Archive for January, 2008
January 27, 2008 at 5:52 pm · Filed under Geo:French, Geography, Pastry:Baked, Recipe, Recipe:Baking
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Today, I visited an overseas friend who taught me some of her native dishes. To celebrate her arrival to our town, I baked her The Ultimate Flourless Chocolate Cake, which has only 3 mandatory ingredients: chocolate, butter, and eggs, and an optional one: coffee liqueur, which I obliged. |
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January 19, 2008 at 9:40 am · Filed under Geo:American, Geo:Mexican, Meat:Baked, Pastry:Baked, Recipe, Recipe:Baking
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We had a cooking class with teenagers from The Key, a youth-run community-based organization. |
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The common ingredient was Mexican chocolate — which we prepared as Champurrado, a hot drink, slightly thickened with corn masa. Here is the Champurrado recipe. |
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and a luscious chile sauce called Red Mole. In the picture, it is served with roast turkey. Here is the Red Mole recipe. |
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Traditionally, the meat is slowly cooked (braised) in the mole for about 1 1/2 hours. But to fit into our 2-hour class schedule, we roasted free-range chickens instead. Here is the Roast Chicken recipe. |
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Unfortunately, we ran out of time to prepare a Hot Fudge Pudding Cake, a fun dessert with a brownie-like layer that floats on a pudding-like chocolate sauce. Here is the Hot Fudge Pudding Cake recipe. |
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January 15, 2008 at 4:34 pm · Filed under Geo:Mexican, Geography
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I received a gift from my neighborhood butcher — pork fat. |
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It was rendered into lard that will be used for Mexican dishes. Here is the Lard recipe. |
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January 5, 2008 at 1:58 pm · Filed under Geo:American, Recipe, Recipe:Baking
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Sweet Lou, a new waffle shop just opened in our town. Predictably, Andi, Alyssa and their friends have taken an interest in waffles. For the times that we can’t hang out in the new cool shop, we make them at home. Pictured is a topping of blackberry preserves and crème fraîche. |
Here is the recipe.
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Luigi Cooks 