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Basic Roux Recipe

Serves/Makes: 2 cups Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: all-purpose flour, cooking oil

Basic Yogurt Cheese Recipe

Serves/Makes: 1 cup Cook Time: > 5 hrs Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: low or non-fat yogurt

Bulghur Wheat Recipe

Serves/Makes: 12.75 cups Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: medium-grind bulghur wheat, salt, water

Chocolate Leaves Recipe

Serves/Makes: 0.5 cup Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: semi-sweet chocolate chips, several ivy, lemon, rose or other non-toxic leaves, vegetable shortening

Christmas Mincemeat Recipe

Serves/Makes: 6 lb. Cook Time: > 5 hrs Difficulty: 4/5
Ingredients: cooking apples, peeled cored and finely chopped, shredded suet, raisins, sultanas, currants

Coconut Milk Recipe

Serves/Makes: 2.5 cups Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: small fresh coconut (about 1 1/4 pound size), hot water

Creole Cream Cheese Recipe

Serves/Makes: 8 Cook Time: > 2 hrs Difficulty: 4/5
Ingredients: Rennet, health store or drug store liquid, Pinch of salt, Half and half cream, buttermilk, gal. skim milk

Crystallized Ginger Recipe

Serves/Makes: 1 batch Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: Fresh ginger root, water plus more, Sugar

Dried Peppers Recipe

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: > 5 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: peppers, washed and dried

Homemade Cheese Recipe

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: Milk, Half-And-Half, Oranges -- Juice Only, Lemons -- Juice Only

Homemade Coconut Milk Recipe

Serves/Makes: 1.5 cups Cook Time: 2-5 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: fresh coconut, hot water

Homemade Marscarpone Recipe

Serves/Makes: 2 cups Cook Time: > 5 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: heavy cream, tartaric acid

Homemade Ricotta Cheese Recipe

Serves/Makes: 1 lb. Cook Time: > 5 hrs Difficulty: 4/5
Ingredients: milk, lemon juice, plain unsweetened yogurt

Homemade Tortilla Chips Recipe

Serves/Makes: 6 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: Flour tortillas -- 8" size, Olive oil, Kosher salt, Crushed red pepper flakes, Dried herb -- optional

How To Make Butter Recipe

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: Heavy Cream

How To Make Rice Recipe

Serves/Makes: 4 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: water, long grain rice -- uncooked, salt, butter

Making Bacon Recipe

Serves/Makes: 1 lb Cook Time: > 5 hrs Difficulty: 4/5
Ingredients: honey, kosher salt, pork belly, hickory chips, soaked in water

Mint Ice Cubes for Iced Tea Recipe

Serves/Makes: varies Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: mint leaves, ice tray, water

Nonpareils Recipe

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 4/5
Ingredients: chocolate, tempered, jar colored sprinkles

Old Fashioned Homemade Almond Paste Recipe

Serves/Makes: 2 pounds Cook Time: > 5 hrs Difficulty: 4/5
Ingredients: Blanched almonds, Fresh lemon juice, Water, Sugar

Preserved Lemons Recipe

Serves/Makes: varies Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: Enough lemons to fill a sealable jar of your choosing, Coarse sea salt, Enough vegetable oil to cover all the lemons

Preserving Fresh Basil Recipe

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: fresh basil leaves

Ricotta Cheese Recipe

Serves/Makes: 4 Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: skim milk, fresh lemon juice

Roasted Garlic Recipe

Serves/Makes: 1 Cook Time: 1-2 hrs Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: Whole heads of garlic, Olive oil

Salad Crumble Mix Recipe

Serves/Makes: 6 pks Cook Time: < 30 minutes Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: Ramen noodle soup mix (3 ounces), jar (2.6 ounces) sesame seeds, chopped cashews

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