Ingredients:

½ cup of cider vinegar.
¾ cup of loosely-packed light brown sugar.
¼ cup of onion, peeled and chopped.
¼ cup of sweet red pepper, chopped.
½ cup of raisins.
1 tablespoon of garlic, chopped.
3 tablespoons of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped.
½ teaspoon of salt.
½ teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
6 pears, peeled, cored, and sliced quarter-inch thick.

Method:

In a suitably sized saucepan, bring the vinegar and sugar to a boil.

Add all of the other ingredients except the pears and simmer for 5 minutes.

Add the pears and simmer another 5 minutes before removing from the heat.

Allow to cool for 15-20 minutes, then transfer to a container and refrigerate up to 2 weeks.

Source: This recipe came from the pear recipes website.

Ingredients:

2 cups of bread flour.
2 tablespoons of sugar.
½ teaspoon of salt.
1 tablespoon of butter.
1 tablespoon of milk.
¾ cup of water.
1 teaspoon of yeast.

Preparation Instructions:

Place all of the ingredients in your bread machine and press start or on.

Source:

This recipe came from the bread machine recipes website.

Potica is a Croatian nut roll.

Ingredients:

4 egg yolks.
2 packets of dry yeast.
8 cups of all-purpose flour, sifted.
2 cups of lukewarm water.
3/4 cup of sugar.
3/4 cup of salt.
1/2 cup of butter.

Filling:

2 lbs of shelled ground nuts.
2 cups of sugar.
1 pint of Half-and-Half.
2 teaspoons of vanilla.
1/2 cup of butter.
4 egg whites, beaten.

Preparation Instructions:

Stir the yeast into water.

Mix the butter, milk, sugar and salt.

Add the egg yolks, yeast mixture and 2 cups of flour. Mix thoroughly.

Add the remaining flour and turn dough out on a floured surface.

Knead until smooth, elastic and does not stick to surface.

Place in a greased bowl and allow to rise for 60 minutes.

After rising, divide into 4 equally sized parts. Do not knead. Roll each piece to about 1/8 inch thick.

Spread with cooled filling.

Roll jelly-roll style and place seam down in a greased pan. Allow to rise for 60 minutes.

Bake at 350F for 45 minutes.

Filling:

Mix the milk, salt, margarine and sugar.

Heat slightly until margarine melts and sugar is dissolved.

Add nuts then to stretch mixture you can fold in beaten egg whites.

Source: This recipe came from the Croatian Recipes Croatia cuisine website.

Ingredient List:

1 cup of lobster, well packed.
¾ cup of milk.
¼ cup of sherry.
3 tablespoons and 2 tablespoons of butter.
1 tablespoon of flour.
2 egg yolks.

How to cook:

Add the sherry to 2 tablespoons of melted butter and boil for 1 minute.

Add the lobster and allow to stand.

Melt 3 tablespoons of butter, then add the flour and stir until it bubbles.

Remove from heat, slowly stir in cream and sherry drained from the lobster.

Return to heat and cook, stirring constantly until sauce is smooth and thick.

Remove from heat.

Heat the sauce in top of a double boiler over hot but not boiling water.

Stir constantly while heating for around 3 minutes.

Remove from heat, then add lobster.

Turn into small deep pie plate.

Sprinkle with bread crumbs and bake at 300F for 10 minutes.

Source: http://www.lobsterrecipes.us/lobster-pie.html

Ingredients:

4 eggs, separated.
1 packet of yeast, dry.
2 1/2 cups of flour.
2 cups of milk, lukewarm.
1/2 cup of melted butter.
1 tablespoon of sugar.
1 teaspoon of vanilla.
1/2 teaspoon of salt.

Preparation:

Sprinkle the dry yeast over the lukewarm milk; stirring to dissolve.

Beat the egg yolks and add to yeast mixture with the vanilla.

Sift together the flour, sugar and salt, then add to the liquid ingredients.

Stir in the melted butter and combine thoroughly.

Beat the egg whites until stiff, then fold into the mixture.

Allow to stand for about 45 mins until the mixture doubles in bulk.

Use about 1 cup of the mixture per waffle.

Source: http://www.wafflerecipes.net/

Here is a great fudge recipes recipe for white chocolate fudge.

List of ingredients for white choc fudge:

4 cups of confectioners sugar.
3/4 cup of chopped pecans.
12 oz white chocolate, chopped.
8 oz of cream cheese.
1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.

How to make the fudge:

In a suitably sized bowl, beat the confectioners sugar, cream cheese and vanilla until smooth.

In the top of a double boiler, over lightly simmering water, heat the chocolate, stirring until it has melted and is smooth.

Fold the chocolate and chopped pecans into sugar/cream cheese/vanilla mixture.

Spread into a buttered eight-inch square baking dish.

Refrigerate for about one hour or until firm, then cut into squares.