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Recipe -- Tilapia Wrapped in Banana Leaf
FoodReference.com
Back to the Family by Art Smith
In Central America and other parts of the tropics, many dishes are wrapped in banana leaves, giving them a very special flavor. I get mine in the frozen foods sections of Latin American supermarkets here in Chicago. I also have a banana leaf tree in my kitchen, but I would shoot anyone who tried to cut a leaf from it.
Makes 8 Servings
Ingredients
Red Pepper Sauce
* 1 (8-ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained
* 1 clove garlic
* 1 teaspoon dried oregano
* 1/4 cup olive oil
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
* 1 bag frozen banana leaves, thawed and cut into 5- or 6-inch squares
* 8 (6 ounces each) tilapia fillets
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
* Olive oil Click for full article >>
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Recipe -- Classic Gazpacho
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The Best Recipe: Soups & Stews, Cook's Illustrated Magazine
Serves 8 TO 10
This recipe makes a large quantity because the leftovers are so good, but it can be halved if you prefer. If Fresh Samantha juices are available in your grocery store, the company's Veggie Cha Cha vegetable juice makes an excellent gazpacho—use it in place of the tomato juice. Traditionally, diners garnish their own bowls with more of the same diced vegetables that are in tire soup. If that appeals to you, cut some extra vegetables while you prepare those called for in the recipe. Additional garnish possibilities include croutons, chopped pitted black olives, chopped hardcooked eggs, and finely diced avocado.
* 3 ripe medium beefsteak tomatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds), cored and cut into 1/4-inch dice, (about 4 cups) * 2 small red bell peppers (about 1 pound), cored, seeded, and cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 2 cups) * 2 small cucumbers (about 1 pound), one peeled and the other with skin on, both seeded and cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 2 cups) * 1/2 small sweet onion (such as Vidalia, Maui, or Walla Walla) or 2 large shallots, peeled and minced (about 1/2 cup) * 2 medium cloves garlic, minced * 2 teaspoons salt * 1/3 cup sherry vinegar * Ground black pepper * 5 cups tomato juice, preferably Welch's * 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco (optional) * 8 ice cubes * Extra-virgin olive oil for serving Click for full article >>
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Trivia
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White chocolate originates from the cocoa (cacao) plant, but it is not 'chocolate.' According to the FDA, to be called 'chocolate' a product must contain chocolate liquor, which is what gives it the biter intense chocolate flavor (and color) to dark and milk chocolates. Click for full article >>
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Food Quote
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"You have to eat oatmeal or you'll dry up. Anybody knows that."
Kay Thompson, author of 'Eloise' (1905-1998) Click for full article >>
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Food Trivia Quiz
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1) Herbert Hoover was not the first to promise a 'chicken in every pot.'
Who said it first? Click for full article >>
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| About the Chef: Chef James Ehler has been cooking for over 35 years, spending a little more than 5 years apprenticing with several Colorado chefs, and was a working Executive Chef for 20 years. Ehler is the webmaster, chef, editor and publisher for foodreference.com. |
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