Recipes & Cooking Notes
Recipes & Cooking Notes
Baking With Julia – Pumpernickel Bread & Matzos with Lauren Groveman http://www.wgby.org/episode/5595 Saw this and had to record it somewhere. How to make pumpernickel (by hand) and matzos (jewish crispy flatbread?). -Isaac
20131120 spaghetti cacio e pepe Followed this recipe: salt 1 lb pasta 4 tblsp evoo 2 tsp black pepper 1 cup pecorino romano 3/4 cup cacio de roma cook pasta reserve 1 cup pasta water drain pasta heat oil in skillet over medium until shimmering add pepper – cook until fragrant – 1-2 min add […]
20131115 French Fries – frozen Figured out how to deep fry frozen french fries. Bring oil to ~350 F, put small batches of fries in. DO NOT CROWD. It will splatter lots, but you’re putting ice and water into hot oil. It’s not spattering because it’s too hot, it’s spattering because of water. […]
20131113 pork stir fry with green onion Made this following this recipe: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/pork_stir_fry_with_green_onion/ Pork Stir Fry with Green Onion Recipe Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 5 minutes Yield: Serves 4. You can substitute the green onions with Chinese chives (much thicker than regular chives), if available. If you want to spice this up a bit, […]
pork fried rice – 20131112 Westwood pork: 200-300 grams slice thin marinade in salt and soy sauce stir fry in nonstick pan with a bit of oil on high heat for 4 ~minutes (meat initially smells like mommy’s soy sauce eggs, but tastes pretty good later) remove and save for later microwave rice (~1.5 cups, […]
http://www.joepastry.com Probably one of the most comprehensive bread and pastry resource I’ve encountered on the web. Especially: http://www.joepastry.com/joes-recipes/ Which is an index with complete recipes for many, many baked goods. Thanks Grace!
Successfully made tortillas using the foodwishes.com recipe: http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2011/03/fresh-homemade-flour-tortillas-in-no.html Ingredients: 8 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 3/4 cup), more as needed 3/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/4 cup vegetable shortening 1/2 cup hot water (about 105 degrees F.) Very fast and easy, but still requires lard. Use medium heat on electric stove, and err […]
Couple Ties The Knot With Their Own Afro-Asian Rice Treat Jidan Koon/Da Capo Lifelong Books Recipe: Afro-Asian Jung With Shoyu-Vinegar-Chili Sauce Makes about 20 jung For the jung 1 cup black “forbidden rice,” soaked in water overnight 2 cups brown glutinous rice, soaked in water overnight 2 cups white glutinous rice, soaked in water overnight […]
Made pizza dough following the Wolfgang Puck’s Pizza dough recipe: http://americanfood.about.com/od/pizzaandbreads/r/Wolfgang_Puck_Pizza.htm Good pizza dough. Also used mozzarella cheese shredded from a block. http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/02/the-pizza-lab-the-best-low-moisture-mozzarella-for-pizzas.html http://www.thekitchn.com/theres-a-reason-why-low-fat-cheese-tastes-like-an-eraser-the-new-york-times-175378 addendum 20150404 Ingredients 1 package dry active yeast 1 teaspoon honey 1 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees F.) 3 cup all-purpose flour (375 grams) 1 teaspoon kosher salt (6 […]