New Year's Eve

Hi Everybody,

I would like to know how you spend New Year's Eve? Do you go somewhere or stay home with your parents? Or you stay home and give a party? Do you have any special thing you do this day? We go out with our friends every year. We like spending this evening in the street with people. This year our friends come to us, we have dinner and a glass of champagne. About 9 pm we go out the street. We buy sparklers in the street and fired them. At midnight we sing the Hungarian anthem drink some champagne again and watch fireworks. After then we start to go home. We have cabbage soup the next day. We like it very much. If you want to try I am copying its recipe. Try it, it is very easy to make it.

Hearty cabbage soup

Ingredients

1. 4 cups chopped green cabbage
2. 2 medium carrots, sliced
3. 2 medium celery stalks, sliced
4. 1 medium onion, chopped
5. 1 (10 ounce) package frozen green beans, thawed slightly
6. 1 (15.5 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained, rinsed
7. 6 cups water
8. 2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
9. 2 cups canned crushed tomatoes, undrained
10. 1 envelope GOOD SEASONS Italian Salad Dressing & Recipe Mix

Cooking directions

1. Place all ingredients in 6- or 8-qt. stockpot.
2. Bring to boil on high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low.
3. Simmer 30 min. or until vegetables are tender.

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xmas customs

My Dear Students,

There's coming Christmas. I am waiting for it very much. My mother lives in Keszthely. Me, my husband and our child go to her to spend Christmas together every year. My father and my husband go to buy a Christmas tree. After then when they got home start to decorate it. My mother and me make Christmas dinner. We eat almost the same food every year. They are fishsoup, fried fish with potatoe salad and a special American dessert, pumpkin pie. We have dinner about 5 pm, after then we start to open the presents.
I would like to know how you spend Christmas Eve? Whish is your Christmas menu? If you have a special dish, please send the recipe to me.
This is the recipe of pumpkin pie.

INGREDIENTS:

1. 1 cup packed light brown sugar
2. 1 tablespoon cornstarch
3. 1/2 teaspoon salt
4. 1 teaspoon ground ginger
5. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
6. 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
7. 1 1/2 cups fresh Pumpkin Puree or canned
8. 3 large eggs, lightly beaten, plus
9. 1 egg for glaze
10. 1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
11. 1 tablespoon heavy cream

COOKING DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. In a large bowl, combine sugar, cornstarch, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, pumpkin puree, and 3 eggs. Beat well. Add evaporated milk, and combine. Set aside.
2. Between two pieces of plastic wrap, roll pate brisee into a 12-inch circle. Fit pastry into a 9-inch glass pie plate; trim dough evenly along edge, leaving about a 1/2-inch overhang. Pinch to form a decorative edge. If the dough begins to soften, chill for 15 minutes.
3. Make the glaze: Beat the remaining egg, and combine with heavy cream. Brush glaze very lightly on edges of pie shell. Fill pie shell with pumpkin mixture. Transfer to prepared baking sheet.
4. Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F, and continue baking for 30 minutes more. Cool on a wire rack.

Finaly, these are its photos. Yummy



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