Cardamom Pear Butter
October 19, 2012
Autumn fruits fill the aisles, how can you possibly resist the shapely pear? So smooth, so ripe, so bottom heavy, and perfectly delicious with a bit of blue cheese as Cardamom Pear Butter.
Easy, delicious recipes for classic sauces, vinaigrettes, dips, drizzles and condiments. Ways to finish your plates, and punch up your menus.
Autumn fruits fill the aisles, how can you possibly resist the shapely pear? So smooth, so ripe, so bottom heavy, and perfectly delicious with a bit of blue cheese as Cardamom Pear Butter.
Adding to our essential sauces of the barbecue season with a tangy Chimichurri Sauce from South America. In it’s native Argentina it is the quintessential condiment for grilled meats, an Argentine pesto if you will, combining parsley, garlic, onion, olive oil, and vinegar for a powerful punch.
Our barbecue essentials list continues with a wicked Smokey Jack Daniels Ketchup and a bit of Jack Smoke that gave our Father’s Day barbecue a whole lot of Kentucky kick.
This version of Piri Piri sauce will ruin commercial barbecue sauces for you, forever. Butter based, it borrows from Portuguese tradition leaning heavily French. Using it effectively blackens the surface of the meat, adding layers of flavour and heat.
When I see ingredients I haven’t worked with I often drag them home to see what new delights I can concoct. Welcome home Kumquats, which quickly became Candied Kumquats… a taste of sunshine.
Cranberries, nature’s way of making sure we in northern climes get our vitamin C in the cold winter months; sharp and tangy and a must on the holiday table. Boozy Cranberry-Orange Sauce is extraordinarily easy (and fast) to make, a dash of Grand Marnier and hint of orange in a lovely jar, makes it a beautiful hostess gift.
Hummus is the Arabic word for chickpea. One of the oldest foods on the planet, hummus dates back to ancient Egypt. what can we offer that is a new twist on an ancient food? Sprouted Hummus. Double the protein and 20 – 30 times the nutritional value. Take that Cleopatra.
This month we’re getting a jump on spring with ‘VEG HEAD’ month, a little tribute to the produce section and all things fruit & veggie related, starting with the most basic of basics – vegetable stock. Two applications; one rich & hearty the other clear & delicate.
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