Rhubarb Chutney
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Ingredients
1 ½ cups rhubarb
¼ cup sugar
3 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
½ orange juice and zest
2 tablespoon raisins or dried tart cherries
¼ cup onion or 1 shallot
1 teaspoon fresh ginger
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
Cut the rhubarb into approximately ⅓-1/2 inch slices.
Finely dice the onion and mince the ginger.
Put everything in a wide non-reactive pot and bring to a simmer.
Simmer for around 10 minutes until the mixture thickens, stirring occasionally.
Set aside to cool.
Stinging Nettle Pesto
INGREDIENTS
1/2 Cup Blanched Stinging Nettle Leaves water squeezed out (about 4 cups before blanching)
5 Cloves Garlic (Large)
2/3 Cup Walnuts
1 Cup Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese
3/4 Cup Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper about 1/4 teaspoon each
INSTRUCTIONS
Clean and trim stinging nettle leaves. I like to use a salad spinner so I can dump the leaves right into a pot of boiling water. Use a non-reactive pan or your leaves will turn black.
Get a pot of water boiling and blanch leaves for 1-2 minutes. Use a non-reactive pan or your leaves will turn black. They are now safe to handle without being stung. Drain leaves. When cool enough to handle, wrap leaves in a paper towel and squeeze out excess water.
Put the blanched stinging nettle leaves, garlic, salt and pepper into a food processor and mix. Scrape the sides, add walnuts, cheese and about 1/2 cup of oil and mix some more. Taste.Add more salt and pepper if needed, mix and taste. If necessary, add more oil while machine is running until you get the right consistency. It should be about a medium paste and not too runny.
Crispy Rockfish and Sweet Potato Chips
Ingredients
Crispy Fish
1 1/2 cups Panko breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons parsley
1 egg
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 pounds fresh or frozen rockfish fillets
Vegetable oil for frying
Sweet Potato Chips
5 small sweet potatoes, cut into large French fries
1 tablespoon water
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 pinch salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
Crispy Fish
Combine the Panko and parsley in a wide bowl or a pie dish.
In a separate bowl, combine the egg, mayonnaise, Dijon, garlic, salt, and pepper.
Pat the rockfish fillets dry with a paper towel. Optional step: cut the fillets into smaller sections about 3 inches long.
Add the rockfish fillets to the egg mixture and gently stir to coat the fish. One at a time place in the breadcrumb mixture. Coat both sides of the fish with the breadcrumbs and gently press down on the fillets to get the breadcrumbs to adhere. Repeat with all the fish fillets.
Add enough oil to a 12-inch skillet to get it about 1/4 inch deep. Heat the oil over medium-high heat.
When the oil is hot use tongs to gently add the fish fillets to the pan and cook for 90 seconds to 2 minutes until golden brown. Carefully flip the fish fillets over and cook the other side for another 90 seconds to 2 minutes.
When the rockfish fillets are golden brown, lay them on a cooling rack or some paper towels while you finish frying the rest of the fish.
Sweet Potato Chips
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Place the cut sweet potatoes into a microwave-safe dish with the water. Cook in the microwave for 5 minutes on full power. Drain off liquid, and toss with Italian seasoning, pepper, salt and olive oil. Arrange the fries on a baking sheet in a single layer.
Bake for 30 minutes, turning once, or until fries are crispy on the outside.
Simple Mustard Greens
Ingredients
1 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cloves garlic, minced
1 bunch mustard greens, stemmed and chopped
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup chicken stock
1/2 tablespoon stone-ground mustard
Directions
In a large pan with straight sides on medium heat add the oil. Add the garlic to the hot oil. Saute until garlic is softened and fragrant and has infused the oil.
Add the mustard greens. Season the greens with salt, and pepper, and saute while tossing to wilt. Once wilted add the chicken stock and stir. Raise heat to a simmer, then lower and cook for about 5 minutes more.
Stir in the ground mustard. Serve warm.
Fiddlehead Fern and Bacon Omlet
Ingredients
Filling
1/4 lb fiddlehead ferns
1/4 lb bacon, cut in 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 small onion, finely sliced
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives
Salt and pepper
6 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons half-and-half cream or milk
1 tablespoon butter
3/4 cups grated Gruyère cheese (optional)
Salt and pepper
Preparation
Blanch the fiddleheads in boiling salted water for about 2 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold running water. Set aside.
Brown the bacon in a skillet over medium heat. Pour off the rendered fat. Add the onion and sauté until tender. Add the fiddleheads and chives. Sauté for 1 or 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
In a bowl, whisk together the eggs and cream. Season with salt and pepper.
Melt the butter in preheated 12-inch non-stick skillet. Pour the eggs into skillet. Cook over medium heat for 1 to 2 minutes, using a spatula to pull apart the omelet and let the uncooked eggs run to the bottom. When the edges (not the center) of the omelets are almost done, sprinkle 1 side with the filling and the Gruyère. Using the spatula, fold the omelet over the filling and slide onto plate.
