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Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for EPISODE 25 / Dec. 18- CROWN ROAST. Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter 3/4 cup chopped onion 1/4 cup chopped celery 1/2 cup peeled, cored and chopped tart apple 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs 1 pound ground pork 1/2 pound ground seasoned pork sausage 1/2 cup chopped parsley 1/2 teaspoon dried sage 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper 9 pounds crown pork roast Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). To Make Stuffing: Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and saute, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes. Stir in celery and apples; saute (without browning) about 5 minutes. Scrape skillet contents into a large mixing bowl. Add bread crumbs, ground pork, sausage meat, parsley, sage, salt and pepper. Mix together gently but thoroughly. Fill the center of the crown with the stuffing, mounding it slightly. Cover it with a round of aluminum foil and wrap the ends of the chop ...

Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for EPISODE 25 / Dec. 18- GRILLED BUTTERFLIED PRAWNS WITH SAUTEED MUSHROOM TRIO. Ingredients: For the mushroom topping - 1 cup oyster mushrooms, sliced 1 cup shitake mushrooms, sliced 1 cup button mushrooms, sliced salt and pepper to taste 3 tbsp. butter, divided 1 tbsp. olive oil 2 tsp. minced garlic ¼ cup white wine 4 tbsp. tomato paste ½ cup chicken stock cayenne pepper to taste 1 tbsp. fresh chopped parsley For the grilled prawns - 24 pcs. medium prawns ½ tsp. chopped [dried] thyme salt and pepper to taste 3 tbsp. olive oil Procedure: 1. Make the mushroom topping: Season mushrooms with a little salt and pepper. In a sauté pan, melt butter. Add mushrooms and sauté over high heat until brown; set aside. 2. Using the same pan, add olive oil and saute garlic until fragrant. Add mushrooms and white wine. Cook until wine until reduced to half. Add tomato paste and cook for a few seconds. Add chicken stock and season with salt, bla...

Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for EPISODE 25 / Dec. 18- LECHON BELLY - CIOUS. Ingredients : 1 whole pork belly (long pieces young pork) 1 can evaporated milk 50 grms. garlic puree 50 grms. white onion puree 50 grms. lemongrass puree (white part only) 4 pcs. bay leaf 2 cups pork fat 1 tbsp. salt 1 tbsp. white pepper 1 roll butcher’s string 2 liters chicken stock Procedure: 1.Season pork belly with salt and pepper. Rub the interior of the belly with puree of lemon grass, garlic and onion. Tighten with butcher’s string. 2. Have ready heated oven then roast in oven with pack for 2-3 hour or until tender. 3.NOTE: you may brush with oil fat every 10 minutes to the skin to become crunchy. image and recipe credit:idolsakusina Watch Idol sa Kusina on GMANews with Chef Boy Logro. Practical tips and special techniques in cooking taught with a dose of humor and a sprinkling of lessons in life. IDOL SA KUSINA has all the right ingredients for a show that's both informati...

Kusina Master is the upcoming show of most sought after Chef in Philippine TV, Chef Boy Logro. Beginning January 2, 2012, Chef Boy Logro will teach viewers how to cookscrumptious dishes easily in GMA-7′s upcoming daily cooking program “Kusina Master.” Televiewers will have another reason to enjoy a sumptuous lunch everyday as GMANetwork brings “Kusina Master,” an informative and entertaining daily cooking program, beginning January 2, 2012. “Kusina Master” is a 15-minute cooking show in front of live audiences that will unravel the secrets in making everyday food preparation fun, easy and exciting. Hosted by Chef Pablo “Boy” Logro, the one and only “Idol sa Kusina,” will guideevery viewer to a step-by-step food preparation with practical cooking tips added with special techniques in making everyday dishes with a “wow” factor. One Kapuso celebrity will be Chef Boy’s co-host every week to assist him in thepreparation of palatable food for every occasion. Each episode, on the other hand,...

Watch Chef Boy Logro shares his recipe for the perfect Noche Buena! Nochebuena, (literally "Good Night"), is a Spanish word referring to the night of Christmas Eve. In Spain, Cuba, Latin America, and the Philippines, the evening consists of a traditional dinner with family.

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Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for EPISODE 24 / Dec. 11- JAMON DE LA PASCUA. Ingredients: 500 grms. tiger shrimps 1 pc. U.S. lemon 1 stalk celery leaves, brunoise ½ cup white wine 12 pcs. bamboo sticks 1 cup catsup ½ cup mayonnaise 1 tbsp. hot sauce 1 liter water 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. pepper 1 pc. cocktail glass 500 grms. tagliatelle pasta, pre-cooked 1 pc. red and green bell pepper 50 grms. spring onion Procedure: 1.Inject pork leg with special blend spices of cola, red wine, salt and white pepper. 2.Cure for 3 days in brine solution. 3.Boil ham leg to tenderness in water with mirepoix. Remove from boiling pot. 4.Have ready roasting pan with pineapple juice, water, mirepoix. Put ham leg in oven with skin of leg removed. 5.Place caramelized sugar on top. 6.Garnish with pineapple ring and cherries. image and recipe credit:idolsakusina Watch Idol sa Kusina on GMANews with Chef Boy Logro. Practical tips and special techniques in cooking taught wit...

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Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for EPISODE 24 / Dec. 11- GLAZED ORANGED POUND CAKE. Ingredients: For the pound cake - 5 tbsp. butter, softened, plus extra for greasing pan ¾ cup sugar, plus extra for dusting pan 1 cup all-purpose flour ¼ tsp. salt ¼ tsp. baking soda 2 tbsp. fresh orange juice ¼ cup milk 2 large eggs grated zest of 1 orange For the orange glaze - 3 tbsp. sugar 2 tbsp. fresh orange juice For the candied orange slices: ¾ cup water ¼ cup sugar ½ orange, sliced into ¼-inch thick rounds Procedure: For pound cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9”x5” loaf pan with butter then dust with sugar; set aside. In a bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. In another bowl, combine orange juice and milk. Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream butter until pale and fluffy. Mix in eggs and zest. Alternate mixing in flour mixture and milk mixture, adding them in two batches. Pour...

Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for EPISODE 24 / Dec. 11- HOLIDAY CHICKEN TERRINE. Ingredients: 2 pcs. deboned chicken 500 grms. chicken liver 500 grms. chicken meat, minced 250 ml. Nestle All-Purpose Cream 200 grms. onion 100 grms. shallots 50 grms. garlic 3 pcs. eggs 2 grms. thyme 5 pcs. bay leaf 1 tbsp. salt 1 tsp. pepper 20 grms. sugar 2 cups red wine 1 jigger cognac or brandy 50 grms. pistacchio nuts 10 grms. gelatin, unflavored Procedure: Trim each liver, removing any yellow or green part. Cut away all connective tissue as well as the fine skin which may cover part of the liver. MARINATING THE MEATS: Marinate chicken livers in bowl and season cubes of chicken meat with salt, pepper, thyme, bay leaf, red wine and cognac. Cover bowl with plastic wrapper and leave to marinate in refrigerator for 6-8 hours. Remove thyme, bay leaf, before grinding meat. Combine ground liver and chicken meat in large bowl. To bind meat mixture, stir in ...

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Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for EPISODE 23 / Dec.4- SHRIMP PASTA SALAD. Ingredients: 500 grms. tiger shrimps 1 pc. U.S. lemon 1 stalk celery leaves, brunoise ½ cup white wine 12 pcs. bamboo sticks 1 cup catsup ½ cup mayonnaise 1 tbsp. hot sauce 1 liter water 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. pepper 1 pc. cocktail glass 500 grms. tagliatelle pasta, pre-cooked 1 pc. red and green bell pepper 50 grms. spring onion Procedure: 1. Skewer prawns in bamboo sticks then blanch into boiling water with wine, salt, leeks, celery and U.S lemon until pink, keep cool for some time. 2. Unshell prawns, but leave head & tail. Remove bamboo sticks, then cut into butterfly (shrimp sushi cut). 3. Place cocktail glass on platter and arrange the shrimps around the glass, then surround with pasta salad. 4. Combine tagtiatelle pasta with mayonnaise, celery, spring onion, red and green bell pepper, salt and pepper. image and recipe credit:idolsakusina Watch Idol sa Kusina on GMANews with Chef B...

Here's Idol sa Kusina Redipe for EPISODE 23 / Dec.4-WHITE CHRISTMAS CHICKEN BARBEQUE. Ingredients: 1 cup tomato sauce 1 cup water 1 cup molasses 50 grms. butter 10 cups vinegar ½ cup minced onion ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce 1 tbsp. dry mustard 1 tsp. pepper 1 tsp. Chili powder ½ cup catsup 1 tsp. salt 1 whole chicken, sliced into 4 pcs. ½ cup salad oil Procedure: 1. In saucepan, combine tomato sauce, water, molasses, catsup, butter vinegar, onion, Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard, salt, pepper and chili powder. 2. Simmer mixture 15 – 20 minutes, set aside. 3. Brush halved portion chicken with salad oil and season with salt and pepper. 4. Place bone side down on grill. Boil over slow coals or pan griller, 25 minutes, turn, broil 20 minutes. Brush with sauce. 5. Continue broiling, turning occasionally and basting with sauce 10-15 minutes or until tender. image and recipe credit:idolsakusina Watch Idol sa Kusina on GMANews with Chef Boy Logro. Practical tips an...

Here's Idol sa Kusina Recipe for PISODE 23 / Dec. 4- MEAT LASAGNA a la SANTA. Ingredients: 500 grms. lasagna noodles 2 cups bolognese sauce 50 grms. butter 50 grms. quickmelt cheese, grated 50 grms. mozzarella cheese 50 grms. parmesan cheese 20 grms. parsley 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. Pepper 2 cups bechamel sauce Procedure: 1. Cook lasagna noodles in large pan of salted water a few pieces at a time. 2. Drain when tender but still firm, and spread them out to dry on damp cloth. 3. Heat bolognese sauce and béchamel sauce. 4. Grease baking dish ceramic oven-proof with butter and line bottom with béchamel sauce and Bolognese sauce, a thin layer of lasagna, a few grated quickmelt cheese, mozzarella cheese and a generous sprinkling of parmesan cheese. 5. Continue until all ingredients are used up, reserving a few tablespoons of sauce, the last layer being of plain lasagna. 6. Spread remaining sauce and dot with slivers of butter. 7. Bake in moderate oven (375°F) for 30 minut...

Watch Idol sa Kusina Episode December 4 2011- CHRISTMAS POT LUCK with Chariz Solomon and Andrea Torres. image and recipe credit:idolsakusina Watch Idol sa Kusina on GMANews with Chef Boy Logro. Practical tips and special techniques in cooking taught with a dose of humor and a sprinkling of lessons in life. IDOL SA KUSINA has all the right ingredients for a show that's both informative and highly entertaining. Host Master Chef Pablo “Boy” Logro and his celebrity guests will have viewers savoring sumptuous dishes and learning how to create these themselves. Recently seen as the head judge of GMA 7’s Kitchen Superstar, Chef Boy Logro is a master chef in Oriental, Mediterranean and Western cuisine. He finished international culinary training in Italy, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom, Turkey, Singapore and Japan. Expand your culinary horizon with IDOL SA KUSINA every Sunday, 7 pm. Idol sa Kusina premiered on July 3.