 NORTHEAST PILGRIM STUFF
Cranberry Vinaigrette
2 egg yolks
1 t dijon mustard
2 T shallots, fine dice
6 oz cranberry vinegar
1/2 C orange juice
8 oz veg. oil
1/2 C cooked cranberries
Combine the yolks, mustard, shallots,vinegar, orange juice, and
whisk.
Add oil in a stream until incorporated, whisking all the time.
Mash in the cooked cranberries.
Salt & Pepper
Serve with any strong greens, especially warm greens like mustard
or collard greens.
Cranberry-Ginger Relish
- 1 bag cranberries
- 1.5 C Orange Juice
- 1C sugar
- 3 T chopped ginger
Combine all ingedients and bring to boil
Cook 15 minutes at simmer
Maple Flavored Sweet Potatoes
- 3 large sweet potatoes/ sliced thick or in chunks
- 3/4 C pancake syrup
- 1/2 C orange juice
- 1/2 stick butter
Combine all ingredients and cover with foil.
Bake in 375F oven 1 hour
uncover and bake until sweet potatoes are tender
Smoked Bluefish Pate
- 2 bluefish filets smoked slowly on grill
- Capers
- Cream Cheese
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SOUTHWESTERN FIRE
Three Chile Cornbread Stuffing
3/4 lb. Spanish Chorizo
2 C chopped onions
1.5 C chopped celery
1.5 C roasted chopped poblano peppers
2 habaneros chopped
2 ancho chiles chopped
2T chopped garlic
1T toasted chopped cumin seeds
Salt & Pepper
Saute all ingredients and cook for 15 minutes.
Mix in cooked cornbread and cool.
Stuff your bird
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DOWN DIXIE WAY Garlicky Creamed Greens
- 2 bunches collard greens
- 2 bunches mustard greens
- 5 cloves smashed chopped garlic
- 1/2 C heavy cream
- ground coriander
- S&P
2T smoking oil
add garlic
add greens
wilt
add heavy cream /reduce
S&P
ROASTED ROOTS
- 3 beets/peeled, cut in 1/8s
- 3 sweet potatoes/cut in 3/4" chunks
- 1 large daikon radish/3/4" slices
- 3 large carrots/ 2" pieces
- 5 red new potatoes/ 1/4s
- 1 large turnip/3/4" chunks
- 2 red onions/1/4ed
- 2T chopped fresh rosemary
- 4T olive oil
- 1 head of garlic/cut in half
Blanch the beets until tender.
Blanch the turnips.
Mix all ingredients together
Roast the vegetables 45 minutes or till tender
Stir occasionally
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NORTHWESTERN FARE
Pacific Salmon with Herb Rub
- 2 filets salmon/ boned
- 2 ripe tomatoes/sliced
- herb rub:
- 1 bunch italian parsley
- 2t coriander seed
- 2t mustard seed
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2t salt
- 1/2 t pepper
- 2T olive oil
- 2T water
For the rub:
- mill coriander and mustard seed in coffee bean grinder or just
crush with flat blade of a large knife
It should be coarse.
- Add all ingredients for the rub to a food processor and pulse.
- You want a consistency that you can 'spread' on the fish
- Spread the rub on top of filets and close them together
- Wrap in plastic and marinate for 2 days in refridgerator
- lay on flat baking tray and cover with sliced tomatoes
- Bake in preheated 400F oven for 10-15 minutes
Simple Chunky Apple Sauce
- 2# granny smith/3/4" chunks
- 2# golden delicious/3/4" chunks
- 2C water
- juice of 2 lemons
- 1/2C sugar
- 1/2 t cinnamon
- 1/2 t ground ginger
Combine all ingredients and bring to boil.
Reduce heat to simmer for 20 minutes |