Holiday parties in full force!

‘Tis the Season

Bomba Recipe

Hot Pepper Sauce “ Bomba”

• Ingredients:
• 4 cups hot we use habanero –any kind will work
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• salt/pepper

To assemble:

In a food processor pulse peppers until finely chopped. Take peppers to skillet and add oil. Turn stove top on to medium heat and light cook for about 5 minutes. Make sure not to burn peppers. Turn off heat add a dash of salt and pepper and let cool until caning. Peppers will last in your fridge for months or in a dry cool place. Enjoy

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Thanksgiving

Tis the season to get….

Winter and Seasonal Festivities are now into gear. Along with the holidays comes gatherings with friends, holiday parties and eating, yes eating! We will be showing many different, quick recipes during the holiday season.

Here is a quick and easy recipe that is guaranteed to please.

Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus

This is a simple recipe that looks festival and is delicious with any dinner or as a side dish.
To prepare wash and cut asparagus’. Wrap 1 piece of prosciutto around 2 to 3 asparagus. Please on baking dish and season with olive oil, salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon. Bake at 375 for about 10 minutues.

Plate and top with light curls of parmesan cheese. Enjoy.

Mini Cheese Cake Recipe

Homemade Burgers and Orzo Salad

Homemade Burgers

Ingredients

• 2 packages of extra lean ground beef or meat of your choice
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese
• salt, pepper
• 6 dashes of tabasco
• 10 dashes of worchestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard
• 2 tablespoons of steak or grilling spice

To assemble mix all ingredients together in a large bowl and mix until well incorporated. With your hands take a handful of the burger mixture and create burger patties. You can make them as large or small as you want but try to keep them about 1 to 2 inches thick. When finished place on a baking try and take out to a BBQ when it is at medium to medium high heat. Cook for about 10 minutes or to your liking. Enjoy

Orzo Salad

Ingredients

• 1/2 bag or orzo
• 2 zucchini diced
• 2 red peppers diced
• 2 yellow peppers diced
• 1/2 red onion
• 1/2 cup Greek feta
• 1/4 fresh basil chopped
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 large lemon

Cook orzo to specific cooking directions on the back of the box. While the orzo is cooking take a large serving bowl and begin to chop and add all of your vegetables to the bowl. Chop the basil and add the feta cheese along with salt and pepper to serving dish. While vegetables are combining prepare your vinaigrette. Add the three cloves of garlic finely diced, 1/4 cup of olive oil and 1 large juice of a lemon. When orzo is finished add to the serving dish of vegetables and add the vinaigrette and mix together.
Serve hot or let chill in the fridge and serve as desired. Enjoy

Potato Gnocchi Recipe

Potato Gnocchi Recipe

• Medium size potatoes 1 potato per person
• white flour
• spoon or gnocchi maker

Instructions:

To begin figure out your serving size and put one medium sized potato per single serving into boiling water. Let potatoes cook on medium heat for about 25 minutes or until they are soft. Strain potatoes and add to sink to let cool. When potatoes are cooled carefully peel the skin off of the potatoes and add to a large bowl for mixing. The next step you need to measure 1 cup of white flour per potato. You might think when mixing that this is too much flour but it all comes together. Continue mixing with hands, than add to counter surface to continue mixing than being to roll out with a rolling pin. Roll out the dough to about a 1/2 inch thick and cut stripes in the dough to begin forming the gnocchi.
When cutting the stripes simply cut the gnocchi how large or small you want it than take a fork or an gnocchi tool and begin to shape the gnocchi.
*It doesn’t need to be perfect so don’t worry if they don’t look great they will all taste amazing and this step does take practice.
Transfer the gnocchi to a large area to let sit for about an hour before serving to harden up.
Boil water and add 1 tablespoon of oil in water so gnocchi does not stick. Cook for about 10 minutes or until gnocchi floats to the top.
Serve immediately with red pasta sauce, butter and herbs or pesto.
Enjoy.

Nannies Lasagna Recipe

Nannies Lasagna Recipe

• 1/2 cup white onion chopped
• 1 hot pepper
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 stick of fresh thyme
• 1 can of tomato paste we use Unico
• 1 large can of tomato juice Heniz
• 1 package of lean ground beef
• 1 package of pork
• 1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs
• lasagna noodles
• 2 cups of mozzerlla cheese
• fresh basil
• grated parmesan cheese

To start we begin with making the sauce. In your pan over medium heat coat the pan with olive oil. About 4 tablespoons. Next add the onion and hot pepper. Let lightly brown, than add the chopped garlic and thyme. Stir lightly and add 1 can of tomato paste than immediately 1 can of the Heinz tomato juice. Stir together and add salt and pepper. Let cook on medium low while you prepare the meat.

Next put your lean ground beef and pork into a dish. ( you can use any meat you want or omit this for vegetarian lasagna) Mix together with your hands and add the Italian breadcrumbs to mixture. If you cannot find flavoured bread crumbs add a pinch of garlic powder, salt, pepper and basil flakes to any breadcrumbs. Mix together and add to a large skillet on medium heat and lightly brown while breaking apart the meat with a spoon. Let cook for about 5- 7 minutes than add to the sauce mixture. Cook sauce on low heat for 45 minutes .

To assemble use a baking dish any size for this recipe 9×13 inch dish. Line the bottom of the dish with a layer of the meat sauce. Next add the lasagna noodles and arrange according to size of baking dish. After first layer of noodles are aliened add another layer of sauce than cover with mozzerlla cheese, and lightly coat with Parmesan grated cheese. Add chopped bail leaves and dab butter along the 4 corners of the dish. Next add sauce and continue this process until the top of the baking dish.

Add to a 375 degree oven and cook until golden brown about 45 minutes. Let stand before serving. Enjoy