I was looking for a way to use some Italian meatballs in the freezer and hit on the idea of eating them with a sauce based on roasted eggplant. It turned out well, so I am documenting it here. We ate it on top of hummus. Michael Solomonov’s cookbooks are filled with ideas for using Read More …
After I learned about a popular Malaysian egg sandwich called Roti John, Iexperimented with the same idea using ingredients from other cuisines. In thiscase, it was a mixture of Italian and Mexican ingredients, and the result wasquick, tasty, and very cheap. Here is how I made a sandwich for 1 person today. 6 inch piece Read More …
I read on 196flavors that a popular street food in Malaysia and Singapore was roti john. The legend is that this dish was invented in the 1960s when a hawker was asked for a hamburger, which he did not have. Instead, he improvised a dish with ground meat and egg in a baguette, and it Read More …
This is a very pretty dessert I which there are swirls of cheese cake within a brownie. This is adapted from Esteban Casillo’s cookbook Chicano Eats. The original recipe called for cajeta which I could not find, so I used the similar and easier to find dulce de leche. Abuelita chocolate is a brand of Read More …
This is a form of taco with carne asada in which the tortilla is grilled with some cheese before being topped with the meat, salsa, etc. This version is based on a recipe in Eseban Castillo’s cookbook Chicano Eats. This will serve at least 4 people. For the Marinated Steak ½ cup fresh lime juice Read More …
This is a seasoning for Carne Asada and is from Esteban Castillo’s cookbook Chicano Eats. It makes ¾ cup. ½ oz. guajillos chiles 1 Tbs. black peppercorns 1-1/2 tsp. coriander seeds 1 tsp. cumin seeds 3-1/2 Tbs. Diamond Crystal kosher salt 3 Tbs. garlic powder 3 Tbs. onion powder Preheat the oven to 275 degrees Read More …
This is the first dish we made from Esteban Castillo’s cookbook, Chicano Eats. It makes a flavorful but not spicy sauce to go with pasta. We made it with scallops, but it would also be good with shrimp, fish or chicken. The amount of sauce is intended for 1 lb. of pasta, and is expected Read More …
This salsa is like a thin and unchunky version of guacamole. It is from Esteban Castillo’s cookbook Chicano Eats, and was used with grilled steak to make Vampiros de Asada. When Carol saw the recipe, she could not believe that it would use 1.5 cups of water, but it does. It has a nice citrusy Read More …
The recipe for this Laotian-American fusion dish is from Atlanta’s Talat Market and appeared in Bon Appetit. The fusion part of the dish is adding brussels sprouts and leeks to a red pork curry. This makes 4 servings 6 Tbs. coconut oil, divided 1 medium leek, white and pale parts only, halved, coarsely chopped and Read More …
I have been thinking about making savory biscuits by mixing meat, cheese, onions, etc. into the biscuit dough. I have noticed that it is much easier to incorporate such ingredients in low gluten biscuit dough than in high gluten bread dough. This version is Buttermilk Biscuits for Two plus 5 oz. of Taylor pork roll, Read More …