Chili and tomato braised short rib in deep-fried masa cups with pickled onions and cilantro crema. To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, I made these Mexican deep-fried sopes, filled with tender short rib and served with cilantro lime crema. Many of the ingredients that go into the beef braise get toasted. Toasting the spices and tomato […]
Blackened pork butt and tender butter beans braised in a bourbon tomato broth. Served with buttermilk corn muffins. When I think of pork and beans, I think about cans of small beans with a weird half gelatinous-half liquid sauce and what looks like small pieces of pork belly. Not the most enticing meal for sure! […]
Blackened smoked pork belly, sweet corn, fresh tomato, shaved red onion, crispy cornbread croutons, and buttermilk chive dressing. I admit this is not the healthiest salad out there, with its crispy pork belly, creamy buttermilk dressing, and fat fried cornbread croutons. But.. It is delicious and has lots of veggies to balance out the fat. […]
Freshly ground pork mixed with garlic, onion, and poblanos, wrapped in smoky bacon and glazed with a sweet tomato mustard sauce. This meatloaf is packed with flavor. It’s a little sweet, a little spicy, and has a touch of smoke. I served this loaf with creamy mashed potatoes. It would also be delicious as sandwiches […]
Charred late summer vegetables with red mizuna, crispy pork belly, spicy pickled Fresno chilis, and smoky tomato vinaigrette. The farmers market got me again. Freshly harvested mizuna that was so bright and full of life, it walked off the table into my basket. Corn that when I picked it up, I could smell the sweetness. […]
A simple garden-fresh summer salad, that starts with delicious peach pickles! This salad all started with the peach pickles. As soon as I tasted them, I knew they would be perfect in a salad. The pickles have lots of peach flavor and are a good balance of sweet, salty, and tartness. But what to put […]
