Cheap Recipes

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Garlic Sauce a la Magliano (Mama Flori’s Recipe)

Ingredients: Garlic – 6 cloves Salt – 2 teaspoons Sunflower Oil – 2 teaspoons Water – 350 – 400 ml Instructions: In a pestle and mortar, bash the garlic and salt, until you obtain a fine paste. Add the oil on top of them and mix well. Let stand for 10 minutes (this helps the …

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Peppers and Cauliflower in Vinegar (Mama Flori’s Recipe)

Ingredients: 8 kg of Red Round Bell Peppers 2 big heads of Cauliflower 4 big Carrots Celery Root – 4 small heads (Not Apio!!!) Celery Leaves – the branches / sprigs from 1 head of celery Horseradish – 2 roots = 4 stalks Peppercorns – 10 peppercorns Mustard Seeds – 1 tablespoon / 20 gr …

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Healthy Chicken Ragu (Mama Mariana’s Recipe)

Ingredients: 1 kg of Chicken Breast – grinded 1 big onion – diced finely 1 big carrot (or 2 small ones) – diced finely 2-3 tablespoons of sunflower seed oil 1500 ml of Tomato Passata Instructions: Heat up the oil and cook the onion, and carrot until tender on high heat until they change color. …

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Pork Cracklings

Ingredients : 100 gr – pig skin 2-3 tablespoons white wine vinegar 1 teaspoon salt Instructions: Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius / 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut your pork skin into any shape you desire, drizzle the vinegar onto it and sprinkle the salt as well. Toss well to coat and place your pieces …

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Super Simple Red Cabbage Salad

Ingredients: 500 gr Red Cabbage – finely sliced or grated Salt – to taste Pepper – to taste Sunflower Oil – to taste White Wine or Red Wine Vinegar – to taste (do not exaggerate though…) Instructions: Put the cabbage in a big bowl and add the salt on top of it. Rub the cabbage …

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Christmas Roast Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup with Buttermilk Blue Cheese Sauce

Squash Sweet Potato Soup Recipe This is a recipe that was served by the First Lady Michelle Obama at an official dinner party, for her husband, the president of the United States, and his guests. Ingredients: For the soup 1 onion – roughly chopped 1 butternut squash – unpeeled, halved, seeds scraped out, sliced into …

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Elf’s Treat Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients: 250 grams soft butter 150 grams caster sugar 40 grams cocoa powder 300 grams plain flour ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 teaspoon baking powder Instructions: Preheat the oven to 170°C / 325ºF and line a baking sheet with baking paper. Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl and, when you have a …

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Magliano’s Cucumber and Dill Salad (Mama Flori’s Recipe)

Ingredients: 500 gr Cucumbers – peeled and cut into slices 1 small bunch of dill – finely chopped Salt – to taste Pepper – to taste Sunflower Oil – to taste White Wine Vinegar – to taste (do not exaggerate though…)   Instructions: Put the cucumbers in a big bowl and add the dill on …

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Magliano’s Pickles in a Hurry

Ingredients: 500 gr of fresh Cucumbers or Jalapenos – cut into 1 ½ cm slices 150 gr of granulated sugar 150 gr of white wine vinegar 1 teaspoon coriander seeds 1 teaspoon mixed peppercorns 1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds 1 teaspoon coarse salt 2 pinches chilli flakes Instructions: In a small sauce pan, add the …

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