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Austrian Smoked Pork Chops
Austrian Smoked Pork Chops are the lesser-known cousin to Wiener Schnitzel but just as popular in Austria. We have fond memories of dining on them during our numerous trips to beautiful Austria and enjoy cooking them at home too. Relatively easy to make, we recommend using boneless smoked pork chops as the bone will be…
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Austrian Smoked Pork Chops are the lesser-known cousin to Wiener Schnitzel but just as popular in Austria. We have fond memories of dining on them during our numerous trips to beautiful Austria and enjoy cooking them at home too. Relatively easy to make, we recommend using boneless smoked pork chops as the bone will be…
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Ham, Peas, Shiitake Mushrooms Pasta
Ham, Peas, Shiitake Mushrooms Pasta sounds fussy but it’s easy to prepare and so delicious. The velvety sauce with its multi-textured elements is a treat, especially when served with a fanciful cut dried pasta, such as farfalle, rotelle, cavatappi, gemelli or ruote (wagon wheels). Prepare mellow Ham, Peas, Shiitake Mushrooms Pasta and our Greek Cucumber…
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Ham, Peas, Shiitake Mushrooms Pasta sounds fussy but it’s easy to prepare and so delicious. The velvety sauce with its multi-textured elements is a treat, especially when served with a fanciful cut dried pasta, such as farfalle, rotelle, cavatappi, gemelli or ruote (wagon wheels). Prepare mellow Ham, Peas, Shiitake Mushrooms Pasta and our Greek Cucumber…
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Sicilian Style Cauliflower Pasta
Sicilian Style Cauliflower Pasta is real Sicilian home cooking, humble but with flavor and texture. Vito’s Dad would make it, adding the pine nuts only on special occasions, always advising that the pinch of nutmeg was crucial to the flavor of the dish and he was right! Use grated sheep or goat milk cheese for…
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Sicilian Style Cauliflower Pasta is real Sicilian home cooking, humble but with flavor and texture. Vito’s Dad would make it, adding the pine nuts only on special occasions, always advising that the pinch of nutmeg was crucial to the flavor of the dish and he was right! Use grated sheep or goat milk cheese for…
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Italian Sausage Curry
Italian Sausage Curry has an irreverent vibe to it. While using Italian sausage in an Indian curry might seem unusual, it yields wonderful results. Savory and not-too-spicy, Italian Sausage Curry is delicious as is, over rice or with naan on the side. Take your dinner international with either Sicilian Orange Salad or Greek Cucumber Tomato…
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Italian Sausage Curry has an irreverent vibe to it. While using Italian sausage in an Indian curry might seem unusual, it yields wonderful results. Savory and not-too-spicy, Italian Sausage Curry is delicious as is, over rice or with naan on the side. Take your dinner international with either Sicilian Orange Salad or Greek Cucumber Tomato…
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Ginned Tomato Sauce
Ginned Tomato Sauce brings together the woodsy-herbal elements of dry gin with the sweetness of fresh tomatoes. Relatively quick and easy to make, Ginned Tomato Sauce imbues the tomato sauce with the gin’s flavor elements, yielding a surprisingly tasty yet simple sauce. Ginned Tomato Sauce is best served with a long form pasta like fettuccine,…
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Ginned Tomato Sauce brings together the woodsy-herbal elements of dry gin with the sweetness of fresh tomatoes. Relatively quick and easy to make, Ginned Tomato Sauce imbues the tomato sauce with the gin’s flavor elements, yielding a surprisingly tasty yet simple sauce. Ginned Tomato Sauce is best served with a long form pasta like fettuccine,…
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Pork Marinara Pasta Sauce
Pork Marinara Pasta Sauce or Pork “Gravy” as we say in New Jersey, is a pork-based tomato sauce which uses readily available ingredients and yields a deeply flavorful pasta sauce. This family recipe comes from Vito’s maternal grandmother and mother who would make it a fairly often. Oddly enough, we’ve never seen this really tasty…
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Pork Marinara Pasta Sauce or Pork “Gravy” as we say in New Jersey, is a pork-based tomato sauce which uses readily available ingredients and yields a deeply flavorful pasta sauce. This family recipe comes from Vito’s maternal grandmother and mother who would make it a fairly often. Oddly enough, we’ve never seen this really tasty…
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Beef and Green Beans Stir-Fry
The inspiration for our Beef and Green Beans Stir-Fry came from a Chinese cooking class Jan’s mom took in the Netherlands when he was in grade school. It was a special dish his parents would prepare together for themselves on the weekends, as this was considered “not food for kids”; the kids had more everyday…
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The inspiration for our Beef and Green Beans Stir-Fry came from a Chinese cooking class Jan’s mom took in the Netherlands when he was in grade school. It was a special dish his parents would prepare together for themselves on the weekends, as this was considered “not food for kids”; the kids had more everyday…
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Asparagus Prosciutto Shrimp Pasta
This is recipe is a great way to enjoy the fresh and delicate flavors of asparagus, prosciutto and shrimp. Farfalle (butterflies), also known as bowties, are a fun pasta which works really well here. The different colors, shapes and textures of the asparagus, prosciutto, shrimp, pasta and sauce combine to make Asparagus Prosciutto Shrimp Pasta…
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This is recipe is a great way to enjoy the fresh and delicate flavors of asparagus, prosciutto and shrimp. Farfalle (butterflies), also known as bowties, are a fun pasta which works really well here. The different colors, shapes and textures of the asparagus, prosciutto, shrimp, pasta and sauce combine to make Asparagus Prosciutto Shrimp Pasta…
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