Tiramisu
I know there are many Tiramisu recipes out there but I have to add mine to the roster of recipes. It has to be one of my favourite desserts to eat. It’s easy to make, delicious and a crowd pleaser. What I don’t understand is how can so many people screw it up? Oh yes, […]
Filipino Fruit Salad
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in many languages Language Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Afrikaans Geseënde Kersfees en ‘n gelukkige nuwe jaarGeseënde Kersfees en ‘n voorspoedige Nuwe jaar Akeanon Maayad-ayad nga PaskwaMahigugmaon nga Bag-ong Dag-on kinyo tanan! Albanian Gëzuar Krishtlindjet e Vitin e Ri Aleut Kamgan Ukudigaa Alsatian E güeti Wïnâchte […]
Beef Barley Soup
A few days ago I showed all of you my Prime Rib and I’m looking forward to enjoying another during the holiday season. Many know that it’s not a cheap hunk of beef so, how does one stretch the use of such an expensive cut? Make stock with the leftover bones. Don’t throw out […]
Saucisson of Pork Tenderloin
Bulletin – Dec. 20, 2007 Hi Folks, I’ve been doing some reading on home dry salting and curing and yes, end result can be a bit salty. What you can do is soak the tenderloins in warm water(80F) for a couple of hours and some salt will draw out. The meat looks a little grey […]
Skordalia With Mustard
Today I’m revisiting a post I made about Skordalia, which is a Greek garlic sauce or Aioli. Us Greeks commonly have it along side with beer battered cod, seafood croquettes, deep fried zucchini or eggplant, fries or…simply with bread. There are various ways to make skordalia. One way is to use potato as the binder […]
Keftedes With Ouzo
Some of you might recall my post about Greek Keftedes, which are Greek hamburgers or meatballs. I was at the supermarket to buy a few things and I saw a package of ground lamb meat on sale. I’ve had lamb burgers from time to time and I found them to be juicy and a nice […]
Prime Rib of Beef
This is hands down one of my most enjoyable meals to make and eat. As you know, many restaurants were owned/operated by Greek immigrants to the West and a staple of any good restaurant was Prime Rib of Beef. My dad operated such a restaurant for years and the Prime Rib was no doubt the […]
Brown Bagging for Dinner
The French have a knack for making something very simple to sound “chi-chi-frou-frou” and charging a helluva’lot for it. I can be frugal. Tonight’s dinner was “en papillote” but I ran out of parchment paper. “En papillote” simply means “in paper”. I’ve seen many dishes that are tucked into little packages of foil, parchment, pastry […]
Steak Marchand de Vin
I checked my calendar and I’m nowhere near barbecue season. I checked the weather forecast and it looks like we’re in for a “back to normal”, cold Canadian winter. Alas, still no barbecue. I have coped well this year with using the stove top and oven to cook my steaks to my satisfaction. I find […]
Chocolate Kormos With Orange Juice
I found this recipe from the web site of a popular Greek food show called the Nistiko Arkoudi or Hungry Bear. The show’s title comes from a play on a Greek saying, “a hungry bear never dances”. If you take a look at this show’s “big bear list of recipes” you’ll no doubt see that […]