Oven baked beef cubes.

Oven Baked Beef Cubes

Some days while was watching TV, I see Jamie Oliver preparing a recipe that I loved, It was a recipe with only 5 ingredients but include Umami paste.. And.. What is Umami paste?? Well, I didn't know also, so I look everywhere and I try to make my version with the ingredients that I have in home, Is not exactly Umami paste because I made a mixture with a sauce that my mom made, but it became so delicious and I use to prepare this delicious Oven Baked Beef Cubes. Looks and sounds complicated but It is really easy. I hope you like the recipe and if it is like this Please help me Sharing or just giving me a lovely comment and giving a like. Did Not cost anything and helps me too much.
Note: Prefer to use Soy sauce Low in sodium or add bit less.
Let's start with the recipe.

Ingredients:

For the meat:
500 gr of  Beef in cubes I use veal meat but you can use the one you prefer also can substitute with lamb neck , Pork meat.
Salt to taste.
Pepper to taste.
1 or 1/2 Beer.
1 Tablespoon of Apple vinegar or White wine vinegar.
1 Red onion if you don't have, substitute
1-2 potatoes.
Special sauce. Mi version of Umami with ingredients that I have in home.
1 teaspoon of mustard.

For special sauce:
9 Mushrooms.
1/4 or 1/2 Cup of Parmesan Cheese.
4 Garlics. Finely chopped.
1 teaspoon of chilli powder.
1 1/2 tablespoon of soy sauce.
1 small cinnamon stick ground.
1/2 teaspoon of thyme.
1/2 teaspoon of cumin.
1 Ground Bay leaf.
1 Ground clove
6 Olives finely chopped.
4 Boiled tomatoes or from box. peeled and without seeds.
1 teaspoon of sugar.
1 teaspoon of dry chives or dry parsley.

How to prepare:
1. Mix in a bowl the beef cubes with salt to taste, pepper to taste, 1 teaspoon of mustard, the beer, depending of how much meat you will use. you can use the half of beer or complete. Don't worry for the other half, You can drink it :)). Add the Red Onion and leave to marinate for 1 hour at least.
2. Prepare the sauce, In a pan, add bit of olive oil, 4 garlics finely chopped leave for about 2 minutes and the add the mushrooms in small cubes and 1 tablespoon and half of soy sauce. Leave to reduce a bit the juices, then add 1 teaspoon of chilli powder, 4 olives finely chopped, half teaspoon of thyme and cumin, the small piece of cinnamon stick ground, the ground clove, the ground bay leaf. Leave some minutes and the add 4 tomatoes, mash with the mushrooms and add 1 teaspoon of sugar. Leave the sauce in low heat for about 1/2 hour stir occasionally  and after the half hour is time to add Parmesan cheese, in my case I use a bit more than 1/4 of cup, because I love the cheese. But I think with 1/4 cup is enough. Leave from 5 to 10 min. more in low heat.
3.Remove and let it cold.
4. In a pot, pan, baking tray  add the beef cubes with the onions that were already marinate about 1 hour.
5. Add the sauce and mix perfectly with the beef cubes.
6. Above the beef cubes add the potatoes in slices and push it a bit with your hands. So the potatoes also have the flavor of the sauce.
7. Cover with aluminium foil and take to oven preheated to 180C for about 2 hours.
8. 20 minutes before 2 hours, remove from oven, remove the aluminium foil and put again in the oven for 20 min more.

Enjoy your delicious Oven baked beef cubes.

Easy to make and so delicious Bread rolls with cheese

BREAD ROLLS WITH CHEESE.

This Bread rolls with cheese, are so easy to make, delicious and soft that people around you will think you buy on store. Try to prepare, you will not be regret. You can fill with the cheese you like the most and even you can add cheese with marmalade or use any other sweet filling.
IMPORTANT NOTE: When you remove from oven, let it cool down, covering with a cloth immediately. With this your bread rolls will be soft.

