Braised Brisket / 4 Confits / Prawn & Lemon Zest Soup

Recipe: Braised Brisket

You can also do this in a slow cooker.

Blog Post & Recipes: Vegetable Confit

This process can be applied to many other foods. Just keep these two guidelines in mind:

- Fully cover the food with fat (duck fat, olive oil, grapeseed oil, bacon fat…)
- Cook at low heat for a long time (no higher than 250ºF, 2-10 hours)

Cherry Tomato Confit ... Garlic Confit ... Bonus recipes: pearl onion confit and leek confit

Blog Post & Recipe: Shrimp & lemon zest soup

This was way, WAY more than the sum of its parts, and it’s all due to the the lemon zest. While the parsley garnish was good, chopped tarragon or chervil would be even better. I’d also consider making a dedicated tomato and shrimp shell broth with a tiny pinch of saffron.

Garlic Dill Pickles / Caramelised Onion Flatbread / Thai Green Curry

Blog Post & Recipe: In a Pickle: How to Make Garlic Dill Pickles

Homemade pickles aren't complicated, but there are a few things you should know before getting started.

5 Things to Know Before Pickling ... The Recipe

Blog Post & Recipe: De Scott Evans -- Caramelized Onion Flatbread

Cover the pastry with the onion mixture and slide into the oven for about 15 minutes until the pastry is fully cooked and the top is golden. Remove from the oven, cut into squares and scatter the fresh marjoram leaves over the top of the flatbread.

Blog Post & Recipe: Thai Green Curry

When you’re shopping for your herbs, there are a few classics to look out for, but this recipe is really open to anything fresh and green. I picked out the best looking stuff at the market and ended up with basil, coriander, lemongrass, scallion, and jalapeno. Like most Thai curries, this one also has ginger, garlic, coriander seed, and black pepper. I’ve also added a little fennel seed to bring out the bright fresh flavor of the greens. For me this dish is all about the sauce, so I like to use steamed jasmine rice, and vegetables with a subtle flavor that won’t overwhelm the herbs

8 Sources of Vegetarian Protein + Lentil Balls / Chaldean Meat Pies / Chipotle Caramelised Onions

Blog Post & Video & Recipe: 8 unusual sources of veggie protein + a lentil balls recipe

1. brussels sprouts ... 2. kale ... 3. edamame ... 4. sunflower seeds ... 5. tempeh ... 6. almonds ... 7. quinoa ... 8. seitan

lentil balls with tomato sauce recipe ... simple green salad

Don’t be alarmed by the appearance of these little lentil balls, they’re actually a lot more delicious than they look. The lentils, almond meal and egg combine to create a wonderfully satisfying ball texture.

Blog Post & Recipe: Chaldean Meat Pies

Those golden triangles you see are some irresistible meat pies. They are little scented pillows that enclose ground beef spiced with baharat, curry powder, onions and jalapeno for some spiciness. The dough is very soft and scented with fennel seeds, anise seeds, nigela seeds, sesame seeds and ground cardamom.

Blog Post & Recipe: Chipotle Caramelized Onions

One of the tricks that I have picked up over the years is using the widest pan that I have to increase the surface area of the onions touching the heat. Another trick is to add some water to the pan which allows you to cook the onions at a higher temperature, say medium instead of medium-low, as the water helps prevent the onions from burning. Incidentally, water also conducts heat better than air so it also helps bring the heat to more of the surface area of the onions.

Caramelised Onion Flatbread / Sweet Potato Hash with Chorizo & Fried Eggs / Spiced Pickled Cherries

Blog Post & Recipe: De Scott Evans-Caramelized Onion Flatbread

Slowly caramelizing onions is a satisfactory substitute to soup-making; it is a long process that continues to warm the kitchen during the last of the chilly days.

Blog Post & Recipe: Sweet potato hash with chorizo and fried eggs

Peel and cube the sweet potatoes into 1cm chunks. Fry in a pan over a medium heat in olive oil until golden on all sides. Add the spices, stirring to combine. Cook for a couple of minutes more.

