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Welcome to Celtnet's 'X' Recipes Page — This page provides a listing of all the recipes added to this site that begin with the letter 'X'. Here you will find recipes from all across the globe gathered together to (hopefully) make it easier for you to find them.
The recipes on this site derive from every continent and almost every country on earth. As a result, the recipes, ingredients and cooking methods are very diverse and attempt to give a flavoure and an indication of the vast range of foods that humans cook. Here you will find classic recipes and other recipes that you may not have herd of or tried before. Just note that this page is part of a personal quest to put the whole range and array of foods at the disposal of this site's visitors. The list below is limited to 100 entries per page, to make the lists a little shorter and easier to reach. You may have to browse through the pages to find the recipe you want. Alternatively you can use the search box above to search for the recipe you're looking for. Alternatively, you can also use the links below to navigate to specific regions of the site that may help you, so you can browse for recipes by cooking method, by country of origin or by historical period as well as using this alphabetical listing. You can also use the letter boxes below to navigate to recipes beginning with other letters of the alphabet. |
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| Xarém Origin: Portugal | Xavier Steak Origin: American | Xerem de Festa (A Feast Dish) Origin: Cape Verde |
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This article gives an introduction to the history of that classic breakfast food, the waffle, starting form the Medieval European origins to the invention of the classic American waffle. Recipes for traditional and chiffon waffles are also given as well as some ideas of how to adapt and very these classic recipes.
The main course is the most important part of any formal meal, with preceding courses leading up to it. Here you will learn a little more about main courses as well as how they developed in Ancient Rome. In additional a recipe for a classic Roman main course is provided.
A curry in a South Asian or Southeast Asian dish of meat or vegetables cooked in a spiced gravy. The traditions of classic curries lie in India (and the name derives from there) but these days curries have become a truly international dish. Here a classic spice blend and classic curry made from it is presented.
Review of 'Roman Cookery' by Dr Mark Gant. How valuable a resource is this? Will it actually teach you to cook the Roman way? Read this review and find out for your self.
When you examine the history of drinks, what you see is the attempt by human civilizations to render drinking water safe. This article gives an introduction to the ways various civilizations have chosen to make water safe to drink as well as providing two recipes for a fruit juice drink and a spice infusion of lemongrass.
The recipe here for moy-moy with pepper soup gives a vegetarian version of the classic West African 'pepper soup' (chilli-based stew). The moy-moy (or steamed black-eyed bean cakes) represent a Nigerian classic that's typically steamed in banana or plantain leaves. I've adapted the recipe to make them more muffin-like (which is better in terms of providing a substantial vegetarian meal).
Pot roasts are the preserve of the meat-eater as they need a solid lump of meat to make them work. The difficulty of producing a vegetable pot roast is in replicating the job of the meat in the dish. This recipe does that and allows vegetarians to enjoy the texture and flavour of this classic dish.
Fruit have been a crucial part of the human diet for half a million years and more. Here you will learn a little about why fruit are so important and why certain foods are called 'fruit'. You will also learn a little about superfoods, what they are and what the next superfoods will be.
Freezing is often ignored as a cookery technique, yet where would we be without those cold delights of ice creams, sorbets, sherbets and granaches? Here you will find recipes for classic ice cream and a classic sorbet. I hope that you will come to accept that chilling is also is also a valid and vital form of cookery.
If you are from the US or the UK looking at a recipe from the other side of the Atlantic there are probably many unfamiliar terms in the recipes you encounter. This glossary brings together many of the culinary terms that differ between the tow sides of the Atlantic, making it easier for you to understand recipes from the other side of the pond.
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