Posted on Apr 05, 2008 under Beef, Recipes | with 1,070 Views
Mechado is a usual stew served in our dinner table. Traditionally, it is cooked with beef briskets, potatoes, pimiento (red bell peppers), and tomatoes. It is similar to a beef stew, with elements of Filipino ingredients such as patis. I don’t use patis so that’s out of the question. Here is the recipe:
1 kilo beef (strip of fat inserted)
1 heaping teaspoon peppercorn
3 cups water
1/3 cup vinegar
1 bay leaf or laurel leaf
1 big onion, sliced
5 cloves garlic crushed
1 red pepper, in strips
1/4 cup green peas
1 tomatoe, cubed
1/3 cup soy sauce
3 slices bread, cut to crouton sizes or cubed
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup cooking oil
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My husband’s favorite pasta dish has got to be lasagna. Since it’s Valentine’s day, I decided to cook lasagna. Lasagna involves three steps: The tomato meat sauce, boiling the pasta and the preparation of the bechamel sauce.
Let’s make the Bechamel sauce first:
Ingredients
3/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
2 cans evaporated milk
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
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Posted on Feb 08, 2008 under Beef, Recipes | with 3,150 Views
I first ate Korean Beef Stew at the old Kimchi Korean Fastfood in the mid-seventies. My love for Korean beef stew inspired me to make my own version similar to the Kimchi Korean beef Stew. Here is my version that is a hit with my guests.
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Posted on Jan 08, 2008 under Beef, Recipes | with 1,604 Views
Nothing beats eating tapa for breakfast. With garlic rice and fried egg, it’s a breakfast fit for anyone expecting a busy day. My beef tapa recipe is a mixture of pepper and sweetness the way I like my lean and tasty beef tapa to be. Remember to marinate overnight so that the seasonings seep well into the beef slices.
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It’s Christmas Eve. My daughter Lauren was dying to cook paella for our Christmas Eve dinner. I bought all the ingredients in the morning but I wanted to cook it already while the seafood were fresh. My recipe for paella is one where I can pre-cook everything and place it on the pyrex dish for baking at a later time. It made sense to prepare it now then bake it just before Christmas dinner. I can’t be hassled with cooking just before the Noche Buena.
Here is my Paella recipe. Lauren assisted me with the cooking.
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