Goose with Apples & Calvados / Asam Laksa / Tofu with Roasted Chili Paste

Blog Post & Recipe: Christmas Goose with Apples and Calvados

The goose was stuffed with apple pieces marinated in Calvados, then surrounded with apple wedges before roasting.

Blog Post & Recipe: Asam Laksa

Let me present you the 7th most delicious food in the world, the Penang Asam Laksa a noodle dish flavoured with flaked mackerel, tamarind, pineapple and lots of different spices. It is sour, spicy and definitely addictive.

Blog Post & Recipe: Tofu with Roasted Chili Paste | เต้าหู้น้ำพริกเผา

Then you chop a few herbs and start cooking – just sauté the garlic, add the roasted chili paste, then add the tofu and allow it to soak up the wonderfully spicy and sweet flavors of the chili paste. At the last minute, add some green onions and even cilantro if you want. By that time, the rice is generally done and you’re ready to eat.

Roasted Cauliflower Risotto / Roasted Cauliflower with Cumin, Coriander & Almonds / Adobong Puti (White Adobo)

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Cauliflower Risotto

I saw this version of a risotto recipe from Pink Parsley a while back and was intrigued by the simple ingredients.

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Cauliflower with Cumin, Coriander and Almonds

This is something that is so simple once you make it a couple times, it's easy to whip together as a side dish for lunch or dinner or even just to snack on. Don't get me wrong - it's great when it's hot. But I kinda like it cold too

Blog Post & Recipe: 9 mornings: Adobong Puti/White Adobo

An adobo variation I really like is Adobong Puti/ White Adobo. It’s called that because it doesn’t use soy sauce. Instead you may opt to add fish sauce to give it that saltiness. I also like my adobo without the liquid/sauce, so I reduce the liquid until the meat is practically being fried in the rendered fat.

Monggo Guisado – Filipino Mung Bean Stew with Prawns & Kale / Blue Grouse with Roasted Apples & Pears / Barbecued King Prawns

Blog Post & Recipe: Monggo Guisado – Filipino Mung Bean Stew with Shrimp and Kale

It’s a simple stew consisting of mung beans, a small green bean native to India and popular in the Philippines for sweet and savory dishes.

Blog Post & Recipe: “Blue Grouse with Roasted Apples and Pears”

There are several kinds of grouse: sage grouse (which tastes a lot like what it eats, sage), spruce grouse, sooty grouse, ruffed grouse, sharp-tail grouse, and the blue grouse, also known as the dusky grouse.

Blog Post & Recipe: Fishermen in for the long haul

The Spencer Gulf prawn fishery has formally acquired Marine Stewardship Council certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery, the first prawn fishery in Australia, the southern hemisphere and the Asia-Pacific region to do so.

Neil Perry's barbecued king prawns

Braised Fennel / Adobong Puti (White Chicken Adobo) / Stir-Fried Liver & Onions

Blog Post & Recipe: Braised Fennel

After 25 minutes of low-and-slow braising, it's meltingly tender. Adding chopped fronds at the last minute helps bring out the fennel's unique licorice flavor.

Blog Post & Recipe: Adobong Puti (White Chicken Adobo) for Kulinarya Cooking Club

A more common version of adobo is cooked with vinegar and soy, this recipe eliminates the soy sauce, which makes it the “white” version of adobo. Adobo is essentially a stew, usually made with chicken and pork, where the meat is simmered over and the dish is finished by pan frying the meat before serving.

Blog Post & Recipe: The Nasty Bits: Stir-Fried Liver and Onions

I know that my aunt would have stir-fried the pieces of liver with plenty of chili oil, oyster sauce, and rice wine, and leave the centers still rosy. I know that she would have sauteed the onions until they were soft and sweet and brown. She would have eaten the liver with plenty of white rice, her one weakness. She loved rice. She couldn't go a day without it. She would have taken the sauce, made rich and muddy with bits of broken-up liver, and spooned it with relish over her bowl of rice.

Ginataang Hipon (Shrimp in Coconut Milk) / John Allison's Toad in the Hole / Quinoa cakes

Blog Post & Recie: G is for Gata and How to Make Ginataang Hipon (Shrimp in Coconut Milk)

Half a cup of coconut milk for a pound of shrimp. Roughly.
Use cream instead of milk, when you can.
Devein shrimp but keep heads and shells on.

