Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Rub lamb with a mixture of garlic, salt and pepper and rosemary. Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet. Saute meat slices over moderate heat until well browned on one side. Pour off excess fat from pan. Turn and brown other side. Remove and keep warm in ovenproof serving […]

*Clean and chop chitterlings. Heat oil in pan. When hot fry chitterlings and pork with garlic, paprika and pepper for 5 min. Blanche raisons, drain and add to pan with walnut puree. Add wine. Stir well and puree in blender until smooth. Serve over hot cooked spaghetti. Top with cheese.

To prepare the pesto sauce: Mix all the ingredients by hand in a mortar or use a food processor. Puree the garlic, most of the pine nuts and cheese, the basil and oil (add enough oil to produce a light puree with the consistency of a tomato sauce). Pour the puree into a small bowl […]

Get a leg of lamb and ask the butcher to bone it and butterfly it for you. Do not let him tie it in a roast but ask him for some butcher string so you can do it by yourself. When you get the lamb home, try to remove as much fat from the inside […]

Cook and stir meat and onions in large skillet or Dutch oven until meat is brown. Drain off fat. Stir in tomatoes (with liquid) and remaining ingredients except Cheddar cheese; break up tomatoes. TO COOK IN SKILLET: Heat mixture to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until spaghetti is tender, about 30 minutes. […]

THIS IS BASICLY AN ANTIPASTO SALAD, MORE OR LESS Get out a beautiful glass serving tray or any other large serving tray and arrang carefully the following: Make carrot curls. Use a potato peeler to give you long, thin stirps. Roll up strips and crowd, side by side, in a deep bowl. Cover with water […]

Combine all ingredients, mix well and stuff into hog casing or make patties.

Wash, peel & chop tomatoes, discarding seeds. Heat oil in a moderately deep pan, add onion & garlic and saute until onion is limp. Discard garlic and add tomatoes, chopped basil and salt & pepper. Simmer for about 20 minutes over moderate heat. While sauce is simmering, bring a large pot of water to boil. […]

1. Layer the eggplant slices in a colander, sprinkling each layer with the salt. Set aside to drain for at least 1 hour. Pat the eggplant dry with paper towels. 2. Preheat the oven to 375F. Using 1/4 c. of the olive oil, brush both sides of each eggplant slice. Arrange the slices in a […]

Heat olive oil in a medium skillet; stir in garlic and red pepper; saute over low heat 1 min. Raise heat to high; immediatley add the shrimp all at once. Saute, stirring constantly, until they become pink, about 3 min. ( do not over cook ). Stir in the sundried tomatoes (in oil) and parsley. […]