Leek and Mushroom Pizza
Ingredients
16 ounces Pizza Dough enough for one 12 inch pizza (store bought or make your own)
2 leeks dark green parts removed, cut lengthwise and into half moons
8 ounces shimeji mushrooms sliced
4 slices thick cut bacon diced
1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella
1 tablespoon butter
3 garlic cloves minced
salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 500°F. Place pizza stone in oven while it's preheating (for at least 30 minutes). If you don't have a pizza stone, use a baking sheet (no need to preheat the baking sheet).
If refrigerated, set pizza dough on the counter for at least half an hour.
Add the mushrooms to a nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Sauté for 5-10 minutes, until mushrooms have released their moisture and pan is dry. Remove from pan.
Add the bacon pieces and allow to render fat and start to become crisp. Remove bacon from pan and leave fat.
Add 1 tablespoon of butter to pan and allow to melt. Add the leeks and season lightly with salt and pepper (remember the bacon is salty, so you don't need much). Sauté for several minutes, until starting to soften. Add the mushrooms back to the pan and continue to cook with the leeks, until starting to turn golden. Add the bacon and the garlic to the pan and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds to one minute. Taste mixture and season with more salt and pepper if needed. Remove from heat.
Use your hands to work the pizza dough ball into a disc, when it gets to be 6-8 inches across, place on the pizza peel and continue to spread into a 12 inch disc.
Spread the half of shredded cheese all over the dough, leaving about an inch of space all around the outside edge of the crust. Cover with the bacon leek and mushroom mixture. Sprinkle with the rest of the cheese..
Once the oven and pizza stone have preheated for 30 minutes, transfer pizza from the pizza peel to the pizza stone in the oven. Cook pizza for 12-14 minutes, until dough is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
Bay Shrimp Spicy Sushi Bowls
Ingredients
1 cup short-grain white rice, uncooked
1 cup water
2 tablespoons natural rice vinegar
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound bay shrimp, thawed if frozen, rinsed and patted dry
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 large avocado, pitted, peeled, sliced
1 cup sliced English cucumber, unpeeled
1 sheet nori, thinly sliced
1 calcot onions, thinly sliced
4 Tbsp mayonnaise
2 Tbsp sriracha
toasted sesame seeds, for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS
Pour rice into a small bowl and cover with cold water. Let soak 10 minutes. Pour rice into a fine mesh strainer and rinse until water runs clear. Pour rice and 1 cup water into a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and steam 10 minutes, until rice is tender, and water is absorbed.
Stir together rice vinegar and sugar in small bowl until sugar is dissolved. Stir vinegar mixture into cooked rice. Cover and let stand 10 minutes.
.Mix the siracha and mayonnaise together in a small bowl.
Divide rice and shrimp into serving bowls. Top with avocado, cucumber, nori, and scallion. Garnish with sesame seeds and drizzle with Siracha Mayo.
Spinach Salad with Mandarin Orange
Ingredients:
5 ozs baby spinach
2 Gold Nugget mandarin oranges, peeled and divided
3 red calcot onions, chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
salt & black pepper to taste
chopped walnuts, optional
Instructions:
Place the spinach, mandarin oranges and walnuts in a large salad bowl.
For dressing: Combine the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Pour the dressing over the salad, and toss to coat. Serve immediately.
Do not dress the spinach salad until you are ready to serve it, or the spinach will wilt.
HALIBUT WITH SUGAR SNAP PEA SALAD
Ingredients
2 6-ounce pieces Halibut, fillet
2 cups sugar snap peas
1 tsp Ginger, fresh
3 red calcot onions
1 tbsp Lime juice, fresh
1 Kosher salt and black pepper
1 tbsp Sesame seeds
2 tbsp Olive oil
Instructions
In a large bowl, combine the lime juice, ginger, 1 tablespoons of the oil, and 1/4 teaspoons each of the salt and pepper.
Add the snap peas, onion and sesame seeds, if using, and toss to coat.
Heat the remaining tablespoons of oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and season the fish with with 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoons pepper.
Cook the fish until opaque throughout, 3-5 minutes per side.
Serve with the snap pea salad and lime wedges.
Crispy Roasted Kalletes
Ingredients
8 ozs Kalettes, rinsed and ends trimmed
3 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
3 cloves Garlic, minced
½ teaspoon Pepper
¼ teaspoon Salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F
In a large mixing bowl, toss the kalettes with the extra virgin olive oil, salt, and pepper. Massage the kalettes with the oil (this helps release flavour and makes the leaves crispier!)
Transfer the kalettes into a large oven safe pan. Cast iron is the best to use for this recipe. If you do not have a cast iron pan, use a regular fry pan for the stove top portion of cooking and transfer kalettes to a sheet pan for the baking portion.
Spread kalettes out into a single layer in the pan and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes. Use a spoon to toss the kalettes a few times during this cooking time.
Add the freshly minced garlic to the pan and toss kalettes to coat.
Transfer to the oven and bake for 10 minutes, flip the kalettes after 5 minutes to ensure the whole vegetable gets crispy.
Place on a serving dish and serve immediately.