Braised Red Cabbage with Malaga Raisins & Apple / Turkey Tips + Recipes for Stuffing, Glazes, Etc / Pong Tauhu -- Tofu with Meatball Soup

Recipe: Christmas lunch: braised red cabbage with Malaga raisins and apple

Preheat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4. Put all the ingredients in a casserole and mix well. Place in the oven and bake for 1½ hours until the cabbage is tender.

Article & Recipes: Getting the best from your bird

1. Read your turkey labels ... 2. Brine your turkey ... 3. Consider adding a "stuffing" that will add moisture to the bird ... 4. Invest in a meat thermometer ... 5. Let the cooked turkey rest for 30 minutes before carving ... 6. Great gravy

Recipes: Turkey Brine ... Seasoned Oil Mixture for Turkey ... Maple Mustard Turkey Glaze ... Turkey Gravy ... Turkey Stuffing

Blog Post & Recipe: Pong Tauhu--Tofu with Meatball Soup

BTW, this soup, pong tauhu, should not be confused with the Indonesian tahu pong. Although they are probably derived from the same root, tahu pong are fried tofu puffs. Those in this recipe are denser dumplings of tofu that are not fried.

Cook Perfect Beef Wellington / Albóndigas Soup / 8 Braises

Blog Post & Recipe: How to cook perfect beef wellington

Simon and Lindsey observe in the preface to their beef wellington recipe that "the whole point of cooking meat in pastry is to keep in the juices ... but if the pastry is good and thin, buttery and rich, nothing is nicer than a meat-soaked crust".

Blog Post & Recipe: i just flipped that

Loaded with vegetables and a good amount of spice, I couldn’t wait for it to finish cooking. The meatballs are made with beef and pork, but the book says there are some variations depending on region. You could use chicken instead of beef, and some meatballs are wrapped around a pitted green olive.

Recipe: albóndigas soup

Blog Post & Recipes: Fork-Tender Dinners: 8 Braises to Fill Your Belly

Give it some low heat and an afternoon to baste in its own juices, and food takes on never before seen levels of flavor and tenderness.

Star Anise and Ginger Braised Chicken ... Dijon-Braised Brussels Sprouts ... Braised Lebanese Eggplant with Chickpeas ... Spice-Braised Lamb Shanks with Lentils ... Short Ribs Braised in Coffee Ancho Chile Sauce ... Braised Celery with Crunchy Bread Crumb Topping ... Apple Cider Braised Brisket ... Lamb Tagine with Chickpeas and Apricots .

Related: Food Science: Why Tougher Meats Make Good Braises

Turkey Meatballs with Guava Sauce / Vanilla Beetroot Cake / Perfect Roast Beef

Recipe: Turkey Meatballs with Guava Sauce (Albóndigas de Pavo con Salsa de Guayaba)

I served them with guava sauce on the side and absolutely loved the combination of the sweet guava sauce with the turkey.

Blog Post & Recipe: Emma’s Vanilla Beet Cake (Gluten-Free)

It is a wonderfully moist cake that I think would lend itself beautifully to a nice cream cheese frosting. You don’t taste the beets in it, if anything; the beets add an extra wonderful earthy sweetness.

Blog Post & Recipe: The Perfect Roast Beef

One of the best parts of the roast beef is the slightly caramelized outside and to get that we want to keep moisture away and prevent steaming the meat. Roasting at the higher temperature at first will help with the channelization and starting with a dry piece of meat is important.

Chaud-Froid Egg & Grissini / Dorayaki (Japanese Red Bean Pancake) / Dawood Basha (Lebanese Meatballs in Tomato Sauce)

Article & Recipe: Marque of excellence

Sweet and sour, hot and cold, this symphony in a shell delivers with magnificent simplicity.

Chaud-froid free-range egg and grissini

Blog Post & Recipe: Dorayaki (Japanese Red Bean Pancake)

Today’s dessert Dorayaki is best described as a dessert sandwich with red bean filling between two slices of pancake.

Blog Post & Recipe: Dawood Basha - Lebanese meatballs in tomato sauce

This dish gets its name from the Ottoman pasha Dawood who governed Lebanon in the 18th century. The dish is easy to make, tender, melt-in-your-mouth meatballs with a simple tomato sauce over rice, is irresistibly good.

8 Rice Puddings / Eggplant & Rapini Meatball Subs / Fennel & Walnut Pie

Recipes: Today Is National Rice Pudding Day

Here are some of our favorite rice pudding recipes to make at home.

