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Toum

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  Ingredients: 3 heads garlic 4 cups neutral oil 1/2 cup lemon juice 1 tsp salt Tools: Food processor Instructions: Peel three heads (about 1 cup) of garlic Put garlic and 1 tsp salt into food processor Pulse garlic for 10-20 seconds, then scrape down sides Repeat process 3-4 times, until garlic becomes a paste Switch food processor on and keep on until recipe is complete Add 1/2 cup neutral oil slowly, in a thin stream Once the oil has integrated into a shiny paste, add 1/2 tsp lemon juice Wait for lemon juice to be fully absorbed, then repeat process until oil and lemon juice are used up Yield: Most of a food processor. We filled an emptied margarine container. Lots of leftovers Source:  https://www.mamaslebanesekitchen.com/dips/lebanese-garlic-dip/#recipe Description: I mentioned in my shish tawook recipe that me and my family used to go to a Lebanese restaurant. One notable feature of their shish tawook wrap was their toum. My granddad asked them how they made it once, and...

Chicken Alfredo

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  Ingredients: Pasta noodles. Chefs choice is fettucine, and this dish should be called fettucine chicken alfredo, but I botched it Two chicken breasts 1/4 cup butter 1 cup cream 2 cloves garlic 1 1/2 cups parmesan 1 head broccoli Salt for boiling Oil for frying Instructions: Prepare the chicken, sauce and pasta alongside one another and take them off their respective heat once each is done For the chicken: Cube 2 chicken breasts Heat up some oil in a frying pan to create a thin coating Add cubed chicken breasts to heated pan and fry until cooked through, then remove from heat For the sauce: Mince 2 cloves garlic, grate 1 1/2 cup parmesan Heat up a small saucepan, add 1/4 cup butter and 1 cup cream. Whisk together 5 min Whisk in 2 cloves minced garlic and 1 1/2 cups parmesan until combined, then remove from heat For the pasta: Destem 1 head broccoli florets Add salt to pot of water and bring to a boil Once pot of water is boiling, add pasta About halfway through cooking the pasta, ...