Month: September 2017
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Pear Shrub
For try something new month, I was intrigued by the number of shrubs and bitters and other odd old revival drinks out there. I’m not a big soda fan anymore, but sometimes I do want something more interesting than water. Shrub sounded like a good way to dive in and also finally get into Infusing…
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Apples Flambe
So it’s still “try a new cooking technique” month here on the blog. This is kind of a hard one for me because the corn allergy has forced me to try a lot of stuff. But one of the ones that I hadn’t tried was flambeing. All my friends had a heart attack about it…
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Kinpira Gobo
So given that we’re trying new cooking techniques this month, one of the ones that jumped out at me was kinpira, a Japanese technique involving a quick stir-fry followed by a braise, most commonly used on root vegetables. Now, I’ve likely done something like this at some point, but not on purpose as a technique.…
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Gluten-free & Vegan Abelskiver (Stuffed Pancakes)
So this month is “Try a cooking technique we’ve never used before” month on the blog. I got a cast iron abelskiver pan originally to try to make an Indian dish called paniyaram, but I’m in the middle of the apple apocalypse. We’re having a bumper crop this year, and I haven’t had time to…