Recipe: Spiced Pickled Cherries

While they are delicious and I look forward to experimenting with them, I have so many (filled) jars in my canning cabinet it is a little scary. This way I feel no guilt trying to pickle another fruit. Plus it was a super quick canning project, from start to finish, it only took about 20 minutes.

Chayote Squash Sambal / Quick Pickled Roots / Grilled Onion Salad

Recipe: Sambal Goreng Manisah, Indonesian Chayote Squash Sambal

Simply delicious sambal with Chayote squash, which is pretty common everyday meal in Indonesia, especially in the island of Java.

Blog Post & Recipe: Quick Pickled Roots

Absolutely anyone can pickle quickly! You can pretty much pickle anything that grows with equal parts vinegar and water, a little salt and some spices. And as long as you're putting the jar in the fridge, no need to be cautious about acidity levels as you would with home canning. The best part? They take no time to make

Blog Post & Recipe: Grilled Onion Salad

Grilled onions can be just as good chilled as hot, especially when you let them marinate in an herb dressing. The grilling produces all sorts of caramelized goodness in the onions, taming their bite and bringing out their natural sweetness. An herby dressing acts like a marinade, further softening the onions, and infusing them with flavor. The best thing? The salad lasts for days, and actually improves with age, as the dressing soaks into the onions.

Pickled Red Onions & Pickled Small White Onions / Black Raspberry Shrub / Barbecue Ribs

Blog Post & Recipe: Torshi Piaz - Pickled Red Onions and Pickled Small White Onions

Torshi is mostly made with vinegar and the taste is rather "torsh" (sour), hence the name.

Blog Post & Recipe: Drink Week, Day Four: Black Raspberry Shrub

Today’s topic is the fruit shrub. These are a concentrated fruit syrup, spiked with vinegar, to give it an appealing sweet/tart flavor profile. They definitely need dilution, so top them with a bit of sparkling water

Blog Post & Recipe: How to cook perfect barbecue ribs

Ribs are one of the great pleasures of carnivorousness, and simplicity itself to prepare, as long as you cook them slow enough to melt the hard-working meat that makes them so tasty, and don't try to get too fancy with the marinade: this is a cut that really doesn't need it.

Fried Plantain Panini With Yoghurt Dressing / Whole Roasted Onions / Yucca Dough Empanadas

Recipe: Fried Plantain Panini With Yogurt Dressing

When the panini is ready, remove it and open it up. Splash the mix on top of the plantain, and close the sandwich back up. Enjoy while warm.

Blog Post & Recipe: Whole Roasted Onions

Plonk onions on a baking sheet without bothering to peel them. Shove in oven. Come back later for achingly sweet, tender, oniony goodness. Accept accolades. See how easy is was?

Blog Post & Recipe: Yucca Dough Empanadas

I never used yucca so it was pretty interesting. I didn't realize at first that there is actually a core in the center that you can't really eat. You need to peel the yucca, then cut around the core and boil for about a half hour. Then just mash it into a dough.

Missi Roti / Rogan Josh / 10 Quesadillas

Blog Post & Recipe: Garam Masala Tuesdays: Missi Roti [via]

Naan takes the cake among foreigners but try this unleavened Indian flat bread made on a hot iron plate (tawa) from whole grain wheat and legume (chickpea) and you might change your likes. Plus, for the health nuts, its more nutritious than traditional Naan as gram flour is high in protein and iron.

Blog Post & Recipe: Rogan josh, or, Kashmiri lamb curry — a sinfully delicious blend of very fragrant spices and flavors

Traditionally the dish is prepared in ghee, Indian clarified butter, with the spices fried in fat to awaken flavors and infuse the fat with the essence before adding other ingredients. Yogurt, the foundation of the sauce, gives a lovely tang together with the tomato. Almond adds texture, flavor and also thickens the sauce.

