Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for September, 2008

Oven roasted ribs

Who says you can’t have tender falling off the bone ribs, in your home oven. Well sure they can’t possibly rival the best smoke joints in town, but in just over 3 hours, you can have falling off the bone, lip smacking ribs that satisfy that urge to eat with your hands and savor the dense, [...]

Read Full Post »

 
Olive oil
2 and ½ pounds of short ribs, enough for 2 ribs per person
1 medium onion, chopped finely
½ cup carrot, chopped finely
½ cup celery, chopped finely
2 garlic cloves, minced
¼ cup balsamic vinegar
1 bottle red wine (Pinot Noir, Cabernet)
1 cup tomato puree
1 teaspoon brown sugar
Dash cayenne
Salt and pepper
¾ teaspoon dried ginger
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground coriander
½ [...]

Read Full Post »

In one of the more unusual flavor combinations, David L. of A Perfect Scoop, proposes a Sweet Potato Ice Cream which I churned on Friday night.  If I am being honest, it didn’t bowl me over.  First off, there were no eggs in this recipe, that is to say, no base custard was made before [...]

Read Full Post »

Oven Roasted Ratatouille

With the leftover ingredients from Tomato Fest, I created an easy oven roasted ratatouille. It eez zee eaziest ting to maak.
I eggplant medium sized, unpeeled and chopped into one inch cubes
1 large red onion, cut also into cubes, about 1/2 inch wide
1 red bell pepper and 1 yellow pepper, each cut into slices about 1/2 [...]

Read Full Post »

Peach Cheesecake Ice Cream

 
So I borrowed my brother’s self contained ice cream unit. It is the Williams Sonoma model–you know, the one that’s been discontinued.  That night I spent the evening churning recipes from David Lebovitz’s book, The Perfect Scoop.  I knew from a prior posting that I wanted to turn my Ginger Peach Cheesecake into an ice [...]

Read Full Post »

Tomato Festival

We are celebrating the last of the summer tomato crop on Sunday.  The recipes will include:
Eggplant Involtini
Roasted Tomatoes on Bruschetta
Wood fired pizza with Marinara sauce
Vegetarian Stuffed tomatoes with pine nuts and golden raisins
Frozen Gazpacho
Stay tuned…we’ll be cooking all weekend!

Read Full Post »

Remember my peach cheesecake, published last month as my recipe of the month? Well didn’t I say then that the cheesecake flavors would make a great ice cream?  Well I was right.  Right now, chilling in my fridge is a bowl of peach gingersnap cheesecake ice cream base. With credit to David Lebovitz and A [...]

Read Full Post »

September Recipe

Here is the stuffed seasonal vegetables recipe which is pictured below!  Click on the link and it will take you to Philly Burbs!  Enjoy!
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/105-09032008-1585279.html

Read Full Post »