- 2 litros de mosto (obtenidos de 2.5/3 Kg de uvas negras)
- La piel de 4 ó 5 naranjas
- 500 gramos de calabaza
- 200 gramos de higos secos
- 100 gramos de nueces
- 100 gramos de pasas sin semillas (sultanas o corintias)
- 1 rama de canela
Mostillo de otoño
Carcioffi Ripieni
¿Se pueden rellenas las alcachofas? Pues si. De hecho si pensamos que se rellenan las aceitunas, los champiñones y las judías vernes, la alcachofa hasta nos parecerá un hangar de aviones. Esta receta es tradicional de la ciudad de Roma y se solía preparar para la fiesta de San José (19 de Marzo). Pese a lo complicado que pueda parecer, es bastante sencilla de realizar y puede utilizarse como entrante para cualquier comida navideña. El resultado es sorprendente, no solo a nivel gustativo, sino también estético.
INGREDIENTES (4 personas)
- 12 alcachofas frescas y a ser posible, grandes.
- 200 gramos de carne de ternera o ternera/cerdo picada
- 1 huevo
- 1 diente de ajo
- 2 cucharadas de pan rallado
- 2 cucharadas de perejil picado
- Queso parmesano rallado (o cualquier otro que funda para gratinar)
- El zumo de un limón
- Sal
- Aceite virgen extra de oliva
Primero vamos a preparar las alcachofas. Para ello les cortaremos el tallo y la punta. A su vez, retiraremos las hojas externas más duras y con un cuchillo eliminaremos el corazón para hacer sitio al relleno. Es importante que cada vez que terminemos de preparar una alcachofa la introduzcamos en un bol con agua y el zumo de un limón para evitar que se ennegrezcan. Las dejamos ahí hasta que terminemos el relleno.
Para hacer el relleno basta mezclar la carne picada con el pan rallado, el huevo, así como el perejil y el ajo bien picados y media cucharadita de sal. Cuando la mezcla esté homogénea rellenamos cada una de las alcachofas y las colocamos en una fuente que pueda ir al horno con un dedo de agua. Sobre cada alcachofa depositamos un puñado de queso parmesano. Precalentamos el horno a 190 grados y las dejamos cocer durante media hora o hasta que estén blandas y algo ennegrecidas por efecto del calor.
En ese momento conectamos el gratinador para dorar la "tapadera" de queso y ya están listas para servir.
La manera de hacer dulce de membrillo
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- 1 Kg de membrillos
- 500 gramos de azúcar blanca *
- Zumo de limón
Caldo de Pollo ultrabarato
- 6 litros de agua embotellada o de grifo (si es agua corriente, a ser posible, libre de cal)
- 3 ramas de apio sin hojas
- 2 carcasas de pollo
- 1 cebolla grande
- 2 zanahorias
Agua embotellada : 1,05 euros
Menemen
Menemen is a kind of scrambled eggs with vegetables that are very easy to make. It is very typical of Turkey, where the locals preferably consumed during breakfast.
INGREDIENTS (2 servings, more or less):
- 2 large ripe tomatoes
- 1 large onion, preferably fresh
- 1 green bell pepper
- 3 eggs
- Salt
- Butter
- Ground black pepper (optional)
Melt two tablespoons of butter in a pan a middle heat.
We cut the onion and green pepper very finely. We fry them until soft. Peel the tomatoes removing the seeds and the white parts from the center. Cut into small cubes and add to the sauce. We incorporate salt.
We break the eggs directly on the pan and with a wooden spoon we stir to mix the ingredients. Optionally we can add a teaspoon of black pepper powder. The ideal cooking point for the menemen is the one in which the egg has not fully set yet, leaving it a little liquid (on the other hand, it is obvious that this should be the final result because the water in the vegetables would prevent it from curdling like an omelette).
As I mentioned at the beginning, this scramble is usually consumed during breakfast in Turkey as a central dish. A 'poweful' Turkish breakfast would consist of menemen, cucumber cut into chunks, some kind of white cheese similar to Greek feta ('peynir'), and simit, a bagel garnished with sesame seeds that is often the only breakfast of many Turks, consumed while travelling job in metro, bus or walking. Obviously the ubiquitous tea would not be lacking.
