Meals

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Quiche

1. Cut bacon into pieces and crisp it in a hot pan.  Discard the grease.
2. Cool the bacon and mix with (to taste) fresh chives, hand-shredded Gruyere, cooked chopped and drained spinach.  Mix well.
3. Mix in 1.5 C Half and Half and 6 beaten eggs
4. Optionally add cooked ham, sauteed mushrooms, sauteed onion, chopped tomatoes, chives.
5. Pour into pie crust or bare ramekins and bake 20-30 minutes at 300º
6. Let cool 5 minutes before cutting

Pie Dough

• Mix together butter, flour, freezing cold water, sugar and salt
• Wrap and put back into fridge for 60 minutes before rolling flat
• Dock the crust, then blind bake it for 10 minutes before using

Chuck – Flat Steak

• This is a good flavorful cut of meat, but is cheap and tends to be tough
• Pound it with your hammer.
• Optionally marinate it overnight
• Slow cook it to tenderize it or just sear it.

Pork Belly

• Salt and sugar dry brine, then the fridge for 3 days
• Smoker for 6 hours
• Alt: oven at 250º with a pan full of wood chips in the bottom of the oven

Krab Roll

• Krab, celery, salt, pepper, mayo, chives
• Press into muffin ring
• Chill before serving
• Serve with Bahn Mi Pickles

Bahn Mi Pickles

• Use a julienne stripper with UNPEELED carrot, zucchini, bell or jalapeño peppers, Daikon radish,  – whatever you want on your sandwich
• Add 1/2 – 1 inch pieces of chive
• Toss everything in about 1 TBL salt
• Let rest for an hour, then mix with apple cider vinegar that is about 205º
• Let cool in your counter for at least 4 hours
• Ideally, let age in your refrigerator about a week

Cast Iron Skillet Pizza

• Use my recipe for pizza dough or just buy a ball of dough from your local pizza place
• Flatten with your hands into a cast iron pan
• First, add grated cheese on the bottom
• Next add your sauce in spots
• Add whatever other toppings you want
• Start pizza on stove top till browned
• Move to a 500º oven and bake for another 5-10 minutes

Another Pizza Recipe

• Use a thin metal pie pan / cookie pan
• Obtain your dough
• Flatten into bottom of pan
• Cover and let rise 2-3 hours
• Add shred mozz cheese, brick cheese or Monterey Jack on top of dough
• Add sauce in stripes
• Bake 500º for 15 minutes
• Wait 5 minutes before cutting

Lasagna

• Bread and milk is called a Panade.
• Make your own meat sauce with meat, onion, cloves and canned tomatoes
• After cooking, let cool 10 minutes before you cut it

Tortillas

• 2 C flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 5 TBL lard
• 2/3 C ice water

1. Mix first three ingredients
2. Drizzle in very cold water
3. Finish kneading on the counter
4. Cut into 12 pieces and roll into balls
5. Cover with plastic and refrigerate 30 minutes
6. Press balls flat, then roll them even flatter
7. Put two disks together, spraying the inside lightly
8. Roll even flatter
9. Put onto parchment paper to keep from sticking
10. Heat in not non-stick pan about 60 seconds per side

Tamales

• 1 C dried chiles toasted in oil, diced onion, garlic, cumin, oregano, salt
  3 C chicken broth – simmer 10 minutes – blend until smooth
• Pour back into pan and add chicken thighs – cover and simmer 25 minutes
• Cool and shred
• Add 1 TBL cider vinegar into sauce, salt, pepper, sugar
• Add 1 C into chicken – reserve the rest for serving with the tamales

• Soak corn husks in boiling water for 30 minutes
• Coarse masa makes better tamales.
• No coarse masa?  Use 1 C masa harina and 2 TBL cornmeal or grits
• Pour 1.5 C boiling water over cornmeal and whisk – soak 10 minutes
• Add masa, then cover and let rest 20 minutes
• Put through food processor with 1 C fresh corn, 6 TBL lard, 6 TBL butter, 2 TBL baking powder and 1 tsp salt
• Spread 1/4 C onto husks, add 2 TBL filling, wrap and steam 1 hour

Leftover Turkey Options

• Quiche: Onion, spinach, eggs, cheese, cream, seasonings, turkey
• Sandwiches: Bread, turkey, lettuce, tomato, mayo, mustard
• Chowder:  Potatoes, cream, corn, onion, carrot, turkey
• Casserole:  Turkey, veggies, cheese
• Pot Pie: Peas, carrot, celery, mushrooms, onion, half/half
• Enchilada: Green chiles, cheese, enchilada sauce, onion,
• Tamale:  Masa, cheese, sauce

Pescado Frito

• One very fresh fish