cook-food

Here is a comforting recipe... For the Sauce: 3 cups grated kaseri (similar to keskeval cheese) 2 ¼ cups milk 3 cloves of garlic (chopped finely) 3 tbsp flour 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp dried parsley ½ tsp red pepper flakes ¼ tsp ground black pepper ½ tbsp salt For Boiling the Pasta: 1 box Penne Rigate pasta (the pasta that is shaped like a cylinder and cut diagonally) 1 tsp oil 1 tsp salt In a large pot, boil water. Add pasta to boiling water and follow cooking directions. Usually this kind of pasta requires about 12-13 minutes. Add a little of oil and a pinch of salt so that the pasta does not stick together while cooking. In the mean time, heat olive oil on medium heat, in a deep pan. Add garlic and sauté for about 2 minutes. Add the milk, parsley, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes prior to adding flour. Stir the ingredients for a minute and add flour. Stir constantly so that the flour does not produce lumps. Keep stirring until the sauce thickens slightly. Preheat oven to 350º F. ...

Happy New Year! I wish you all a healthy, prosperous and happy year. 2010 was a very eventful year for me limiting my time spent on my blog. Hopefully in 2011 Turkish Food Passion will be richer with more cooking and delightful recipes. I wanted to start my first post for this year with a product review (actually two) sponsored by CSN Stores as mentioned in my previous posts. The two products I selected to review are Black and Decker Classic Toast-R-Oven in Silver and Calphalon Stainless Steel Skimmer. One of the most attractive attributes of the Toaster Oven is being multifunctional. Most of the time, I use it to toast bread or bagel. In addition to toasting bread/bagel it can heat up leftover pizza, boreks, and other types of food. Baking or broiling small amounts of foods is also possible through the Toaster Oven. I was impressed with its baking/broiling capabilities as the temperature goes up to 450 F°. It comes with a bake pan in it. A crumb tray at the bottom of the Toaster Oven...