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Ingredients
1 5–6-pound piece fresh pork belly, skin on
1 (trimmed) 2–3-pound boneless, center-cut pork loin
3 tablespoons fennel seeds
2 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons minced fresh sage
1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
3 garlic cloves, minced
Kosher salt
1/2 orange, seeded, thinly sliced




Here's video recipe of how you can prepare it:

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Here's a home recipe for the Hungarian Honey Cakes.

Ingredients:
500 g flour
200 g lukewarm honey
2 eggs
200 g sugar (icing sugar)
1 coffee spoonful of baking soda
some piece of clove (cut into small pieces)
50 g margarin (or butter)

Ingredients for Decorations:
1 egg white
120-250 g sugar
Few drops of lemon juice

Steps:
Add Flour and mix all ingredients together (exclude the decoration ingredients)

Then add more 100-200 g flour.

Knead it until it becomes a dough.

Then put it in the fridge overnight. (It is best when you prepare it in the evening and let it 'rest' overnight.)


Rolling and shaping:
Sprinkle some flour on the rolling board, then roll the dough with the rolling-pin.

You must roll the dough as thin as a match-stick.

Then you can cut it into the shapes you like.

Remember, the shape will change a little in the baking, so do not use small designs or shapes.

Use the back part of the girdle (sheet), and transfer the cake there.

Then put it into a very hot oven.

Wait til the cake is golden brown.

When it is ready, remove from baking sheet with a flexible knife (you have to do this when the cake is warm.)

To decorate:
Whisk the egg-white until it becomes frothy.

Put in the other ingredients for the decoration, and mix it until it thickens.

The creative part:
Put the mixture into a small bag.

Then cut a small hole at the corner of the bag.

It must be very small, then the decoration mixture can be squeezed out slowly and thinly, use it to make any decorations, patterns or wordings on the cake.

Enjoy! or add some nuts to make it into a three dimensional cosy Honey Cake House like in this video:-

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Sea Bass ia a fish commonly used in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese cuisines. It is also commonly called Suzuki and Japanese seaperch.

This video recipe shows how to bake Sea Bass in a Salt Crust

Turkey and bacon on an open-faced sandwich. Mornay sauce tops it all over, bake it, broiled til bread becomes crispy and when you see the sauce turns brown. Sometimes, ham, pimentos, tomatoes are added too. This Hot Brown Sanwich is originally created in Louisville, Kentucky in 1926. It is a variation of a traditional Welsh rarebit. (Photo credit: Mod Betty)

The Swiss roll is an easy christmas item to make and its ingredients are simply: eggs, superfine caster sugar, icing sugar, vanilla extract, flour, jam for filling and whipped heavy cream. To start, preheat oven to 190 deg C.  Line parchment paper to the bottom of a jelly roll pan. Choose a 10x15 inches pan making sure the base and sides is brushed with melted butter. Then dust some flour.

Next is whisking the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and water. One third at a time, sift in flour and fold in egg mixture with a metal spoon. This mixture is ready to be baked for 12-15minutes. When the center of the cake is slightly springy, you will noticed it shrinks a little from its sides of the baking pan. Final step is sprinkle caster sugar on a parchment paper, invert the cake on to the sugared parchment paper. To prevent drying out and cracking, use a slightly damp tea towel to cover it while it cools. Spread lashings of jam fo any flavours from apricot, blackberry, strawberry, and leave one-inch border. Repeat with whipped cream. Then roll it. The finishing touch will be icing sugar and serve.

Ingredients and quantity:
4 eggs
130 grams caster sugar (superfine), plus 3 tablespoons for sprinkling or use icing sugar (confectioners'), for dusting
2 tablespoons warm water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
130 grams all-purpose flour

For the filling
6 tablespoons raspberry or strawberry jam
225grams heavy whipped cream

Simply love this Thanksgiving Roasted Turkey! If you want to share your recipes here, write to me at nihaojodee@gmail.com

The Finnish people sells salmon prepared in this way. It is also healthier to bake or even simply grill them. A recipe to add low-sodium teriyaki sauce, some sesame seeds, zucchini, scallions and add the healthy twin of olive oil, the canola oil. Following is sharing with you a video recipe about how to pan sear salmon:-

Serves 1
Hands-On Time: 10m
Total Time: 10m

Ingredients
1 serving quick-cooking or old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup blueberries
1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
1 tablespoon agave nectar
Directions
Prepare the oats according to the package directions. Top with the blueberries and sunflower seeds. Drizzle with the agave nectar.

