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Orange Cake......Simply Breakfast

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Just As The Oven Door Was Opened ! WoW It Is Such A Pleasure To See Both Cakes Rise. A lthough Maria is the one for the sweets, I coul'nt wait for Sunday to arrive!! I have to share this cake with you guys. It is so fluffy and delicious specially when you dunk it in black coffee in the morning with your eyes half closed!! It will slap you on the face and make sure you wake up!

Kofta Kebabs...Greek Way

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The Skewer Needs To Be Flat About One Centimeter Wide So The Resulting Kofta Is Flat And Cookes Easier.  K ofta Kebab is very oriental, very Arab, and deliciously Egyptian.

Artichoke Hearts / Sauce Mornay.....Very Elegant For A Buffet Or Seated Dinner.

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Artichoke Hearts Filled With Wine Beef Sauce Baked With Sauce Mornay Topping T oday I would like to share with you a recipe I always like to make when I have older folks like myself over for an elegant dinner. Young people of today don't like artichokes and don't know what's good for them! The artichoke is considered to be an expensive, chic, and very healthy vegetable. Any vegetable that turns black quickly contains lots of iron, minerals and many trace elements vital for good health.  Artichokes are also excellent for the hepatic function of the human being. Even the Italians made an "aperitivo" (before dinner drink) called Cinar made of artichokes. The Italians like bitter drinks.

Roasted Pork Pieces With Orange And Apple......Let Imagination Wander

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Just Before Roasting T he other day I was at my butcher's and saw this beautiful piece of leg of pork so I bought it. I love pork in any shape, form or manner! Since you may like the idea and fix it someday here's what was used. You will need: -  1.5 kg of pork cut in medium chunks. -  1 big orange cut in pieces. -  Juice of one big orange. -  1 big green apple cut in pieces. -  2 inches worth of fresh ginger cut julienne. -  1 Florina sweet red pepper roughly cut. -  1 onion roughly cut. -  6 cloves of garlic crushed and chopped. -  Oregano -  Olive oil. -  1 whole hot chili pepper. -  Some black pepper corns. -  Salt and freshly ground black pepper. Method: -  Put all above ingredients in a deep plate and rub well.  Leave to marinate for a couple of hours. -  Empty plate in a baking paper lined aluminum foil and close. -  Roast closed in 220 degree preheated oven for...

Tza-Tzi-Ki...Very Greek And Garlicky!

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T za-Tzi-Ki is a dish that goes with everything.  It goes with beef, fish, chicken, lamb and cooked foods such as Moussaka, Briami, etc. It can also be used as a dip.

Greek Salad With Feta..... The Original Way To Prepare It.

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H ow nice would it be if you went to a fish taverva by the sea on your way to Cape Sounion to see the sunset from the Temple of Apolo and ask for a Greek Salad and fried Calamari rings. Inexpensive meal, filling, to keep you going till next morning.

Home Made Stuffed Turkey Breast...You Need The Equipment

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Slices Of Roast Turkey Breast Cooked Roast O k so you want to get a bit fancy and feel like doing something extra in the kitchen and you have on hand a nice piece of thawed turkey breast weighing about 1 kg. and you want to stuff and roast it in the oven.  If you go to butcher's school or cooking school, they teach you how to tie up a stuffed roast. But if you are ignorant, like me, you buy yourself one of those thingies with the special net to tie up a stuffed roast which can be either turkey, chicken, beef, veal, or venison, name it. If you have what you want for the stuffing, then you are in business. For a stuffed breast of turkey you will need: