In my never ending search for new ideas for my cooking demos, I have been taking notes all winter of different ways to cook delicious dishes. This was the debut for the season. It tasted great!
Sweet Potato Salsa
½ cup water
2 oz dry red wine
2T olive oil
1 large sweet potato cubed in small ¼ inch pieces
1 medium onion chopped
1 sweet green pepper chopped
1 sweet yellow pepper chopped
½ teaspoon Cinnamon
½ teaspoon Ground Ginger
3 Tablespoons sugar
½ cup Stonewall Kitchens Spicy Corn Relish
¾ cups fresh strawberries sliced thin
Fresh cilantro
Add the sweet potatoes to a skillet with 2 T olive oil and sauté until lightly
browned. Add the water, red wine,
peppers cinnamon, ginger and onion. Cook
until the liquid is absorbed then add the sugar, corn relish and strawberry
slices and toss. Garnish with some fresh
cilantro and a strawberry and serve on lettuce leaves.
3 Layer Savory "Cream" puffs with Bearnaise Sauce
Puff recipe (Pâte à Choux)
1 cup flour
4 eggs
1 cup water
½ cup salted butter
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
In a large pot, bring water and butter to a boil. Stir in flour until the mixture forms a ball. Using a mixer, beat in the eggs one at a time,
mixing well after each. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased baking
sheet.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown.
Centers should be dry.
When the shells are cool, split by
cutting off the top. Recipe makes 2 dozen 3” puffs.
Filling layers
Potato
layer
~1 oz heavy cream
¼ teaspoon
smoked sea salt
1 large potato cut into pieces and boiled
until soft.
Drain the water and mash it with heavy cream
and seasoned with the smoked sea salt.
2 oz dry red wine
Fresh Shaved beef slices
2T olive oil
2 of More than Gourmet’s individual packets of Bearnaise sauce heated in the microwave.
Meat layer
Add olive oil
and shaved beef into a sauté pan and cook until browned. Add the red wine and smoked salt and cook
until the wine is reduced.
Vegetable layer
1 teaspoon Zhatar( a mixture of sesame seed, sumac, thyme and salt)
½ cup shredded carrots
4 teaspoons chopped Garlic
Assembly
Cut the top off the puff. Put 1 heaping tablespoon of potatoes in the
bottom. Add the same amount of beef then
top it with the vegetable mixture. Place
the top back on and drizzle the Bearnaise sauce over the top. Makes 10 filled puffs.
