Mini-baked brie with caramelized balsamic onions, poached pear, and candied walnuts. Personal-sized brie topped with caramelized onions, baked in flakey puff pastry, garnished with poached bosc pear, and brown sugar balsamic walnuts. This recipe has a lot of steps. Below are some tips that will hopefully make the process easier. Poaching pears is easy, but […]
Sautéed shrimp, cucumber-carrot kimchi, teriyaki glaze, and fluffy steamed bao buns. Bao or baozi is a type of Chinese yeast-leavened bun. The dough for these buns can be baked or steamed, wrapped around a filling, or rolled and folded over like this recipe. Filling for bao buns varies greatly. In China, char sui pork, sweet […]
Oven-baked chicken wings with a cherry ginger soy glaze. These wings are a little sweet, a little spicy, and packed with Asian flavors. They get baked in the oven until crispy, then glazed. No deep frying required! These wings are super easy to make, but they do require a lot of attention. The wings are […]
Chorizo spiced sausage mixed with manchego cheese and wrapped around manchego stuffed Castelvetrano olives. These are a dressed-up version of classic sausage balls. With the briny olives, salty cheese, and spicy sausage, these balls are the perfect appetizer to serve with martinis or red wine. Making these olive stuffed sausage balls isn’t much different than […]
Poached shrimp, poblanos, and red onion marinated in a spiced lemon brine. Pickled shrimp is a cross between a salad and a pickle and makes a fun alternative to shrimp cocktail. It has a bright lemon flavor with hints of spice and celery. It can be served by itself, with a spicy remoulade or with […]
Creamy goat cheese with spiced cranberry jam and homemade almond poppy seed crackers. A few years ago, I stumbled upon a seasonal cranberry goat cheese log at Costco. I was curious, so I bought one to try. I thought it was quite good, especially for holiday snacking. The following year I looked for the cheese […]
