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Trinidadian Macaroni Pie

Throughout college, I had several Trinidadian friends (including a great freshman year roommate). One of the easiest (and most delicious and most fattening) dishes we would eat was macaroni pie. I stole this recipe from CaribbeanPot.com and it was quite tasty.

14 oz "macaroni" (we used bucattini pasta - round like spaghetti but wider with a hole in the middle)
1/2 medium onion diced very small
1 habanero or scotch bonnet diced fine (optional)
2 large eggs
1 can evaporated milk (~12.5 oz)

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Four Cheese Quiche

1 pastry shell (use pie crust recipe or pastry crust from the tomato tart recipe.

3.5oz st nectaire (soft, ripened cheese) without the rind
3.5oz chevre
1oz blue d'Auvergne or Roquefort
2oz of grated emmental cheese
2 eggs
2 egg yolks

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Pimiento Mac and Cheese

I made a tweaked version of this Bon Appetit recipe. It was good, especially from a mac and cheese perspective - gooey and all the rest of that. I'm not sure how I actually felt about the pimento cheese aspect of it. Perhaps next time I will downplay the pimento and just use the basic recipe as a base for a more traditional mac and cheese dish.

Ingredients
1 7- to 8-ounce red bell pepper, seeded, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 garlic cloves, halved, divided

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Josefina Syrah-Rose

Trader Joe's: 
Yes

A light, ry but sweet rose with strong strawberry notes and light jolly-rancher peach qualities.

Goat Cheese Corn Enchiladas

Also makes a taste baked filo pastry goodie

Last year, we attended a Oaxacan dinner as part of the annual Literary Feast on Capitol Hill. One of the dishes we ate was goat cheese, corn, and bean enchiladas with mole sauce. It was really delicious, and I finally got around to recreating it.

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Rugelach

For some reason, I got on a baking kick this week. And I decided to make rugelach. Rugelach is a jewish pastry, sort of. Like all "jewish" foods, its a European thing, brought to America first by Jews, and adopted into Jewish culture. I like them, and I thought I'd try and make them.

All of the recipes sounded a little hard, but it actually turned out to be a snap. I primarily used these two recipes.

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Shrimp Saganaki

Garides (Shrimp) Saganaki is one of Audrey's favorite dishes (though no longer on the menu) at Zaytinya, one of her favorite restaurants in DC. This recipe is a surprisingly easy replica of that dish. It's fast and can be made mostly with ingredients we already have in our kitchen.

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Stuffed Cherry Peppers

cherry peppers.

Roasted cherry peppers stuffed with Serrano ham, basil, and goat cheese. From Epicurious : http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/STUFFED-CHERRY-PEPPERS-12...

Ingredients
12 hot cherry peppers
5 ounces fresh goat cheese
12 paper-thin slices of Serrano Ham (jámon Serrano) or Prosciutto - anchovies are also tasty, and consider olives as a stufffer as well
12 medium-sized fresh basil leaves
1 clove garlic
1/2 C Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 T Sherry Vinegar
1/2 t salt
6 basil leaves, coarsely chopped

Preparation
Crush the garlic and add it to the olive oil. Set aside.

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Shrimp and Cotija Enchiladas with Salsa Verde and Crema Mexicana

An excellent salsa verde recipe, and a nice shrimp recipe. We made it as tacos instead.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Shrimp-and-Cotija-Enchilada...

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Shahi Paneer

A really yummy recipe - great on the first try. We used paneer instead of chicken, and the result was pretty similar to some of the best Shahi Paneer recipes we had in India.

We used our "Chicken Tikka Masala" spice as a substitute for all of the powdered spices - would use only 2 Tbps total next time. A slightly sweet Garam Masala is a good substitute

Modified from http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chicken-tikka-masala

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