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Family recipes and others.
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--------------------PREPARATION:-------------------- Heat sugar under medium heat until it melts into caramel consistency. Adding a little water may help. Consistency should be thick liquid with a dark color. Pour caramel into cooking pan covering as much of the bottom as possible. Set this aside. --MIX:-- Blend the six eggs with the two cans of Sweetened Condensed milk and milk. Use Sweetened Condensed milk cans to measure out two cans of regular milk. Pour well mixed ingredients into Caramel lined pan(s). Cover pans and place inside larger pan containing water. Just enough water to reach a quarter to half way up the mix pans. Bake in 400 degree oven for 60 to 90 minutes. Temperature and time will vary depending on your oven, the mix, time of day, oven's latitude and longitude, etc. Stab Quesillo with a knife to see if it is done. A knife that comes out clean and dry indicates a Quesillo that is done. Let cool and you are done! Quick notes: -I use aluminum bread loaf pans covered with aluminum foil. -I haven't tried using low fat Sweetened Condensed Milk -but really, what would be the point!? -I have used 2% milk rather than whole milk. No difference. -The amount of sugar you need depends on how much caramel you want and how good you are at making said caramel. -For special flavors, substitute the milk with coffee, coconut milk, chocolate milk or just about anything you want to try.
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Mom's Cheese Cake recipe.
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Blend your 4 eggs with two cans of sweetened condensed milk, 1 box
of cream cheese and lime shavings. Place mix into greased baking pan. And bake in 350 degree oven for 30 to 60 minutes. Use a knife to test the cake to see if it is done. A knife that comes out clean and dry means the cake is ready. Cool and eat. Eat fast before it is all gone! Quick notes: -Use what ever method works best for you to get the lime shavings. What you want is just specks of the green lime shell, not juices. -Mix can be poured onto a ready bake/made pie crust. -Grease pan and/or layer with parchment paper or it WILL stick. -Hey, the cake will look great in the oven. Take it out and it flattens out. That's okay. You did nothing wrong. It will still taste great...flat!
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Mom's Bread Pudding recipe.
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2. Pre-heat oven -400 degrees. 3. Use butter to grease baking pan sides and bottom. 4. Mix together bread, milk, eggs sugar, cheese and vanilla extract. Mixture should have a thick consistency. 5. Gently mix in raisins and pour it all into pre-greased baking pan about half way up -do not overfill. 6. Bake for one hour. Check with knife to ensure it is done. Clean knife indicates cake is done. It should have a golden brown crust. 7. When done, remove and set aside to cool. Serve room temperature or cold -to taste. The longer it sits, the better it tastes -the rum will infuse the mix the longer it sits. 8. EAT!! And enjoy. |
Mom's Pudin De Atun/ Tuna casserole recipe.
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2. Beat eggs. Add eggs to tuna and cheese. 3. Add both mixes together and add to baking bowl. 4. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. 5. Eat cold or hot.. Quick notes: -If using sandwich bread, take off crust before using. -I have made this several times now, each time adjusting ingredients, like more bread pieces and more tuna. Every adjustment has made it even better. |
Eggnog (pasteurized).
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1. Whisk eggs and sugar until smooth and slightly thick.
2. Heat milk and cream in a large saucepan over medium heat until steaming (NOT boiling). 3. Slowly whisk about 1 cup of the hot dairy into the eggs to temper. 4. Pour everything back into the pot. Cook over medium-low, stirring constantly, until it reaches 160 F/ 71 C and thickens slightly. 5. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla (and nutmeg) and alcohol. 6. Strain if desired. 7. Chill at least 2 hours (overnight is better). Serving tips: -Shake or stir before serving. -Don't drive after drinking. :) **Additional Note: The "pasteurizing" process is minimal and only serves to give end product a bit longer "shelf" life. |
Almond Horchata (shake-like drink) recipe.
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2. Transfer to blender, blend until smooth. 3. Strain through very fine strainer (discard solids). 4. Pour almond milk back into blender, along with sugar and ground cinnamon; blend well. 5. Pour into 2 glasses, sprinkle w/cayenne and garnish w/cinnamom sticks. Quick notes: -I've not made this yet. Looks yummy.
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Torrijas (bread) recipe.
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Polvorosas.
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1. First, run the flour, sugar, and the powder cinnamon through a sieve/ strainer, then
add to this mixture butter (softened - 2 tablespoons) and knead to a soft consistency.
2. Molding can be done through the use of forms, upside down cup, or rolling into logs and cutting slices off. Whatever. Just get the form you want. 3. Put on baking sheet (lined or greased) and bake at 350 until golden. 4. If powder sugar is available, once let cool, garnish the Polvorosas. Serving tips: -Ah, none Just don't eat too many. Note: -So conversions to USA measurements are not exact, which is why I included both. -Also, the sieve/strainer thing is an option in my opinion. I'll edit this once I try the recipe. -Last thing: recipe calls for butter or lard. Ah, I choose butter, but you decide.
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