Cream cheese, almond cookie dough spiraled around seedless raspberry jam. These are simple cookies with simple flavors, but the rolling and shaping process can get a bit tedious. There is a lot of in and out of the freezer/refrigerator, and the jam can become a sticky mess. Just be patient and remember that as long […]
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Smoked Tofu
Smoked firm tofu with an Asian-style spring onion cilantro vinaigrette. This smoked tofu is a great vegan option for your summer BBQ with its fresh cilantro and spring onion sesame vinaigrette! This recipe was created for a BBQ I hosted with one vegan guest. I don’t do a lot of vegan/vegetarian recipes, but this one […]
Mushroom Steamed Buns
Shiitake and black garlic filled steamed buns with crispy fried shallots. Tender steamed buns filled with a rich black garlic mushroom filling and garnished with crunchy shallots. Making steamed buns may seem like a laborious task, but they are surprisingly easy. The mixer does most of the work with the dough. While the dough is […]
Plum Citrus Salad
Plums, cara cara oranges, blood oranges, bosc pears, and gala apples mixed with a citrus sherry dressing. This salad is a colorful mélange of delicately flavored fruits, with hints of pepper and sherry. I am ending this week’s series of plum posts with a simple fruit salad recipe. Just because it is simple doesn’t mean […]
Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Plum Sauce
Oven-roasted pork tenderloin and plums, with a spiced orange plum sauce. Pork tenderloin and roasted plums with a spiced soy-based sauce, loaded with citrusy flavors from the Timut pepper, ginger, and Cara Cara orange. This recipe is simple, but it has two ingredients that can be hard to come by, Shaoxing wine and Timut pepper. […]
Sous Vide Roast Beef
Garlic and herb-seasoned eye of round, sous vide in an instant pot for 24 hours and served with pan gravy. Beef eye of round sous vide until tender and juicy, then pan-seared and served with a thickened pan jus. I recently received an instant pot for a gift. When I opened the box, I was […]