1. Spread pecans on cookie sheet and roast in preheated 350F. oven 10 minutes. 2. Coarsely chop half the roasted pecans and reserve for garnish. 3. Put remaining pecans in blender or food processor container. 4. Add butter, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce; blend until very smooth.

Serve this hot cheese dip and offer crisp cracker dippers. Melt butter in pan over low heat. Gradually add and stir in cheese until cheese is melted. (Cheese butter mixture may appear separated.) Add red pepper sauce; slowly add wine, stirring until mixture is smooth. Add lobster; stir until heated. Makes about 1 1/2 cups.

Combine all ingredients. NOTE: Sauce can be made in advance.

Soak mushrooms for 30 minutes in enough warm water to cover. Rinse well; squeeze to drain. Finely chop, discarding stems. Soak been threads for 15 minutes in enough warm water to cover. Drain well; squeeze out excess moisture. Cut into 2-inch lengths. Thaw shrimp, if frozen. Finely chop shrimp and pork. Mix water, oyster sauce, […]

Shell & devein the shrimp but leave the tails on. Peel and discard the fibrous outer lemongrass stalk leaves. Chop the more tender inner core. Combine the lemongrass with the remaining ingredients. Pour the dressing over the shrimp. Toss shrimp to coat all surface areas. Let marinate for 1 hour. Grill shrimps about 4 to […]

Combine room temperature cheeses with wine and cream in 2-qt. casserole. Add seasonings and shrimp (*cooked, shelled and deveined) and bake in 375* oven until heated through, about 20 minutes. Toss with 8 oz. fettucine which has been cooked according to package directions. From Maytag Farms.

-OPTIONAL – 1 Beurre Manie* 1 tb Tomato paste -GARNISH – Avocado slices Lime slices Fresh mint leaves * Beurre Manie is used to thicken sauces. Combine 1 T flour and 1 T sweet butter on a small flat plate and blend the mixture with a fork into a very smooth paste. Roll the paste […]

The fish should be very fresh, gutted and scaled but not split. Melt the butter. When it foams, slip in the fish. Brown swiftly, turning once. Pour the sour cream and water around them, add salt and freshly ground pepper, and let the fish simmer for 10 minutes. Serve with small new potatoes boiled in […]

-SEASONINGS (PUT IN BOWL- 2 tb Salted black beans: rinsed -in hot water, drained, and -mashed into a paste 4 Garlic cloves, minced 1/2 ts Ginger root, minced fine 2 Dried red chili peppers, -tear into small pieces, -do not discard seeds 1 Scallion, cut into pea-sized -pieces, including the green 1/2 c Green or […]

Sift flour and salt into bowl. Beat eggs with butter and add to flour mixture. Add milk gradually, stirring only to mix. Add more milk if batter is too stiff. Cover, allow to stand 3 hours. Meanwhile, soak fish in cold water. Drain, remove bones and skin. Pound fish in mortar with hot pepper. Add […]