Article & Recipe & Drawings: Recipe Comix: Toad in the Hole

Here, Allison's intrepid school-age detectives Lottie and Mildred whip up a version of toad in the hole that will turn us all into excellent housewives, even if we previously thought ourselves thwarted by age or gender

Blog Post & Recipe: Polpete od kvinoje / Quinoa cakes

They are actually vegetarian burgers, they hold up very well and bake nicely ... Quinoa is so versatile, you can use it both in savory and sweet dishes. These cakes are a hit, topped with some poached egg, or simply served wit a yogurt/cream or vegetable dip

Dark Chocolate Drizzled Salted Fried Eggplant / Blackberry Ketchup / Dinuguan (Pork Blood Stew)

Blog Post & Recipe: Dark Chocolate Drizzled Salted Fried Eggplant

Eggplant gets fried in shallow oil, no salting ahead of time for these, and then they get sprinkled with a bit of salt once they come out of the hot oil and drizzled with melted dark chocolate.

Blog Post & Recipe: Blackberry Ketchup, Really?

This condiment is much more ketchup than sauce. And it's certainly not jam because it has a big vinegary bite. There is also enough complex spice in it to make it much more compatible with grilled meat than vanilla ice cream.

Blog Post & Recipe: D is for Dinuguan (Pork Blood Stew)

The pig’s stomach, intestines, heart, snout, cheeks, and ears are cut into pieces and are all thrown into the mix together with the pig’s meatier butt and belly. The meat and offal are slowly simmered in vinegar seasoned with salt, garlic, onions, tomatoes, and hot chilies. The pig’s blood is then added to the simmering stew while it is stirred steadily to keep the blood from curdling.

Roast Tomato & Basil Tart / Adobo / The Science of Pie Dough

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Tomato & Basil Tart

Savory tarts are an all in one meal. Eggs, milk, and cheese come together in a flaky crust to create a delicious meal served warm or at room temperature.

Blog Post & Recipe: Adobo adoration

Adobo is perhaps the Philippines’ most popular dish, consisting of pork and/or chicken cooked in a pungent mix of vinegar and soy sauce. Don’t confuse it with the many other variations of adobo (a Spanish term that loosely translates into “marinade” or “dressing”), which range from a thick, chipotle-infused sauce in Mexico to a garlicky dry rub in the Caribbean.

Mom's adobo

Blog Post & Slideshow & Recipe: The Food Lab: The Science of Pie Dough

What I'm after: The kind of crust that's substantial enough that it doesn't sog-out from a juicy filling but tender enough that it flakes in your mouth into buttery shards. A crust with substance, but not chew. A crust that divides along deep faults into many distinct layers separated by tiny air spaces and that cracks when bent. A crust that is never leathery or pliant, but not so tender or crisp that it crumbles instead of flakes. And of course, it should have a deep butteriness coupled with a balanced sweet and salty flavor.

Butterbean & Almond Hummus / Bangus (Milkfish) Sisig / Recipes for Beginner Cooks

Blog Post & Recipe: A New Favourite: Butterbean and Almond Hummus

I’m hardly a hummus connoisseur, but I preferred it, hands-down, to any chickpea version I’ve ever had. Served with some toasted pine nuts and a sprinkling of sumac, it was a perfect complement to whatever else what on my plate.

Blog Post & Recipe: Bangus Sisig

When prepared correctly, nothing quite captures the varied flavors and textures of Filipino cuisine like a sizzling-hot platter of chopped pig's face ... But sisig made from Bangus (or milkfish), is perhaps my favorite non-pork face option for the classic street food.

Blog Post & Recipes: Your Questions: Best Recipes For Beginning Cooks

Before we recommend some specific recipes, here are three pieces of general advice for getting started in the kitchen:

1. Only buy fresh ingredients with a plan in mind ... 2. Know what's in your fridge ... 3. Get a cookbook that can be a go-to resource for simple recipe ...

Here are a few recipes we've loved -- they're perfect for beginners and they require few ingredients:

Chicken Breasts with Zucchini Pappardelle ... Flank Steak with Paprika Butter ... Baked Eggs in Tomato-Parmesan Sauce ... Learn to roast a chicken ... Sugar Snap Peas with Mint and Orange ... Fajita Sweet Potatoes ... Buy some great salad greens ... Tipsy Affogato ... Make a crumble!

