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Vanilla Glaze for Grilled or Poached Meats, Fish, Poultry or Vegetables
This delicious glaze is equally good on lamb, poultry, and fish as well as with portabello mushrooms and tofu. If you don’t have madeira, substitute dry sherry or marsala or even broth; the glaze will...
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Vanilla Tarragon Mustard
For a heartier mustard, leave out the tarragon, coarsely grind the mustard seeds, and use honey instead of brown sugar. Or…make a jar of each! Ingredients 1/4 cup whole yellow mustard seeds, finely...
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Vanilla Maple Syrup
Heat 1 cup natural maple syrup (B-grade has a richer flavor, but any grade will do) until warm. Add 2 teaspoons rum and 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract and mix well. Add 1/4 cup chopped, toasted...
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Vanilla Flavored Butterscotch Sauce with Fresh Pineapple
Courtesy of Didi Davis: www.dididavisfoods.com Classic butterscotch candy is made with butter, brown sugar, and flavored with lemon juice. Butterscotch sauce is an American dessert topping with the...
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Fudge Sauce
Courtesy of Stephany Zonis Ingredients 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup heavy cream 3 tablespoons light corn syrup 2 tablespoons water few grains of salt 4 ounces best-quality unsweetened chocolate,...
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Mango Salsa
I like to add some fresh pineapple to this salsa. The combination of the mango and pineapple is amazing on grilled fish or poultry. If you want, you can add a little rum to the mix. Ingredients 2...
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Back From Italy: Venice and Cinque Terra
(along with recipe for Walnut Sauce for Pansoti) As I have now lost the 2-1/2 pounds I gained eating my way through Italian pastry shops, I will say that I am still happy but not quite as plump as I...
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Aioli
For those of you unfamiliar with aioli, it is the delicate, French version of mayonnaise, easily made at home, and infinitely more delicious than the store-bought variety. Don’t be put off by the idea...
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Spiced Rhubarb Sauce for Pork or Chicken
The rich, saltiness of meats often benefit from the light, sweetness of fruits and vegetables. Although we don’t think of rhubarb as a vegetable because we nearly always serve it sweet, it technically...
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Pansoti with Walnut Sauce
Walnuts as well as almonds are in a lot of Ligurian dishes. Unless you live in an urban area or regularly make pasta, you may not be able to find pansoti. However, you can also purchase fresh ravioli...
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Balsamic Vinaigrette from Michele Anna Jordan
Michele Anna Jordan has written a number of delightful cookbooks over the years, but her passions run deep with the perfect oils, vinegars, salts and peppers. She excels in everything she does with...
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Hot Damn! Homemade Fruit Jam
It has been over two weeks since I made jam this summer. I really didn’t want to make jam but I had to. Kind of the way that you have to make Christmas cookies. It’s in the genes. Now that the jam has...
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Kick-Ass Applesauce
Anyone with a stove, a pot and apples can make applesauce. But, really good applesauce? Use heritage apples and a few special ingredients and you’ve got yourself a kick-ass good dessert! In 1969 I...
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Pomegranate-Vanilla Molasses
If you make salads, fresh fruit platters, grill fruits, vegetables and meats and/or make bar drinks, you should have pomegranate molasses as a go-to “magic ingredient.” You can purchase it in...
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Avocado and Green Peppercorn Cream
Avocado and Green Peppercorn Cream Courtesy of Michele Anna Jordan; Vinaigrettes; Harvard Common Press Michele says about this recipe: Early one morning in the mid 1980s, I accompanied some friends...
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Vanilla Caramel Sauce
This is a very velvety sauce, perfect over ice cream or frozen yogurt, but also lovely as a sauce over pound cake or other freshly baked cakes. Mix it into milkshakes or even cold or warm milk for a...
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Tin Roof Ice Cream
My grandsons were asking my daughter for stories about her childhood and she told them about the box freezer her grandparents kept in their basement filled with ice cream. Wide eyed, they wanted to...
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Chicken Garam Masala
Once you gather the ingredients for this recipe it is not difficult to prepare. There are so many flavors going on at once, one of the joys of Indian foods. If you don’t have a specialty store with...
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Aioli
For those of you unfamiliar with aioli, it is the delicate, French version of mayonnaise, easily made at home, and infinitely more delicious than the store-bought variety. Don’t be put off by the idea...
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