Recipes: Quick n' Easy: 10 Ways to Make a Great Quesadilla Tonight

Quesadillas with Chicken Sausage and Roasted Vegetables ... Kimchi and Avocado Quesadillas ... Unda-Style Quesadillas ... Potato, Greens, and Goat Cheese Quesadilla ... Grilled Chicken and Pineapple Quesadillas ... Tandoori Quesadillas ... Squash Blossom Quesadillas ... Cheese and Hominy Quesadillas ... Caramelized Onion and Steak Quesadillas ... Pear, Brie, and Honey Quesadilla

Ajvar / Caramelized Fennel & Onions / 5 Achar Recipes ("The Indian Answer to the Pickle")

Article & Recipe: Fall Brings Red Peppers and Ajvar, 'Serbian Salsa' [via]

The smoky and tangy spread, which also features minced garlic, olive oil and vinegar [as well as red capsicum], can be a bright garnish for a dish of grilled meats, paired with Mediterranean salads for a meze platter, or simply devoured on a piece of crusty bread threaded with olive oil.

Blog Post & Recipe: Caramelized Fennel and Onions

Fennel lovers, onion lovers, unite! And then take a shower in grated Parmesan, lemon zest, and chopped parsley. I'd like to say this is quick and easy, but it's not quick. It's long and easy, the sort of thing you can just put on the stove and give a stir every once in a while, as you cook the rest of the meal.

Blog Post & Recipes: Awesome Achars! The Indian Answer to the Pickle

In fact, achars are a singularly versatile kind of pickle. They can be made from fruits or vegetables, and be made sweet, spicy, or sour depending on the spices and flavorings used. A small amount of gingery pickle might balance the flavors in a spicy curry while a sour one can serve as an appetizer with papadum. An achar can also be mixed with fresh vegetables to make a quick salad. No matter how they're used, these pickles are intended to enhance a dish and add new dimensions of flavor.

MangoThokku - Mango Pickle ... Cauliflower Pickle ... Gajar Achaar - Carrot Pickle ... Mirchi-Ka-Achar - Green Chili Pickle ... Limbu Ka Achar - Lemon Pickle

Make Chai / Braise Venison Neck / Pizza with Caramelized Onions & Roasted Radicchio

Blog Post & Recipe: Indian Easy-Bake reminds me to make Chai

The recipe below is adapted from the streets of Mumbai.

Blog Post & Recipe: The Nasty Bits: Venison Neck

Braising neck in wine is just about the most delicious thing you can do with a neck.

Blog Post & Recipe: a pizza for the end of march...

... with caramelized onions and roasted radicchio. Sweet, bitter, a little salty and completely impromptu.

Elizabeth David Recipes / Using Nuts and Seeds / Dried Worms in Pho

Blog Post & Recipes: Elizabeth David

At Elizabeth David's Table: Classic Recipes and Timeless Kitchen Wisdom

Chicken with Tarragon ... Tarte à l'oignon ... Lettuce Soup ... Ratatouille ... more

Article & Recipes: Nuts and seeds

Here’s a roundup of eight delicious ways from around the globe to get the most from nuts and seeds.

Cashew Cream ... Pomegranate Khoresh with Chicken ... Boiled Peanuts (Stovetop Method) ... Three Sisters Black Mole ... Romesco ... Horchata ... Dukkah ... Picada

Blog Post: Pho Secret Ingredients: Dried Earthworms (Sa Sung)

If you read Saveur magazine, you may have seen the northern pho (pho Bac) article that I wrote for the March 2011 issue. One of the ingredients that I mentioned in the story was sa sung (Sipunculans), dried peanut earthworms that add a unique savory sweetness to the broth

Sausage Rolls / Chicken with Pearl Barley Risotto / Creamed Onion with Bacon & Chives

Blog Post & Recipe: How to make perfect sausage rolls

Are sausage rolls the best party food ever, and what's the best meat to make them with; does anything rival the classic pork and herb?

Blog Post & recipe: Chicken with Pearl Barley Risotto

Using Italian farro risottos as an inspiration, in this dish the barley is not just an afterthought or bulking ingredient but the star in a savory vegetable porridge. I used chicken thighs but chunks of shoulder of lamb or beef work well.

Blog Post & Recipe: creamed onions with bacon and chives

Sure, it may sound like creamed onions = cream + onions but this is more. It’s smoky salty drippings and nutmeg and thickened cream and sherry and chives and bits of browned bacon and is worth every one of the minutes I spent peeling those onions.

