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Spinach Wrap With Smoked Spicy Sausage, Coleslaw And Black Beans

Before I started this post today, I googled “Wrap”, to see some comparison to what I had prepared for dinner.
To tell you the truth, almost all of them, especially the ones from food chains, look absolutely gorgeous – well balanced with equal amounts of protein, lettuce and other “Stuff” 🙂
The problem???
Almost all these wraps are very different from the real thing you can purchase in restaurants and deli’s. While there are a few exceptions, most commercial places serve you these monster wraps, huge and beautiful to look at. But upon closer inspection, one finds mostly shredded lettuce and chopped tomatoes, sprinkled sparsely with the other ingredients listed on the menu. Even when there seems to be a lot of the goodies, the maker of the wrap usually places most of the goodies in the very center of the wrap, so when it is cut for presentation, it shows an abundance of it at the displayed center cut, while the rest of the roll contains mostly the cheap shredded lettuce. This would not be such a problem if the prices would not be so outrageous for what is actually being served (mostly lettuce) 😦
Good restaurants are usually an altogether different animal, although many serve you the same “lettuce wrap with a bit of other stuff”.
By now you will know what’s the solution – yep, make your own and pack it with the good stuff ! 🙂
Here we go:
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Spinach Wrap With Smoked Spicy Sausage, Coleslaw And Black Beans

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Preparation :
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: cut 8 oz of your favorite sausage into medium size pieces

: saute sausages with 1/2 medium size onion until onion is lightly caramelized

: add 6 oz black beans, 2 tblsp grated parmesan, 1/2 tsp garlic paste and 2 oz finely sliced raw bell peppers

: sprinkle 1 large spinach tortilla with grated parmesan

: add the sausage filling

: sprinkle with 1 tsp chopped cilantro and hot sauce to taste

: roll wrap tightly

: wrap roll into alu-foil to re-heat at a later point (omit this step if you serve the wrap right away); If re-heated, serve with or without foil. If you serve with the foil, peel-back as you eat to avoid a mess 🙂

: Spinach Wrap With Smoked Spicy Sausage, Coleslaw And Black Beans

: Spinach Wrap With Smoked Spicy Sausage, Coleslaw And Black Beans

: Spinach Wrap With Smoked Spicy Sausage, Coleslaw And Black Beans

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Sunshine On A Plate – Penne With Raw Tomato And Basil Sauce

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To prepare a successful raw “Tomato Sauce”, it is essential that the tomatoes are VERY ripe, sweet and soft.
Other than that, there is not much wizardry to be employed, just make sure that the pasta is cooked perfectly, your basil is fresh, young and sweet, the olive oil is of great quality and the cheese you use is the best you can afford. (Any hard, fresh-grated cheese you prefer will do).
The result will proof once again that if prepared with love and gusto, bringing together a few simple, good quality ingredients will add up to a wonderful meal (Even if the sunshine is lacking) 🙂
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Sunshine On A Plate – Penne With Raw Tomato And Basil Sauce

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Preparation :
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: basil plant

: dice 4 large, very ripe tomatoes, add 1/2 tsp garlic paste, 20 medium size basil leaves, 1 tsp sriracha, 2 tblsp grated Asiago and kosher salt to taste

: add 1 cup boiling pasta water

: mix and let steep for a minute

: add 1 lb fresh-cooked, drained, hot pasta, 1 tblsp fresh-cracked black pepper and 4 tblsp EVO, mix all

: divide into 4 serving plates

: drizzle with more EVO, sprinkle with grated Asiago

: Sunshine On A Plate – Penne With Raw Tomato And Basil Sauce

: Sunshine On A Plate – Penne With Raw Tomato And Basil Sauce

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Hot Legs

Easy, peasy, but soooo delicious 🙂
When you don’t feel like spending lots of time in the kitchen, but you want to have a great, hot meal just the same, these beautiful, juicy, spicy and wonderful delicious babies can come to the rescue.
5 minutes prep time (max), 45 minutes total time, – voilà !
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” Hot Legs “

” Hot Legs “

” Hot Legs “

” Hot Legs “

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Preparation :
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: 2 tblsp organic honey

: 3 tblsp sriracha

: 2 tblsp say sauce

: 1 tblsp garlic paste; mix well

: 4 large chicken legs

: incise on both sides all the way to the bone

: put legs on a rack which is suspended above a baking sheet with 1 inch water(to prevent the drippings from burning), brush with half the marinade on both sides

: bake at 420F for 20 minutes

: remove legs from oven, brush with the remaining marinade on both sides, return to oven until done (162 on the thickest part on the bone); serve with steamed rice or flat bread

