Cuttlefish in wine (Soupies krasates)
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1 1/2 kg cuttlefish, without backbone
2 cups green onions, finely chopped
1 cup tomato juice (or 2 beetroots, grated)
1 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup finely chopped dillweed
2 small hot peppers, chopped
salt and pepper
Rub skin off the cuttlefish, rinse, and cut into small pieces. Saute the onions and peppers in olive oil. Douse with the wine. Stir in the tomato juice (or beetroots), salt, and pepper. Simmer until the cuttlefish are tender and the sauce has cooked down nearly to the oil (about 1 hour or more). Taste and correct seasonings. Stir in the chopped dill and serve at once. (serves 6)
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Molded cheese appetizer with two sauces
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150g feta
150g cream cheese
300d Macedonian tyrocafteri (above)
green olives, pitted and chopped
1 envelope powdered gelatin dissolved in
4 tbsp hot milk or water
2 long sweet red peppers, roasted (or 2-3 pieces canned Florina pimentos)
Soak the gelatin in a small amount of hot water (or milk) until dissolved. Blend the feta and cream cheese in a food processor with the olives. Add the dissolved gelatin to the cheese mixture and blend well. Pour into 6 small molds and refrigerate for 2-3 hours. Meanwhile, prepare a sauce by thinning the Macedonian tyrokafteri with milk. Make a second sauce with mashed sweet red pepper or pimento and blending it with olive oil in the blender or food processor. Unmold the cheese jellies and serve with either or both sauces. (serves 6)
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