When it is consumed at home for the whole family, a large menemen is made that is distributed among the diners while in the restaurants that serve breakfast it is usually made for a single serving.
Some variants of menemen include hot peppers, more spices, pitted black olives, or even cold cuts like sucuk (a very spicy sausage) cut into slices.
If you have the opportunity to go to Turkey and specifically to Istanbul, be sure to visit some restaurants on Istliklal Street, in Taksim, where they will serve you excellent menemen during breakfast.
Persimmon Pudding
- Bananas
- Apples
- Grapes
- Strawberries
- Oranges
- Watermelons
- Peaches
- Blueberries
- 4 medium sized persimon
- Half a cup (100 ml) of whole milk
- 2 cups (300 grams) of white flour
- 2 1/2 cups (300 grams) of white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 4 tablespoons of melted butter
- 1 tablespoon (20 grams) of baking powder
- Half teaspoon (5 grams) of cinnamon powder
- A quarter teaspoon (2.5 grams) of vanilla extract
Café árabe de azafrán y cardamomo
- 3 tazas de agua
- 3 cucharadas cardamomo
- 2 cucharadas de café árabe
- 1 / 4 cucharadita de azafrán
Empanadico de Calabaza
- 300 gramos de harina de repostería
- 100 gramos de azúcar granulada blanca (la normal)
- 1 naranja
- 1 cucharadita de anís en grano
- 1 chupito (30 ml) de licor de anís
- 1 vaso de agua (200 ml)
- Medio vaso (100 ml) de aceite virgen extra de oliva
- 1 huevo
- 400 gramos de calabaza
- Azúcar granulada blanca (alrededor de 50 gramos)
- Canela molida (al gusto)
- 50 gramos de pasas corintias o sultanas (sin semilla)
- 50 gramos de piñones
- Aceite virgen extra de oliva
Primero haremos la masa.
La manera de ahorrar electricidad en la cocina
Republicamos un post del año 2013 que ahora tiene aún más sentido que entonces...
Bizcocho de castañas
- 2 Kg de castañas (800 gramos de harina de castañas)
- Medio kilo de azúcar
- 250 gramos de mantequilla
- 6 huevos
- 2 cucharaditas de extracto de vainilla
Redondo de Ternera a la Borgoñesa
- 1 redondo de ternera atado de al menos 800 gramos
- 1 litro de vino tinto
- 250 g de champiñones enteros
- 3 zanahorias cortadas en rodajas
- 2 cebollas, picadas
- 1 ramito de hierbas aromáticas (tomillo, laurel y romero)
- 3 dientes de ajo sin el germen
- 2 tomates maduros, cortados en gajos
- Sal
- Pimienta
- Aceite virgen extra de oliva
Arroz a la Catalana
- Un vaso de arroz
- 200 gramos de chorizo dulce
- 200 gramos de chorizo picante
- 4 tomates maduros rojos
- 1 cebolla grande morada (dulce)
- 1 pimiento rojo
- 1 diente de ajo
- 2 vasos y medio de caldo de pollo
- 1 cucharadita de laurel picado
- 1 cucharadita de tomillo picado
- Sal
- Pimienta
- Aceite virgen extra de oliva
Oven-glazed ham leg
Christmas meals can be a problem if you are expecting a lot of guests and you are a little tired of always preparing turkey. First of all, it is about not getting ruined with expensive delicacies that multiplied by the number of diners they generate a voluminous bill and on the other hand it is about making easy-to-cook recipes. Cooking a leg of ham is a possibility. Let's understand that this is not a gammon, that is, the leg has not been previously cured.
INGREDIENTS (8/12 diners)
- A large pig leg of at least 3-4 kg (between 6 and 9 pounds)
- 200 grams (7 oz) of honey
- 200 grams (7 oz) mustard
- Cognac
- Salt
- Pepper
First of all we are going to prepare the leg with the glaze. To do this, we rub the leg with salt and pepper in abundance so that it is well covered.
Next we mix the honey with the mustard and if it is too thick we add a glass of cognac (people usually mix the alcohol anyway because it gives the glaze a special flavor). This mixture will be the glaze and with it the entire exterior of the leg should be painted with a brush.
