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Orange Bread Recipe.

Desserts

Food - Chefs : Alastair Little recipes. Greek Food. Coffee. Eating Soup: Broccoli Gorgonzola Soup. We had the Waitrose version of this soup while staying with at my aunt's house in the south of England this last winter. The Waitrose version had a surprisingly short list of ingredients - we are usually not the types to eat "pre-made" meals, what with all their nitrites and ridiculous ingredients lists.

Anyway, inspired, we decided to make our own. 1 onion, chopped3 heads of broccoli, floretted.1 block (about 6 0z) of Gorgonzola (or Stilton or Bleu etc), crumbled3 cloves garlic, mincedsalt, pepper, olive oil to tasteolive oil4 cups of water/stock - I used my homemade stock Heat olive oil in a pot on low heat. Add onions. SERVE AND EAT. Baba Ghanoush Recipe.

Italian Food

Cooking Blogs. Moroccan Food. Art of Drink :: Exploring the World of Drinks :: Cocktail Blog. Winemaking: requested recipe (Hypocras) "I'm looking for a recipe for hypocras. It's French red wine and a blend of spices, mostly ginger. " Peter Swanson, location unknown Hypocras (also spelled "hyppocras") is at the very least a Medieval drink, but more probably, as the name suggests, it dates back in time to pre-Christian or first millennium Greece. I have found recipes for it in English dating back to the reign of Edward III (1327-1377).

In more recent times in Colonial America, an almost identical drink was made and called "mulled wine. " Most of the recipes I have found use a finished still red wine as a base and infuse or flavor it. The result is variously called "Hypocras," "Hyppocras," "Ypocrys, or "Mulled Wine. " 1 bottle plain red wine 1/4 cup sugar 1 Tbl honey 2-3 cinnamon sticks a bit of ginger, cut up a small knob of galingale (optional) 1-2 whole nutmegs 5-6 cardamom pods several whole cloves Put all of the spices into a small strainer, with a long handle.

L'apéritif médiéval. Vintage Recipes. WASHOKU - Japanese Food Culture and Cuisine. Homo Gastronomicus.