Ingredients:
500gr. Flour.
100ml. Oil.
300ml. Milk.
40gr.  Fresh yeast. Also can substitute with powder yeast.
2 teaspoon of salt.
1 teaspoon of sugar.
150gr Cheese that you like. In my case I use Fresh cheese, you can use cream cheese, goat cheese, feta cheese. Etc.
100gr. of Sour cream.

How to prepare:
1. In a bowl, add the flour and salt. Mix until combined.
2. Add the oil, fresh yeast sprinkle with hands, the sugar and the milk. Mix until combine perfectly. At beginning use a spoon then add bit of flour on your hands and mix. If necessary add more flour until the dough can be remove from bowl.
3.In a flat surface, sprinke flour and knead the dough until get the desired consistency. Not sticky and not too hard.
4. Add the dough into the bowl and let it rest until double the size. Covering with a cloth.
5. When dough double the size. Sprikle again flour into the flat surface and remove the dough from the bowl. with care using 2 hands. Knead again for about 1 min and shape into roll. Cut in 3 pieces.
6. Take one of the pieces and with the rolling pin make a circle.
7.Cut in 8 pieces the circle. In the point of each triangle make an aperture using the knife.
8. Mix the cheese with the cream.
9. Put 1 teaspoon of the cheese and cream mixture in the middle of each triangle. (Recommend to see the video also)
10. Close the triangle covering the cheese, seal all the corners and givin the shape of roll. Don't forget to seal perfectly so the cheese keep inside the rolls. Is very important also seail good the point of the triangle at the end to not open.
11.Put the rolls in a baking tray with baking paper. If you don't have baking paper. you can put bit oil and flour on the baking tray.
12. Mix the remaining cheese with the eggs and with a brush add up the rolls. Sprinkle the sesame seeds and a bit of thyme in each one.
13.Put in oven preheated to 180 C from 15-20 min. It will depend of your oven. Can be more or less time.
14. When you remove from oven, let to cool down in the baking tray and cover with a cloth, It will help to the rolls be soft.

Enjoy your delicious bread rolls.

Valentine's Special Heart Puff Pastry Appetizer

HEART PUFF PASTRY APPETIZER

You want to prepare something quick and surprise your family, boyfriend / girlfriend and friends on this Valentine's Day or any other day, Why you don't give a  try  to these simple but delicious puff pastries appetizer?. I bring you two delicious options filling with Tuna or Tomato. But why not? Also you can prepare it with Nutella, jam, chocolate or whatever you have at home. I have prepared those beautiful in special shape because Valentine's Day is coming. I wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day and remember, not only on this day we will be good and lovely  with our couple, family, friends, pets. Every day we must show those who Love us how much we love them too. :))

Ingredients:

• Puff pastry (I use bit more than 250 gr, you can use more or less depend of the quantity).
• Sesame seeds.
• 1 Egg.
• 1 Cookie cutter or a pizza cutter.

For Tuna Filling:

• 1 Can of Tuna.
• 1-2 teaspoon of mayonnaise. (Add more or less if you want).
• 1/4 teaspoon of thyme (Add more or less if you want).
• 4 Olives finely chopped.
• Pepper to taste.

For tomato Filling

• 1 Tomato.
• 100 gr. Mozzarella Cheese, goat cheese or Cream Cheese (Add more or less if you wish).
• 1/2 teaspoon of basil (Add more or less if you wish)
• Salt and pepper to taste.

How to prepare:
1. In flat surface add  flour and put the puff pastry.
2. Add flour to the rolling pin to spread the puff pastry.
3. Spread carefully with the roller pin from 4 sides and leave at the end from 3 to 4 mm of thickness. Be Careful to not cut the puff pastry, if this happen, then the final result will not be good. To avoid this. while you are spreading  if you notice the puff pastry is returning then cover and wait 10 min tu continue.
4. With a cookie cutter or pizza cutter we will give the desired shape.
5. When you get the desired shape, in my case I made a heart. Then we put in the center of each the filling that you choose... Tomato or tuna. (You can use other filling that you have in home. Sweet or salty)
6. Paint the edges with the egg using a brush.
7. Cover with the other half pressing the edges, if you wish, you can use a fork to do this better.
8. Paint the hearts above and pinch in the center with a fork. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
9. Put in oven preheated to 180C from 10 to 15 min.