By Charlyne Mattox/Real Simple Recipes

Penguin Couple Bento, photo credit: luckysundae/flickr

Originally uploaded by tfangel

Ingredients:

1 16 ounce walnuts (4 cups) finely chopped
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 16 ounce package of fresh or frozen phyllo dough
1 cup margarine or butter (2 sticks) melted
1 12 ounce jar honey

Steps:
1. In large bowl, with fork, mix finely chopped walnuts, sugar, and cinnamon. Set aside.
2. Cut phyllo into 13" by 9" rectangles. in greased 13" by 9" baking dish, place 1 phyllo sheet; brush with some melted margarine or butter. Repeat with phyllo and margarine or butter to make 5 more layers, overlapping any small strips of phyllo to make rectangles, if necessary.
3. Over phyllo in baking dish, sprinkle 1 cup walnut mixture.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to make 3 more layers (4 layers total). Place remaining phyllo on top of last walnut layer; brush with margarine or butter.
5. With sharp knife, cut just halfway through layers in triangle pattern to make 24 servings (cut lengthwise into 3 strips; cut each strip crosswise into 4 rectangles; then cut each rectangle diagonally into 2 rectangles).
6. Bake in 300F oven 1 hour and 25 minutes or until top is golden brown.
7. In small saucepan over medium-low heat, heat honey until hot but not boiling. Evenly spoon hot honey over hot baklava.
8. Cool baklava in dish on wire rack at least 1 hour; cover with foil and let stand at room temperature until serving.
9. To serve, with sharp knife, finish cutting through layers to make 24 baklava triangles.




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Cake Stand Land is small business in North Wales. They sell vintage tea set, vintage cake stands and they love vintage china.

Meyer lemons are unusually fragrant and thin-skinned and have lower acidity than the more common Eureka and Lisbon lemons. A dessert mousse is a form of dessert typically made from egg and cream (classically no cream, only egg yolks, egg whites, sugar, and chocolate or other flavorings), usually in combination with other flavors such as chocolate or puréed fruit. Once only a specialty of French restaurants, chocolate mousse entered into American and English home cuisine in the 1960s.

Captain Paul Peluso filet, and prepares herring for pickling - this is part One and his wife Katrina prepares the pickling and completes this recipe in part two click here to watch part 2

Sometime ago, we shared a post about eating herring while we were in The Netherlands.

We received an anonymous comment that stressed that the:

Dutch herring isn't PICKLED, so NO VINEGAR!

It also isn't COOKED, so NO OVEN.
Oh, and NO PEPPERCORNS, NO BAYLEAF, NO STALKS OF PARSLEY either.
Dutch herring is RAW herring, left for some time in a very light BRINE, which is water and SALT, NOT VINEGAR!!!

There are so many ways to eat the Herring! Have fun!!

Ingredients:

• 3 2/3 cup of flour
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp yeast
• 2 cups cubed dried bread

Originally uploaded by Ms Kat

Knedliky are dumplings Czech style. It is the Czech traditional side dish made from wheat or potato flour, boiled in water as a roll and then sliced and served hot. The other traditional fruit dumplings are ''Ovocné Knedlíky'' are desserts. Personally, I am not a fan of sauerkraut but it seemed common that the heavy European food comes with the sour cabbage to balance it somehow.

Trifle is a dessert typically consisting of plain or sponge cake soaked in sherry, rum, or brandy and topped with layers of jam or jelly, custard, and whipped cream. It looks really good and I am going to personally try to make this for this christmas!

Here's Nigella Lawson's Orange and Blackberry Trifle, enjoy!

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In Thai, khao means "rice" and pad means "of or relating to being stir-fried". This dish differs from Chinese fried rice is that it is prepared with Thai Jasmine rice instead of regular long-grain rice. It normally contains a meat (chicken, shrimp, and crab are all common), egg, onions, and tomatoes. Green onions, coriander, and fried garlic are then mixed in. Then seasonings are stirred in, which may include soy sauce, sugar, salt, possibly some chili sauce, and the ubiquitous nam pla (fish sauce). Then the dish is plated and served with accompaniments like cucumber slices, tomato slices, lime and sprigs of green onion.





Here's a video recipe for Kao Pad Gkai Pad Gkaprow, that is Spicy Chicken and Basil Fried Rice:-

In Chinese, it is called Dian Xin, when pronounced in Cantonese, it is called Dim Sum. It consists of small portions of the dish is served in steamer baster or sometimes small plate.

"Drink tea" or 'yum cha' 飲茶 is one of the favorite activities of the Hong Kongers. These days, many people who are non-Chinese likes it too.

