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Buckwheat salad
Healthy, light and simple to put together.
Cook buckwheat, cut up some of your favorite vegetables(tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, cauliflower, zucchini, mushrooms), herbs(dill, parsley, cilantro, scallions, chives) salad leaves(lettuce, spinach, arugula), and nuts, dress the salad with some good extra virgin olive oil, lemon or lime juice, ( Read more... ) -
My new gadget: truffle shaver
The truffle shaver has a razor-sharp serrated blade. The blade is adjustable from 1/8" at its thickest to so thin you almost can read through. The adjustment is made with a little knob. To use it, just slide truffle over the plate.
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Grilled Tri-Tip Roast
Tri-tip is also called bottom sirloin tip roast. It is perfect for barbecuing and grilling.
Tri-tip can be very tough when cooked past medium. To get a great piece of meat with expressive meaty texture and flavor it needs to be cooked low and slow on indirect heat. Tri-tip is a thick piece of meat and to get flavor to penetrate the meat it needs ( Read more... ) -
Smoked Beef Tongue
Beef tongue is one of the most underused parts of beef in USA and one of the tastiest ones. It has rich savory flavor and soft, fine, and velvety texture.
Usually I just boil tongue with root vegetables in salted water for 2 hours, slice, sear, and serve with some sauce and mushed potato on a side. Because I have a smoker now, I decided to smoke it ( Read more... ) -
Hazelnut Espresso Macarons
hazelnut flour 110g
confectioner's sugar 200g
egg whites 110g
fine sugar 35g
instant espresso 20g
Ganache:
Nutella
instant espresso
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