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CategoriesAppetizers Beans
Hummus from Chick Peas
Hummus – homemade Soaked 1.5 cups of dried chickpeas for about 30 minutes, then rinsed them well. Put into the pressure cooker with almost the maximum amount of water. On to power boil until the cooking was heard in the other room, and the blue and white rings on the
Cake Pop Birthday
Make a nice chocolate cake – a simple genoise. Let cool. Use a spoon or small ice cream scoop or melon baller and make the cake into balls. Form then firmly onto a lollypop stick. Dip each ball into a tempered chocolate ganache. And let cool slightly. Roll the warm
CategoriesRestaurant Remarks
Mampuku
Great cold weather stop Order a Tongasu. The owner makes all the broths from scratch and they are fantastic. As a starter, the green chili shrimp is the way to go.
CategoriesTastings Vegetables
Potato Hash Browns
One potato, locally grown, is grated quickly on a box grater, long side. I’m making breakfast potatoes for the two of us, so only one mid-size Yukon gold is all we need. I melt a teaspoon of butter with the same of good olive oil and set the small sautĂ©
CategoriesTastings Vegetables
Salad Making
Staying with Salads through the Autumn add Some fall-harvest fruits like pears and apples are firmer and drier than summer fruit and work well with dry cheeses and nuts on hearty leafy greens, and combine to make salads that can be light meals in the Indian Summer, when temperatures are
CategoriesVegetables
Beet Salad
At Sunset Peel and chop fresh beets (2 beets) into bite sized pieces, and boil quickly for 10 minutes. Cut basil into very small mince, and add to 1 cup of green yogurt. Thin dressing with a small amount of vinegar or dry wine. Add a few teaspoons of olive
CategoriesRestaurant Remarks
Gabriel’s – North of Santa Fe
Date: 8/3/3023 What We Ordered: Large Guacamole, Shredded Beef Enchiladas, Green Chili Smothered Rellenos Drink: House Margaritas Notes: Red sauce on enchiladas was good, but not great. Two Rellenos was far too much to each, so one would be sharable if we made the same order again. The chili that
Lemon Blueberry Olive Oil Cake
My old recipe for an olive oil (instead of butter) cake was a gluten free one, but was always a little flat, and gummy. I added more eggs – six – to try to increase the loft, and add a little spelt flour, but still didn’t love the texture.
CategoriesTastings Wine & Spirits
Pink Gin &Tonic
1 jigger Akora Japanese Gin 8 drops of Peychaud’s Aromatic Cocktail Bitters – 1 can of Q Tonic slice of blood orange ice Pour all over a tall glass filled with ice.