Copycat Recipes
Complete Step-by-step Guide to Easily Making the Most Popular Dishes of Famous Restaurants at your own Home
By
Mia Wang
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Food is one of the most important things to mankind. To show you how important food is, it is one of the top four things that humans need to survive. Over the years, mankind has been able to modify what kind of food we eat. In the early ages, our ancestors ate from what they saw, fruits and edible leaves. This modification is what led to cooking.
Over the years, cooking has graduated from mere modification of little ingredients to a strategically planned method of enhancing the flavor, texture and nutrient of food. Cooking in essence is now an art. Cooking is the practice or skill of preparing food by combining, mixing and heating ingredients.
Cooking has also brought counties together to create a joint dish. Food has also travelled from country to country. Dishes from the 1300s have been modified to best dishes and become master pieces.
This cooking book is just a few types of food from various nationalities from round the world with detailed information about the various dishes. It was inspired by those of the most popular and famous restaurants all over the world. It is clear, understandable, and easy to follow as it has step by step detailed information on how the recipes should be prepared.
Our main goal in this book has been to explain critically practical principles as well as the way to use fundamental ingredients and recipes in other to prepare an excellent and overwhelming dish admired by others.
Chapter One: Greek
GREEK SALAD
The Greek salad or as called by the Greek Horiatiki which means village or peasant salad is amazingly the most popular Greek dish with tourists and also one of the most popular lunch options in the United States. It is very easy to make as it basically the combination of tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, green peppers, olives and feta cheese. It is then dressed in olive oil and sprinkled with oregano.
Preparation Time: Fifteen minutes
Cooking time: Nil
Number of servings: Five servings
Degree of Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients;
One large red onion
Three teaspoon vinegar
One cup of cold water
One large .cucumber
One small green bell pepper
Seventeen ounce (470g) Cherry tomatoes
1/3 pitted kalamata olives
Four tablespoons of extra virgin oil
teaspoon of salt
teaspoon of black pepper
One teaspoon dried oregano
Eight ounce (225g) of feta cheese
Fresh Oregano leaves
Tools
Chopping board
A sharp knife
A large bowl
Preparation
Step One: Get a medium sized bowl, add a cup of cold water and a teaspoon of vinegar.
Step Two: Slice of red onions, add to the mixture and set aside for ten minutes.
Step Three: Chop the large cucumber into small pieces, and add to the large bowl.
Step Four: Slice the small green bell pepper, and add to the large bowl.
Step Five: Cut each of the seventeen ounce (470g) cherry tomatoes into half, and add to the large bowl.
Step Six: Add 1/3 cup of pitted kalamata olives to the large bowl.
Step Seven: Slice the remaining of red onions and add to the large bowl.
Step Eight: To a small bowl, add four tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, two tablespoons of vinegar, one teaspoon of dried oregano and salt and pepper to taste. Mix them together using a tablespoon.
Step Nine: Add the mixture to the salad in the large bowl.
Step Ten: Then add the content in the medium sized bowl in step one to the salad. Toss to combine the mixture.
Step Eleven: Cut the eight ounce (225g) feta cheese into cubes.
Step Twelve: Serve the salad in a plate and place six or seven cubes of feta cheese on the plate. Also decorate the meal with fresh oregano leaves.
CHEESE CAKE
Cheesecake originated from Greece, It was considered to be a good source of energy, it was served only to athletes during the first Olympic Games in ancient times. It is a sweet dessert consisting of cheese, pie crust and sugar, then baked.
Preparation Time: Eight minutes
Cooking time: Fifteen minutes
Number of servings: Nine serving, one per slice
Degree of Difficulty: Moderate
Ingredients:
Graham Cracker Crumbs
One tablespoon of sugar
One teaspoon of cinnamon
One tablespoon of melted butter
Two bars of cream cheese
One cup of sugar
One teaspoon of vanilla
Two large eggs whisked
Tools
A large mixing bowl
Baking pan
Mixer
Aluminum foil
Preparation:
Step One: In a medium sized mixing bowl, add Graham Cracker Crumbs, one tablespoon of sugar, one teaspoon of cinnamon and one tablespoon of melted butter. Stir till evenly distributed.
Step Two: Then pour into a baking pan, and dap with your fingers to have a smooth top.
Step Three: In another large bowl, add two bars of cream cheese, one cup of sugar and mix with a mixer for a minute.
Step Four: Then add a teaspoon of vanilla and continue to mix till evenly distributed.
Step Five: Then add two large eggs whisked and mix until it becomes smooth.
Step Six: Pour the content into the baking pan, spread evenly and cover with aluminum foil.
Step Seven: Heat the oven to 325F, and place your cheesecake in the center of the oven.
Step Eight: Bake for fifteen minutes or until the cheesecake solidifies, the best way to check if your cheesecake is done is to, hit the pan while in the oven with a wooden spoon. If it ripples, it isnt done but if it doesnt then it is done.
Chapter Two: Antipasti and Snacks
MINUTE MAID SLUSHIE
A minute maid slushie is a drink which can be made with fruit juice or with soda. It a very easy way to freeze juice or soda, and it also takes little time, less than five minutes.
Preparation Time: Five minutes
Cooking Time: Nil
Number of servings: One serving
Degree of Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
Fifteen to twenty big pieces of ice cubes
Two tablespoons of table salt
One cup of juice or soda (not diet)
Tools
A quart-sized Ziploc bag
A small bag or a sandwich-sized Ziploc bag
Preparation:
Step One: Place fifteen to twenty big pieces of ice cubes into a quart-sized Ziploc bag. Then add two tablespoons of table salt to the bag before zipping it to make it colder.
Step Two: Pour one cup of juice or soda (not diet) into a small bag or a sandwich-sized Ziploc bag. Press out all the air and seal firmly.
Step Three: Then place in the Ziploc bag filled with ice and salt. Then place that bag into a larger empty Ziploc bag.
Step Four: Wrap a dish cloth around the bag so went it gets too cold, your hands dont go numb or start to hurt. Shake until the juice is slushy, this should take three to five minutes.
Step Five: Pour slush into a cup
Step Six: Serve immediately
CORN BREAD
Cornbread is a Native American Cuisine from the United States. It major consists of cornmeal, sugar, butter and milk. It turns out as a sweet bread when baked.
Preparation Time: Ten minutes
Cooking time: Thirty minutes
Number of servings: Sixteen, one per piece
Degree of Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients (sixteen short breads):
One cup (125g) of all-purpose flour