February 2007
4 posts
Recipe: Black Bean Roll-Ups
I have had a few requests for a recipe that I make on occasion that is a quick appetizer for parties and uses ingredients that I generally have on hand. They are black bean roll-ups that I build out to resemble sushi rolls.
Black Beans
The basis of the recipe is a go to that I use for a number of different dishes and those are essentially “refried black beans”. Like all of my...
Recipe: Pizza Dough
Along with my search for the perfect bread (see below), I have been using my mixer to make pizza dough on a regular basis. The recipe that I use is based essentially on Alton Brown’s recipe from Good Eats that I pretty much freestyle and it has served me well.
Basically, you throw the following into the mixer, let it run on low until everything is mixed up and then crank the mixer up to 4...
Delicious Delicious Bread
Three or four years ago, I received a Kitchenaid stand mixer and have been trying ever since to make the perfect bread, the kind that is chewy with big holes and a crisp crust. I have tried pretty much everything, and finally had success with the recipe found here. I cannot recommend it enough. It is appropriately simple, flexible, and works like magic. Now if someone could help me turn it...
Random Factoid of the Day
The name for soy sauce predates the name for the soy bean from which it is created. Ergo, the bean is named for the resulting product. Wikipedia