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Couscous

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ingredients:

1 cup chick-peas
1 pound carrots
½ pound turnips
1 small celery root
2 onions
1-2 pound chicken
2 pounds mutton neck, boned breast or shoulder, cut into pieces
4 tomatoes
1 sprig thyme, or ½ teaspoon dried
1 bay leaf
2 cloves
1 pinch saffron
2 cups semolina
3 cups salt water
2 cups zucchini
1 Tablespoon oil
1 handful raisins (optional)
1 teaspoon harissa sauce

instructions:

  1. Soak the chick-peas for 24 hours, or use canned chick-peas (garbanzos).
  2. Peel, wash, and cut all the vegetables into large pieces. Chop the onions. Peel, seed, and quarter the tomatoes. Cut the chicken into 8 pieces.
  3. Place the mutton and chicken pieces in the bottom section of a couscous pot. Add the carrots, turnips, celery root, tomatoes, onions, chick-peas, they, bay leaf, cloves and saffron. Cover with water up to ¾ of the height of the couscous pot. Bring to a boil. Simmer continuously while preparing the semolina.
  4. Pour the semolina into a large, deep dish. Sprinkle, little by little, with 1 cup of salt water, mixing well with the hands to separate the grains. When the water has been absorbed, pour the semolina into the top section of the couscous pot. Do not cover. Leave for 30 minutes.
  5. Remove the dish of semolina from the pot. Wash the zucchini and cut into small pieces. Add to the broth in the bottom section. Knew the semolina as before, with the second cup of salt water. Leave for 20 minutes.
  6. Replace the semolina dish on top of the couscous pot and leave it for another 20 minutes. Remove and mix the semolina again with the third glass of salt water. Let it rest for 10 minutes.
  7. Add oil to the semolina and rub the grains between your fingers to grease the grains well. Return to the couscous pot and steam for 10 more minutes.
  8. Serve the semolina separately, mixed, if you like, with a handful of raisins that have been soaked for 2 hours. Serve the meat and vegetables in a large, shallow bowl, and the broth in a soup bowl with the chick-peas.
  9. Prepare a pungent sauce by mixing the harissa with a ladleful of broth.

A vegetable steamer can be used instead of a couscous pot if the holes are small and if the bottom section is deep.

THIS RECIPE SERVES 10 PEOPLE.

©️ Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan, 1971. Published in the United States and Canada by BOBLEY PUBLISHING, a division of Illustrated World Encyclopedia, Inc. Printed in Japan.

Fiesta Beef Roll Sandwiches

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1½ pounds ground beef
⅓ cup dry bread crumbs
⅓ cup catsup
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
2 tablespoons finely chopped green pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 egg
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (about 4 ounces)
1 cup crushed corn chips
½ cup chopped pitted ripe olives
½ loaf (1-pound size) French bread
Hot taco sauce or prepared mustard

Mix ground beef, bread crumbs, catsup, onion, green pepper, salt, chili powder and egg. Pat ground beef mixture evenly into edges of piece of aluminum foil, 12×11 inches. Sprinkle with cheese, corn chips and olives.

Heat to 350°. Roll up beef carefully, beginning at long side and using foil to lift beef mixture. Press edge and ends of roll to seal. Place roll on rack in jelly roll pan, 15½x10½x1 inch. (At this point, roll can be refrigerated covered up to 24 hours.) Bake uncovered until done, about 1 hour.

Cut French bread diagonally into 12 slices. Toast slices. Serve sliced beef roll on toast with taco sauce. 12 Open Face Sandwiches.

©️ 1975 by General Mills, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.

Shirmp-Stuffed Tomatoes

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1½ cups frozen chopped spinach (10-ounce package), thawed
2 medium tomatoes
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup water
½ cup clam juice
1 tablespoon parsley
1 tablespoon wine vinegar
1 pound shelled, deveined shrimp

Cook spinach according to package directions; drain. Cut a then slice off the top of tomatoes. Gently remove pulp; reserve. Sprinkle cavities with salt. Mix tomato pulp with spinach. Combine water, clam juice, parsley, and vinegar in saucepan. Simmer 5 minutes. Add shrimp. Cook gently just until shrimp turn pink, about 3 minutes. Fill each tomato shell with ¼ of the drained shrimp. Divide spinach mixture evenly onto 2 individual serving dishes. Place tomatoes in center of spinach; surround each with half the remaining shrimp. Makes 2 dinner servings.

