"Senegal Fast Food"

Amadou & Mariam - «Senegal Fast Food»
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Peanut Soup, Senegalese Style

3/4 cup roasted and shelled peanuts
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion
1 tablespoon peeled and minced ginger
1 tablespoon minced garlic
Pinch of cayenne pepper
Salt & Pepper
6 cups of stock or water
2 sweet potatoes (1 lb), peeled and cut into thick slices
8 - 12 plum tomatoes - cored & halved, or canned (drain juice)
1/2 pound kale, washed and cut into thick strips
1/4 cup chunky peanut butter

Step 1
Use food processor to break peanuts into large pieces.

Step 2
Put oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Cook onions, ginger, and garlic until soft, 3-5 minutes. Add peanuts, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Then stir in stock/water and sweet potatoes. Bring to boil, turn heat down to gentle simmer. Partially cover and cook until potatoes are tender, 10-15 minutes.

Step 3
Stir in tomatoes, kale, and peanut butter. Cover and cook until kale is tender, 5-10 minutes. Add salt & pepper to taste.

Wajah Nasi (Rice Face)

Culinary art, made by my language tutor in Malang, East Java, Indonesia

Almond Tart

Nouns:
2 Pie Crust
2.5 Cups Almonds
6 Eggs
1 Cup Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1 Teaspoon Lemon Zest
Powdered Sugar For Dusting

Verbs:

• Pre-bake the pie crusts.
  
• Use food processor to grind 1.5 cups of the almonds to a powder. Take out those almonds and use to food processor to quickly chop the rest of the almonds.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs and sugar until thick and light in color (here I used an electric mixer). Then stir in cinnamon, lemon zest, and almonds.
• Pour into pie crusts
• Bake for 30-45 minutes at 350 degrees, until a toothpick comes out cleanly. Cool on rack.
• If you have a spring-form pan, take off the sides and dust the top with powdered sugar
  

In the end, the best judge of this desert is that it was eaten quickly. Its not too sweet and, compared to many other desserts, seems to be pretty guilt-free. Best served with the most recent episode of Mad Men (episode 7, season 4, "The Suitcase") and a glass of Glenlivet scotch.