We place the leg on a tray with the open cut of meat - where it used to be attached to the rest of the deceased pig - placed side down. This way we avoid the loss of internal humidity. It is also convenient to cover the leg with aluminum making a kind of tent so that it touches the least and we do not destroy the glaze.
We preheat the oven to 180 degrees (356 F). We introduce the leg and calculate 20 minutes of cooking for each kilo (2.2 pounds). If the leg weighs 3 kg (6.6 pounds), we will need an hour. Every twenty minutes it is important to collect the broth from the tray and bathe the meat with it. In addition, we glaze again with the mustard, honey and cognac mixture also every twenty minutes.
If you have a cooking thermometer, the leg will be well done when internally it reaches 80 degrees C / 176 F (this is the optimum cooking point for any pork roast). At that time you remove the aluminum foil, give it a new glaze and connect the oven grill so that it is a beautiful golden color.
A lot of attention to this process because it can be blackened, so do not take your eye off it. Five minutes should be enough. And ready.
It is removed, cut into fillets and can be served hot or cold, to taste. Do not worry that no one will be left hungry.
Biryani chicken
This Indian recipe probably has a Persian origin since the term "biryani" in Farsi comes to mean something like "fried before cooking". There are biryanis in many countries, from Pakistan to Turkey and of all kinds, both vegetarian and accompanied by all kinds of meat and poultry.
In this case we are going to make it with chicken. This recipe, with its spicy fragrance, is one of those that places you in exotic India at a stroke.
INGREDIENTS (4/6 people):
- 2 cups of basmati rice
- 400 grams (14 oz) of chicken (breast, boneless, with skin)
- 4 large carrots
- 1 large red (sweet) onion
- 4 tablespoons coriander chopped
- 4 tablespoons cashew nuts, chopped
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 4 teaspoons yellow curry powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- Half a teaspoon of ground black pepper
- White wheat flour
- Salt
- Olive oil
First, we cut the chicken breast widthwise into pieces of approximately 1 cm (half an inch)
In a bowl, mix two teaspoons of flour, a teaspoon of salt, half the black pepper powder and 2 teaspoons of the yellow curry. In that mixture we batter the chicken pieces.
In a large and deep frying pan we pour the olive oil - in India, is usually used palm oil - and over medium heat we fry the chicken until it is golden. It does not have to be cooked completely, it will be done with the rice (in fact it is preferable that it be this way).
We remove the chicken and reserve.
In the same oil where we have fried the chicken, add the finely chopped onion and the garlic, also minced. While frying we chop the carrots and put them in a bowl with just enough water to cover. We take them to the microwave and cook them at maximum power for about 4 minutes. With this we get them to be cooked but not completely.
Add the carrot and the water where we have cooked them to the onion sauce. Then we add the other two teaspoons of curry powder and a teaspoon of ginger, stirring well.
Next we add the chicken and rice. Water is added, preferably hot. As there are 2 cups of rice, add 3 and a half cups of water (it is the usual measure of basmati). It is raised to high heat, with the pan covered, and when it boils it is reduced to a minimum to cook for about 15 minutes.
After time we add the butter. We stir well. Add the coriander and the chopped cashews, stirring to mix well.
Let cook for another 3 or 4 minutes, over very low heat, and ready to serve.
The house will smell like you are in a Delhi restaurant and the taste will transport you to India immediately.
Cordero al Curry
- 2 Kg de cordero (una pierna deshuesada)
- 200 ml de leche de coco (un vaso)
- 6 tomates rojos maduros
- 2 cebollas moradas (dulces) o frescas
- 60 gramos de pasta de tomate concentrada
- 4 cucharadas de curry
- 6 dientes de ajo
- Un manojo pequeño de cilantro
- 1 hoja de laurel
- Cúrcuma
- Tomillo
- Paprika (o pimentón picante)
- Sal
- Pimienta
- Aceite virgen extra de oliva
Pastel de Calabaza (sin azúcar)
- Una o dos hojas de pasta quebrada o brisa (la que no sube)
- Una calabaza de 1Kg de peso, aproximadamente
- 250 gramos de queso de Burgos, requesón, mató o cualquier otro tipo fresco
- 2 huevos
- 50 gramos de queso manchego o cualquier otro semicurado



















