 15, 2024 | Entrées
Loosely based on the flavor combination found in felafel, these croquettes have the same attractive spiciness but less of a tendency to absorb oil, so the effect is not quite so heavy. Makes about 30 croquettes, enough for 6 to 8 people. • ⅓ cup dried bulgur wheat • ⅔...
by Admin | Jul 14, 2024 | Entrées
It makes about 26 to 30 croquettes, or enough for 6. • 1½ cups milk • ½ cup flour • 3 Tbs. butter • 2 egg yolks • 8 oz. Brie, without rind (about 9 or 10 oz. with the rind) • 4 oz. hoop or farmer cheese • ⅛ to ¼ tsp. cayenne pepper • ¼ tsp. paprika • dash of nutmeg •...
by Admin | Jul 13, 2024 | Side Dishes, Snacks
Serves 6 to 8 • 5 Tbs. butter • ¾ cup flour • 2 cups warm milk • 1 raw egg • 6 hard-boiled eggs, sieved or finely chopped • 5 Tbs. grated Parmesan cheese • 5 Tbs. chopped parsley • 1½ tsp. salt • fresh-ground black pepper to taste • dash of nutmeg • dash of cayenne...
