| Maschi - Main
(Stuffed Tomato with Chopped Beef)
Cooking Recipes Ingredients
2 Ibs. Chopped beef
1 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. Pepper
1 tsp. Garlic powder (or 2 cloves mashed)
4 Tbs. Chopped fresh dill (or 1 tsp. dried dill)
2 Tbs. Salad oil
1 cup Cooked rice
8 large Tomatoes
2 Tbs. Butter
2 Tbs. Oil
2 6-oz. cans Tomato paste
2 6 oz. cans Water
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Cinnamon
Cooking Recipes Directions
In a 9-inch skillet: Sauté: 2 Ibs. CHOPPED BEEF 1 tsp.
SALT 1/2 tsp. PEPPER 1 tsp. GARLIC POWDER (or 2 cloves mashed)
4 Tbs. CHOPPED FRESH DILL (or 1 tsp. dried dill) in 2 Tbs.
SALAD OIL until meat browns. Add 1 cup COOKED RICE and blend.
Cut a Slit in 8 large TOMATOES (very firm), halfway across
the centre. Squeeze at the sides to open the slit. Scoop out
all the flesh from inside of tomatoes with a spoon. Refill
tomato with beef mixture and close the tomato.
Melt 2 Tbs. BUTTER and 2 Tbs. OIL in a large skillet. Sauté
the tomatoes carefully in the fat, rolling them gently until
they become dark red on all sides.
Remove the tomatoes with the oil and place in a casserole
or heavy saucepan.
Prepare sauce as follows and pour over the tomatoes:
Combine: 2 6-oz. cans TOMATO PASTE thinned with 2 6 oz. cans
WATER
1/2 tsp. SALT 1 tsp. CINNAMON 1 tsp. GARLIC POWDER. Simmer
the tomatoes gently over low flame for 10 to 15 minutes until
sauce is cooked.
Remove carefully to a 15-inch round platter. Surround with
raw TOMATOES cut in thick slices. Top each slice with GREEN
OLIVES If there is more Maschi filling left over after filling
the tomatoes place it in a suitable pan and bake it alongside
the tomatoes.
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Peanut Macaroons - Snacks
Cooking Recipes Ingredients
1 Cup peanuts, unsalted
1 Egg white
Pinch of salt
¾ Cup superfine sugar
½ Teaspoon vanilla extract
Wax paper
Cooking Recipes Directions
Brown the peanuts under the broiler. Crush them. Beat the egg white
a pinch of salt. Add the sugar and beat again. Then add the peanuts.
Put the wax paper on a baking sheet. Grease it a little. Put small
mounds of mixture on the paper. Bake at low heat 250 until the macaroons
are golden.
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