Home-Made Tapa and Tortang Talong

June 28, 2012: Thursday Dinner:

Tapa

Ingredients:  3 TBSP Sugar
                     1 tsp Salt
                     Finely sliced Beef

Procedure:  1.  Combine Sugar and salt, mix well.
                   2.  Rub both sides with Sugar and salt mixture.
                   3.  Let it sit at least an hour, better overnight.
                   4.  Fry.



Tortang Talong

Ingredients:  3 Eggplants
                     3 Beaten Eggs
                     2 TBSP Chopped Onions
                     2 tsp minced garlic
                     Ground Pepper to taste
                     Fish Sauce to taste
                     1/2 lb ground pork
                     1 TBSP Butter
                     2 TBSP Cooking Oil

Procedure:  1.  Boil eggplants until soft but not over cooked.
                   2.  In another pan, melt butter.
                   3.  Saute garlic and onions.  Add in pork, let it cook.
                   4.  Season with fish sauce and pepper.
                   5.  Simmer for about 15 minutes on low heat.
                   6.  Strain the juice out of the pork.  Set aside.
                   7.  Peel eggplants.  Mash with a fork.
                   8.  Mix the eggplants and pork with the beaten eggs.
                   9.  Heat some oil in a skillet.  Put some of the mixture on the skillet,
                        Let it brown on both sides.
                 10.  Serve with rice and ketchup.