Sopa de Carne / Roasted Mango & Habanero Salsa / 7 Chinese & Filipino Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Sopa de Carne

While the beef and olives impart rich and bold flavors, the soup is broth-y and unexpectedly light. It doesn’t look or feel greasy.

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Mango and Habanero Salsa

Of course, there was a little thinking required about what to actually do with this salsa. (As if eating this intensely sweet concoction balanced with just the right amount of fire with a spoon out of the food processor wasn’t good enough.)

Blog Post & Recipes: Chinese New Year Menu (2011)

Sichuan "Crossed Hands" Wonton Dumplings, Two Ways ... Mao's Hunan Red-Braised Pork (毛氏紅燒肉) ... Pancit Canton (Philippine Braised Egg Noodles) ... Whole Chicken ... Baked Tahong (Mussels) ... Braised Napa Cabbage with Abalone ... Whole Fish

Oatmeal Popovers / Beef Rendang / Napa Cabbage Soba with Spicy Peanut Sauce

Blog Post & Recipe: Oatmeal Popovers

Sure enough, the oatmeal in these popovers prevented them from rising quite so impressively, and most of them only had small pockets. They were, however, light and homey, and we ate them up with cups of tea

Blog Post & Recipe: Beef Rendang

It's rich, spicy, flavourful, and very Southeast Asian ... the essential ingredients besides the meat are the spices (onion, curry leaves, curry powder, turmeric, and chili pepper) and the coconut milk. All the other ingredients are fair game to the diversity of adaptations.

Blog Post & Recipe: Recipe for vegan Napa cabbage soba with spicy peanut sauce

Put this spicy peanut sauce on anything -- a piece of shoe leather, marshmallows, or even the cauliflower I dislike so much -- and I will eat it. Put it on something I do like, and I will lick my plate clean. Peanuts and Japanese buckwheat noodles (soba) have a natural affinity, but this dish will be just as good with spaghetti, or whole wheat penne, or just about any type of noodle or pasta. One tip: don't stir-fry the vegetables for more than a minute.

No-Rice Risotto with Chard / Filipino Fried Noodles / Five Halloumi Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: No-Rice Risotto with Chard

We used canned cannellini beans! It turned out to be the quickest risotto we had ever made. And it tasted really good too. You could do a lot more with this recipe: not using canned beans, adding white wine and maybe some more greens ...

Recipe: Recipe of the Day: Filipino Fried Noodles (Pancit)

In the Filipino vernacular, pancit simply refers to noodles. This version (pancit bam-i) uses both rice vermicelli (bihon) and Chinese wheat noodles (pancit canton), but you can make the dish with either type of noodle, or flat egg noodles (pancit miki) and cellophane noodles (sotanghon).

Blog Post & Recipes: Vegetarian Cookout? Try Halloumi!

Here are some recipes we're eager to try this season:

1 Halloumi Wrapped in Red Pepper with Lemon & Chilli ... 2 Grilled Haloumi Cheese and Lemon ... 3 Basil Halloumi and Roasted Veg BBQ Skewers ... 4 Halloumi Skewers with Parsley & Lemon Salsa ... 5 Grilled Cheese and Tomato Stacks

Provencal Swiss Chard Tart. Roasted Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup. Oxtail Adobo.

Blog Post & Recipe: a Provencal dessert MADE FROM CHARD

So here you have it - one healthy tart for dessert. Make it and amaze your friends and mother-in-law. I was given the recipe from the cat-sitter

Provencal swiss chard tart

Blog Post & Recipe: An end to Elimination?

... the sweet potatoes are roasted whole in their skins. That way, only the skins darken and the flesh stays bright and pure. (Also, if you don’t have time to roast the sweet potatoes, I think you could get a pretty good result by just chopping up the uncooked potatotes and adding them with the stock. )

Roasted sweet potato and red lentil soup with goats cheese

Blog Post & Recipe: Oxtail Adobo

Adobo is an indigenous Filipino method of simmering in vinegar, akin to pickling. Food spoils rather quickly in oppressive tropical heat so this is our way of dealing with that little dilemma. [...] The following recipe makes a light broth meant to be served like a soup, in contrast to versions enriched with coconut milk. Before serving, grill or broil the oxtails to crisp up the fatty bits.

