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Russian Tea Cakes
Shortbread-like cookies filled with nuts and coated with sweet confectioners’ sugar, these delicious Russian Tea Cakes make an appearance at our house during the holiday season. These cookies are also known as Russian Snowballs. It is believed that these cookies originated in Lithuania. The difference between Russian Tea Cakes and Mexican Wedding Cakes is that Mexican Wedding Cakes contain cinnamon.
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Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp scampi is an Italian-restaurant favorite made right in a skillet. Serve these succulent shrimp over a bed of hot fettuccine or angel hair pasta and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, if desired. Shrimp are sold according to the number of shrimp per pound. A good size shrimp for scampi is 20 to 25 per pound. Very large shrimp tend to be tough and less flavorful. Frozen shrimp should be thawed slowly in the refrigerator just before cooking.
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Traditional Tamales
This is my own personal recipe, developed over the years. This makes a huge batch, enough to eat and plenty for freezing for another day. The chiles are the large dried ones that you see hanging outside doors or under ramadas (ristras) in the Southwest and can be purchased at any grocery store by the bagful (usually in the Mexican spice section) in the Southwest or packaged in the ethnic foods section of many grocery stores elsewhere. Masa can be purchased at any tortilla factory or grocery store in the Southwest or in the refrigerated section of the grocery store in many other areas of the country. If using Maseca instead of fresh masa, a 4.4 pound bag of…
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Italian Beef
This makes delicious roast beef sandwiches in your slow cooker.
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Fattigman
This is a crisp Norwegian cookie. This recipe belonged to my step-Dad, Leo, a Norwegian, born and raised in Winona, Minnesota. We made this together at Christmas-time.
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Pierogi
Pierogi are dumplings that are delicious fried and served with sour cream. These are also good filled with fresh blueberries mixed with sugar for a super dessert.
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Classic Mexican Flan
A very creamy, caramel flan which has been a Mexican favorite for years.
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Sweet Pineapple Tamales
Aside from flan, sweet tamales are probably the most satisfying of Mexican desserts. The flavor varieties for sweet tamales are endless. This pineapple and raisin tamale is one of our favorites. They go great with morning coffee or Mexican Cocoa!
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Strawberry Tamales
Easy Strawberry Tamales filled with strawberry pie filling. Serve with Mexican Cocoa for a fabulous dessert.
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Mexican Cocoa
This is the traditional accompaniment for sweet tamales, such as our Pineapple Tamales or Strawberry Tamales.
