Valentine Salad with Chocolate Vinaigrette

Ingredients:

200 g fresh mozzarella cheese, diced
1 American lettuce, chopped
1 red apple, diced
2 slices bread, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
½ red onion, shredded
Vegetable oil and butter

Vinaigrette:
70 g bittersweet chocolate, chopped
4 oz olive oil
2 lemons, their juice
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Fry the bread cubes with garlic in butter.
Place in the oven to roast well.
Mix all ingredients together.

Vinaigrette:
Melt
the chocolate with half the oil, stirring constantly.
Transfer to a cold bowl and mix with remaining ingredients.

Bathe
salad with the vinaigrette and serve.

Rice with Mushrooms for Saint Valentines

Ingredients:

1 liter of chicken broth
1 ½ cups rice
½ kg mushrooms, cut into strips
½ stick butter
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp ground ginger
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Cook rice with chicken broth, salt and ginger.

Fry the onion in butter.
Add the celery and when soft add the mushrooms.
Season it with salt and pepper.
Add the rice, stir and serve.

Pork Leg in Squash Sauce for New Year

Ingredients:

1 leg of pork with bone of 7 kg
¼ cup brown sugar
4 tbsp of seasoning
3 tbsp mustard
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Squash Honey:
1 kg squash,peeled and cut into chunks
3 cups brown sugar
2 cups water
10 cloves
6 g jamaica
2 cinnamon sticks

Broth:

2 cups Squash honey
1 cup red wine

Sauce:
2/3 cup sweet cream
1/3 cup of rum or brandy
2 oz of butter
2 tbsp flour
Beef broth

Preparing:

Squash Honey:
Mix sugar with water, cinnamon, Jamaica and cloves.
Add the squash and cook in the microwave for 10 to 15 minutes at high power.

Preheat oven to 150ºC (300ºF).
Line a tray with foil.

Form a paste with seasoning, mustard, sugar and Worcestershire sauce.
Varnish the leg with the paste.
Place the leg in the tray with squash honey and red wine.

Cover with foil and bake for 3 to 4 hours.
Remove the juice and bake again until golden.

Sauce:
Melt
the butter with the flour in a saucepan.
Place the beef broth, squash, liquor and cream.
Mix well and add the squash at the end.