Monday, 1 August 2011

Yapinggacho: Potato patty with a surprise



Ingredients:

  • Potatoes
  • A lot of cheddar cheese
  • Leeks 


Procedure:

1. Shred the cheese and chop the leeks finely.

2. After chopping the leeks fry the leeks in a pan with little oil.

3. After frying the cilantro mix the cilantro and cheese together  that's for the stuffing.

4. Now boil the potatoes until it is soft.

5. Then mash the potatoes.

6. Using your hands, scoop the mashed potato and make balls.

7. Then press the mashed potato balls to and then put the filling and make them into mashed potato balls again to seal the filling inside the mashed potato balls.

8. After you are done putting in the filling in the mashed potato balls make the into a Potato patty.(make sure the you seal in the filling well)

9. Now that your done making the potato patties fry them in a non stick pan until golden brown.

Have fun eating!

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Edmundo: The shot with the coffee coated lemon


Ingredients: (Makes 1 jigger)


  • 50ml chilled Gin but  Bombay Sapphire works well with this
  • A lemon wedge
  • Ground coffee
  • Sugar(brown sugar will do)

Procedure:

1. Pour the gin into a chilled shot glass.

2. Coat the lemon wedge with the ground coffee and sugar.

The trick to drink this shot: Bite the lemon and pour the gin into your mouth. Swill all the ingredients and swallow. 

*You may want to have a beer chaser with this shot to sluice with after.Coffee grains get stuck between the teeth so watch out!! 

Enjoy!


Mojito: The mint drink with a kick!



Hi guys! This is one of my favorite drinks 'the Mojito'.
Making it is fairly simple but very delicious!

Ingredients: (Makes 1 pitcher)

  • Handful of mint leaves
  • 1/2 cup of ice
  • 1 cup syrup/sugar
  • 1 cup light rum
  • club soda, 7-Up or Sprite
  • 3 Limes
  • 1/2 cup Rose lime  or Island lime juice

To make a delicious mojito you need to get the mix right!

Procedure:

For the mixture

1. Chop the mint leaves.

2. Get the juice of the 3 limes.

3. Then put the 1/2 cup of ice, chopped mint leaves and the lime juice  in a tumbler then crush or muddle the ingredients.


  • Or if you have a blender or food processor just put the mint leaves, the juice of the 3 limes and the 1/2 cup of ice and just make the food processor/blender do all the work :)


Now that your done with the mixture lets move on to the second part of the drink.

In a pitcher mix the following:

  • the mixture that you made earlier.
  • 1 cup of syrup/sugar
  • 1 cup of light rum(just put more if you want it stronger)
  • 1/2 cup Rose lime or Island lime juice
  • Then just top it of with club soda/7-up or sprite

 Enjoy your drink!

Monday, 25 July 2011

My First Recipe: Grilled squid stuffed with kutchay




Ingredients:


  • 4 Lemons          
  • Kutchay 
  • 3 Medium sized Squids    
  • Crushed black pepper


Procedure:


1. Rub the squids with black pepper.


2. Marinade the squid with lemon juice and let it rest for a while.

3. After you marinade the squid, stuff it with kutchay.

4. Then grill the squid until tender.

5. Finally, eat up and enjoy!