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mea cooks: August 2007
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007. My mom and little brother went to Turkey recently and returning, they raved about the eggplant dishes. They are now on an eggplant-fix and constantly cooking with it. Being away from home as I am, I googled some Turkish recipes with eggplant and found this. Lovely stew on an interesting website. Similar to ratatouille, this hearty stew was flavorful for being vegetarian and great on its own for dinner. Chop 1 large onion. Crush several cloves of garlic, the more the better.
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mea cooks: Pecorino and Pumpkin Pie
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Saturday, August 23, 2008. Pecorino and Pumpkin Pie. I bought a pumpkin and was browsing recipes and found an interesting one for a savoury pie thing. I modified it quite a bit as the original recipe looked fairly bland. Sift together 3 cups of flour with 1 tsp sea salt and 1 tsp rosemary. Mix together 1/2 cup of extra-virgin olive oil, 1/3 ml of cold water and 1 egg. Knead for a couple minutes (add a bit of water at a time if it gets too grainy) until smooth. Place in the fridge for half an hour. Bake f...
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mea cooks: August 2008
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Saturday, August 23, 2008. Pecorino and Pumpkin Pie. I bought a pumpkin and was browsing recipes and found an interesting one for a savoury pie thing. I modified it quite a bit as the original recipe looked fairly bland. Sift together 3 cups of flour with 1 tsp sea salt and 1 tsp rosemary. Mix together 1/2 cup of extra-virgin olive oil, 1/3 ml of cold water and 1 egg. Knead for a couple minutes (add a bit of water at a time if it gets too grainy) until smooth. Place in the fridge for half an hour. Bake f...
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mea cooks: June 2008
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Thursday, June 26, 2008. Googling and checking metafilter eventually got me this recipe. The secret ingredient is, incidentally, salt. Seriously, you need a lot of salt for this - it's not just me, I swear. Soak 1 cup of dried beans overnight in water. Quarter 1 small onion and dice half an onion. Chop about 3 lengths of bacon. Mince 3 cloves of garlic. Ready bay leaves, salt, and whole peppercorn. Fry the onion in the bacon fat until it starts getting translucent and then add the garlic. I made this a s...
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mea cooks: Shortbread Date Fingers
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Saturday, May 31, 2008. This recipe I picked up from a Brisbane news magazine and adjusted it to taste. I was happy to use dried dates, as they are a very cheap dried fruit with an exquisite taste. This bar turned out very tasty and I got lots of kudos for it. It's a bit of work with some prep but worth it in the end. Sift together 80 g (3/4 cup) caster or fine sugar, 1 1/2 cup white flour, 1/2 cup rice flour (or extra white flour if you don't have it) in a large bowl. Spread the date-filling onto the ba...
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mea cooks: Simple Tomato and Basil Sauce
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Sunday, October 7, 2007. Simple Tomato and Basil Sauce. This is a simple and very nice and fresh-tasting tomato sauce that goes great with pasta, gnocchi, and on bread as a pseudo-bruschetta. This makes about 2-3 servings worth. Seed and dice 3 large tomatoes. Chop 1 large onion and 4-5 cloves garlic. Chop up a bunch of basil, at least 1/2 cup worth. In a small pot, on medium heat, cook tomatoes and 1/4 cup of basil in olive oil. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I've been called a gourmand before.
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mea cooks: Schug (Spicy Cilantro Paste)
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Saturday, August 11, 2007. Schug (Spicy Cilantro Paste). This is a purportedly Israeli spicy sauce that my dad would always make. Schug (the 'ch' is the back of the throat, hard sound) is an amazingly delicious paste that works wonders on sandwiches, meats, etc. It's also easy to make and freezes quite well. Buy 1-2 bunches of cilantro, chop off only the bottom 1/3 of the stems. Peel several cloves of garlic (1 if you don't like garlic, 3-4 if you like the taste). Store in a jar and refrigerate/freeze.
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mea cooks: March 2008
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Sunday, March 16, 2008. I've recently started liking olives a lot. The problem is that in most delis, here in Brisbane, they're like 20$ a kilo, and that can get a bit pricey. At the farmer's market, I found fresh big green olives for 3.50$/kilo and figured I may as well give home-pickling a go (fresh olives taste horrible). Googling didn't yield much, until I found this. Cute and wonderful website. Month 3 (I got lazy):. I've since found a source for olives for 5$/kilo for black and 8$/kilo for Kalamata).
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mea cooks: Lentil Burgers
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Saturday, August 23, 2008. Last week was Ekka holiday. It is some random holiday whose function or reason is unimportant. What is important, however, is that BBQ was involved. I wanted to give a go on making veggie burgers, using lentils, for all my vegetarian friends. I got a couple ideas around the internet and the results were really quite tasty. Soak 1 1/2 cups of dried green lentils in water (more than cover) for several hours/overnight. Dice half an onion. Add 1tsp honey and 1 tsp soy sauce. Even w...
