An Engineer's Perspective – Page 71 – If an Engineer can't fix it, we're in trouble

Marzipan

Why buy old Marzipan from the store stuffed full of preservatives, when making fresh marzipan is quick and simple – and much cheaper than buying it already made.

This pork rub is for a 2.5 lb roast, if you are working with a larger piece of pork, you need to increase the recipe. I use this rub when roasting or smoking pork, and it works just as well with ribs. It you make …

Chicken Rice Soup

This is a French soup recipe using all fresh ingredients that will take some time to make, but is worth the effort. While the recipe calls for a who stewing hen, I’m a fan of white meat so usually use thigh pieces – bone in and skin on, which is important for taste and texture.

Cuban Style Aioli

This Aioli recipe is a Cuban style that I use as a spread on my Cubano sandwiches. If you are unfamiliar with Aioli’s, they’re a mayonnaise based sauce that are used as spreads in sandwiches and for topping things like French Fries or baked potatoes.

Cuban Pork Rub

This is a nice pork rub that I use when making Cubano sandwiches. I also use it when smoking pork and have even used it while smoking a chicken or ribs.

Cubano Sandwich

To do this right, you have to spend a lot of time preparing the ingredients, days in fact. But it will be worth the effort. To start with, I serve my Cubanos on Ciabatta bread that I make myself since I don’t have access to a high quality bakery. And make the pork using a Cuban pork Rub

Old Fashion Rice Pudding

Sometime the simplest deserts are the best and this is one my Mom used to make for me when I was kid. It takes about an hour to bake and compared to most deserts, is not all that high in sugar.

Green Chili Tamales

Green chili tamales is a uniquely New Mexican cuisine. All other regions claiming this recipe are pirates – I’m looking at you Texas and Colorado.

Red Chili Tamales

New Mexico red chili tamales is a complicated recipe, but not that hard once you get the hang of it. If you’re not willing to cook with lard, stop now, there’s no such thing as tamales not made with lard.

Fried Rice

Fried rice gets a bad rap for being unhealthy, but look at the list of fresh ingredients and tell me what’s unhealthy. Okay, for pedantics there’s bacon and sesame oil, but they don’t know anything about fine dining anyway, so who cares what they think.