Classic Christmas Recipes from church and community fundraising cookbooks by Chris Carriveau and Ann Carriveau (Oct 28, 2013) - Kindle eBook

Halloween is around the corner, this year happening on the 31st October. This is a Halloween Bento idea :) In the following video, it shows how you can make Halloween bento Jack'O Lantern, Frankenstein and Black cat.

Take 200ml Greek yoghurt and mix in crushed garlic, pinch caster sugar, pinch paprika, salt and pepper and finely chopped fresh mint. Pour over finely chopped or grated cucumber.

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Scrambled eggs are usually a choice for breakfast and it is made unique with the addition of tortillas, tomato, onion, and green chile - the Mexican style.

Ingredients:
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 corn tortillas, cut in thin strips
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup chopped tomato
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 small green chile, seeded and chopped
4 eggs, beaten until frothy
salt, to taste

Originally uploaded by ♥ Lala ♥

Makes 36 shekerbura pastries
For the Dough:
1 kg / 2.2 pounds first grade wheat flour (white only) + 1 tablespoon (for step 3)
400 g / 14 oz unsalted butter, cut into large chunks
5 egg yolks
250 g / 9 oz sour cream
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder (optional)
1/2 teaspoon dry yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup / 125 ml lukewarm milk
For the Filling:
700 g / 1.5 pounds skinned hazelnuts, or almonds or walnuts (See recipe for how to skin if readily skinned nuts are not available)
700 g / 1.5 pounds granulated sugar
2 teaspoon, or to taste, ground cardamom
-source: http://www.azcookbook.com/shekerbura/

Steps in the video or http://www.azcookbook.com/shekerbura/

Originally uploaded by bradfordosgood
Beijing jianbing (北京煎饼) is a kind of breakfast crepe widely sold in Beijing. Similar but smaller crepe is also sold all over China. The motorized cooking plate speeds up the process for larger crepe. The red sauces are red tofu bean curd sauce and chili sauce. The crispy square is fried dough.-kkfung/youtube

Originally uploaded by zannnielim

Panettone is a type of sweet bread loaf originally from Milan. I took this photo in Venice Mestre.

Ingredients

1/3 cup water
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup butter (margarine)
21/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tbsps sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 package active dry yeast
2 tbsps grated orange (peel)
1 tbsp lemon peel (grated)
11/2 tsps vanilla
1/4 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup sliced almonds

Here's a video recipe:

This is a pastry made with Apple, Walnut, and Poppy Seeds. There are usually many flavours within one: walnut, apple, poppy seeds, cinnamon, dried fruit and plum jam all between sheets of pastry.

Ingredients
For the dough
300 g flour
125 g butter
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
1 pinch salt
100 ml white wine
2 egg yolks
5 g fresh yeast

Poppy seeds filling
175 g ground poppy seeds
90 g sugar
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon raisins or other dried fruit
1 tablespoon bread crumbs (I used whole)
90 ml water
lemon zest / orange
vanilla

Walnut filling
150 g ground walnuts
80 g sugar
2 tablespoons breadcrumbs (white)
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon raisins or other dried fruit
125 ml water
peel of lemon / orange
vanilla

Apple filling
375 g apples peeled, grated
2 tablespoons raisins or other dried fruit
1 tablespoon ground nuts
1 tablespoon breadcrumbs (white)
cinnamon

Prune stuffing
1 jar of plum jam thick


Preparation
Dough
Place all ingredients in a bowl and knead until dough is elastic and non-sticky.
Then put it in a bag and refrigerate.

Meanwhile prepare the fillings.

Poppy seeds filling
Place in a saucepan of water, sugar and honey and let it on the stove top, until the sugar has melted.
In a bowl, place the dry ingredients, then pour hot water over them (with sugar and honey) and mix well.

Walnut filling
Follow the same procedure above.

Apple filling
Mix all ingredients.

After making the fillings remove the dough from refrigerator and divide it into 5 equal balls, then spread each on trays of 22 cm diameter cake.

Pierce with a fork three of the stretched round shapes of dough and bake them in round baking pans that were previously coated with oil and sprinkled with flour, for 8 minutes at 180C/360F, until they brown.

After you have baked the three tops, take one of the sheets that was not cooked (raw sheet) and lie it in a 22 cm cake pan, pierce it with a fork, then add the Poppy seeds filling over it and level it.

Over Poppy seeds filling place one of the baked sheets and then, on top, place the Walnut filling and level it.

Over the Walnut filling place 2nd baked sheet, pressing gently, and then, on top, place the plum jam / jam and level it.

Place over the Plum jam the 3rd baked sheet, top it with the apple filling, then level it and, at the end, place over it the second unbaked sheet, then pierce with a fork and put it in the oven preheated to 180C/360F for 50 minutes.

