Green Salad

 Ensalada Verde

One of the many favorite typical plates of my native country the Dominican Republic is "ensalada verde" or the famous green salad as many of you know it. This plate is the number one priority in my house's table because it feels weird eating lunch without a delicious salad to go with it. This salad can be customized. Also, there are many other ingredients that can be added to make it the way you like. The vinaigrette dressing is the most important ingredient of all. Please note that the quantity of ingredients used for the salad, would depend on the number of servings you want. The amount of ingredients I used for this recipe serves six people.

Items needed:

Lettuce

White onion
Avocado

Tomatoes

Sliced beets

White vinegar

Virgin olive oil

Sweet Corn

Salt

Steps to follow:

Have to make the dressing first

•   Chop the onion and add two cups of white vinegar.

• Then add 1/4 cup of virgin olive oil.

•  Add salt.

• Mix it up and put it aside for about 1½ hrs.
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 Lettuce

• After you have washed the lettuce, chop it in pieces as you like.

• Now, add the tomatoes, avocado, sweet corn, and chop beet. 

• Final step is to pour the vinaigrette dressing making sure it covers the whole salad.

Bread Pudding

    BREAD PUDDING - Dominican Style

Bread Pudding or "pudin de pan" is a very known sweet dessert in my native country the Dominican Republic. It can be done at anytime of the year, but I prefer preparing it during the holiday season. This kind of dessert could be seen in grocery stores mostly Dominican background owners. 

What you need:

1. Five any kind of long bread.
2. 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
3. 3 cinnamon sticks. 
4. 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
5. Can of coconut milk.
6. One can of carnation milk.
7. One can of condensed milk.
8. Pour two cups of milk. (gallon milk only)
9. 1½ Sugar. 
10. Raisins.
11. 2 cups of water.         

Instructions

Step 1: Cut five long breads in little pieces. Note: make sure bread is harder than normal.

 

Step 2:  Mix on top the cut bread ground cinnamon, salt, one can of coconut milk, One can of carnation milk, One can of condensed milk, and two cup of milk.

 

  

Step 3: Add 1/2 cup of sugar, raisins, and mix everything again.

Step 4: Use a pan to make sweet honey by pouring water,cinnamon sticks, 1 cup of sugar and let it boil until it gets thick. After it's done, let it cool down.

Step 5: Once the sweet honey has cooled down, mix the bread and other ingredients with the honey.

Step 6:  Bake it at a temperature of 350 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum of one hour and thirty minutes.

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