Oxtail Adobo Recipe (Adobong Buntot ng Baka)

Bubble Tea. Chicken 1-2-3. 20 Tomato Ideas.

Blog Post & Recipe: Bubble Tea

You will need tea, sugar syrup or honey, tapioca balls, flavoring (either in powder or syrup form) and creamer for the milky teas. [...] For the tea part of the experience, you can use green, oolong, or black tea, such as Darjeeling, Ceylon, or Orange Pekoe.

Blog Post & Recipe: Chicken 1-2-3

The addition of ginger makes the dish very similar to teriyaki except that the vinegar adds a bolder flavor to it. My version is based on the same ingredients and follows the same proportions but I deviate heavily with the preparation and cooking procedure [...] the following recipe is good for one person only. Multiply the ingredients if you intend to cook for more.

Article & Recipes: 20 tasty ideas for tomatoes

1. Roast them ... 2. Broil them ... 3. Grate them ... 4. Make a BLT ... 5. Add them to a grilled cheese sandwich ... 6. Make fresh sauce ... 7. Make cooked sauce ... 8. Dry them ... 9. Make Caprese salad ... 10. Make Bread and Tomato Salad (also known as Panzanella) ... 11. Make hot tomato soup ... 12. Make cold tomato soup - aka gazpacho ... 13. Can them ... 14. Juice them ... 15. Top fish ... 16. Make salsa ... 17. Make Catalan-style tomato toast on the grill ... 18. Skewer them ... 19. Fry them ... 20. Make corn and tomato relish (adapted from "How to Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman)

Old-Time Summer Tomato Soup ... Gazpacho

Blood

Recipe: Black Pudding

Ingredients

1 litre blood of wild boar
oxtails
300g fat wild boar, cubed
1.5 large onions, diced
300g oatmeal, soaked
1 tbsp paprika
1 tbsp butter

Recipes: Sangue di Maiale

Two regional Italian recipes for pork-blood pudding.

TIPS FOR WORKING WITH PORK BLOOD
1. Gather the blood as it drains from the slashed throat of the pig.
2. Stir continually while the blood drains. This is to avoid clots. Clots affect the texture of the finished product which you want as smooth as a dense pudding.
3. It is preferred to use the traditional method of pig slaughter to gather blood. If you can't and have obtained blood from a slaughter house then be sure to strain it, before cooking.

… Sangieri di San Fili ... Sangguinaccio Cheitin

Article & Recipe: Boudin Noir

Follow the links in the article to find the recipes.

Boudin noir — blood sausage — is one of France’s oldest charcuterie preparations. It’s part of a sausage making tradition in France that has lasted well over 2000 years. “There is evidence of the activities of the lardarius, the Gaulish charcutier, in a number of bas-reliefs and inscriptions found at Narbone, Bordeaux and Cologne, and at Rheims, where a bas-relief shows two of these specialists at work…. All the items of charcuterie shown in the relief are easily identifiable: [blood sausages], strings of sausage, joints of pork, pig’s heads.” Although the raising and subsequent slaughter of the family pig was common in the French provinces up to the Second World War, today few families in the countryside raise their own pigs …

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Boudin Noir … Boudin Grillé en Compote de Pommes Citronnée et Fruits Secs … Émincé de Boudin Noir aux Pommes … Tarte au Boudin Noir et aux Deux Pommes … Bouchées Croustillantes au Boudin Noir … Feuilletés aux Pomme et Boudin … Crème de Boudin Noir

Recipes: Food that does not taste like chicken

A collection of blood recipes, some of them sausage.

BLOOD SAUSAGE OR BLACK PUDDING … NAVAJO BLOOD SAUSAGE … WORSPE BLOED … BLOOD PANCAKES (VERIOHUKAISET) … BLOOD BREAD … SANGUINACCIO DOLCE … TIếT CANH (RAW BLOOD SOUP) … PENANG CURRY MEE … DINUGUAN … SAKSANG (PORK BITS WITH HOT SAUCE) … CZERNINA … CABIDELA … SWARTSOPPA … CANARD AU SANG