: ” Hot Legs “

: ” Hot Legs “

: ” Hot Legs “

: ” Hot Legs “

: if serving the legs with steamed rice, use the pan drippings to pour over the rice; otherwise, reserve for stir fried noodles

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Falscher Hase (Fake Rabbit)

“Meatloaf With Sautéed Cabbage, Horseradish Potatoes And Mushroom Cream”
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Falscher Hase (Fake Rabbit) (Meatloaf)

There is a little story about the origin of the name Falscher Hase.
(Also: Hackbraten, Faschierter Braten, Heuchelhase)
(It might be funny now, but back then it was not funny at all, since it tried to cover-up the poverty and embarrassment of ordinary folks who were too poor to put a meal on the table of which they could be proud of)
You see, not too long ago there was a time in Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg in particular, when ground meat was not considered a proper entrée. It was ok for burgers (buletten), which were mostly consumed as a vesper (snack), served cold with bread and mustard.
But meatloaf was perceived as nothing to be proud of, an inferior dish only served when there was no money for a real cut of protein. Usually, it contained hard-boiled eggs in the center and sometimes blanched carrots, celery and bell peppers, not to make the meatloaf prettier but to further stretch the budget, since eggs and veggies were even cheaper than ground meat.
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So, in order to trick casual visitors or passersby to think there is a more prestigious piece of roast in the oven or on the table, “Hase” (Rabbit) was the usual answer to the question what smells so great at lunch or dinner time. This was a time before A/C and long notices before one went to visit one’s neighbor for a chat. Kitchen windows were always open, especially while cooking, everybody stopped by for a quick chat, either the passerby talking to the person inside or the person inside talking to the passerby. After all, before TV came along, leaning on the window and seeing the world go by was some of the choice entertainment as well as the main local news source – who walks with whom, who has new clothes, whose clothes are not properly ironed, how does this or that look……. 🙂
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Of course, everything has changed considerably since then (at least in our “advanced, modern” part of the world, what with tv, the internet, and so forth, a/c which requires closed windows and therefore less personal contact with our neighbors. etc…….. 😦
However, to get back to the dish at hand, if one is able to prepare a good meatloaf, one can and should be proud if this once “inferior” dish. Unfortunately, it is not easy to find a good meatloaf around here, neither in restaurants or in many homes.
Therefore, I give you this recipe which has been in my repertoire for 50 years. It was one of the very first things I learned to cook as an apprentice when I was 14 years old and I have done it with minor variations ever since. 🙂
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Falscher Hase (Fake Rabbit) (Meatloaf)

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Preparation :
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: saute julienne of 2 onions in 2 oz whole butter until translucent

: add 8 oz sliced button mushroom, saute until lightly browned

: add 2 cups heavy cream, simmer until reduced by half

: add 2 cup demi glace, simmer one minute

: season with kosher salt and cayenne pepper to taste, reserve

: saute 6 once coarsely diced chorizo and 1 ea coarsly diced onion in 4 oz EVO until onions are translucent

: add 2 lbs large diced white cabbage, season with kosher salt and fresh-cracked black pepper to taste

: saute until cabbage starts to soften, add 4 stalks 1 inch cut scallions, check/adjust seasoning, reserve

: peel, cut and cook 2 lbs potatoes until soft, drain, add 6 oz whole butter, 2 oz grated horseradish, kosher salt to taste and 4 tblsp heavy cream, mash until purre texture is achived (add more cream if needed)

: check/adjust taste, reserve

: soak 4 cups of panko crumbs in enough cold milk to cover until bread is soft, squeeze bread dry

: saute 3 diced onion in 2 oz butter until lightly caramelized, place in refrigerator until cold

: mix 3 lbs ground porkm 3 lbs ground beef or veal, 6 whole eggs, 1/4 cup chopped parsley with stems, 1/4 cup ketchup, 1/4 cup dijon mustard, 1/4 cup sweet paprika pwd, the soaked bread and the onions, cayenne pepper and kosher salt to taste

: mix well so everything is distributed evenly

: make a small sample-patty to check the taste and texture

: shape into two logs, bake at 375 until center has reached 160F, remove from oven and let rest, tented loosely with alu-foil for 15 minutes before cutting/serving

: Falscher Hase (Fake Rabbit) (Meatloaf)

: Falscher Hase (Fake Rabbit) (Meatloaf)

: Falscher Hase (Fake Rabbit) (Meatloaf)

: Falscher Hase (Fake Rabbit) (Meatloaf)

: Falscher Hase (Fake Rabbit) (Meatloaf)

