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Vegetable Samosa

I use the frozen pastries at the Brazilian Market if I am in a hurry. The ones they sell at my market are only flour, butter and salt.
Dough:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon clarified butter
To make the dough, sift the flour and salt into medium bowl. Add the clarified butter and mix [...]

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Turmeric – Take Two

Curry is good for you! Eat it three times per week. Turmeric is the spice that gives Indian curries that characteristic bright yellow-orange color and the benefits of turmeric seem endless.
<<Caitlin, at mermaid farm grew this turmeric. It is very difficult to find fresh turmeric outside the Chinese Grocery Stores. Don’t but it [...]

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Cassoulet

Salt to taste
3 whole duck legs
1 lbs stew lamb, cut up
3 lbs sausage
3 cups duck or goose fat
4 cups white beans
3 carrots diced
3 celery stalks diced
2 leeks
2 onions, chopped fine
1 23oz can San Marzano tomatoes
12 cloves garlic
2 sprigs thyme, rosemary, sage and parsley (each) wrapped in cheesecloth
2 cups white wine
1 cup Demi-Glace or very rich [...]

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Chicken Tagine with Olives & Preserved Lemon

1 whole pastured chicken cut into 10 pieces (cut 2 breasts in half for 4 pieces)
2 large onions, chopped very fine
1 handful chopped fresh cilantro
1 handful chopped fresh parsley
10 cloves garlic, chopped fine
4 heaping teaspoons of Ras el Hanout*
2 pinches saffron threads
1 whole preserved lemon (chopped fine)
2 bay leaves
1⁄2 cup chopped green olives
4 cups chicken [...]

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