Mock French Pate Recipe
Ingredients:
1/4 c butter (unsalted)
1 lb mushrooms (fresh)
1/3 c minced onions
1/3 c chopped celery
3 ozs of cream cheese
2 medium-sized eggs
3/4 c bread (fine crumbs)
1/2 tsp crushed basil
1/2 tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp crushed oregano
1/8 tsp ground pepper (black)
1 tsp salt
Instructions:
Line a buttered seven by four inch pan with paper (wax) and preheat oven (about 400 degrees F).
Rinse well and dry finely chopped mushrooms. Melt butter in saucepan then saute onions with celery for five minutes.
Combine eggs with the cream cheese and beat well til smooth. Then add in bread (crumbs), basil, dash of salt, then the rest of the spices. Blend in with the onions/mushrooms.
Transfer mixture to the prepared pan (loaf pan). Cover it with aluminum foil then bake til firm for about one and a half hours. Allow to cool then remove this from pan then serve as appetizer (with crackers).
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Apple Pie – French Low-Fat Recipe
Ingredients:
Zest of one lemon
1/2 c of jam (apricot)
3 pcs of apples; pared & sliced thinly
1 Tbsp of vanilla essence
3 Tbsps of brandy (apple)
1/2 c of honey
1.5 c of applesauce (thick & un-sweetened)
1 whole pie crust (flaky & light)
Instructions:
Make the crust as per instructions on the recipe. Preset oven 375 degrees F. Gently simmer the apple sauce, brandy, honey, lemon zest and vanilla ’till thick in consistency. This will take around fifteen minutes.
Decant mixture in the crust then arrange the apple slices in a circular pattern. Meanwhile, melt the jam over moderate fire for about three minutes.
Push through your kitchen sieve or mesh. Use the jam as a glaze over the apples then bake half an hour. Cool prior to slicing and serving.
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Beef & French-Fried Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients:
3 pcs of potatoes; peeled & sliced
1 pc of tomato; diced
Oil
2 stalks of shallots; minced
1/2 tsp of pepper
1 pc of onion; cut into wedges
3 tsps of fish sauce
4 cloves of garlic; diced
1 lb of steak; sliced
1/2 c of water
1/2 tsp of cornstarch
Instructions:
Pour ample amounts of frying oil in a pan to cover half inch up then fire up the stove. Deep fry potatoes ’till golden in color. Remove then drain in a strainer and transfer to paper towels to drain further.
Leave about four tablespoons of frying oil in the pan. Meanwhile, mix together cornstarch and water then include your fish sauce in. Saute garlic and onion then mix in beef strips. Stir fry beef for about 2 minutes.
Add your tomatoes and shallots, and while stirring, add your cornstarch. Continue cooking for four minutes ’till liquid has reduced. Return potatoes back into your frying pan. Stir well then continue cooking until potatoes have been heated through.
Season with salt and pepper prior to serving.
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French Lining Pastry Recipe
Ingredients:
4 c of flour (all purpose)
1 1/4 c butter (or margarine)
1 medium-size egg
3/4 c icy water
1 tsp salt
Instructions:
Gradually sift the flour til it forms a ‘mound’ on the cooking surface. Move flour from the middle to the sides to form a hollow at the middle.
Put in this hollow the other ingredients (except the water) and work this up using knives in cutting movements. Add more iced cold water, when needed, then mix well til the dough sticks together well. Form ball out of dough. Wrap with cling film and place inside the refrigerator for about an hour.
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