: Falscher Hase (Fake Rabbit) (Meatloaf)

: Falscher Hase (Fake Rabbit) (Meatloaf)

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Each meatloaf serves 10-12.
Potatoes and cabbage – 5 servings each
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Grilled Tuna Steak, Garlic Confit With Black Olives And Greens In Raspberry Vinaigrette

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Fresh grilled tuna steak might seem a tad old-fashioned these day’s, but when it is so yummy, who cares ? 🙂
This dish, and the memories it evoked, mentally transported me back to the shores of the Mediterranean, where this would be a traditional, light lunch – a few, simple but fresh and fragrantly seasoned ingredients, enjoyed with good company and a few glasses of wine, then, a short Siesta and on to a wild night about town 🙂
Well, in my case it was iced tea instead of wine, then a walk with Bella instead of a siesta and afterward a good movie instead of a wild night about town. 🙂
But, nevertheless, great food and a wonderfully relaxing evening.
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Grilled Tuna Steak, Garlic Confit With Black Olives And Greens In Raspberry Vinaigrette

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Mediterranean Fish Seasoning:

3tablespoons dried rosemary
2tablespoons ground cumin
2tablespoons ground coriander
1tablespoon dried oregano
2teaspoons ground cinnamon
¹⁄₂teaspoon salt

Mix ingredients well. This mix seasons 4 to 6 steaks.
Brush tuna with olive oil, season liberally with the spice mix, grill until temperature reaches your preference.
Saute confit and black olives in EVO, add to steak.
Serve with a salad of your choice.
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Grilled Tuna Steak, Garlic Confit With Black Olives And Greens In Raspberry Vinaigrette

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Shrimp And Rice Stick Pillows With Peanut Sauce And Sweet Chili Sauce

Shrimp And Rice Stick Pillows With Peanut Sauce And Sweet Chili Sauce

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Last night on my way home I stopped at a Vietnamese restaurant where I used to eat pho. I stopped eating there because of the tiny portions (see my post about it by clicking this link: ….Pho….
Knowing that I would be disappointed by the skimpy pho, I placed my hope into an order of summer rolls…….
Well, the same crappy principle as with the pho (a ton of stock, a tiny amount of anything else); only this time, there was a ton of wrapper (2 per roll !) and just a tiny bit of filling. I could have kicked myself for not following my own previous advise to avoid this place.
So, what’s an old cook to do? Well of course, make my own version of rice paper rolls 🙂
Mind you, these are NOT Vietnamese summer rolls! And, because of their plumpness, rather than eating them by hand, I suggest you use a fork in order to have a less messy encounter with these babies. 🙂
However, these rolls consist of the exact amount and ratio of ingredients I craved when I ordered the rolls in the restaurant and was so badly disappointed:
A small amount of wrapper, LOT’S of noodles and shrimp, and NOT drowned in fish sauce and basil. Ahhhh, the good life ! 🙂
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If you prefer the more traditional skinny shape, just arrange the filling accordingly.
P.P.S.
I am still hoping to find a decent Vietnamese restaurant around here 🙂
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Hans’ Peanut Sauce

This recipe may not be the most authentic, but it’s really, really good.
Serve it as a dipping sauce, over hot or cold noodles or as a salad dressing.

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons water

3 tablespoons hoisin sauce

2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice

4 1/2 teaspoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon sugar

2 1/4 teaspoons chili paste

½ teaspoon garlic paste

1/4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

Whisk all the ingredients together in a medium bowl. Store covered in the refrigerator until ready to use. Whisk again before serving.
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Shrimp And Rice Stick Pillows With Peanut Sauce And Sweet Chili Sauce

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Shrimp And Rice Stick Pillows With Peanut Sauce And Sweet Chili Sauce

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slice 1 lb medium size cooked shrimp in halves

soak 8 oz rice sticks in hot water until soft, drain, mix with the shrimp (reserve 12 halves for garnish, 2 inside the rool and one on top), fine julienne of 1/4 red pepper and 1/4 yellow pepper, fine julienne of 1/4 red onion and 3 ea finely sliced basil leaves, dress with rice vinegar, fish sauce, chili pepper, kosher salt and sesame oil to taste

prepare the peanut sauce according to the recipe on this page

the good stuff……

rice peper sheets

soak 1 sheet at the time in warm water until pliable

remove to a work surface

add a bit if peppers, cucumber and two half shrimp

top with the salad

fold both sides over the top, then roll tight

recipe will produce 4 “fat” rolls or 8 thin rolls; serves 2

Shrimp And Rice Stick Pillows With Peanut Sauce And Sweet Chili Sauce

Shrimp And Rice Stick Pillows With Peanut Sauce And Sweet Chili Sauce

Shrimp And Rice Stick Pillows With Peanut Sauce And Sweet Chili Sauce

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Pork Chop “Parisienne” With Orzo Al Pomodoro

