Spicy Parmesan Grissini Bread Sticks.

Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup corn meal,  1 tsp fine salt, 3/4 cup ground parmesan cheese, 1.5 tsp sweet paprika, 1 tsp hot paprika, 1/8 tsp Piment d’Espelette Basque Pepper. 1 tlbs dry active yeast,   1.5 cups tepid water, 3 tsp brown sugar, 3 tlbs olive oil. Putting it all together: Add tepid…

LEBANESE CHICKEN AND RICE

Ingredients #1: 1 whole chicken (remove any packet of neck and giblets if inside the cavity) Rinse the chicken inside and out. 1 rough chopped onion, 3 cloves of garlic, a 2-inch nob of ginger, 2 Bay leaves, 4 cloves, 6 cardamom pods, 1 cinnamon stick, 1.5 tsp powdered cinnamon 1.5 tsp 7 spice powder…

WINTER PUMPKIN BACON TORTELLINI

Ingredients: 2 cups cubed fresh pumpkin, 2 cups of sliced cooked bacon ( get the meat counter bacon it doesn’t shrink) 1 bag of premade large cheese tortellini. 2 Tlbs toasted pine nuts. 1.5 cups shredded gruyere cheese. 2 tsp fresh thyme, 2 tsp fresh chopped oregano. Putting it all together: Place the cubed pumpkin…

VENEZUELAN BEEF LIVER AND ONIONS

Ingredients: 2 packages beef liver, buttermilk or Arabic liquid yogurt, 1/2 cup chopped parsley, 3 sliced white onions, salt and pepper to taste. 3 Tlbs Olive oil, 4 Tlbs Butter 1 cup dry white vermouth. 2 fine chopped garlic. Putting it all together: Remove the beef liver from it’s package cut into 3 inch wide…