Best american recipes

Hola a todos,
he encontrado una revista online que tiene buena pinta, se llama Red y, entre otras cosas, tiene un apartado de cocina interesante en el que esta semana, por ser la del 4 de julio, incorporan las que, según ellos, son las mejores recetas americanas. La verdad es que lo de hacer en casa comidas de otros países siempre me ha gustado y de Estados Unidos, salvo la hamburguesa mundialmente conocida, no he hecho nada más por lo que qué mejor semana para probar alguna receta made in USA. Os voy a dejar las recetas de los platos que más me han gustado, espero que los disfrutéis.
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Hi everyone,
I've just discovered an online magazine called Red. They have an interesting food channel and this week they dedicate an article to the best american recipes, to celebrate the July 4th with the best patriotic food. I really love cooking at home other countries' food but appart from world-famous american burguer, I haven't cooked any american recipe so this is the best week for cooking them. Here I post you the recipes I've like the most. I hope you enjoy them.
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spicy buttered popcorn

Makes: 8 cups 
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes

You will need
1.75l popped popcorn
180g firmly packed brown sugar 
115g butter
2 tbsp corn syrup
1/2 tsp fine sea salt
3 tbsp puréed chipotle peppers in adobo sauce 
1/2 tsp baking soda

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 120°C/gas mark 1/4. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the popcorn on the paper. Set aside.

2. Combine the sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt in a saucepan and place over medium-low heat. Stir until the butter and sugar melt and the mixture comes to a boil. Stop stirring and boil until it reaches 120°C/gas mark 1/4 on a kitchen thermometer. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the chipotle peppers and baking soda.

3. Pour the mixture over the popcorn, and stir with a spatula until the popcorn is evenly coated. Bake the popcorn for 35 minutes, stirring two or three times. Let cool and store in an airtight container

 lobster club salad

Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

You will need

8 slices duck or turkey bacon (or whatever kind of bacon you love)
3 heads baby gem lettuce, 2 hearts romaine or 2 heads round lettuce, roughly torn
1 avocado, peeled, stoned, and diced
1.15kg cooked lobster meat (1 medium lobster or 2 lobster tails should do), finely chopped
225g cherry tomatoes, halved
125ml vinaigrette

Method

1. Cook the bacon in a frying pan until crispy. Drain on kitchen paper, cut off and discard the fat if desired, and dice the crispy meat.

2. Arrange the lettuce on a dish. Nicely arrange the avocado, bacon, lobster and tomatoes on top (you can do this in rows or in an artful scatter). Drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad.

pork and apple burgers

Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes

You will need
600g minced pork
1 small onion, grated
1 small apple, grated
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp groundnut oil
4 burger buns, mayonnaise or ketchup and a few lettuce leaves for serving (optional)

Method
1.Mix together the first seven ingredients. Break off a walnut-sized piece of the mixture and fry it in a little of the oil. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.

2. Form the rest of the mixture into four patties. Warm the rest of the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat and fry the patties, until cooked through and lightly browned on the outside – around five to six minutes per side.

3.If you’re serving the burgers on buns, lightly toast the buns, spread them with a little mayonnaise and divide the lettuce between each one. Place the burger on top and sandwich together with the top part of the bun.

baked vanilla cheesecake

Serves: 10
Preparation time: 10 minutes plus chilling time
Cooking time: 55 minutes

You will need
12 reduced fat digestive biscuits
6 level tbsp low fat spread
500g quark (alternatively use low fat cream cheese)
3 large eggs
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla essence
8-10 tbsp sweetener
Finely grated zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon
Fresh mixed berries, to serve
1 level tsp icing sugar, to dust

Method
1. Place the biscuits in a polythene bag, finely crush with a rolling pin and place in a bowl. Melt the low fat spread, add to the biscuits and stir to mix well.

2. Spoon into a small non-stick spring-form cake tin (about 20 centimetres in diameter), pressing down firmly to make a smooth and even base. Chill in the fridge, preferably overnight.

3. Preheat the oven to 160°C/gas mark 3. Beat together the quark, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla essence, sweetener and the citrus zest until well combined and pour over the prepared biscuit base. Place in the oven and cook for around 55 minutes or until set and golden.

4. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. Cover with cling film and chill in the fridge for around eight hours. Top the cheesecake with the mixed berries and dust with icing sugar.