This wonderful dish is comfort food at its finest. (Obviously, pork chop is alway’s a hit with most folks, and so is pasta, so there is probably no argument here).
However, this dish up’s the ante another step by prepping the chop “à la parisienne”, as well as transforming the simple orzo into a flavorful and beautiful pasta dish, which I would be happy to eat all by itself without the chop or any other embellishment 🙂
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Please note:
#1: Eating the orzo with a spoon rather than with a fork will double the pleasure of eating it) 🙂
#2: Eating the orzo with a spoon rather than with a fork will most likely double the size of your belly 😦
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Pork Chop “Parisienne” With Orzo Al Pomodoro

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: butterfly 1 pork chop to the bone

: season with kosher salt and cayenne pepper to taste

: dredge in 2 tblsp a/p flour

: mix 3 tblsp grated asiago cheese, 2 small eggs, 1 tblsp finely sliced scallion, kosher salt and cayenne pepper to taste

: mix well

: dredge the chop in the egg mixture

: saute chop in 2 tblsp clarified butter

: saute until golden and cooked to 163F on the bone

: into another pan add 2 tblsp EVO

: add 1 cup seeded, diced tomatoes and 1/2 tsp garlic paste, saute until tomatoes start to break down

: add 1 1/2 cup cooked orzo

: season with kosher salt and cayenne pepper to taste

: add 1 tblsp finely grated parmigiano reggiano, plate orzo in a deep plate, top with the pork chop and a few leaves of balsamic vinegar dressed endive

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: Pork Chop “Parisienne” With Orzo Al Pomodoro

: Pork Chop “Parisienne” With Orzo Al Pomodoro

: Pork Chop “Parisienne” With Orzo Al Pomodoro

: Pork Chop “Parisienne” With Orzo Al Pomodoro

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BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS # 60 – “Fruit, Milk And Some Interesting Reading”

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Dear Friends,
while today’s featured breakfast might not warrant a post of its own, I think the accompanying article by Jeremy Taylor, which appeared in THEFW, will make some interesting reading for my non-professional readers, as well as for my many young cooks and chef- colleagues, who are lucky enough to have entered our beloved profession decades after most of the practices described in this article have been abandoned (at least some of them, in some places).
I don’t want to go into the details and the opinion I nurture about these practices, but those who know me will understand that I believe in most of them to this day 🙂 😦
As for the breakfast on this page, it might not be an example of culinary craft and/or art, but it certainly is an example of the beauty of some of the culinary bounty that is easily available to most of us in its original, God-given state, it’s richness, beauty, and simple awesomeness 🙂
(I know, that was a bit of an awkward sentence, but it just felt good to express the joy that comes to my mind when looking at these pics).
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“Ridiculously Demanding Craigslist Ad For Line Cook Goes Viral

Thanks to Bloomington, Indiana and America’s desire to stuff their faces like these are the last days of the Roman Empire the job title of chef has grown in stature and prestige.

But before you become a chef, you have to work your way through the kitchen. Farm Bloomington, a restaurant in Bloomington, Indiana, figured there would be so many applicants with culinary stars in their eyes for their line cook position that they posted a Craigslist ad with 44 intricately detailed job requirements.

They include “Only answer ‘yes, chef’ or ‘oui, chef’ and “Always show up to work, even if you are sick as a dog. Let the chef see that you’re really sick and send you home.”

If taken separately, the requirements are overbearing but not necessarily unreasonable. But when you read them all together it offers a horrifying peak inside the id of the restaurant industry.

Harry Shaffer, the general manager of Farm Bloomington, has admitted the ad was posted in haste by a sous chef and the restaurant quickly took it down.

However you can’t really ever erase something from the internet. You can see the entire list that should make any wannabe Food Network star reconsider their path below.

