EDIT: Please move this to the OFF TOPIC area. I meant to post it there, but I
found out I posted it in General Morrowind instead.

EDIT 2: In case you haven't noticed, I have corrected the recipe.
In my previous version, I put "goat cheese" when it actually was pecorino, that is, sheep cheese.



So, we come from different parts of the world... we exchange thoughts, we
exchange ideas, why not exchange recipes as well? I'll begin with an easy one
which is also a classic!

SPAGHETTI ALL'AMATRICIANA

Difficulty= Easy.
Time required= 30/40 minutes.

Ingredients for 4 people:
400 grams uncooked spaghetti
75 grams grated sheep cheese ("pecorino")
100 grams diced bacon
1 hot pepper
4 tomatoes, peeled and without seeds
Salt
Extra-virgin olive oil
One glass of white wine
Pepper

Put the oil and a piece of hot pepper in a pan. Heat. When the oil is hot, add
the bacon and saute it. Then add the wine and let it evaporate. When the bacon
has turned crispy, drain it, put it on a dish and keep it hot somewhere. Throw
away the pepper.
Put the tomatoes in the same pan where you previously cooked the bacon.
After a few minutes, add a handful of grated pecorino cheese to make the sauce
thicken.
In the meantime, boil some water, add salt to it and cook the spaghetti.
When the spaghetti are almost done (that is, after about 6/8 minutes, depending
on their thickness) add the bacon to the tomato sauce.
Drain the spaghetti, put them in a large bowl and add the sauce. Add pepper
and grated cheese. Serve.

I usually drink red wine with this recipe, but considering white wine is used in
the preparation I don't know if that is what a sommelier would choose. If you have
any questions feel free to PM me. Now... it's your turn

One recommendation though: please don't post "italian" recipes unless
you are yourself Italian, or you have special expertise in the area. Did you know
that the famous "italian" sauce Alfredo only exists outside of Italy?

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Board, allow me to present what I consider to be the best recipe for carmel rolls that has ever existed upon this planet. If you are watching what you eat then I suggest not making these rolls, for you will be unable to eat just one. This recipe is not my own, it comes to me from my mother (the greatest cook of all, as everyone believes their own mother to be) and to her from my Grandfather...further history I know not. Enjoy.

Carmel Rolls:

Ingredients -
- 2 packages of yeast
- 2 cups of lukewarm water
- 1 egg (well beaten)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons sugar (white granulated)
- 3 tablespoons melted shortening (ex. Crisco)
- 5 to 5.5 cups of flour (bleached general purpose)
- 2.25 cups brown sugar
- .75 cups heavy cream or whipping cream
- ground cinnamon

Directions- (Preheat oven to 375 degrees F)

1. Dissolve the yeast in the water and allow to stand for 5 minutes
2. Mix egg, salt, sugar (white), shortening and add to the yeast mixture
3. Mix the flour into this mixture
4. Cover the bowl and allow to rise until double in volume
5. Punch down and roll into 12 inch by 17 inch rectangle
6. Sprinkle the rectangle with cinnamon (use as much as you like)
7. Roll the rectangle up jelly-roll style
8. Heavily grease a 13 inch by 9 inch GLASS baking dish with butter
9. Spread brown sugar evenly over the bottom of the baking dish
10. Pour the cream over the brown sugar
11. Slice the rolled dough into even section and arrange in the baking dish about
.5 inches apart
12. Allow the rolls to rise slightly until their edges just touch
13. Bake in 375 degree oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown
14. Remove and let stand in baking dish for 5 minutes
15. Invert baking dish over wax paper or aluminum foil

- Serve warm-

Bon apetite!!!

-M

Since I'm a college student, my favorite recipe:

Pizza:

Ingredients:

Phone
Phone book
$20

Directions:

1) Order pizza.

2) Wait 30 min.

3) Open door.

4) Pay pizza delivery guy.

5) Eat.

Stuffed courgettes as a starter

Level - fairly easy, cost medium

Required one medium sized courgette per person, a handful of peeled cooked prawns per person, one medium sized onion, olive oil, a tablespoon of rice per person, small glass of white wine, large glass of white wine, ground nutmeg and seasoning, 2.5 times as much water as rice.

Also needed tin foil and a large handkerchief.

Wrap each courgette in tin foil and bake in a medium oven until soft. (I'll check the time and post when I have been back home.)

Finely chop the onion (using the handkerchief to keep unwanted bodily emissions out of the dish).

Heat olive oil and fry rice until the grains open. Add onion and water and cook until water has been absorbed. You can drink the large glass of white wine at this point to speed things along. Make sure the rice is properly cooked.

Take cooked courgettes, slit lengthwise along the top skin and scoop out the courgette flesh without damaging the skin. Keep the skins in the foil in the oven to stay warm. Mix the courgette flesh with the rice/onion mixture add the prawns, small glass of wine, nutmeg and seasoning to taste. Heat gently until the prawns are warmed through. Divide the mixture between the skins and serve immediately.

It looks terribly impressive but really isn't at all hard to do.