Chili: (10 Portions)

Ingredients:

1 kg. of canned red kidney bean

500 gm. of minced/ground beef

300 gm. of crushed tomato

500 gm. of tomato sauce

½ cup of ketch up

2 table spoon of garlic <Minced/Paste>

1 Table spoon of onion <Minced/Paste>

5 bay leaves

1 tea spoon of oregano flakes

¼ tea spoon of ground nutmeg

1 tea spoon of ground cumin

1 tea spoon of smoked paprika

1/2 cup of chopped celery, carrots, leeks (of each)

1 tea spoon of sugar

½ cup of olive oil

10 pieces of garlic toast

1 tea spoon of corn starch

1 table  spoon of (Fresh) chopped parsley/chives

Method:

Sweat/ Saute those 3 vegetables, with olive oil, add garlic and cook it on a medium heat for about 3 min. or, until it’s cooked. Add the meat and cook it for about 4 min or until it’s cooked. Add everything else except nutmeg & parsley/chives, cook them on a low heat for about 15 min. Add the nutmeg & parsley/chives, finish it up with the corn starch slurry, to make it thick. Serve hot with garlic bread.

Salt/pepper (to taste)                         N.B.: You can replace beef with either chicken or, veal!