Culinary News
Month: May 2016
Ingredient Of The Day: Blood Orange
The Blood Orange is a unique orange with a sweet-tart flavor. Use it for cocktails, juice, Aïoli, Vinaigrette, or a sauce. The Moro Blood Orange is similar but it on its way out of season at the moment but regular Blood Orange should be plentiful right now.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Guaje Seed
Guaje Seeds need to be painstakingly taken out of their pods. They have an aromatic-slightly bitter-earthy-grassy flavor and a dry-crunchy texture. They are best dried and roasted and used like a Pumpkin Seed.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Italian Agretti
Italian Agretti, aka Monk’s Beard, Roscana, or Saltwort, is a briny-earthy-salty water vegetable that is similar to Sea Bean. Blanch and use as a garnish, salad, or vegetable side dish. It has a very nice crunchy texture.…
Spring Ingredients
It is springtime and time to take advantage of the best ingredients of the year. This dish consists of a round of Bucheron cheese, sautéed Spring Onions, Green Garlic, and Morel Mushroom, Fava Bean and braised Ramp.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Baby Leek
Baby Leeks are usually available in the summertime but can sometimes be found in the spring. The Baby Leek, aka Tara, Tareh or Tarreh, is more like a Chive than a regular Leek.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Korean Melon
Korean Melon, aka Golden Melon or Oriental Melon, is a melon with an aromatic-floral-fruity-sweet flavor and a firm-juicy texture. Make a melon soup or use for Prosciutto And Melon.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Lovage
Lovage, aka Sea Parsley and Wild Parsley, is similar to Celery Greens and can be used the same way like for a garnish, in a salad, soup, or stew. Lovage has an aromatic-grassy-salty-vegetal flavor.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Moringa Pod
The Moringa Pod, aka Drumstick, is used as a fresh vegetable like a Green Bean. They have a grassy-vegetable flavor and a crisp-tender texture and can be blanched, braised, sautéed or deep-fried.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Purple Gem Lettuce
Purple Gem Lettuce is similar to green Little Gem Lettuce and can be used in a similar matter. It has a slightly sweet-vegetal flavor and a crisp-crunchy texture. Use the whole leaf in salads or for a garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Ume Plum
The Ume Plum is mostly used for pickling. The flavor is very sour-acidic-bitter and has a short growing season.…