TYROPITTAKIA (CHEESE PIES)

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 25 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Appetizers Vegetarian
Pies

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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8 oz Feta cheese
2 oz Gruyere cheese or cottage
Cheese (see note)
2 Eggs (lightly beaten)
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2 tb Fresh mint or dill, finely
Chopped
8 To 10 sheets of fillo pastry
3 oz Melted butter
Oil for greasing

Preheat the oven to 350 F/ 180 C/ gas mark 4.

To make the filling, drain the feta of its salty water
and crumble into a bowl with a fork or fingers. Add
the Gruyere/cottage cheese, eggs and dill/mint to the
Feta and mix well.

Cut the whole stack of fillo pastry into 3/4 long
strips about 3 inches wide. Brush each sheet with
melted butter, place a (quite heaped) teaspoon of
filling at one end (in the corner). Fold over
diagonally to cover and keep folding into triangular
pies – making sure that all sides have as many layers
as possible to avoid spillage. Place the pies on an
oiled baking sheet, brush the tops with butter and
bake for 20 minutes or until crisp and light golden.

Good when warm – can keep for a few days in an
airtight container.

You could also use more spinach instead of the herbs
and decrease the amount of cheese used proportionally.

(note: Here in the UK Feta is saltier than in Greece
so this is why these ingredients are added)

Time: 50 minutes
Source: Sainsbury’s “the cooking of Greece and Turkey”
by Rena Salaman

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Popularity: 10% [?]

Taco Soup

Recipe By : Austin American Statesman 1/22/97
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : New Formats

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1 large onion — chopped
28 ounces tomatoes with juice
15 ounces kidney beans, canned
17 ounces whole kernel corn with juice
8 ounces tomato sauce
1 package taco seasoning mix
4 cups water

In a dutch oven, brown beef and onion. Drain fat and add remaining
ingredients. Simmer for an hour. Serve with tortilla chips or cornbread.

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Popularity: 6% [?]

Title: Beer Braised Beef in Crock Pot
Categories: Beef, Crockpot
Yield: 1 servings

3 lb Lean beef stew meat cut into
1 1/2 Inch pieces
1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Pepper
2 md Onions thinly sliced
1 8 oz. can mushrooms (or
Pieces) un-drained
1 12 oz. can of beer
(I prefer a dark beer, and
My favorite dark beer is
Negro Modelo, a Mexican
Beer)
1 tb Vinegar
2 Beef bouillon cubes
2 ts Sugar
2 Cloves garlic, minced
1 ts Thyme
2 Bay leaves

Preparation: Put the beef in the crock pot. Combine all the other
ingredients and pour over the beef. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or on
high for 4-5 hours. Before serving thicken juices if desired. Joyce
says she uses some flour or corn starch to do this.

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Popularity: 9% [?]

Title: CHOCOLATE MERINGUE PIE
Categories: Pies, Chocolate
Yield: 1 servings

1 Pie shell, 9"; baked
1/2 c Cocoa, Dutch process
-unsweetened
1/4 c Cornstarch
1 1/2 c Sugar
1/4 ts Salt
3 Egg; separated
2 c Milk
2 ts Vanilla (not extract)
2 T Butter

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3 Egg white
1/4 ts Salt
1 ts Vanilla (not extract)
1/4 ts Cream of tartar
1 ts Baking powder
2/3 c Sugar

Pie: Combine dry ingredients in a medium saucepan and stir to mix thor-
oughly before you add liquids. Now add egg yolks (save the whites for
the meringue) and milk and whisk until there are absolutely no lumps.
Place directly over medium-low heat, stir CONSTANTLY until the pudding
thickens and comes to a plopping boil. Watch it like a hawk and DON’T
TURN UP THE FIRE; at this stage it’ll stick and burn at the least
provocation! Patience is essential here. Remove from heat and stir in
the vanilla and butter. Pour into baked pie shell. Top with meringue.
Bake at 325 F. until the meringue browns, 15 to 20 minutes.

Meringue: Beat egg whites and all other ingredients except sugar until
foamy. Add sugar, ONE TABLESPOON AT A TIME, while beating vigorously
until the whites will hold a firm peak and are satiny looking. Spread
meringue over the hot filling, starting with small amounts at the edges
and sealing to the crust all around. If you don’t make sure the meringue
is well stuck to the crust at this stage, it’ll shrink and pull away
during the baking, which makes a lots less attractive pie. Spread pie
with remaining meringue, making hills and valleys.

Adding the sugar a little at a time helps make sure that it dissolves
completely, and so helps prevent the meringue from weeping. Also,
spreading the meringue over the hot filling helps–I don’t know why.

Adapted from The Only Texas Cookbook
Linda West Eckhardt
per Sam Waring

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Popularity: 13% [?]

Title: Outrageous Ham Steak Sauce (Bbq)
Categories: Bbq sauces, Dips
Yield: 4 servings

3/4 c Ketcup
1/4 c Cider vinegar
2 t Worcestershire sauce
1/2 t Hot pepper sauce
2 T Mustard, Prepared
1/4 c Sugar, dark brown
1/2 t Salt

Cook sauce uncovered for 15 minutes. Marinate ham in sauce for 1/2 hour or
longer, grill, broil, or fry ham steak basting with the sauce as needed.
Very Good!!
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Popularity: 18% [?]

Stage Deli’s Cheese Blintzes

Recipe By : Gourmet Magazine December 1996 p. 156
Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Waffles, Pancakes,French Toast Dairy

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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FOR WRAPPER BATTER:
3 large eggs
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

FOR FILLING:
1 1/2 cups farmer cheese
2 cups cottage cheese
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

MAKE WRAPPER BATTER:
In a blender blend wrapper batter ingredients and let stand 30 minutes.

In an 8-inch skillet, preferably nonstick, melt half of the butter over
moderately high heat.

Pour in enogh batter to just coat bottom of skillet, swirling and cook,
undisturbed, until top is set and nottom is golden (do not turn wrapper
over.) Transfer wrapper to paper towels in one layer, golden side down.
Make more wrappers with remaining butter and batter.

MAKE FILLING:
In a food processor blend cheeses, sugar, and cinnamon until smooth. If
necessary, add flour to thicken filling.

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment
paper.

Put 3 tbsps filling in center of each wrapper and fold opposite sides of
wrapper over filling until sides barely touch. Fold in ends to
completely enclose filling, forming packets, and arnage, seams sides
down, on baking sheet.

Make more blintzes with remaining filling and wrappers. Bake blintzes,
covered loosely with foil, untl heated through, 5 to 10 minutes.

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Popularity: 7% [?]

Alabama Cookies

Recipe By : America’s Best Recipes
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups regular oats
2 cups chopped pecans
1 cup rice crispies
1 cup flaked coconut

Cream shortening, gradually add sugars, beating well at medium speed
of mixer. Add eggs and vanilla, beating well. Combine flour and salt,
add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in oats and remaining
ingredients. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons onto greased cookie
sheets. Bake at 325° for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool slightly on
cookie sheets, remove to wire rack to cool completely. 6 dozen

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Popularity: 7% [?]

ONION RING BATTER

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories :
Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 1/2 cups Flour
3 tablespoons Cornmeal
3 tablespoons Onion powder
2 teaspoons Salt
1 1/2 cups Milk
1 each Egg
1/2 cup Water

Blend all ingredients.

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Popularity: 6% [?]