Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Jalisco-style birria or braised goat meat Recipe (Birria Tapatía)

Ingredients:
● 4 lb. goat meat, cut down to 1 inch pieces approximately
● 2 lb. of pork shoulder or pork ribs meat cut into 1 inch pieces approximately
● 4 ancho chiles cleaned and seeds removed
● 6 guajillo chiles roasted, seeds removed
● 5 serrano chiles roasted, seeds removed
● 8 Roasted bell peppers
● 1 cup vinegar
● 20 crushed black peppercorns
● 8 roasted garlic cloves crushed
● 1 teaspoon oregano.
● cooking salt to taste
● 4 roasted maguey leaves; simply omit if you cannot find them
● dough to seal the pot
● 2 lb. of roasted tomatoes
● 3 tablespoons butter
● 2 cups finely chopped onions
● 1 tablespoon of oregano to serve.
Making this recipe:
For the sauce:
In a skillet, over high heat setting, roast your chilies until they are slightly browned. The ideal thing is to roast them using a barbecue or gas stove, if you have them.
Using a food processor, blend together all the chiles with the garlic, pepper, oregano, salt and vinegar.
Put all the meat pieces in the pot you will use to cook the birria. Pour over the meat enough sauce we just did until all the meat is completely covered in the sauce.
Close the pot, marinate overnight in the refrigerator.
The next day put the maguey leaves at the bottom of the pot if you have them;
                                                                                                    ------Diego
Recipe gathered from .http://www.mexicanrecipes.me/birria.htm

Plagiarism: Don't Do It-Diego

Monday, January 24, 2011

My First Fruit Tart


Yummy, my first time making a fruit tart.



This is a Picture of the very first cream puffs I made.They were gone before we even sat down for dinner.

Vivian Vargas

Mantu Traditional Afghan Dish





1 Lb ground beef
1 1/8 tbsp salt ( as needed)
1 tbsp pepper (as needed)
1 ½ tbsp coriander ground
¼ tbsp cumin ground
2 large finely chopped onions
1 package wonton wrappers
2 tbsp tomato paste
6 tbsp oil
¾ cup yogurt
¼ tbsp dried mint
2 mashed garlic gloves
and
boiled water



1) Filling: Combine ground beef, onions, salt, pepper, cumin, coriander ground and 1 cup water in a skillet; stir and cook over medium heat for 30 minutes or until all the water is absorbed. Let it cool off.

2) Place wrappers on a cutting board covered lightly with flour one at a time then pour 1 cup of cold water in a bowl. Dip your index finger in the bowl of water and rub the edges of the wrapper to make it wet. Place one tablespoon of the mixed beef on the bottom half of the wrapper. Bring the other half on top of the bottom half making a triangle. Take two opposite corners each in different hands and seal them together making a bow. Place the oil in a bowl and dip the bottoms of the filled mantu in oil and place them in a (steam cooker) or you can spray some oil inside the steam cooker. Both ways can be possible then steam the dumplings for 40 minutes or longer on a medium heat.


3) Sauce: While waiting, place the remaining of the mixed beef filling in the skillet with tomato paste and cook it uncovered for 10 minutes.


4) Yogurt: Add garlic, 2 teaspoons of water and mint to the yogurt mix.


5) To serve, put a layer of the yogurt on a flat serving plate ghori; then place the mantu on top of the yogurt plate. Afterward put another layer of yogurt on top of the manto and add a layer of the mixed beef sauce. Then sprinkle some fresh or dry mint on top of the plate. Now your delicious Afghan mantu is ready to serve.

HAMIDA BASHIR

Bacon Bacon Bacon


So majority of the class knows I cant eat bacon. Since the blog is called bacon 'N' bits I decided to search up "crazy bacon" on the internet and came across this picture above ^ How can someone order and comsume all of this? Grossss lol Its looks dry and plain. This sandwich reassures me that I'm not missing out on the pig world.

Neveen Hassan
  It's now Monday morning. Officially the first day of the week and another week of school is ahead and what am I doing? Enjoying a nice box of that delicious glazed dough and not even feeling bad about it. Considering it is for English class and my next paper. I may be regretting it when I'm done, but that's what the gym is for in between my classes. As I write, I am chewing on what some people consider a 'diet' and others consider pure fat. Personally, I don't view them as either one. I don't even eat doughnuts for the heck of it. As a matter fact, this is the first one I have had in maybe a year. However, ever since I moved to the area, I pass by this place called Donut Man and there is always a line -even at 3 A.M. It is the hot spot for teens, drunks, or people just wanting sugary good-ness. I decided I would try it out and use it as my next paper, unless something better comes around between this cold Monday morning and Wednesday night.
"Good eats and Good night"

Sunday, January 23, 2011