This recipe is made for the Ball FreshTECH countertop jam cooker. You can get similar results (and a bigger yield) following the instructions for strawberry jam in the Ball or Certo pectin boxes. The secret is the ratio of purée to smashed strawberries; using vanilla-scented sugar, and the addition of tiny wild strawberries. 1 qt. ripe strawberries, preferably from a local … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
BANG BANG CHICKEN
Every Chinese restaurant in NYC offers Cold Sesame Noodles, variations on the same theme that are usually predicable with an occasional encounter of awfulness and even rarer instances of excellence. In other parts of Western civilization its cousin Bang Bang Chicken, recipe included here, is the popular equivalent. No doubt about it, this is comfort food. Hearty, … [Read more...]
RECIPE: BANG BANG CHICKEN
1 1/2 lbs. chicken breast, whole (skin + bones) 4 oz. bean thread noodles (sai fun) 1 cucumber, peeled, seeds scraped from middle and sliced into thin slivers @3-4" long 1/2 red pepper, seeded and sliced into slivers to match cucumbers 4 scallions, white part finely minced and green parts slice on the diagonal to make 1" long pieces 1/2 c. finely chopped fresh … [Read more...]
HOT DOGS SUPER OLGA
Olga Breeskin, Mexico's biggest, brightest, buxomest super estrella is honored in this recipe for bacon-wrapped grilled hot dogs. As followers of Spectacularly Delicious will recall, our younger years were spent treading the boards of the wicked, wicked stage. Mexico City's "Super Olga Ochenta y Tres" extravaganza might not be the most wicked credit on … [Read more...]
DECORATING CAKES WITH FLOWERS — WIN A STEM GEM PRIZE!
What's prettier than a cake decorated with flowers? A rhetorical question of course, but the Taj Mahal, Jeff Aquilon as photographed by Bruce Weber in the late '70s and your own newborn baby are equally acceptable answers. But India is a long way off, it's been 30 years since Jeff hung up his Speedos as captain of Pepperdine's water polo team and making a baby … [Read more...]
DIAMOND JUBILEE CAKE: LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!
A Buckingham Palace favorite, this recipe for Diamond Jubilee Cake is Her Majesty's favorite tea cake, as well as the birthday cake of choice for the young royal princes. Also known as Chocolate Biscuit Cake (how terribly common....) this was the groom's cake Wills chose when he tied the knot with cute little Kate. So why, you may ask, do the Brits … [Read more...]
RECIPE: DIAMOND JUBILEE CAKE
Adapted from Eating Royally by Darren McGrady (I've doubled his recipe to make a two-layer cake) 2 9" round cake pans wax paper for lining the bottom of the pans butter for coating the insides of the pans 2 packages MrVities rich tea biscuits (each package is 200 g., so 400 g. total) 1 stick unsalted butter, salted 1 cup sugar 1/2 lb. dark (at least 60% cacao) … [Read more...]