© Copyright Weight Watchers International, Inc. 1974. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.

Caneton aux Olives (Duckling with Olives)

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ingredients:

1 2-pound, 10-ounce duckling
1 Tablespoon butter
8 lean bacon slices
1 cup chicken broth
1 teaspoon thyme
½ a bay leaf
salt and pepper
½ cup green olives

instructions:

  1. Clean the duckling. Put aside the liver, heart, and gizzard.
  2. Saute the duckling in butter with the bacon in a round or oval casserole until golden brown on all sides.
  3. Empty the gizzard. Cut into thin slices. Slice the heart as well. Add both to the casserole, together with chicken broth, thyme, and bay leaf. Add salt and pepper. Cover the casserole and let simmer for 20 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, pit the olives. Mash the liver with a fork. Mix all this in with the duckling and cook for another 15 minutes. Serve with fried bread croutons.

Mashed turnips will enhance this dish.

©️ Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan, 1971. Published in the United States and Canada by BOBLEY PUBLISHING, a division of Illustrated World Encyclopedia, Inc. Printed in Japan.

Crabby Joes

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2 medium stalks celery, chopped (about 1 cup)
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 can (10¾ ounces) condensed cream of shrimp soup
2 cans (7½ ounces each) crabmeat, drained and flaked*
½ cup dairy sour cream
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
Dash of aromatic bitters
4 English muffins, split and toasted
Paprika

Cook and stir celery in butter in 10-inch skillet until celery is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in soup, crabmeat, sour cream, lemon peel and bitters. Heat just to boiling. Serve over hot muffins; sprinkle with paprika. 4 servings.

*1 can (7 ounces) fish flakes, drained can be substituted for 1 can of the crabmeat.

THINK CRAB
Crabmeat lends a touch of elegance to any fish dish, as well as a good supply or protein, calcium and minerals. You can combine it with less expensive fish to stretch it in sauces, salads, chowders and dips. Crabs are available live (close to the place of capture), frozen (cooked in the shell) and canned. Some processors have floating canneries to facilitate immediate packing of the fresh crabs.

©️ 1975 by General Mills, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

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2 pounds ground veal
2 cups fresh cranberries
1 cup water
Artificial sweetener to equal ¼ cup sugar
2 cups tomato purée
1 cup canned, French-style green beans, mashed
3 tablespoons, dehydrated onion flakes
2 tablespoons diced celery
1 teaspoon chili powder, or to taste
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
1 teaspoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
½ teaspoon salt

ADVANCED PREPARATION: Shape veal into 16 uniform balls. Brown on all sides in a non-stick skillet, over moderately high heat. Combine cranberries and water in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes or until cranberry skins pop. Remove from heat. Stir in sweetener. Combine remaining ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add cranberry sauce and meatballs.

FINAL PREPARATION: Cook over low heat for 20 minutes. Arrange on serving platter. Divide evenly. Makes 4 dinner servings.

© Copyright Weight Watchers International, Inc. 1974. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.

Texan Three Rice Ring

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Cooking time: 40-50 mins.
Preparation time: 15 mins.
Main cooking utensils: skilled, 8-to9-in. plain ring mold, shallow pan or dish for water, 2 saucepans
Oven temperature: 325-350°F.
Oven position: center

For 4-6 people you need:
1 red sweet pepper
1½ cups cooked rice
½ cup butter or margarine
2 medium onions
½ green sweet pepper
1 small clove garlic
1 cup ground beef
6-oz. can concentrated tomato paste
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon chili powder
pinch pepper
1 pack frozen peas
1 small can tomato soup
2 chopped hard-cooked eggs

  1. Cut red pepper into strips and arrange at intervals in the bottom of the ring mold.
  2. Combine rice and half the melted butter, spoon into mold over pepper.
  3. Chop onions, green pepper, grind or crush garlic, fry in remaining butter until tender.
  4. Add ground beef, cook until brown.
  5. Stir in tomato paste and seasonings.
  6. Meanwhile, cook the peas, strain, put over the rice, then cover with the beef mixture made in stages 3, 4, and 5. Press each layer firmly.
  7. Set mold in shallow pan of hot water.
  8. Bake until quite firm to the touch.

