Stuffed tomato recipes are ubiquitious around the world – North America, Latin America, South America and Asia all have varieties on this classic dish. Since I love Italy and Italian food, this iteration of this classic stuffed fruit has an Italian flavor. It was pointed out to me that “stuffed” and “wrapped” are different. However…
Slicing vegetables, using a mandoline or vegetable peeler, into long slices opens up all kinds of options for wrapping food. In the following recipe carrots and zucchini are used, however, other vegetables can be used as well, such as yams, potatoes, and cucumbers. This makes a great appetizer.This dish is also in the first volume…
Daikon is a well known vegetable in asia. It is frequently used as a pickle, as we describe below. When julienned and pickled, these pickles are wonderful on salads, on sandwiches or in sushi. The Japanese have a sushi made with sushi rice and pickled daikon called, oshinko sushi. In Korea they make a type…
These are GREAT! My sister and I were shopping one day and I asked her to get onions. She brought a bag of red onions and I had wanted Vadalia’s … So I was wondering what to do with them, and pickles came to my mind. I found a recipe and after playing with it,…
Sauerkraut is one of my favorite ways to eat cabbage. During the winter when fresh vegetables are harder to get, fermented or pickled vegetables offer great alternatives. Plain cabbage sauerkraut is one of my favorites, and I go through quarts of the stuff. However, I have tried and enjoyed other types of sauerkraut. The following…
I am a pickle-holic! Olives, Dilly beans, Diakon and Dill PIckles are part of my diet. I have tried all kinds of recipes for dill picklets both pickled and fermented. I have never been able to get the fermented pickles to taste good. Not sure what I am doing wrong, as my SauerKraut and Kim…
Stuffed eggplants are used around the world. Eggplant is a great vegetable that is under appreciated in the US. Grilling the eggplants before slicing them in half adds excellent taste to this dish. The addition of meat and eggplant, as in the following recipe, is a great savory combination. This dish is also in the…
Meatballs wrapped in bacon … who could resist. Well there are such folks (but then when you have a Tailgate you have something for everyone). The meatballs here can be made a day ahead of time and wrapped with the bacon, then placed in the refrigerator. They can then be baked the morning before your…
Fortunately, apples are in season year round. The Granny Smith is frequently used in baking recipes since the flesh holds it’s shape and doesn’t become mushy. The tartness of the apples helps balance the sweetness of the the sugars in the pie. This recipe gives you a hand held wrapped pie that can be made…
The term “garbage bread” is one for a wonderful bread filled with bacon, ground beef, olives and other morsels. A bread that can be made a couple of days prior to an event. Then taken to the event without any further effort, except slicing. I highly recommend this option for your next Tailgate at Keeneland…