Bread-and-Butter Pickles

Ingredients: 6 #                               Pickling cucumbers 4 to5 inch 1#                                Onions, thinly sliced 1⁄2 cup or tt                 Salt As needed                   Crushed or cubed ice 4 cups                          Cider vinegar 41⁄2 cups                     Sugar 2 tablespoons              Mustard seed 11⁄2 tablespoons          Celery seed 1 tablespoon                Turmeric, ground As needed                   “Chili” product (optional) As needed                   Ice, crushed Procedure: Wash […]

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Sweet Pickled Radishes

Ingredients: 1 qt                              Radishes, cleaned, greens removed and halved, quartered or battonet* 1 cup                           Rice vinegar 1 cup                           Cider vinegar 1 tablespoon                Mirin ¾ cup                           Sugar ¾ teaspoon                  Celery seed 1 teaspoon                   Mustard seed 1 ea                              Bay leaf Pinch                           Salt 1 tablespoon                Pickled ginger, fine julienne (with juice) 5 ea                              Nasturtium flowers* 15 ea                            […]

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Creamy Mustard Dill Dressing

Ingredients: 4 oz                                         Ricotta or cottage cheese (low or no fat)* 6 oz                                         Non-fat yogurt 5 Tablespoons                         Lemon juice 1 Tablespoon                           Lemon zest, micro-planed 3-4 Tablespoons                      Dijon mustard 1Tablespoon                            Horseradish, prepared ½ teaspoon                              Celery seed, toasted and crushed in a mortar and pestle (optional) 2 Tablespoons                         Red onion, minced 3Tablespoons                          Dill, chopped 3oz                                          Vegetable stock, […]

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Crispy Corn Bread Croutons

Ingredients: 2 cups                          Corn bread or traditional Broa* 1 teaspoon                   Olive oil 1 tablespoon                Lemon zest (micro-planed) ½ teaspoon                  Celery seed, toasted and crushed in a mortar and pestle Pinch                           Salt Pinch                           Pepper Procedure: Cut cornbread into ½ inch pieces and gently toss with oil Bake in a 350 degree oven until golden brown and […]

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Broccoli Stem and Pickled Ginger Slaw

Ingredients: ½   lb                           Broccoli Stems (Peel exterior, sliced 1/16 thick into ribbons) 1    rib                          Celery (Peel exterior, sliced 1/16 thick into ribbons) ½   oz                           Pickled Ginger (julienne, reserve juice) 2    Tsp                                    Reserved Pickle Ginger Juice 1    Tsp                                    Soy Sauce 1    Tsp                                    Chili Garlic Oil ½   Tsp                                     Chinese Mustard Powder […]

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Seviche

Ingredients: ½ #                             Maine shrimp, peeled ½ #                              Squid rings 1 Tablespoon               Salt 1/2 cup                                    Lime juice (4-6 limes), micro-plane the zests and reserve 1/2 cup                                    Lemon juice (2-3 lemons), micro-plane the zests and reserve 1/2 cup                                    Orange juice (1 juice orange), micro-plane the zests and reserve 1 small                         Red onion thinly sliced 1 […]

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