Double Coconut Rice Pudding
Chamomile Rice Pudding with Tea-Soaked Raisins
Coconut Mango Rice Pudding
Simple Rice Pudding
Miss Ina's Down-Home Rice Pudding
Purple Rice Pudding in Coconut Milk
Tibetan Rice Pudding
Jasmine Rice Pudding

Recipe: Eggplant & Rapini Meatball Subs

This seems like an insane amount of work for what is basically a sandwich but it is worth it, I swear. The meatballs bake for roughly the same time it takes to fry the eggplant so everything is hot, crisp and delicious at the same time.

Blog Post & Recipe: fennel

One was sliced super-thin and tossed with champagne vinegar, though cider vinegar is just as good, and drizzled with a real throat-catcher of an extra virgin olive oil. I wolfed the whole thing down, a hunk of bread chasing the dressing around the plate for lunch. Three more went in to a favourite dish of braised fennel not unlike this version, and the other two went into this rather incredible pie.

fennel and walnut pie

Sour Meatballs / Boozy Mint Lemonade Slush / Whipped Cranberry Porridge

Recipe: Sour Meatballs

800 g ground veal
2 medium sized zucchinis
1 egg
1 bundle of mint
...

Blog Post & Recipe: happy hour: boozy mint lemonade slush

The thing is, I don’t have anise seeds, so I went with a classic summer pairing, lemon and mint, which I thought sounded super refreshing, especially for a slush. And since it’s happy hour, a little bourbon doesn’t hurt either.

Blog Post & Recipe: Whipped Cranberry Porridge

Along with rye bread, quark, wild berries and squeaky cheese, whipped lingonberry porridge is definitely on the top 5 of my favourite Finnish foods. Now, there is an obvious lack of frozen lingonberries here in Sydney - so far I haven't found any. The second best option for those wanting to make any lingonberry dishes is, in my opinion, to use frozen cranberries

Sour Cream Cornbread with Aleppo / How to Rinse a Cocktail Glass / Lamb & Chickpea Balls with Watercress & Radish Salad

Blog Post & Recipe: sour cream cornbread with aleppo

Aleppo is a Turkish bright red pepper flake with a mild-to-moderate kick and a bit of tartness. I bought mine from Penzey’s in Grand Central.

Blog Post: Cocktail 101: How to Rinse a Glass

The purpose of the rinse is to impart the taste of a strongly flavored ingredient to a cocktail, without that ingredient overpowering the rest of the drink.

Blog Post & Recipe: Lamb and Chickpea Balls with Watercress and Radish Salad

I really like bitter salad leaves ( most strangely watercress in cheese and marmite sandwiches) . I wanted to make some leafy salads but I thought I better get some protein into the dish hybrid falafel-meatballs (chickpea and lamb) seasoned with plenty of onion, garlic , ground coriander and cumin

Mushroom Risotto with Toasted Pistachios / Easy Roasted Red Peppers / Lamb Meatballs in a Mint Tomato Sauce

Blog Post & Recipe: Mushroom Risotto Recipe with Toasted Pistachios

For me, it can be all of these things, but on this particular day, this risotto was a vessel for a little vial (yes vial) of truffle oil. And what a delectable vessel this mushroom risotto recipe was.

Blog Post & Tips: 3 Easy Steps to Roasted Red Peppers

Roasting red peppers is a great way to concentrate flavors and bring out their natural sweetness. They make a wonderful addition to salads, sandwiches and even pasta dishes. I’m personally a huge fan of spreading a bit of goat cheese on slices of crusty bread and top with a small cluster of slivered peppers and fresh basil.

Step #1: Select Your Preferred Roasting Method ... Step #2: Let the Peppers Steam ... Step #3: Remove Core & Peel

Blog Post & Recipe: Lamb Meatballs in a Mint Tomato Sauce

I seasoned the lamb meatballs with a few exotic Mediterranean spices including cumin, coriander and cinnamon in addition to the mint and other meatball basics. I purposely made the meatballs fairly large and I fried the meatballs in oil until golden brown on the outside and then added them to the tomato sauce to finish cooking, thereby staying nice and moist and juicy.

Zucchini Yoghurt Salad / Scandinavian Meatballs / Chipotle Butternut Squash

Blog Post & Recipe: Zucchini Yoghurt Salad -Turkish style Raitha

I make other sides for rice/breads but end up eating the raithas more. This is a simple zucchini raitha Turkish style

Blog Post & Recipe: Scandinavian meatballs

These were fabulous – very moist and tasty. Making the meatballs was slightly labor-intensive, as these were quite sticky during formation. But worth the effort.

Blog Post & Recipe: Chipotle Butternut Squash

I was thinking that the sweet butternut squash would go well tossed with some spicy and smoky chipotles in adobo sauce. I had also recently been remembering a dish where cubed potatoes are fried along with onions until the potatoes are crispy and the onions are caramelized and I figured that that would also work well for this dish ...

Note: This recipe would also work well with sweet potatoes.

