A Peruvian staple, ceviche comes in many forms, but the basic ingredients are fresh fish and lime. Here I use Tilapia with diced tomato, onion, garlic, cilantro, salt and pepper along with the lime, of course. Ceviche is garnished with Peruvian popping corn, sweet potatoes and diced avocado.
Simple prep by Blaise. Stop paying $2.69 for an 8 oz container of inferior hummus at the store. Most has vinegar, citric acid or worse to extend shelf life. Make it yourself and give yourself lo-cost, control and quality of the food you eat.
After many complaints that I didn't add tahini to my Hummus in a previous video, I make sure I use it here. The basic recipe combines 1 can chick peas, 2 cloves garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, 1 T tahini a little water, salt and pepper. I make a dbl batch and process half with a puree of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and olive oil.
A greek classic, the three ingredients that make up moussaka are eggplant, ground lamb and bechemel sauce. As you will discover in video, the proportions can vary, but the flavor is always great.
Blaise shows how easy it is to make homemade soft caremel. Brief references to the science of candymaking, but focus on ease of preparing. Ingredients: 1/2 cup cream, 1/2 cup corn syrup, 1/2 cup sugar, 2T butter. Stir all in cool pan, bring to boil over med heat and wait until temp hits 248. DO NOT STIR OR SWIRL after initial mixing. Pour into greased mold.
A pie/tart that needs no pie plate or tart pan! Just lay on cookie sheet fold edges over filling and bake. Follow any crust recipe or the one used in video. Fill with jams, dried fruit or even some fresh fruit. A quick and easy way to impress your guests.
The ultimate tomato sauce for your favorite pasta. So rich you will want to eat it all alone like soup and filled with meatballs and sausage that can become a great lunch inside a good Italian roll.
Have you ever thought of aging your own beef? Well the aging is the easy part. Then you have to cope with shaving off all that dried beef on the surface of the roast. Finally you have to come to grips with the fact that you just lost about 1.5 pounds from the meat's original weight. No matter, it's worth it all in the end.
This is not an instructional video! My pie crust recipe is available on the Rustic Strawberry Tart video and at blaisecooks.blogspot .com on the week of May 13, 2007. I hope this video just inspires other parents to get their kids involved in the kitchen.
Classic lasagna with ricotta and mozzarella cheese, ground lamb, pork and veal and tomato sauce. 4 layers of fluffy and savory comfort food. Great winter eating.
A lighter pasta primavera made from grilled fresh veggies, basil, Olive Oil, Salt and Pepper.
Ingredients:
Any grillable, hard vegetable like carrots, fennel, green beans, squash, etc. Avoid, veggies that get mushy like eggplant or tomatoes.
Comparing fresh rib roast to an aged rib roast cooked on a grill. The original weight of the aged roast was 4 pounds, but after aging and trimming, it's a tight 2 pounds 10 oz. The fresh rib roast is 4 pounds. These are both 2 rib rib roasts. Watch video to see which fared best.
Three course meal prepared in a dysfunctional kitchen using only sharp knives and a stove top. Duck Ragu over paparadelle pasta, bitter endive salad with candied pine nuts and cheese and chocolate cornmeal blinis.
A classic covered apple pie. Eaten alone or a la mode, few people dispute the place of this all-American pie in the pantheon of American desserts. Regardless of its humble origins, apple pie is the mainstay pie of American culture.
An unlikely trio of ingredients combine to make a pasta meal with richness, depth and uniqueness of character. This is what pasta is supposed to be. Not just a jar of ragu poured over spaghetti!
These knives came out early in the '90's with a diamond 'chip' facing on one side of the cutting edge. The idea is (was) that the edge, with the support of the hardest material on earth, would never dull. I never bought into it, but liked the handle! Best handle of all knives. Also, I sharpen the side without the diamonds.
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