Combine ground chuck, onion, celery, carrot, and garlic in a skillet; cook over medium heat until meat is browned, stirring to crumble beef. Drain mixture in a colander, and pat dry with paper towels. Wipe pan drippings from skillet; return beef mixture to skillet. Thaw and drain spinach; press between paper towels to remove excess […]

Melt butter in olive oil and sautee onion until golden. Remove sausage meat from skin and crumble up and add to onions.Brown slowly on med heat. In a separate pot, heat chicken broth with boullion and keep warm. Add rice to sausage mixture andmix well. Gradually add broth to rice about 1 1/2 cups at […]

Saute garlic in butter till it becomes translucent. Add porcini mushrooms, thinly sliced, wine and marjoram. Salt and pepper to taste. When wine and water completely evaporate, add cream and simmer for approx 2 minutes till sauce thickens. Then add basil and parmigian cheese. Simultaneously, cook pasta, and in a bowl add sauce to done […]

1. Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Trim the green beans, cut in halves or thirds if long. Put the beans into the boiling water and time about five minutes, or until tender. Drain and rinse with cold water until completely chilled. Pat dry with paper towels. 2. Soak the red onion […]

Melt butter and add onion and whole garlic cloves. Saute until onion is golden. Add tomatoes with liquid and simmer over low heat 1 1/2 hours, or until sauce is thick. Add bouillon cubes, season to taste with salt and heat until cubes dissolve. Add chiles and/or bacon, if using, and simmer 30 minutes longer. […]

Sautee chopped onions and mushrooms until tender. Steam chopped spinach until wilted (or use thawed frozen spinach). Combine ricotta, mozzarella, 3/4 cup of the Parmesan, eggs, parsley, spices. Add spinach and 3/4 of sautee to mixture. Fill uncooked manicotti shells; place filled shells in a single layer in a greased 13×9 baking pan. Add remaining […]

Heat oil in saucepan or skillet.Add onion;cook until soft.Crumble in the beef.Stir and fry until meat loses red color.Sprinkle with salt and pepper.Pour in tomato sauce and water;bring to boil.Break spaghetti;sprinkle in a little at a time,stirring into sauce and keeping it separated.Cover tightly.Simmer 20 to 30 minutes.Stir toward end of cooking time.Serve with cheese.Makes […]

DOUGH 3 1/3 c Flour 1 c Sugar 1 ts Baking powder 12 tb Lard or butter 2 Eggs 1/3 c Milk -EGG WASH FOR ASSEMBLING- 1 Egg 1 pn Salt Confectioners sugar The name of these filled pastries is Cucidati, which is Sicilian for Buccellati, or “little bracelets.” FOR THE FILLING: Stem the figs […]

Place clams and 1/4 cup water in a large heavy pan. Cover and simmer just until clams pop open (5 to 10 minutes). When cool enough to handle, remove clams from shells and set aside (save a few clams in shells for garnish, if you wish). Strain clam broth through a piece of dampened muslin […]

Soak the dried mushrooms for at least a 1/2 hours. Squeeze must of liquid out and set aside. Chop mushrooms into small pieces. Keep 1/2 cup of the water. In a large diameter fry pan add about 3 tbs of olive oil under medium heat. Put in the dry penette. Sort of toast the penette […]