Christmas Ham Recipe

Christmas Ham Ingredients:
* 1 ham
* 1/2 cup honey
* 1/2 cup butter
* 30 whole cloves

Christmas Ham Procedure:

1. Place ham in a roasting pan on a sheet of aluminum foil.
2. Melt butter and mix with honey. Spread some of the liquid mixture on the ham (this is known as ‘basting’).
3. Press the 30 whole cloves in to the ham at different spots. This will give the ham a nice seasoned flavor.
4. Bake for three hours. Baste with the butter and honey mixture every 30 minutes for a deliciously moist, flavorful ham.

Nutritious Fruitcake Christmas Recipe

Fruitcake Ingredients:

 1 package (1 pound 2.25 ounces) yellow cake mix
1 container (8 ounces) sour cream
3 eggs
2-1/2 cups California raisins
1 jar (10 ounces) red maraschino cherries, drained
1 jar (6 ounces) green maraschino cherries, drained
1 cup chopped dried apricots
1 cup broken walnuts

Fruitcake Procedure:

Heat oven to 350°F.
Generously grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan or 2 (8 x 4-inch) loaf pans.
Combine cake mix, sour cream and eggs in large bowl. Mix at low speed until well combined.
Beat at medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Spoon into greased and floured pan.
Bake at 350°F for 55 to 60 minutes for Bundt cake or for 50 to 55 minutes for loaf cakes, or until top is deep golden brown.
DO NOT UNDERBAKE.
Cool slightly in pan. Remove from pan onto cooling rack.
Cool completely. Brush top of cake with light corn syrup, if desired.
Wrap tightly in foil. Store in refrigerator.

Rich Embotido (Meat Rolls) Christmas Recipe

Embotido Ingredients:

* 4 kilo ground pork
* 4 pieces onions, minced
* 6 tablespoons soy sauce
* 4 cups of bread crumbs
* 1/4 kilo raisins
* 5 pieces red bell pepper, chopped
* 2 boxes of cheese, finely grated
* 1 bottle pickle relish
* 2 tablespoons rock salt
* 1 medium can of pineapple juice
* 6 pieces eggs
* 2 tall cans of sausage, chopped
* 1/4 kilo green peas
* 3 pieces carrots, chopped
* 2 tablespoons grounded black pepper

Embotido Procedure:

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Blend them well. Then roll in aluminum foil. Steam the rolls once. Then fry the rolls until they turn into golden brown. Best served with tomato or banana ketchup as a dip.

Distinctive Callos Recipe (Tripe and Sausage with Chickpeas) Recipe

Callos Ingredients:

 1/2 kg ox tripe
Freshly ground Pepper
2 chorizo bilbao sausages, sliced diagonally
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
1½ cups Tomato sauce
1 medium red capsicum, cut into 1-inch squares
2/3 cup pitted green olives
¾ cup chickpeas
2 cups vinegar
7 liters water
1½ kg ox hooves
2 tablespoons corn oil
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
1 cup chopped tomatoes (fresh or canned)
Salt
Tabasco sauce (optional)

Callos Cooking Instructions:

Clean and wash ox trip in vinegar thoroughly. Rinse and brush to remove any dirt. Boil trip in 9 cups of the water for 8 minutes. Drain and discard water.
Clean and wash ox hooves well. Boil in 9 cups of the water for 12 minutes. Drain and discard water.
In a casserole, combine ox trip and ox hooves. Pour in remaining 12 cups water and bring to the boil, then simmer for about 2 hours or until meats are tender.
Remove meats from broth and let cool. Reserve 1½ cups of the broth.
Meanwhile, heat corn oil in a frying-pan and fry the chorizo pieces until firm, about 3 minutes per side. Set aside.
Slice the trip into 1-inch squares. Remove meat from the ox hooves and slice similarly. Set aside.
Heat olive oil in a casserole and sauté until fragrant. Add the sliced meats and sauté until lightly brown.
Pour in tomatoes, canned tomato sauce and the reserved broth. Simmer for about 5 minutes.
Add the chorizo, capsicum, olives and chickpeas and season with salt, pepper and, if desired Tabasco.
Simmer just enough for the vegetables to heat through.

Extraordinary Beef Tapa (Cured Beef) Recipe

Filipino Beef Tapa Ingredients:

1/2 kilo Beef sirloin, thinly sliced
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp ground black pepper
1 cup soy sauce
3 tbsp minced garlic
1 tsp salt
1 Clear plastic bag (we recommend Ziploc)



Beef Tapa Preparations and Cooking Instructions:


To Marinate:
Combine in a container the following ingredients; soy sauce, garlic, salt, pepper, and sugar and mix well then set aside.
After mixing all the ingredients place the Beef in the clear plastic bag or Ziploc
Pour the mixed seasonings in the Ziploc with meat and mix well.
Refrigerate the marinade for a minimum of 12 hours

How to Cook the Beef Tapa:
In a pan, place 2 cups of water and bring to a boil
Add the marinated beef tapa and cook until the water evaporates.
When all the water evaporated add 3 tbsp of cooking oil in the pan then fry the Tapa until done.
Serve with rice topped with fried egg and sliced tomatoes.

Delicious Bibingka Christmas Recipe

Bibingka Ingredients

* 5.5 Cups rice (or 1 box of rice flour)
* 1 12-oz can coconut milk (divided into 1 cup and ¼ cup)
* 1 pound dark brown sugar
* Banana leaves

Bibingka Procedures

* Preheat electric oven to 350 degrees F.
* Cook on the stove top or in a rice cooker.
* In a saucepan, combine the coconut milk and 1 ¼ cups of the brown sugar. Stir.
* Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened (15- 20 minutes).
* Wilt the banana leaves over low heat on an electric stove and use them to line a 13” by 9” baking pan.
* Put rice into a large bowl with 1 cup coconut milk and the rest of the brown sugar, stirring well.
* Place rice mixture into the pan and top with 1/2 cup coconut milk.
* Bake 20 minutes, then broil 5 minutes.
* Cut into squares and serve.

Crispy & Crunchy Lechon Kawali (Pan-Roasted Pork) Recipe

Ingredients :

Pork
1-1/2 lb. pork liempo (pork belly), cut into serving pieces
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1/4 tsp. pepper or 1 tsp. peppercorns
2 tbsp. salt
water, for boiling
oil, for frying
Sauce

1 tbsp. soy sauce
2-1/2 tbsp. vinegar
1 clove garlic, minced
chili peppers (optional)
(Cooking Conversion Chart)

Cooking Procedures :

Put pork pieces in a big pot. Cover with water. Add garlic, pepper or peppercorns and salt.
Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for an hour or until meat is tender. Drain.
Deep-fry liempo pieces in batches until golden brown and blisters appear on skin.
Drain on paper towels.
Mix together all ingredients for the sauce.
Serve with chopped lechon kawali.