Author: mondo
VALPARAISO PIZZA ON AUGUST 8
August 11, 2009
Tonight we used the second half of dough we made a few nights ago. I wanted to try how well will this dough freeze, so this morning we brought it down from the freezer to the fridge to thaw it all day long. When we...
STEAK AND ROASTED VEGETABLES ON AUGUST 6
August 8, 2009
Shell steak cubes tossed with salt and pepper and vegetables, broiled on hi for about 9 minutes total, flipping all pieces once, halfway....
MARGARITA PIZZA ON AUGUST 5
August 6, 2009
Pizza! yum. we love making our own pizza. the more we make it the more we learn. it gets better and better every time. ( well, not always. some times i forget to put salt in the dough or things like that). home made dough,...
PULLED PORK TACOS ON AUGUST 4
August 6, 2009
. A little over a month ago I made a 6 pound pork shoulder into pulled pork, mexican style. Dry rubbed it with spices, like garlic, cinnamon, cumin, pepper, salt and chipotle powder, marinated for 24 hours, after that slowly roasted in orange juice and more...
ANTICUCHOS ON AUGUST 3
August 4, 2009
We wanted a light easy dinner, so we had these beautiful shell steaks that we cubed and tossed with some salt, pepper and olive oil. skewered the cubes alternating with onions and red and green bell peppers and broiled in the oven at the hi...
MAKING LADYFINGERS
August 3, 2009
I have been wanting to make tiramisu for a while. I think it's been a couple of years since i last tried this recipe . Mascarpone cheese, eggs, whipped cream, oporto, espresso and cocoa layered over coffee soaked ladyfingers cookies. But i also wanted to...
POROTOS GRANADOS ON AUGUST 2
August 3, 2009
Porotos granados- the very typical chilean summer bean soup. so good. made with fresh beans that you buy still in their pods. the closest to this kind we have found here are the fresh cranberry beans. Part of the fun on this dish is gathering with...
WHOLE RED SNAPPER ON AUGUST 1
August 2, 2009
Today a bought a fresh whole red snapper from Florida at Fairway. $5.99 a pound. the whole fish was 5 lbs. after weighting it the fishmonger cleaned and scaled the fish for me. I decided to prepare it a la Veracruzana. first I cleaned...