Shredded corned beef and pickled cabbage tucked into a rye butter crust with horseradish mustard sauce. Salty corned beef and punchy pickled cabbage baked in a dark rye crust and served with a creamy grain-mustard dipping sauce. The dough for this recipe is a simple pie dough made with dark rye flour and all-purpose flour. […]
Category: Appetizer
Thai-Style Green Bean Slaw
Red cabbage and green bean slaw with a Thai peanut coconut dressing. This salad has crisp veggies, sprouts, fresh herbs, and crunchy peanuts mixed with a Thai-style dressing flavored with ground peanuts, lemongrass, lime juice, and coconut milk. In the recipe instructions below, the red cabbage gets soaked in cold water for 5-10 minutes. This […]
Blackened Ahi Tostada
Blackened ahi tuna, avocado corn salsa, cabbage, and smoky crema on a crisp corn tortilla. This is a light, tasty meal with lots of fresh ingredients, including some beautiful ahi tuna that I got from a local fisherman. I realize that you may not have access to ahi straight out of the ocean, but that […]
Mulled Cranberry Cider
Warm cranberry citrus cider spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. This recipe is a cross between hot apple cider and Russian cranberry Mors. It is spiced and served hot like cider, but without the apples. Instead, as in Mors, fresh tart cranberries and citrus are simmered with sugar and water to release their flavor. I […]
Spicy Ahi Sushi Burrito
Fresh ahi tuna, Korean chili mayo, sprouts, veggies, unagi sauce, and sushi rice in a toasted nori wrap. Sushi burritos are basically overstuffed sushi rolls with extra fillings and sauces inside. This one is made with spicy ahi poke, avocado, cucumber, carrot, radish sprouts, and seasoned rice. The most important part of making sushi or […]
Sweet Potato Ravioli
Goat cheese filled sweet potato pasta with crispy pancetta, pickled apples, candied pumpkin seeds, sautéed spinach, and sage brown butter. This dish has a myriad of fall flavors with its sweet potato pasta, creamy goat cheese, salty pancetta, sweet-tart apples, crunchy pumpkin seed, and earthy brown butter sauce. There are five recipes to create this […]