How to Cook Arroz a la Valenciana #VideoRecipes

Resource: Panlasang Pinoy

Panlasang Pinoy Arroz a la Valenciana

Ingredients:

1-1/2 cup glutinous rice (malagkit)
1-1/2 cup white rice
1-1/2 tsp. salt
5 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup oil
1 young chicken cut into serving pieces
1/4 kg. pork, cut into serving pieces
2 tbsp. garlic, macerated
1 large onion, sliced
1 8-oz can tomato sauce
1 tbsp. salt
1/4 tsp. white pepper
1/4 tsp. paprika
6 potatoes, quartered and fried
1 small can sweet peas
1 red-sweet pepper, sliced
2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
parsley

Procedures:

1) Boil the malagkit-rice mixture, salt, and coconut milk in a saucepan. Stir once in a while to prevent burning.

2) Fry the chicken-pork pieces in hot oil; set aside.

3)In the same fat, render off color from athlete seeds; discard seeds.

4)Saute garlic, onion, and add tomato sauce. Season with salt and pepper.

5) Add the fried meat and simmer until tender.

6) Add the rice mixture; blend well. Add the rest of the ingredients and combine lightly.

7) Arrange on a platter and garnish with hard-boiled eggs and strips of parsley.

8) Good for 12 persons.

Choucroute Garni with the World's Premier Culinary College #VideoRecipes

How to Make French Choucroute Garnie

Ingredients:

for cured pork ribs
1.5 lbs pork rib tips
2 tbs kosher salt
1 tbs brown sugar
1/4 tsp ground cloves
meat
1 lbs smoked bacon slab (unsliced)
1 1/2 lbs smoked pork chop cut into 2 slices
8 links homemade knackwurst sausage
for choucroute
2 medium onions sliced
2 cloves garlic minced
1 C dry Riesling (or other off-dry white wine)
1 Tbs honey
3 bay leaves
1 Tbs juniper berries
1/2 tsp black peppercorns
1/4 tsp caraway seeds
3 cloves
5 sprigs thyme
1 batch homemade choucroute rinsed and drained
2 C low sodium chicken stock (if you make the stock, don’t add any salt)
8 potatoes peeled
Five weeks before
Make the choucroute (sauerkraut)
Up to 1 week before
Make the Knackwurst and smoke.
Two days before
Cure the pork ribtips by mixing the salt, sugar and cloves and rubbing the mixture into the meat. Put in a ziploc bag and refrigerate until ready to use.
Day of Choucroute Garnie


Procedures:

(1)Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.

(2)Rinse the cured rib tips. Cut the fatty ends off the slab bacon and chop into 1/4″ thick batons. Cut the rest of the bacon in half lengthwise then slice into 1/2″ thick rectangles. You should end up with 8 pieces about 4″ x 1 1/2″ x 1/2″.

(3)Add the small pieces of bacon fat into a large dutch oven over medium heat and render out some fat. Add the onions and garlic and saute until they are tender, brown and smell sweet. Add the wine, honey, bay leaves, juniper, pepper, caraway, cloves and thyme then bring to a boil.

(4)Add half the sauerkraut and stir to combine. Nestle the ribs into the sauerkraut along with a few pieces of large bacon. Put down some more sauerkraut then lay down the rest of the bacon. Cover with the remaining sauerkraut then pour over the chicken stock.

(5)Cover with a lid and transfer to the oven. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours then add the smoked pork chop on top of the choucroute garnie. Cover and return to the oven until the pork chops are warmed through and the rest of the meat is fork tender (about another 30 minutes).

(5)Add the potatoes to a pot of generously salted water and boil until tender. When the potatoes are almost done, bring a small pot of water to a bare simmer and add the sausages. Allow them to simmer until they plump up, then remove them from the water. Add the sausages on top of the choucroute garnie and return to the oven uncovered for a few minutes to allow the skins on the sausages to crisp.

(6)To serve, lay down a healthy heap of choucroute onto a serving platter and cover with the various cuts of meat. Then surround with the boiled potatoes and garnish with something green.

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Homemade Eggplant Parmigiana #VideoRecipes

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Eggplant Parmigiana


Ingredients:

Extra-virgin olive oil
2 large eggplant, about 2 pounds
Salt and pepper
2 cups basic tomato sauce, recipe follows
1 bunch fresh basil leaves, chiffonade
1 pound fresh mozzarella, sliced 1/8-inch thick
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
1/4 cup fresh bread crumbs, lightly toasted under broiler
Directions
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Using some extra-virgin olive oil, oil a baking sheet.

Slice each eggplant into 6 pieces about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick. Lightly season each disk with salt and pepper and place on the oiled sheet. Bake the eggplant at 450 degrees F until the slices begin turning deep brown on top, about 12-15 minutes. Remove the eggplants from the oven. Remove the slices from the baking sheet and place them on a plate to cool.

Lower oven temperature to 350 degrees F. In an 8 by 12-inch brownie pan, place the 4 largest eggplant slice evenly spaced apart. Over each slice, spread 1/4 cup of tomato sauce and sprinkle with a teaspoon of basil. Place one slice of mozzarella over each and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon grated Parmigiano. Place the smaller slices of eggplant over each of the disks and repeat with tomato sauce, basil, and the 2 cheeses. Repeat the layering again until all the ingredients are used.

Sprinkle the toasted bread crumbs over the top of the eggplant dish, and bake uncovered until the cheese is melts and the tops turn light brown, about 20 minutes. Serve immediately. 4 servings


Basic tomato sauce:

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 Spanish onion, 1/4-inch dice
4 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced
3 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves, or 1 tablespoon dried
1/2 medium carrot, finely grated
2 (28-ounce) cans peeled whole tomatoes, crushed by hand and juices reserved
Salt

Tomato Sauce:

In a 3-quart saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until soft and light golden brown, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add the thyme and carrot and cook 5 minutes more, until the carrot is quite soft. Add the tomatoes and juice and bring to a boil, stirring often. Lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes until as thick as hot cereal. Season with salt and serve. This sauce holds 1 week in the refrigerator or up to 6 months in the freezer.

Yield: 4 cups