Tuna filling:
1. Remove the water from the tuna, for this you can use a strainer and press with spoon or fork.
2. Once dried, add in a bowl and mix with mayonnaise, olives finely chopped, Thyme and pepper to taste.

Cheesy tomato filling:
1. Cut the tomato by half and remove the seeds.
2. Cut in small cubes and add it in a bowl.
3. If you choose mozzarella cheese, cut in small cubes..
4. Add the cheese you choose in the bowl and mix with the tomato, add basil and salt and pepper to taste.

Oven Baked Mashed Potatoes. (Mexican Traditional Way)

OVEN BAKED MASHED POTATOES.

Why you don't give a try to this delicious oven baked mash potatoes as a Side dish. This Dish is Traditional from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. I bet you will not be regret to try.
I add 3 tsp of mustard and 3 Tbsp of sour cream and butter. If you decide to use Egg, add at the end and mix with all ingredients before put in oven. The time in oven will depend. In my case it takes 50 min.

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Ingredients.
4-5 Potatoes.
1/2 Onion.
3 Carrots.
2-3 Tablespoon of butter.
2-3 Tablespoon of sour cream.
1-3 teaspoon of mustard.

How to prepare:
1. Put to boil the potatoes, It will take more time, in my case, I cut on cubes to boil faster and to be easy to mash, .
2. Cut the carrot in small cubes and put to boil.
3. Fry the onion with bit of butter.  I add bit of oil before add the butter to protect the butter from burn..
4. When the potato is at room temperature mash it.
5. Add the carrot that also must be at room temperature.
6. Add 1 teaspoon of mustard, 2 tablespoon of sour cream and 2 tablespoon of butter, salt and pepper to taste and mix all.
7. Try the potato. In my case, It was necessary add 2 teaspoon more of mustard and 1 tablespoon more of sour cream and butter. This will depend of the mustard you will use and the cream. I add also little bit more of salt.Mix all.
8. If you wish, you can add 1 egg, this is the time to add it. Mix with all ingredients
9. In baking mold or pan add bit of butter and add the mash potato.
10. Take to the oven preheated to 180C. from 50-60 min.
11. In my case, at 40 min. I review and the potato was almost ready, so, I remove the aluminum foil and leave in oven for 10 min more.

Enjoy of your Traditional Oven baked Mash potatoes.

Hot and Delicious Chocolate chips Cookies Atole

CHOCOLATE CHIPS COOKIES ATOLE

Keep warm with this Chocolate chips cookies Atole, is delicious and creamy, a traditional Mexican Drink that you will love in this cold water. In my case, I use chocolate cookies that I prepare by myself. If you want, you can use Marie Cookies, Oreo Cookies, chocolate cookies from store, or the ones that you love the most. Want to learn how to prepare?. Keep reading.

Ingredients:

1 Liter of Milk.
10 Chocolate cookies (Oreo, chocolate chips, marie)
1 Cinnamon Stick
1 tsp.Vanilla.
1 Tbsp Condensed milk (You can substitute with sugar if you don't have condensed milk).
1 Tbsp Cornstarch or if you want to be more thicken you can use 2 Tbsp of cornstarch.
1/4 Cup of water. (If you use 2 Tbsp of cornstarch you will use 1/2 cup of water).

How to prepare:

1. Put to heat 1 liter of milk with the cinnamon stick in medium-low heat.
2. In a mixer add 10 cookies and add bit of milk that is heating to mix. Return the other part of milk in the pot to the stove and leave in low heat.
3. Mix 1 tablespoon of cornstarch with 1/4 cup of water. Make sure to mix well to not have lumps.
4. At first boil, is the time to add the mixture of the cookies with the milk and stir.
5. Add cornstarch that should be diluted in water. Add bit by bit and don't stop stir.
6. Leave for 10 minutes in medium-low heat without stop stir or until get the desired consistency.Atole must not boil.