Ingredients:
5 jalapenos
1/4 cup of olive oil
salt to taste
Directions:
In a sauce pan, heat up the olive oil. While doing that take the stems of the fresh jalapenos and poke holes on the jalapenos so they wont pop oil while being cooked. When oil is hot add the jalapenos and saute them for about 5 minutes. When done add the jalapenos and 1/2 of the 1/4 cup of olive oil used into a blender and puree. After blending add salt to taste. Interesting note about this is that normally this dip comes out looking a light green and eventually clients always think avocados are involved. Not one avocado is used for this recipe. Now is when creativity jumps in as well. I have always suggested to whomever I give this recipe to, to add something they enjoy. Some have added ranch dressing and made a spicy ranch. Others have added scallions or sweet chopped peppers or even diced tomatoes. Make it your own! <3
Sangria
Ingredients
- 2 cups lemon juice
- 2 cups orange juice
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 cups brandy
- 4 cups red wine
- 4 cups club soda
- ice cubes, for serving
Directions
- Combine the lemon juice, orange juice, and sugar in a pitcher. Stir until sugar has dissolved completely. Add the brandy, red wine, and club soda. Add fresh fruit like strawberries, melon, grapes and lemon and lime peels. Serve in glasses with ice.
Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 cup water
* 4 cups (1 12-oz package) fresh or frozen cranberries
* Optional Pecans, orange peel, raisins, currants, blueberries, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice.
Method
1 Wash and pick over cranberries. In a saucepan bring to a boil water and sugar, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add cranberries, return to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer for 10 minutes or until cranberries burst.
2 At this point you can add all number of optional ingredients. I typically mix in a half a cup of roughly chopped pecans with or without a few strips of orange peel. You can add a cup of raisins or currants. You can add up to a pint of fresh or frozen blueberries for added sweetness. Spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg or allspice can be added too.
3 Remove from heat. Cool completely at room temperature and then chill in refrigerator. Cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools.
Cranberry sauce base makes 2 1/4 cups.
Adobo
1 measure garlic powder, onion powder and dried oregano
½ measure salt, and black pepper.
Stir ingredients together and save in a plastic container with lid. This is great for just about anything. Sprinkle on all meats, and fish, even omelets and eggs.
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Sofrito
1 large yellow onion
1 pimiento (Cubanelle) or substitute with green bell pepper
1 red bell pepper or 1sm jar roasted red peppers
1 medium head of garlic (2 tbsp. minced garlic)
1 bunch of cilantro
12 ajíes dulces (hard to find and may skip)
6 leaves of recao - (Eryngium) (hard to find/skip)
¼ cup Spanish olives, pitted
1 tbsp cappers
2 tsps salt
1 tbsp black pepper
1 tbsp crushed orégano
½ cup olive oil
Wash, peel, seed and coarsley chop everything. Put in a blender and pureé. Store in a glass jar covered in the refrigerator for later use. Freeze it in ice-cube trays and dump the frozen cubes in a freezer bag. This will be fried in achiote oil or tocino as the first step in recipes. This recipe makes about 2 large ice-cube trays. Use about 3 cubes for rice or soup that will serve a family.
Once you've made this easy recipe you will never go back to store bough sofrito. The aroma is simply intoxicating. . . .
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