TO SERVE: Turn out onto hot dish. Heat tomato soup, add hard-cooked eggs, and serve separately.

PRINTED IN CANADA. ©Copyright Paul Hamlyn Ltd. 1967

Pimento Purée

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2 cups fresh, cooked asparagus
2 (7-ounce size) jars pimentos, drained
½ cup skim milk
2 raw asparagus spears, to garnish
2 lemon slices

Place first 3 ingredients in blender container; process at medium speed until puréed. Place puréed mixture in saucepan. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Pour evenly divided into 2 glasses. Garnish each serving with 1 asparagus spear and lemon slice. Makes 2 servings.

CREAMY CHEESE DIP

⅔ cup skim milk ricotta cheese
¼ cup butter milk
¼ teaspoon dill weed
¼ teaspoon imitation butter flavoring
¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Radishes
Cucumber slices
Celery ribs

Combine first 5 ingredients in blender container; process at medium speed until smooth. Pour into serving bowl. Serve with dippers of radishes, cucumber slices, and celery ribs. Makes 1 luncheon serving.

© Copyright Weight Watchers International, Inc. 1974. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.

Fiesta Tart

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Cooking time: 35 mins.
Preparation time: 20 mins.
Main cooking utensils: pie pan, skillet
Oven temperature: 425-450°F, then 350-375°F.
Oven position: above center

For 4-6 people you need:
1½ cups all-purpose flour
pinch salt
½-1 teaspoon dry mustard
6 tablespoons butter
½ cup dry grated Cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons water
1 shallot or onion
2 tablespoons butter
3 eggs
⅔ cup shelled prawns
⅔ cup coffee cream
salt and black pepper
1-2 teaspoons made mustard
2 tomatoes, thinly sliced

Garnish:
parsley or fennel
prawn heads

  1. Sift flour, salt, and mustard, rub in butter.
  2. Add cheese and bind together with water to form a firm dough.
  3. Roll out and line greased ring or pie pan. Flute edges and prick bottom.
  4. Chill if possible.
  5. Bake blind for 15 minutes on a baking sheet in 425-450° oven.
  6. Fry chopped onion in butter, blend with eggs, and stir in all other ingredients, except tomatoes.
  7. Pour into half-baked pie shell, arrange sliced tomatoes on top. Bake for about 20 minutes until custard has set in a 350-375° oven.
  8. Garnish with parsley or fennel and prawn heads.

TO SERVE: Hot or cold.

TO VARY: Add milk instead of cream, use small can pink salmon instead of prawns, and garnish with lemons.

TO STORE: In refrigerator.

PRINTED IN CANADA. ©Copyright Paul Hamlyn Ltd. 1967

Baconlindad Tomat (Bacon Wrapped Tomato)

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Preparation time: approx. 20 min
Cooking time: approx. 10-15 min
Oven temperature: 225°

Ingredients: (4 pers.)
4 large tomatoes
4 slices of bacon
4 grudge
Salt, white pepper
2 tbsp grated cheese

Preparation:

  1. Cut a small cap off each tomato and pit them.
  2. Stand the tomatoes upside down for a little while so they drain.
  3. Salt and pepper inside the tomatoes.
  4. Place them in a greased fireproof dish.
  5. Pour in the eggs and sprinkle with grated cheese.
  6. Wrap a slice of bacon around each tomato and place the dish in a hot oven at 225° for about 10-15 min.
  7. Add toasted bread and butter

Translated from Swedish using Google Translate.

©️ Hemmets Journal AB S/B/1