Caldo de queso is a traditional cheese soup made in places in Hermosillo, north Mexico. The soup is made with boiled water, diced potatoes, onions, tomato, chile verde and oregano. Tomato puree or dehydrated chicken broth may also be added to the mix as condiments. The cheese is added only at the end, once the other are ingredients are boiled, to prevent gratination. It is most usually prepared with dices…
Doner Kebab!
The mother dish of shawarma is the doner kebab. This dish is a Turkish specialty. It was invented during the Ottoman Empire! The meat for is this kebab is prepared by roasting it in a vertical rotisserie.the meat is then cut shaved off the rotisserie. The kebabs are usually stuffed in pita bread and make…
Galette Des Rois – pastry fit for a king!
The galette des rois, celebrating Epiphany, the day the Three Kings visited the infant Jesus, is baked throughout January in France. Composed of two circles of puff pastry sandwiching a frangipani filling, each comes with a crown and always has a trinket, called a fève, or bean, baked into it. Whoever finds the charm, known…
Gelatos forever!
So what really are Gelatos? No, don’t call them a type of ice cream because they AREN’T! I mean, yeah, both are made of milk and sugar, but that’s only the surface, there’s so much more about Gelatos that you don’t know. A gelato is much creamier, smoother and silkier, as well as denser and…
KAFTA
Today is specifically about kofta kebab. The word kofta (or kefta) has its origins in Persian, and it means grounded or pounded. You can have meat kofta, seafood kofta or even a vegetarian kofta. But today’s kofta kebab recipe is one of the more popular dishes in Egypt–a mixture of ground beef and lamb blended…
Börek!!!
Turkish savoury pastry comes in many varieties, most popularly filled with minced meat or spinach and cheese. Börek can be rolled, served as puffs, or layered like lasagna, and served for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack. Anyway you have it, börek is always flaky and delicious. The top of the börek is often sprinkled with sesame…
Mozzarella alla Caprese
Mozzarella alla Caprese… a classic Mozzarella and Tomatoes appetizer from the region of Campania to be enjoyed at any occasion and all year round. Wonderful salad that has cheese which makes us wanna melt ! Recipe
LASAGNA
Lasagne originated in Italy, in the region of Emilia-Romagna. July 29th is National Lasagna Day. Traditionally, the dough was prepared in Southern Italy with semolina and water and in the northern regions, where semolina was not available, with flour and eggs. Originally, in Italy, the word “lasagna” did not refer to a food (in fact, today, the food is still spelled “lasagne” as the plural form). The…
CORNED BEEF
As the name says it definitely is the tastiest and loved dish by all the americans.Most recipes include nitrates or nitrites, which convert the natural myoglobin in beef to nitrosomyoglobin, giving a pink color. The term comes from the treatment of the meat with large-grained rock salt, also called “corns” of salt. Corned beef is a salt-cured beef product. It is featured as an ingredient in…
TOSTADAS DE LA
This is a very popular dish sold at a chain of restaurants called Tostadas de la Siberia, in the city of Monterrey. You can also find them in other restaurants sold as “La Siberia-Style Tostadas” This dish has a variety of flavours which can be done at home easily. Recipe
