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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Easter Recipe!

Pan Seared Salmon

INGREDIENTS
4 (6 ounce) fillets salmon
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons capers
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 slices lemon

DIRECTIONS
Preheat a large heavy skillet over medium heat for 3 minutes. Coat salmon with olive oil. Place in skillet, and increase heat to high. Cook for 3 minutes. Sprinkle with capers, and salt and pepper. Turn salmon over, and cook for 5 minutes, or until browned. Salmon is done when it flakes easily with a fork. Transfer salmon to individual plates, and garnish with lemon slices.

Pesach recipe!

Sephardic Charoset Recipe

(Active Work and Total Preparation Time: 15 minutes plus 1 hour chilling)
(Makes 2 cups)

1/2 cup dates, pitted and cut in half
1/2 cup dried apricots, cut in half
1 apple, unpeeled, cored and diced
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions for the Sephardic Charoset recipe:
Blend dates, apricots, apple and allspice in bowl of food processor until very finely minced.
Add walnuts and pulse on and off until mixture is blended. Do not purée. Transfer to bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.