Remove from oven and powder sugar over it.

Recipe from Oana Silion

Originally uploaded by zannnielim
Duck breast served with mashed potatoes with onion and bacon and creamy cabbage

The way the duck breast meat has been prepared made it a very delicious meal! It was cook to medium. The creamy cabbage is very unique too! Loved it, love the entire meal, those mashed potatoes tasted great too......so much to compliment about this food!

I've ordered this last evening for celebrating my birthday. It was a wonderful dinner with Zsolt. I love the ambience of this restaurant too, sitting and eating in the outdoor is more popular.

Photo: Deena/(stayathomefoodie.com/iceberg-wedge-salad/)

Originally uploaded by køkken69

Chwee kueh, is the dialect hokkien way of saying 水粿. "Water rice cake" is made by steaming rice cake. This is commonly a breakfast item in particular Singapore. The preparation is simply steaming the mixture of rice flour and water. This slightly viscous mixture when steamed in small cup-shaped containers gives its shape, and of course the softness texture is important. The toppings is truly the secret to a good tasty Chwee Kueh. Diced preserved radish and a good wallop of the right chilli sauce is the essence :)

Elana's pantry

The name of this dish means more than one piece of lasagna ribbon, Lasagne. This flat pasta interspersed with sauces, tomato sauce, ricotta cheese, ground beef, sometimes even spinach. Spices such as oregano, garlic, onion and flavored with wine! The best is when the pasta is made with semolina durum wheat. The following video recipe is a great one to share. Enjoy!



(AP Photo)

Ingredients

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into chunks
2 tablespoons white wine
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons sesame oil, divided
2 tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved in 2 tablespoons water
1 ounce hot chile paste
1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
2 teaspoons brown sugar
4 green onions, chopped
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts
4 ounces chopped peanuts

Directions

To Make Marinade: Combine 1 tablespoon wine, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon cornstarch/water mixture and mix together.

Place chicken pieces in a glass dish or bowl and add marinade.

Toss to coat. Cover dish and place in refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

To Make Sauce: In a small bowl combine 1 tablespoon wine, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon oil, 1 tablespoon cornstarch/water mixture, chili paste, vinegar and sugar.
Mix together and add green onion, garlic, water chestnuts and peanuts. In a medium skillet, heat sauce slowly until aromatic.

Meanwhile, remove chicken from marinade and saute in a large skillet until meat is white and juices run clear.

When sauce is aromatic, add sauteed chicken to it and let simmer together until sauce thickens.

Luxury dinners in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico with Vida Vacations. See more at their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/vidavacations

Originally uploaded by zannnielim
butter
Olive oil
Handful fresh sage leaves, 8 leaves reserved for garnish
6 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
5 red onions, peeled and sliced
3 large white onions, peeled and sliced
3 banana shallots, peeled and sliced
11 ounces leeks, trimmed, washed and sliced
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
8 cups good-quality hot beef, chicken or vegetable stock
8 slices good-quality stale bread, 3/4-inch thick
7 ounces freshly grated Cheddar
Worcestershire sauce

Originally uploaded by Elvis.FAng
This is a special snack originated from Chaozhou. It is wrapped in a thin pancake made from flour (similar to wraps as in the spring rolls). The ingredients inside is sugar and maltose that has gone through stages of the removal of moisture, became jelly and then repeatedly refined to a brittle and crispy quality. There is also chopped peanuts that is fried and addition of stir fried black sesame seeds and cilantro. The following video shows how the maltose is prepared:



This video shows how the ultra- thin pizza or 'wraps' are made:

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Alfredo with kale & mushrooms, over homemade Fusilli, great for Vegetarians

Its a baby boy yeeeeah !!!! This is a dedicated Royal Kate & Will's Baby Boy Pie this is probably the best pie I've ever tastes so so good check this recipe out it will rock your world !! -Royal Baby Congratulations! | Wills & Kate Pie | Jamie Oliver

Originally uploaded by sughr

Escargot is a dish of cooked land snails, usually served as an appetizer in France and in French restaurants. Not all species of land snail are equally edible, and many are too small to make it worthwhile to prepare and cook them. In France, the species Helix pomatia is most often eaten. The "petit-gris" Helix aspersa is also eaten, as is Helix lucorum.

The ingredients in this Wild Rice Salad:-
broccoli, roasted almonds, dried apricots, cranberries, wild rice, red pepper, scallions

rice vinegar, olive oil, toasted cumin, coriander, salt & black pepper for dressing


This video recipe is another version:-