I have a new favorite cookbook. Ha. I know I could say that every week. This new book of mine is titled The Preservation Kitchen, written by Chicago chef Paul Virant. Among his many accomplishments is a brush with Christine Ferber, the famed French doyenne of the jam kingdom (and maybe the entire preserving kingdom) [...]
Archive for the ‘Seafood’ Category
Sea Scallops with Orange “Aigre-doux” and Chives
Posted in Citrus fruit, Preserving, Seafood, Uncategorized, tagged Paul Virant aigre-doux, preserving citrus in wine on May 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Seafood Chili
Posted in Beans and legumes, Chili, Seafood, Uncategorized, tagged Seafood chili on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This is the season of the dried bean. Soups, stews, chilis and chowders, and even a few salads and sides have benefitted from the addition of these nutritious legumes. That’s how this seafood chili originated. I had cooked the last of Rancho Gordo Yellow Indian Woman beans that we brought back from the famed San [...]
Dark Days 11: Scallop and Cabbage Chowder
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Seafood, Soup, Stews on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For more information, go here to the DDC section of Not Dabbling in Normal’s website: Dark Days Challenge. In which I make delectable local scallop chowder with homemade fish stock and home-cured bacon. Subtle, flavorful and [...]
Curried Mussel Chowder
Posted in Seafood, Shellfish, Soup, Sweet potato, tagged Curried mussel chowder on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Spices create warm depth of flavor and comfort that are welcome in winter. With plentiful potatoes, sweet potatoes and onions in the cellar, and homemade bacon, I was ready to make chowder this weekend when I came across great mussels in the market and rescued an organic, though not local, red pepper from the 69-cents-per-pound [...]
Kedgeree
Posted in Grains, Seafood, tagged Finnan haddie, Kedgeree on January 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Kedgeree was invented somewhere along an axis between colonial India and Scotland. It combines curried rice with either finnan haddie or salmon. Finnan haddie is a smoked fish whose name is a warp of Findon haddock, Findon being a town in Scotland near Aberdeen. Kedgeree is a warp on the name for an Indian dish [...]
Homemade Pickled Herring for the New Year
Posted in Appetizers, Pickle, Preserving, Seafood, tagged Homemade pickled herring on January 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
When I was growing up, we always had pickled herring around for the New Year, as well smoked fish. I always thought it was a cultural superstition but later figured that it was a cure for a hangover since those were the days of big New Year’s Eve bashes held at people’s houses. By happenstance, [...]
Dark Days Week 5: Sea Scallops with Mushrooms and Leeks on Sweet Potato Crisps
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Leeks, Mushrooms, Seafood, Sweet potato, tagged Dark Days Challenge on January 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Variety, balance. Colors, textures, flavors. Seasonality, locality, sustainability. This meal had it all, simply by layering. Each component was prepared individually and then layered with the others to produce a simple and yet complex dish that was fresh, clean and flavorful. Even without going “down the shore” (Jersey parlance), we can purchase fine local seafood [...]
Sea Scallops on Tomatillo Sauce
Posted in Potatoes, Preserving, Seafood, Tomatillo, tagged Gluten-free, Preserving, Seafood, Tomatillo on April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the absence of tomatoes for canning last summer, I got lucky with an abundance of tomatillos and put up numerous jars of sauce, flavored with lemon juice for the acid. I found this worked much better than vinegar, since the lemon flavor complemented the tartness of the tomatillo. I wrote about this experience HERE. [...]
Paper Chef 49: Seafood Pot Pie with Fennel and Peppers
Posted in Fennel, Paper Chef, Peppers, Pie, Seafood, Shellfish, tagged Fennel, Peppers, Pie, Seafood on February 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Prawns, fennel, sweet pepper and passion. Hmm. Lots of possibilities for this Paper Chef challenge. Luckily I shopped for the seafood before a giant winter storm shut us in. One of my passions is to seek and use the freshest, most local, and hopefully organic ingredients. With nothing called a prawn in our markets, I [...]
Super Seafood Chili Bowl
Posted in Chili, Seafood, Shellfish, Tomato, tagged Chili, Seafood chili on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The weekend before Superbowl Sunday, our local Whole Foods store hosts a chili contest among its employees. Ten departments each prepare chili and the customers are treated to tasting portions, voting for their favorite. Not only do you get lunch but also the recipes. This year, the choice was easy: the “shellfish and chorizo chili” [...]
