EASY RECIPE
How about a ruby red grapefruit with basil martini with a great chorizo brunch recipe.
Recipe serves four
CHORIZO BRUNCH
Ingredients:
10 oz chorizo (beef, pork or soy).
1 package frozen hash browns.
8 large eggs.
14.5 oz can re-fried beans.
14.5 oz can diced tomatoes.
4 flour tortillas (or not depending on your tastes).
3 Tbsp canola oil.
1/2 cup chopped onion.
1 Tbsp diced green chiles (canned).
1 tsp dried basil.
1/2 tsp salt.
1 clove garlic – minced.
Preparation:
In large fry pan brown chorizo on medium high heat. Spoon out grease as the chorizo browns.
Add onion and garlic to browned chorizo and saute for few minutes.
Add diced tomatoes, chiles, basil, and salt. and then reduce heat to simmer and stir occasionally. Reduce for 5 to 15 minutes depending on progress of remaining ingredients.
In large fry pan heat canola oil on medium high heat add hash browns and cook pursuant to package instructions. When cooked place in serving bowl and cover with foil.
Heat re-fried beans in sauce pan.
In large fry pan melt butter for eggs, add the eggs (four at a time). Once the eggs form up a little add 1/2 cup of water and then cover with foil to steam eggs. Do not over cook (think of it as almost a poached egg).
Plate the flour tortilla (or not), add re-fried beans, hash browns, drizzle chorizo sauce over the hash browns, and then top with two eggs.
Ruby Red Grapefruit Martini with Basil
Recipe serves 1
Ingredients
4 oz fresh squeezed red grapefruit
2 oz vodka
1 basil leaf – minced and ground
1 basil leaf for garnish
1/2 tsp simple syrup
Preparation:
For simple syrup: add 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 C water to saucepan and heat on medium. Stir until the sugar dissolves, a couple minutes, and then remove from heat (there will be a great deal of simple syrup left over for other drinks).
Mince and grind one basil leaf.
To shaker add ice, vodka, squeezed red grapefruit juice, minced basil, and simple syrup. Shake and then pour through strainer into a martini glass straight up or on ice.
And that’s all there is to making an awesome summer drink.
(PS drink responsibly and don’t drink and drive).
AND STUFF
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Reviewed By Eileen Johnson for Readers’ Favorite – 5 stars
In Veyron by Roger Scouton, Jack Fields and Amber Reyes are a high powered team hired to oversee a security job at the Marine Corps Warrior’s Hospice Car Rally, a rally of classic cars in Arizona. The most classic and most expensive of the cars in the rally is a Bugatti Veyron owned by Prince Ahmed. Jack and Amber are ex-military and clandestine operatives hired by the insurance firm in London to work with Colonel Day, whose organization is providing security for the event. Of course, the event does not proceed as planned, as priceless cars are stolen, owners are killed, and the Prince is kidnapped during the rally. Now, Jack and Amber are required to use their considerable skills and connections to solve the mystery and bring the perpetrators to justice. Veyron is a sequel to Roger Scouton’s book Goldplay in which readers were first introduced to Jack and Amber, the team of protagonists in his new novel. Not having read the first novel, I am sure there is some back story that describes how Jack and Amber ended up being a couple and a team. However, Veyron definitely stands on its own and the reader should not feel compelled to read Goldplay first. Having said that, the energy, characters, and plot line in Veyron were so interesting that I intend to go back and read Goldplay, too! The best part about Veyron is that the reader essentially gets three stories in one book. The characters are the glue that holds the book together – and the primary and secondary characters are wonderful. I highly recommend this book for anyone who likes action, adventure, and mystery.
Good Eating and Table Talk,
Roger
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