Saut in largeskillet: 1/4 cup butter 1/3 cup sliced onions Add: 1 clove garlic, minced 1 pound ground chuck Cook until browned. Stir in: 1/2 cup burgundy wine 3 tablespoons lemonjuice 1 10.5 oz. can beef consomm 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Add to skillet: 2 cups uncooked mediumnoodles 1 cup sliced freshmushrooms 1 cup frozen peas Simmer covered untilnoodles are tender (about 10 minutes).
California Cheese Casserole
1 cup rice 4 small zucchini 1 - 7 oz. can Ortegagreen chiles 1 lb. Monterey Jackcheese (or Tybo, Tilsit, or Fontina) 1 large tomato 2 cups sour cream 1 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon garlicpowder or mashed garlic clove 1/2 green pepper,chopped 2 Tablespoons mincedgreen onion salt and pepper totaste minced parsley Cook rice until barelytender. Slice zucchini thinlyand parboil for one minute.
Split chiles; removeseeds. Cut half cheese into1/2-inch strips and place one piece in each Chile, folding it over the cheese. Put rice in greasedbaking dish (approx. 8" x 12"). Cover with layer of chilesand cheese, then with zucchini and sliced tomato. Blend sour cream withspices and green pepper.
Spread over all. Cut remaining cheeseinto very small cubes and sprinkle evenly over the mixture. Sprinkle withparsley. Bake at 350 for about30 minutes. Serves about 8. cansliced black olives 2 cups diced (cookedand cooled) chicken breast 1 - 4 oz. can Ortegadiced green chiles Dressing: 1 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon sugar 1/3 cup oil 1 cup sour cream Make dressing nightbefore serving . can Ortegadiced green chiles Dressing: 1 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon sugar 1/3 cup oil 1 cup sour cream Make dressing nightbefore serving .
Add dressing tochicken/rice. Mix well. Add in: 2 teaspoons lemonjuice 1/8 teaspoon pepper My mother wanted atleast one of her five children to be a dancer or a musician. She enrolled me inthe Gentry Sisters' School of Dance and Drama on Clement Street in SanFrancisco. At my first big recital, I got so nervous with stage fright that Ithrew up at the theatre entrance and was unable to perform in my first two tapdance routines. can Ortegagreen chiles Slice cheese into1/2-inch strips. can Ortegagreen chiles Slice cheese into1/2-inch strips.
Stuff chilies withcheese. Sprinkle with flour. Separate two eggs. Beat whites of twoeggs until stiff (not quite as much as you would to make the whites for ameringue). Add yolks of two eggsand beat just enough to mix. Dip chilies in eggbatter and fry in oil until both sides are brown.
Remove when browned and let drain on apaper towel or napkin. Sauce: 1 small tomato, diced 1 small onion, sliced 3 tablespoons flour Salt and pepper Italian seasoning In same oil, sautetomato and onion. Add flour and wateruntil you get a gravy-like consistency. Add spices. Place stuffed chilies in the sauce and letsimmer for 5 to 10 minutes. My parents' bestfriends, Julius and Emma, had immigrated to San Francisco, California, fromMexico as young adults.
My father studied and spoke a number of foreignlanguages, and was particularly fluent in Spanish. My mother and Emma sharedand prepared Mexican dishes. Their Chiles Rellenos have to be the best that Ihave ever tasted.
VegetableMedley
Line greased 8"x8" Pyrex baking dish on bottom and sides with tomato slices: 6-8 medium-sizedtomatoes Boil string beans anddrain: 3/4 lb. fresh greenstring beans Heat white sauce. 3/4 cup white sauce ( homemade or canned ) Add cheese to whitesauce: 1/2 cup. grated sharpcheddar cheese Saut in oil and addto white sauce: 1/3 cup medium onion,chopped 1/2 cup red bellpepper, chopped 1 cup chopped celery stalks 1/4 cup pimento Add beans to whitesauce mixture.
Pour over slicedtomatoes. Cover mixture withmore sliced tomatoes. Cover with breadcrumbs. Bake at 325 for 45 minutes. My mother's recipecard for this dish doesn't have any amounts for the ingredients. bacon, chopped Add and saut untilgolden: 2 sliced mediumonions, chopped Simmer in large pan: 2 cups raw dicedpotatoes 2 cups boiling water Continue cooking for30-45 minutes until potatoes are tender. bacon, chopped Add and saut untilgolden: 2 sliced mediumonions, chopped Simmer in large pan: 2 cups raw dicedpotatoes 2 cups boiling water Continue cooking for30-45 minutes until potatoes are tender.
Add: 1 20-oz. can corncream style 2 cups milk Stir into corn mixtureand blend: 2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoon water Add: 1-1/2 cups cannedtomatoes Add rest ofingredients: 1 teaspoon sugar 1/8 teaspoon bakingsoda 3 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper bacon and onion