Iceberg Lettuce & Beansprout Stir-Fry / Lamb Meatballs / 22 Chicken Dinners

Blog Post & Recipe: Iceberg lettuce and beansprout stir-fry

Try this dish, which only takes minutes to cook ... to accompany fierce and rich flavours

Blog Post & Recipe: The best meat I've made in ages

The only bit requiring any sort of patience is the actual rolling of the meat mixture into balls, which is really not that big a deal at all if 1. you have help or 2. you decide to make big meatballs instead of my tiny inch-in-diameter ones.

Lamb meatballs

Recipes: 22 Chicken Dinners

Korean Grilled Chicken ... Honey-Mustard Baked Chicken ... Chicken Basquaise ... Sweet Chile Chicken Rice Bowl ... Poached Chicken and Pomegranate Orzo ... Argentine Grilled Chicken ... Pad Kee Mao (Spicy Ground Chicken and Rice Noodles) ... Brick Chicken with Rosé Wine and Bacon ... Five-Spice Roasted Chicken ... Pasta with Roasted Chicken, Raisins, Pine Nuts, and Parsley ... Basic Barbecued Chicken ... Pulled Jerk Chicken Sandwiches ... Chicken Pot Pie ... Rhubarb-Braised Chicken Thighs ... Hoisin Explosion Chicken ... Chicken with Goat Cheese and Figs ... Coq au Vin ... Oregano-Marinated Grilled Chicken with Charred Lemons ... Oven-Fried Buttermilk Chicken ... Braised Chicken and Chayote ... Easy Chicken and Chive-Dumpling Soup ... Chicken Stuffed with Spinach and Feta

Zucchini Meatballs / Pork Hock Ragu / Potatoes with Herbed Curd & Linseed Oil

Blog Post & Recipe: Zucchini Meatballs

These meatballs - or patties, rather - are super-moist because of the cream cheese and grated zucchini in the mixture.

Blog Post & Recipe: Pork Hock Ragu

... it's a two part process, the first being a slow braise until the meat falls off the bone. The second uses the braised meat and it's accompaniments to enrich a sauce base made with leeks, pancetta and tomato.

Blog Post & Recipe: Potatoes with herbed curd & linseed oil - An answer to all questions?

But what really sets this typical weekday dinner apart is the linseed oil. You are supposed to drown the hot, peeled potatoes – seasoned only with some flakes of Fleur de sel or Maldon sea salt – in this golden liquid and mash them until you just can’t help yourself and simply eat it all up.

Recipes Using Seeds / Eight Tofu Recipes / 10 Tips for Storing Vegetables & Eggplant Parmigiana

Article & Recipes: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's seed recipes

There are few dishes that can't be improved by the addition of a small handful of seeds.

Poppyseed lemon cake ... Fennel meatballs ... Sesame dressing

Blog Post & Recipes: Weekend Wokking: Tofu - Delicious Round up

Lets see what delish dishes our awesome bloggers has made with this nutritious tofu.

Tandoori Tofu Kebabs ... Tofu with satay sauce ... Mr.Zhengs Soupy Tomatoes and Eggs with Tofu ... Steamed Fish and Tofu with Chinese Blackbeans ... Tofu and Squash Dumplings ... Semur tahu ... Vietnamese Dau Hu Chien Sot Ca Chua or Vietnamese Fried Tofu with Tomato Sauce ... Indian Style bites

Blog Post & Recipe: 10 tips for optimum vegetable storage

1. select the freshest produce ... 2. minimise physical damage ... 3. dirt is good ... 4. avoid cutting or trimming ... 5. select the best storage temperature ... 6. protect from exposure to light ... 7. minimise dehydration ... 8. avoid condensation & sweating ... 9. beware the banana ... 10. DON”T refrigerate your tomatoes

eggplant (aubergine) parmigiana

Cabbage & Quail Eggs Soup / Ginger Roasted Winter Vegetables / Two Horseradish Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Cabbage and quail eggs soup

Even the simplest and plainest-looking soup is perked up with the addition of quail eggs.

Blog Post: Ginger Roasted Winter Vegetables

Here's a super simple recipe when you want to do something a little different with your vegetables but don't want to expend too much effort or have to go to the grocery store. The vegetables are roasted in a mixture of maple syrup, olive oil, ginger, and salt.

Article & Recipes: Nigel Slater's recipes with horseradish

Horseradish, the crisp ivory root that grows like topsy in garden and grass verge alike, is invariably treated as a one‑trick pony, inevitably lumped with roast beef or smoked fish. It deserves more.

MEATBALLS WITH MUSTARD AND HORSERADISH ... ROASTED ROOTS WITH HORSERADISH

Lamb Meatballs & Collard Dolmades / Grape Focaccia / Chicken Meatballs

Recipe: Lamb Meatballs and Collard Dolmades

Combine bulgur with lamb, onion, garlic, cumin, mint, salt and pepper. Shape into 1-inch meatballs, handling mixture as little as possible.

