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Giant Cabbage Meatballs over Black Lentils

September 15, 2011 · by · 6 Comments
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Beans and legumes are essential in our diet. Giant cabbage meatballs over black lentils are a perfect combo.
These meatballs can be served with rice, mashed potatoes,buckwheat,beans or lentils.

12 meatballs

About 3 lbs ground beef,chicken,or turkey
1/3 head of cabbage minced
½ onion minced
salt
pepper
1 teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Mix all the ingredients together and form into 12 giant meatballs.

1 onion chopped
2 carrots small julienne slices
½ red bell pepper small julienne slices
2 tablespoon oil
1 bay leaf
8 oz tomato sauce
¾ teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon salt
dash of cayenne pepper
1/3 cup fresh dill finely chopped
1/3 cup cilantro finely chopped
water

Directions:
Heat oil in a dutch oven on medium heat. Add onions,carrots and bell pepper. Cook until soft and golden brown.Add tomato sauce,salt,pepper,cumin,cayenne and bay leaf and cook stirring occasionally for about 4-5 minutes.Arrange meatballs in single layer on top of the vegetables.Add water so it just covers the top of meatballs. Cover and bring to boil.reduce to low and cook for about 25-30 minutes.Add fresh herbs and gently mix with meatballs. Serve over one of the sides mentioned above.

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Giant Cabbage Meatballs over Black Lentils

Ingredients

  • About 3 lbs ground beef ,chicken or turkey
  • 1/3 head of cabbage minced
  • ½ onion minced
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • Mix all the ingredients together and form into 12 giant meatballs.
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 carrots small julienne slices
  • ½ red bell pepper small julienne slices
  • 2 tablespoon oil
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 8 oz tomato sauce
  • ¾ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • dash of cayenne pepper
  • 1/3 cup fresh dill finely chopped
  • 1/3 cup cilantro finely chopped
  • water

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a dutch oven on medium heat.
  2. Add onions,carrots and bell pepper.
  3. Cook until soft and golden brown.
  4. Add tomato sauce,salt,pepper,cumin,cayenne and bay leaf and cook stirring occasionally for about 4-5 minutes.
  5. Arrange meatballs in single layer on top of the vegetables.
  6. Add water so it just covers the top of meatballs.
  7. Cover and bring to boil.
  8. Reduce to low and cook for about 25-30 minutes.
  9. Add fresh herbs and gently mix with meatballs.
  10. Serve over one of the sides mentioned above.
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Drunken Cherry Cake

September 14, 2011 · by · 30 Comments
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This drunken cherry cake is one of the first cakes that I made and still make it ,because it’s everybody’s favorite and is often requested for parties. This chocolate cake is very moist and fairly easy to make. The Inside of the cake is taken out and mixed with sweet cream and sour cherries that have been soaked in Kahlua.

Ingredients:
10 eggs
1 ¾ cups sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda mixed with 1 tablespoon vinegar
1 ¾ cups sifted flour

Cream:
2 cans of condensed milk
2 sticks butter softened at room temperature
*1 ½ cups heavy cream
*¾ cup powdered sugar
3 oz dark chocolate
2 cans red tart cherries ( I used Oregon fruit products)

*You can substitute 8 oz cool whip

Directions:

Soak Cherries in Kahlua for at least 2 hours or overnight in the fridge.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

On high speed beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy.Add baking soda with vinegar and cocoa. Mix on medium speed.
Add flour and carefully mix with a spoon.
Transfer the batter to a 10 1/2inch x 3 1/4inch pan.
Bake for about45-55 minutes.
Let it cool completely.

Cream:
Beat butter for couple of minutes and add condensed milk few spoons at a time at first then the remaining.
In a separate bowl, beat heavy whipping cream with powdered sugar.
Add whipped cream to the butter cream and mix well until well combined.

Assembling:
Take out the inside of the cake and transfer it to a mixing bowl.
Spread some cream on inside of the cake. Leave about 3-4 tablspoons of cream and add the rest of the cream to the cake in the bowl. Using a spoon, transfer the cherries to the bowl with cake, and mix everything together until the cream and cake is well combined and no dry pieces of cake is seen.
Fill the inside of a cake with cake,cherry and cream mixture.
Top with with shredded chocolate. Refrigerate for 2 hours or more.

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