Polenta Pie with Tomatoes / Onion Pandade / Coffee Granita

Blog Post & Recipe: Bottomless Polenta Pie with Tomatoes

Bake in a pre-heated 250 C oven for about 20-25 minutes, until the polenta is lovely golden on top and tomatoes are ever so slightly charred on edges.

Blog Post & Recipe: onion pandade: is this the ultimate comfort food? [5 ingredients]

We’re talking about a savoury bread pudding. Flavoured with golden brown onions and the fragrance of thyme. With the bread providing the perfect contrast of textures: a soft, stock-soaked, silky base teamed with a super crunchy cheesy topping.

Blog Post & Recipe: COFFEE GRANITA

The freezing part is the key to making a proper granita. Using a fork you want to break up the ice crystals about every 20 minutes. You simply want to mush and fluff the mixture so that in the end you are left with an airy mixture with uniform ice crystals

Adding Old Dough to New Pizza / Moisten Boneless Chicken Meat / Four Onion Recipes

Blog Post: How to Make a Quick Pizza with Slow-Rise Flavor

Trying to decide whether to simply dispose of some old, unused, naturally leavened pizza dough or to incorporate it into my starter, I chose option three: adding the old dough to a yeasted pizza crust.

Article & Recipes: For Moister Chicken, Tuck the Flavor Inside

EVEN the best white-meat chicken has two main drawbacks, both stemming from its low fat content: it’s not particularly flavorful, and it dries out as you cook it.

Grilled Chicken Breasts Stuffed With Herb Butter ... Olive-Stuffed Chicken Breasts ... Chicken Negimaki

Of course you could just not eat that boneless cardboardy shite in the first place, but people are eccentric.

Article & Recipes: Onions; lords of the rings

Rustic brown-skinned onions come on strong and this makes them, together with garlic, essential ingredients in literally hundreds of dishes. They should have a firm flesh, crisp, papery skins and no green sprouts.

SAVOURY SHALLOT SCONES ... TRADITIONAL FRENCH ONION SOUP ... RED ONION & ORANGE SALAD ... CHINESE EGG FLOWER SOUP

Caramelized Onion & Spinach Olive Oil Quick Bread / Braised Fennel Pizza / Fourteen Autumn Roasts

Blog Post & Recipe: Caramelized Onion & Spinach Olive Oil Quick Bread

After caramelizing onions to a sweet, golden brown and wilting the spinach with minced garlic, the vegetables are mixed into a savory quick bread batter. The only fat in this easy bread is extra-virgin olive oil, which lends a slightly fruity taste

Blog Post & Recipe: Top This: Braised Fennel Pizza (à la Paulie Gee's 'Anise and Anephew' Pie)

"I got just the pie," replied the man behind Brooklyn's Paulie Gee's. "It cannot be topped. My 'Anise and Anephew' has fior di latte, braised fennel, guanciale, and a post-oven drizzle of anisette cream with a garnish of fresh fennel fronds."

Slideshow & Recipes: Delicious autumn roasts

Herbed rack of lamb with potato smash ... Beef pot roast ... Portuguese-style chicken ... Mexican slow-roasted lamb shanks ... Char siu pork ribs ... Greek roast lamb with skordalia and potatoes ... Slow-roasted duck marylands ... Roast beef with Yorkshire puddings ... Lamb with quince and honey ... Lemon and thyme baked chicken ... Roast lamb ... Chicken pot roast with mustard cream sauce ... Pork leg roast with sage potatoes ... Beef rib roast with spiced salt

Greens with Tahini / Rack of Lamb / Onion Soup

Blog Post & Recipe: Greens with Tahini

I make this with large handfuls of greenery – whatever I have in the fridge. I wash them, cut the most obvious bits of stalk off and then give them a quick chop, about 3 – 4 cuts with a knife.

Blog Post & Recipe: Classic Rack of Lamb

My version ... uses a simple rub with olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, fresh chopped rosemary and thyme. The trick is to not go overboard with the herbs. The lamb tastes so good on its own, the seasoning should complement the lamb, not dominate it.

Blog Post & Recipe: Onion Soup

Caramelize some onions and puree them with some chicken stock. Perfection. The recipe below is actually a little fussier than that, but I think the take-away is the soup itself.

