Thursday, December 30, 2010

Ham and Cheese Salad

Ingredients:

2 cups ham, chopped
1 cup cheese, chopped
1/2 cup of roasted red pepper, chopped
1/4 cup olives, sliced
1/4 cup marinated mushrooms (optional)
1/3 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoon sour cream
1/2 tablespoons mustard
black pepper



Baby Arugula Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing and Shredded Parmesan


Ingredients:
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
freshly ground black pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
fresh baby arugula, washed and dried
shredded Parmesan
Directions:

Crepes filled with Chicken Paprikash - Hortobagyi Palacsinta


Ingredients for Crepes:
1 egg
150 g flour
300 ml milk
100 ml sparkling water (regular water is good if you don’t have sparkling water)
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp sugar

Ingredients for Chicken Paprikash:
 

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Pork loin stuffed with sausage

Servings: 6
Ingredients:
1 (3-pound) boneless pork loin
1 link Andouille Sausage or other sausage
Salt
Black pepper
Olive oil
1 cup of white wine
butter

Hungarian Meat Balls

Ingredients:
2 lb ground pork
2 large eggs
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 large potato, shredded
2 thick slices of bread, moistened in milk
salt
black pepper
1 cup oil

Homemade Chocolate

Ingredients:
200 ml water
400 gr sugar
100 gr unsalted butter, melted and chilled
250 gr dry milk, unsweetened
50 gr cocoa
roasted walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds or raisins

Monday, December 27, 2010

Baked Asparagus wrapped in Prosciutto

Ingredients:
thin asparagus spears, washed, dried and trimmed
paper thin prosciutto cut in half lengthwise
cream cheese (optional)
olive oil

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, and coat with olive oil.
Spread prosciutto slices with cream cheese (optional).
Wrap half prosciutto slice around 2 or 3 asparagus spears. Arrange wrapped spears in a single layer on a medium baking sheet.
Bake for 5 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove, flip once to brown both sides. Return to the oven for another 5 minutes, or until asparagus is tender, and prosciutto is crisp. Serve immediately.


Note: Very simple and easy to prepare ahead. I wrapped the asparagus ahead of time and only had to pop it in the oven at the last minute to get it ready to serve. You can drizzle it with lemon juice before serving.
Prosciutto is salty enough, so you don't need to season with salt.

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Spinach and Grapefruit Salad

Ingredients:
chopped toasted almonds
2 cups baby spinach
red grapefruit sections
crumbled blue cheese (I used feta)
raspberry vinaigrette

Directions:
Place 2 cups spinach on a serving plate. Arrange grapefruit over spinach. Sprinkle each serving with 1 tablespoon cheese and 1 1/2 teaspoons toasted almonds; drizzle each with 2 tablespoons vinaigrette.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Hungarian Sauerkraut and Pork

Ingredients:
1 lb pork cubed
1 1/2 lbs. sauerkraut, rinse and drained
1 white onion, chopped
2 Tbls. oil to brown the meat (if meat is very lean)
2 Bay leaves
1-2 cups of water
salt and pepper to taste

Ham & Asparagus Frittata

Ingredients:
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
black pepper
1 pound asparagus, tough ends snapped off, spears cut diagonally into 1-inch lengths
1/4 cup cubed ham
1 cup shredded Gruyere or Parmesan cheese
cooking spray