COMMENTS:
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To enjoy the full impact of this article, click on the link to the original post just above this line and scroll to the bottom of the article to read 120 comments, of which the majority is quite entertaining and not a few are very funny 🙂
Cheers !
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Shrimp Cakes, Avocado Salad, Dill-Yogurt Sauce

Shrimp Cakes, Avocado Salad, Dill-Yogurt Sauce

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While my stomach tells me that the larger the shrimp, the more I love the dish, my wallet sometimes pulls back the reins and tells me to take it easy 😦
So last week when I went to the store to buy shrimp for this dish, these small salad shrimp for $7.75 a pound seemed more suitable than the large ones for $28.00 a pound. (My wallet insisted). I had planned to chop the shrimp, then add peppers, seasoning and an egg white and prepare shrimp cakes in the traditional way. However, these here babies with the tiny cooked shrimp turned out to be just as good, perhaps even better. The texture is of course very different from patties made from chopped raw shrimp, but as I said, not inferior, and maybe even better.
Hurray for the ~~cheaper~~ solution. (Ooops, of course I mean the more economical solution ) 😦
And there you have it – more expensive is not always better! (However, most of the time, it really is) 🙂
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Shrimp Cakes, Avocado Salad, Dill-Yogurt Sauce

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Shrimp Cakes, Avocado Salad, Dill-Yogurt Sauce

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Shrimp Cakes, Avocado Salad, Dill-Yogurt Sauce

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2 lbs salad shrimp, 2 whole eggs, 3/4 cup panko bread crumbs, 3 tblsp diced red peppers, 3 tblsp diced green peppers, 2 tblsp sliced scallions, kosher salt, cayenne pepper and granulated garlic to taste

mix all ingredients well, place in refrigerater for one hour in order to allow the panko to soak-up the moisture and soften

meanwhile, dice 1 medium size seeded cucumber, cut 8 ea grape tomatoes into six wedges each, mash the avocado and 3 cloves of garlic confit coarsely, season with cayenne and kosher salt to taste

add 3 tblsp EVO and the juice of 2 limes to the salad, mix all together, check/adjust the seasoning

1 cup of Greek yogurt, 1 tblsp honey, juice of 1 lime, 1/4 tsp garlic paste, 2 tblsp dill leaves, kosher salt and white pepper to taste

mix ingredients, check/adjust seasoning

mix 2 cup panko with 2 tblsp corn starch, divide shrimp into 7 oz patties, dredge in the panko/cornstarch mix

saute shrimp cakes in 1/ cup peanut oil until crisp and heated through

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Shrimp Cakes, Avocado Salad, Dill-Yogurt Sauce

Shrimp Cakes, Avocado Salad, Dill-Yogurt Sauce

Shrimp Cakes, Avocado Salad, Dill-Yogurt Sauce

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Braised Beef Back Ribs With Glazed Baby Rainbow Carrots

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All chef’s, once in a while :
WTF did I come in here for ??? 🙂

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Once in a while, I come across an unbelievable food bargain that I just MUST buy; these ribs are a typical example.
I had to go downtown Miami this morning, so on the way back home, I stopped at my Argentinian butcher in Hialeah to get some empanadas for lunch. There I saw these beautiful beef ribs for $ 3.95, which is less than a pack of chicken wings of equal weight will cost me at my neighborhood grocery store – go figure 😦
So, I had the empanadas for lunch, then started the ribs for a full-fledged, big and yummy dinner 🙂
(My butcher’s empanadas are as close to Argentinian empanadas as can be, nothing like the crappy ones one can usually get around here. After all, he is Argentinian)
But now let’s talk a bit about today’s beef rib dinner.
If you look at the pics of the preparation below, you might notice that the ratio of onions to meat is very high, about 2 to 1 in quantity. The reason is that since I usually don’t use red wine (or any other alcohol) in my cooking anymore, I like to add additional flavor and color by increasing the amount of caramelized onions and add some apple cider. It does not replace the red wine taste, but rather substitute one great flavor with another one. Also, instead of using flour to thicken the sauce, once the meat is tender, I remove it and set it aside, then push the onions through a fine mesh sieve and simmer the sauce another few minutes to thicken it.
And there you have it – another day, another wonderful meal 🙂
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Braised Beef Back Ribs With Glazed Baby Rainbow Carrots

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: season beef ribs with cracked pepper and kosher salt to taste

: saute ribs in 2 tblsp peanut oil

: saute on all sides until nicely browned (maillard reaction)

: add 3 large corse-chopped onions, saute until onions are well caramelized

: add 1 qt of beef stock and 2 cup apple cider, 2 tblsp sweet paprika, 2 tblsp tomato paste, 2 bay leaves, 1 tblsp dried thyme, 1 tsp garlic paste, kosher salt and cayenne pepper to taste, simmer covered until meat is very tender but NOT falling apart, about 2,3 to 3 hours

: remove ribs into another pot

: strain sauce and push onions through a fine mesh sieve on top of the ribs, simmer another 5 minutes (if the sauce is too thick, add a bit of beef stock), check/adjust seasoning