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Active: 15 minutes | Total: 15 minutes | Serves: 4
This easy and beautiful vegetable salad recipe features faves, escarole, and peas and is inspired by scafata, the spring salad from Umbria, Italy. Many versions include pancetta or guanciale, cooked in the pan before adding the beans and greens.
Active: 1 1/4 hours | Total: 1 1/2 hours | Serves: 10
Chipotle-laced broth and thick chunks of corn on the cob are featured in this smoky chicken soup. It originated in Tlalpan, a southern part of Mexico City, and according to legend was created especially for Mexican President Santa Anna.
Active: 20 minutes | Total: 2 hours 20 minutes | Serves: 8
French for “foam” or “froth,” mousse is well known as a dessert but can be a sweet or savory dish served at any temperature. After being imported from the Americas, chocolate’s popularity grew as European chefs began cooking with it during the 1600s.
Active: 20 minutes | Total: 21/2 hours | Serves: 8
(including 2 hours marinating time)
Spaetzle
Active: 60 minutes | Total: 60 minutes | Serves: 8
Spaetzle are soft egg noodles found in the cuisines of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Alsace, Moselle, and Tyrol. They are versatile enough to appear in dishes of many kinds, often accompanied by meat or used in soup.
Arepas are a traditional Hispanic food. They may be called by different names in different Spanish-speaking countries, but arepas are basically corn griddle cakes. When you bite into an arepa, you get a burst of the rich flavor that comes from the special corn flour used to make this tasty delight. Some arepas are stuffed with cheese or meat and cheese. No matter how you choose to eat an arepa, you have to eat one.
Many people are intimidated by the idea of making arepas at home. They think the arepa won’t be as good as the ones you buy in the Latino markets or restaurants. But I found an easy to follow recipe that will make even the non-cook seem like a master arepa maker. You’ll be sure to impress your students with this recipe. They’ll think you spent all day standing over a hot stove when you only spent about an hour.
Arepas
Yields: 12 arepas
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups milk
1/2 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 1/2 cups white arepa flour (precooked cornmeal)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup grated cotija cheese (you can also use mozzarella)
1 tablespoon honey
Vegetable or canola oil for cooking
Directions:
