German Chocolate Cake Recipe

German Chocolate Cake

4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
3 CUPS granulated sugar
3 t baking soda
½ t salt
2 CUPS butter, softened
2 CUPS sour cream
8 large eggs
8 oz sweet baking chocolate, melted
1 CUPS Milk
1 ½ t vanilla extract

Topping

1 1/2 CUPS evaporated milk
1 CUPS light brown sugar, firmly packed
1 CUPS butter
2 can (3 1/2 ounces) flaked coconut, or about 1 1/3 cups
2 cup chopped pecans

Grease and flour two 8-inch square baking pans.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, butter, sour cream, eggs, chocolate, milk, and vanilla. Beat with mixer at low speed until blended. Increase mixer to high and beat 2 minutes longer. Spoon batter into prepared pans. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for about 35 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.

Remove to racks to cool completely.
Make topping. In a saucepan over medium heat, bring evaporated milk, brown sugar, and butter to a full boil; remove from heat. Stir in coconut and pecans. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
When cake is cool, place one layer on cake platter; spoon half of the coconut mixture onto the layer. Top with remaining cake layer and top with remaining topping.

Recipe For Chicken Kiev

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
4 whole chicken breasts
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 1/2 teaspoons oregano leaves
1/2 teaspoon crushed garlic
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 tablespoons softened butter
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
4 ounces cheese (any sharp cheese) cut into strips
5 ounces melted butter


Preparation:
Pound chicken breasts until 1/4 inch thin
Mix together in a bowl bread crumbs, grated Parmesan cheese, 1 teaspoon of oregano, crushed garlic, and pepper.
In small bowl, stir together 4 tablespoons of melted butter, parsley and 1/2 teaspoon of oregano
Spread melted butter mixture across the middle of each chicken breast
Lay a strip of cheese into the mixture
Fold the edges of the chicken breast over and roll the chicken breast
Dip each chicken breast into the melted butter
Roll each chicken breast in the bread crumb mixture
Place chicken breasts in a 9 by 13 inch baking pan
Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours
Bake, uncovered, in a preheated 425° oven for 20 minutes
Important Vocabulary and Measurements

1 inch = 2.54 centimeters
Bake = cook in oven
Cook Time = time needed to cook meal
Cuisine = which country or tradition the meal comes from
Cup = 250 ml
Dip = put into liquid
Grated = in tiny little flakes
Mix = usually with dry ingredients, combining ingredients
Occasion = appropriate time or meal
Pound = beat flat
Prep Time = time needed to prepare meal
Refrigerate = put into refrigerator
Spread = put onto with a knife
Stir = usually with liquid ingredients, combining ingredients
Strip = thin, long piece
Tablespoon = 15 ml
Teaspoon = 5 ml

Happy Mothers Day to Our Mom

When I was about 9 years old, I saved my allowance to buy my Mom a nice Mothers Day Gift, so on Saturday the day before Mothers Day, excited to know that I was going to buy her a nice gift for Mothers Day.


I walked up the street to our local West Sayville Pharmacy and told the owner Murry Saunders , that I was there to buy something special for my Mom.

I looked around, and looked, should I buy her some perfume?NO, should I buy her some lip stick,NO should I buy her some earrings?NO... What did I buy here, I bought her a Japanese Zero Model Airplane, yes a Model airplane, what the hell was I thinking. So,


I paid for the model, and Murry gift wrapped, but only after he tried to talk me out of this crazy idea. I could not wait to give her the gift after Church on Sunday. So, on Sunday, my mom started to open gifts, and she fist opened my brother Georges and My Sister Margaret's gift, a gift set of Chantille Perfume, she loved Chantille Perfume.

Then my Dad gave her some cash, and I was dying to have her open my gift. So, my Mom opened my gift, and to her amazment she sees the model airplane, and you could her a pin drop....... Then my Brother George says " BONE HEAD" then my Dad said " What the were you thinking Jobby " I felt so bad, and my mom said to me " Bobby, that has got to be one of the niceset Mothers Day gifts, I have ever recieved, but can you do me a big favor" and of course I said yes Mom what is it? She said, can you put this model together for me, since I am not good at building model airplanes?" That was my Loving Mom, Marie Lissandrello , and I miss her very much. I thank the good Lord, each day for the years we had with her,, and for her being the best Mom a kid could have. Happy Mothers Day Mom.







Happy Mothers Day to Our Mom, I hope that you are having a great Mother's Day in Heaven. We all miss you and Love You.

Week-end getaway in Mahahual

This past week-end my wife Cristy and
her Mom Cristina had to make a trip to view one of Cristina's Ocean Front lots
located in the very quiet fishing town of Xcalak located in the State of
Quintana Roo 4 1/2 hours south of Cancun.We decided to stay over night so my wife Cristy found a very nice Hotel on the Ocean called Balamku Inn on The Beach

http://www.balamku.com/accommodations/

If you want peace and quiet and a comfortable place, with a view that will make you think that your in Heaven then this Hotel is the place to visit.
Balamku is a new concept of hotel in the Costa Maya region, one of
Mexico's hidden treasures.

They are located in the southern area of the Yucatan Peninsula, just south of a
little fishing village, Mahahual in a natural, unspoiled environment with a
community of friendly people. At Balamku, they have created a beautiful setting that respects the natural surroundings. And are committed to providing comfort and quality services using the resources of nature without abusing the
environment. Their respect for the environment, focus on ecotourism and intimate surroundings, will suit travelers who want a change from the large resorts. From the Moment we arrived we were greeted with such a friendly owners Carol Tumber who is from Toronto Canada, and she will make you feel like the place is your home.
The rooms are bungalow style rooms, and they all face the ocean.
The price included a delicious style Mexican Breakfast with fresh fruits and juices and Hot coffee right in their own restaurant.




When you enjoy your delicious Breakfast Carol , the Inn keeper plays such soft romantic Mexican music, and she even went as far to make us a copy, what hospitality and a wonderful Inn
keeper. What a unforgettable stay we had, the rooms are spotless, roomy and the beds will put you to sleep in seconds with the sound of the ocean coming ashore, and the waters of the Caribbean are to die for, and only feet away if you want to have a swim in a blue Caribbean Ocean.

At night we took Carols suggestion and went a few houses down to a place called " Travel In " a Dutch Restaurant-Bar and Accommodations that is owned by Chef Owner Justa van Gorkum and her Boyfriend Albert. justa.mex@web.de

Justa makes her own homemade Pitta Bread , I had the homemade
Pitta Pizza, it was delicious, and so was my wife Cristy's Pitta Bread and Hummus, As you sit on their porch eating, you can see all the stars shinning at night, since there are not many bright lights out this way, it feels like you can touch the milky way.

If you are looking to get away from the hustle and bustle, then
you need to visit Balamku Inn on The Beach ,in Mahahual Mexico you will be so relaxed.


When you visit, tell her Bob and Cristy sent you...

Best Eco Lodges Balamku
Inn in Mexico nominated by World Travel Awards,Vote for Balamku Inn now! http://www.worldtravelawards.com/award-mexico-and-central-americas-leading-green-hotel-2010

And they are also on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Balamku-Inn-on-the-Beach/146818420865?ref=ts&v=wall

" Your not just staying at in Inn, your getting an experience "

Rice Balls In Rome

My brother Deacon Paul Lissandrello Jr of Limerick Maine enjoying two of life's pleasures. an ice cold beer, and a Rice Ball in the
'Eternal City' of Rome! ~ doesn't get any better than that!

This photo was taken on a recent trip to Rome.

I miss you Paul & Pat

Love ya

Something in My Eye

Well, for the past
week, it felt like something was in my eye, I was getting nervous thinking I was
getting a tumor, so we went to the Hospital here in Merida Mexico, and I have a
wart on my eye lid, they need to operate. So, all nervous Bobby said okay, Now
we do not have medical insurance here, and we were sweating to find out what the
bill was. The doctor gave me a shot to numb the area, and burned the wart away,
and sent out a sample for a Biopsy.
The bill $27.00 USD

This is when I
Love Mexico!!!

My Recipe for Spaghetti Bolognese

My Recipe for

Spaghetti Bolognese

1 lbs Ground Beef or Pork lean

2 Large cans of tomato pure - imported is the best

1 small can of tomato paste - imported is the best

2 packages of spaghetti # 7 or # 9

1 Cup of Parmesan Cheese

3 Chicken Stock Cubes

4 Tablespoons Olive Oil

2 Cups Diced Celery

2 Cups Diced Carrots

2 Cups Diced Onions

1 Cup of chopped curly parsley or Italian Parsley

3 Tablespoons of dried oregano

Salt and black pepper

1 Large Onion sliced in crescents

10 cloves of diced Garlic

1 Large Green Bell Pepper diced

2 Cups Dry Red Wine hopefully from my Lissandrello family
winery!!!

My Sauce:

In a large heavy sauce pot

1) add olive oil, 5 cloves of diced Garlic, and the Large
Onion sliced in crescents

2) sweat the onions and garlic ( http://www.ehow.com/how_2083641_sweat-onions.html )

3) add the tomato paste and melt it down, than add the 3
Tablespoons of dried oregano Salt and black pepper.

4) Add 1 cup of dry red wine let simmer for 10 mins,

5) Add the 2 Large cans of tomato pure - imported is the best

6) Add the Diced Green Bell pepper

7) simmer for about an hour or two, make sure you have on LOW
HEAT, keep stirring the sauce

8) when almost done add some fresh parsley

9) Then add 3 Chicken Stock Cubes

10) Add the 1 Cup of Parmesan Cheese to the Hot Sauce and stir

My Bolognese meat sauce

In a Large Dutch Oven or a Large Sauté Pan

Sauté Pan

1) Heat the pot up and then add some olive oil, and then
Sauté the diced celery, diced carrots, diced onions and 5 cloves of diced
Garlic, again sweat them till they are soft and tender,

2) Now the ground meat a little at a time

3) cook and keep breaking the meat up with a spatula,
cook the meat through, and drain any fat if you see it at the bottom of
the pot.

4) Add sauce to cover all the meat ( only after the meat
is cooked and drained of fat.)

5) Add 1 cup of red wine

6) Simmer for 2 hours on low heat, make sure it is on
very low heat.

Make the pasta, and drain and serve with the sauce on top
of the pasta, than add the meat sauce on top of that then add cheese and
then parsley.

Buon Appetito

Chef Bob Lissandrello