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Sweet Red Bean Paste
By Dustin
1. Wash the red beans and soak the dried red beans at least 8 hours or overnight
- 8 oz dried red beans
- Water as needed for boiling (around 3 cups)
- 2 cups of sugar
- 2 tablespoon butter or lard
Refrigerated Vegetables
By Dustin
In a medium saucepan, bring 4 cups water to a boil, reduce the heat so the water simmers and add the garlic
- 10 cloves garlic, peeled
- 2 cups white vinegar
- 6 teaspoons kosher salt
- Several sprigs of fresh dill
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 teaspoon coriander seed
- 1 teaspoon mustard seed
- 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 1/2 teaspoon pink peppercorns (if you have 'em)
- 6 Kirby cucumbers, quartered lengthwise
- 6 young spring carrots, peeled and cut in half lengthwise
- 1 handful large scallion pieces or green beans
- A few pieces of cauliflower to tuck wherever they'll fit
- 4 small hot red chiles or 2 jalapenos
Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Herbs
By Dustin
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- 1 spaghetti squash (about 4 pounds), halved lengthwise, seeds removed
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing
- 1 tablespoon packed light-brown sugar
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (about 2 1/2 ounces)
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/4 cup blanched hazelnuts (1 ounce), toasted and coarsley chopped
Pasta with Dandelion Stems
By Dustin
Cook the linguine in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente
- 1/2 pound linguine
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 ounces pancetta or bacon, coarsely chopped
- Dandelion stems from 2 pounds of greens, cut into 1 1/2 -inch pieces
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Crushed red pepper
- Salt
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Pizzagaina Pizza Rustica
By Dustin
Directions: 1 Cube ham meat
- 2 1/2 lbs ham (sliced thick from deli-counter or cubed pieces of boiled ham)
- 1/4 lb prosciutto (this is the regular proscuitto, next ingredient is as described, proscuittini)
- 1/4 lb prosciutto (PROSCUITTINI, AKA Pepper Ham, Black Peppered Ham or prozuttini)
- 1/4 lb capicola (HOT CAPICOLA, spiced-hot capicola )
- 1/4 lb hard salami
- 1/4 lb genoa salami
- 1 lb fresh mozzarella cheese
- 1 lb mozzarella cheese (1 entire brick of whole milk mozzarella, cubed)
- 1 lb Italian cheese (FRESH BASKET CHEESE, AKA Easter cheese or Farmer's Cheese)
- 3 lbs ricotta cheese
- 1 stick pepperoni (sliced)
- 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese
- 15 eggs
- 4 lbs pizza dough
Honey Vanilla Ice Cream
By Dustin
In a medium pan, heat the milk and vanilla bean to simmering
- 2 cups milk
- 1 (7 inch) vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 6 egg yolks
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups heavy cream
Classic Ensenada Fish Tacos - Rick Bayless | Frontera
By Dustin
1. Prepare the batter. Finely chop the garlic, sprinkle generously with salt, then mash back and forth with the s...
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Mexican oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh black pepper
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard (like French’s)
- 1 teaspoon concentrated chicken base or chicken-flavor powdered bouillon
- 1 cup beer, sparkling water or water
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- Vegetable oil to a depth of 1 1/2 inches for frying
- 1 pound boneless, skinless fish fillets (practically anything will work, but I like larger-flake, lighter-flavor fish best for this preparation—think halibut, sea bass, grouper and the like)
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup sour cream or heavy (whipping) cream
- 1/4 cup milk
- 12 warm corn tortillas
- 1 cup or more of thinly sliced cabbage (I like Napa cabbage best)
- 1 About 1 cup salsa (Toasted Arbol Chile Salsa, roasted green chile salsa, roasted tomatillo salsa or even one of the Mexican hot sauces like Tamazula, Valentina)
- 2 or 3 limes, cut in wedges
Bacon Bourbon Caramel Popcorn
By Dustin
Ever been driving along mindlessly, and before you know it – you’ve sat through an entire song that you otherwi...
- 9 strips of bacon
- 2 1/4 cups of unpopped kernel corn
- 1 cup butter
- 2 1/4 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup bourbon
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Vegetable oil
- Fleur de sel
Roasted Icicle Radishes
By Dustin
Photo from http://www.andrealehnen
- 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Juice and zest of 1 orange
- 1/4 bunch fresh rosemary, needles stripped from the stem
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 bunches icicle radishes, trimmed and well-washed (20)
Chicken Alfredo Cassarole
By Dustin
Boil the noodles according to the package
- Meat from 1 cooked chicken
- 1 bag of baby spinach
- 5 cups Alfredo sauce
- Small container of mushrooms
- 8 oz cottage cheese
- 1 large bag of pasta ribbons
- 2-3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese