Posts Tagged ‘caramelized’
Caramelized Peach and Bacon Pasta
Poultry & Pork • Tags: bacon, caramelized, Girard's, giveaway, Marzetti, peach, salad
At our cocktail party after the beach seafood boil a couple weeks ago, we wanted to have an easy dish to serve up to our guests. You may be wondering how they even had room left in their bellies after an afternoon of crab, shrimp, mussels and lobsters. Well, trust us, there’s always room. Having just received several sample bottles in the mail from Girard’s Salad Dressings, we thought a cold pasta salad would do just the trick. We could prep all of the ingredients individually and just toss them together just before serving. We decided to use the Peach Mimosa Vinaigrette because it was one of the most interesting varieties amongst the group. The dressing is sweet, but not overwhelmingly so, and we thought summertime peaches would pair beautifully with it. From there, everything just fell together in unison.
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Ga Kho (Vietnamese Caramelized Chicken)
Poultry & Pork • Tags: caramelized, ethnic, fish sauce, ga kho, rice vinegar, Vietnamese
Always on a mission to step outside of the box, here’s a a recipe from uncharted waters–Vietnamese cuisine. Can you believe we’ve never made one Vietnamese dish? When it comes to cooking, we both have our own personal missions and goals, and one of them is to try new recipes from all across the globe. About a month ago, we spent an afternoon noshing on a full array of Vietnamese food cooked by Hong and Kim of Ravenous Couple. When Hong heard we had never eaten Vietnamese before (not even the well known banh mi), he graciously extended an invite. They stuffed us to the gills with a myriad of foods that tickled the tongue with flavors. It was time to add Vietnamese food to the list of must-eats. As easy as it is to find a Vietnamese restaurant in this town, it’s more fun to try it at home.
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Caramelized Pineapples
Other Sweet Treats • Tags: caramelized, flambe, ice cream, pineapple, rum, summer
Summer isn’t quite here yet, but the weather’s very strange right now, so most of us probably feel like we missed half of the spring season. Under these strange circumstances, let’s pretend that we are now well into summer. The hot, hazy days feel great when you end them with a light dessert. Pineapples are great on their own, but they could always use a little something to spice them up. One technique that truly makes the sweet nature of a pineapple sing is the flambé. Dash a bit of liquor over a hot flame, and you’ll have caramelized pineapples for everyone to enjoy.
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Caramelized Red Onions and Pear Dip and Rosemary Breadsticks
Starters • Tags: breadsticks, caramelized, dip, pers, rosemary, sour cream
We’re in San Fran right now as you’re reading this, but we had to put a post in queue in our absence. This is a dip made not too long ago that was a bit of an experiment, as some of our recipes are from time to time. Have you ever felt nervous that one of your brilliant food ideas would not translate to the plate? Perhaps you were hit with an epiphany the night before, and when you’re actually putting the elements together, you begin to feel tiny twinges of doubt. No matter how much of a cook you are, there is no guarantee that each dish will be a success. Following a sun-dried tomato and basil dip that disappeared faster than you can say “Sally sold seashells by the seashore”, there was the need for another quick appetizer idea. We decided to move ahead with this shaky idea and just see what would happen.
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