Onion Soup with Sage, Croutons and Grated Lemon Peel

Make Milk Foam / Fried Onion Slices / Beet Rosti

Recipes: How to Make Milk Foam (Without a Frother or a Machine!)

The title is not quite accurate. They want you to use a microwave.

1. Find a jar with a lid and fill it with as much milk as you normally like in your coffee (or other hot beverage!).

Vlog Post & Recipe: Fried crisp onion slices

A lot of Asians like toasted garlic bits for garnish. Not as popular nor as well-known but equally delicious are fried crisp onion slices. You can buy these in jars but there’s no reason why you cannot prepare them at home.

Blog Post & Recipe: Beet Rosti With Rosemary.

This thick beet pancake — which I learned 20 years ago from Michael Romano — is cooked slowly until the beet sugars caramelize and a crunchy, sweet crust forms. It’s a lovely, unusual and versatile side dish, good with braised meats or grilled food. Served with a salad, it can even be a light dinner.

Egg Fried Rice / Fig Tart with Caramelized Onions, Rosemary & Stilton / Pommes de Terre Boulangère

Recipe: Allegra McEvedy's weekly recipe: Egg fried rice with ginger-dressed broccoli

... it's such a simple, fragrant eat that in China, often a bowl of egg fried rice is served as the last dish of around 14. This is also a good way to use leftover rice (no more than a day old though). Let's face it, we're all guilty of cooking too much rice sometimes.

Blog Post & Recipe: fig tart with caramelized onions, rosemary and stilton

... a heap of fragrant, golden-brown [onions]. A bit of sharp cheese doesn’t hurt either and a few slivers of fresh figs accentuate the onions. Add some buttery puff pastry in the mix, bake it until flaky and golden. As a piece de resistance, drizzle a bit of your best honey ...

Blog Post & Recipe: Diner's Pommes de Terre Boulangère

What the chef does is make a panful of caramelized onions with thyme, and then he deglazes the pan with vinegar, lets it get all syrupy and wonderful. The onions turn silky-sweet, herbal and pungent ... in a different pan, you fry up a bunch of parboiled potatoes until they're brown and crispy and hot hot hot. Then you mix the vinegary, silky-sweet onions with the crispy, hot potatoes and sit down very, very quickly to eat them.

Chard & Caramelised Onion Tacos. Buttermilk Baps. Focaccia.

Blog Post & Recipe: Swiss Chard and Caramelized Onion Tacos

... ingenious recipes that offer fresh, bold flavors that are a cinch to throw together - like Swiss chard and caramelized onion tacos.

Swiss Chard and Caramelized Onion Tacos ... Chipotle Salsa

Recipe: How to bake: Buttermilk baps

Here's an all-purpose, lovely-as-is dough that can also carry extra flavours: it's subtle with the addition of finely chopped chives or shameless with curry powder and chilli. If you can't get buttermilk, use 150ml plain yogurt mixed with 50ml water.

Blog Post & Recipe: Focaccia

This would be another great recipe for all of you yeast-phobes out there. The reward will outweigh any anxiety you might have over the process. Like all recipe with few ingredients, try to find the best.

Focaccia with Tomatoes and Olives (adapted from Saveur)

Onion Rings. Sourdough Starter. Parsnip & Cauliflower Mash.

Blog Post: Simple Sourdough Starter

For those who want to capture and grow your own yeast to make bread [...] or for anyone who simply wants to make delicious bread at home [...] here's how to do get a starter going and do it fast.

Blog Post & Recipe: Baked Onion Rings

Hats off to Everyday Food! They've cracked the code on a healthier version of onion rings that tastes every bit as good as the deep-fried rings we remember from childhood.

Blog Post & Recipe: inspiration everywhere

A few weeks ago when I was in Adelaide for work, a taxi driver told me the secret to amazing scrambelled eggs. Just stir through a heap of feta when you start to cook the eggs so it melts though as they cook. [...] When I quizzed [my hairdresser] Graeme about his signature dish he said that his latest favourite thing was parsnip and cauliflower mash simmered in chicken stock and finished with lashings of sour cream.

parsnip & cauliflower mash