Blog Post & Recipe: Grape Focaccia with Rosemary (+Autumn)

The sweet concord grape flavor is nicely balanced by the rosemary and sea salt. This would be great with some nice cheese and a glass of wine or as an afternoon snack with tea.

Blog Post & Recipe: baked chicken meatballs

Gourmet suggests you serve these with pepperonata, a marinated roasted red pepper antipasto. We enjoyed it, but don’t think it’s in any way mandatory to get the most out of your meatballs. One cooking note, should you choose to make it at home: I’d suggest roasting the peppers whole — rather than in strips — and peeling them before slicing them for the dish.

Dijon Chicken Stew with Potatoes & Kale / Meatballs / Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

Blog Post & Recipe: Scratching the Itch

I made a chicken stew with Dijon mustard and kale a few years back [and today] I decided to tweak it and use up what I had in the kitchen already. That meant onions, boneless chicken breasts and baby spinach, with a squirt of whole grain mustard and a pinch of thyme for good measure.

Dijon Chicken Stew with Potatoes and Kale

Article & Recipes: Having a ball

To prevent meatballs from falling apart you will need some fat content or the addition of a binding ingredient such as egg, breadcrumbs, rolled oats or flour. Cold wet hands are an advantage when rolling the meatballs as this prevents the mixture from sticking to your hands.

Basic meatballs ... Lemon and parmesan chicken balls ... Fennel and pork meatballs ... Lamb meatballs ... Swedish meatballs

Blog Post & Recipe: Totally Tender Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

Here's our go-to recipe for tender, flavorful meatballs with garlic, rosemary, and onion — broiled until brown and crunchy on the outside

Albondigas Soup. Root Vegetable Shepherd's Pie.

Blog Post & Recipe: Albondigas Soup

Albondigas soup is a traditional Mexican meatball soup ("Albondigas" means "meatballs" in Spanish) that my mother has cooked for our family for almost 50 years. It is our version of comfort food. What makes the flavor of albondigas soup distinctive is the chopped mint in the meatballs.

Recipe: Root vegetable shepherd's pie

Dear SOS: I recently dined at Rustic Canyon Wine Bar & Seasonal Kitchen in Santa Monica. I had the root vegetable shepherd's pie with butternut squash purée main course. It was wonderful.

Dear Jacqueline: This is just the dish to eat right now, while we are still enjoying the last of that cool spring weather. Note that the recipe can be made ahead of time up until Step 10, then finished just before dinner so it's served piping hot.

Caramelized Onions. Köfte Meatballs. Argentine Empanadas.

Blog Post & recipe: Dinner Tonight: Köfte Meatballs with Haydari

It's a simplified version of this recipe.

This recipe comes from the Australian food magazine Gourmet Traveler, as part of a larger Turkish mezze-style spread. I nabbed the köfte and haydari recipes, which is a sauce similar to Greek tzatziki but with the intriguing addition of walnuts. The resulting meatballs—a mix of beef and lamb redolent of cumin, coriander, and garlic—were quick and wonderful.

Blog Post & Recipe: Argentine Empanadas

The recipe is pretty straightforward and simple. I omitted raisins in the filling because I never really liked them and most of the best empanadas I had didn’t have them either (although it is indeed, authentic). I also omitted the bell pepper because I didn’t have one.

Blog Post: Top Five Ways to Use Caramelized Onions

We've talked about how we make big batches, use them in everything, and then freeze the extra. Well, just what do we mean by "everything"? Read on for our favorite uses for caramelized onions and tell us yours!

1. Salads ...

2. Sandwiches ...

3. Pizza or Savory Tart Topping ...

4. Pasta Dishes ...

5. Appetizers ...

Related: How to Caramelize Onions

N.b. 'Middle east' tag introduced.

Meatballs

Article & Recipes: Meatball recipes: Balls of Fun

A short introduction to the wonder of meatballs, along with three meatball recipes (look to the right of the main article for the links).

Asian pork balls with chilli dipping sauce ... Spiced meatballs in tomato sauce ... Tajine of kofta and dates with preserved lemon

Cilantro Sauce. Leeks. Eastern and Central European Cooking

Recipe: Cilantro Sauce adds Flavour to Rice.

Article: How to prepare leeks.

Question
I love the taste of leeks in cooking but am never sure when using leeks myself what part is to be used?
— Libby

Article/Recipe: The Eastern and Central European Kitchen: Contemporary and Classic Recipes.

A book review with links to three recipes.

The author has kindly shared these recipes:

* Uszka - Polish dumplings with Mushroom filling
* georgian meatballs with pine nuts and sour cherries
* prune and walnut cheesecake