Whew! Tonite… was a good nite in the kitchen! :) We're wrapping up our worldwide excursion into cereal grains. Tonite was Cereal Grains of the Americas, which included Central and South America (read: Mexico, the Caribbean).
We each made our own tortillas (man, just HOW could I screw up such a simple task!). I managed to get only about four corn tortillas made, and I struggled with the dough for my flour tortillas until I just finally ran out of patience. Garrrr!!!
Anyway, it didn't matter 'cause by the time we were all served, I ended up eating MUCH more than I should have! Below is a delicious quinoa salad made by Group 3:
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| A colorful, flavorful quinoa salad |
My team made this freakin' delicious item called Dunkanoo (sounds like something you'd get at the Dunkin Donuts!). This is basically grated fresh corn mixed with happy good things like brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, coconut milk, golden raisins and cornmeal. We made a mash of that and stuffed banana leaves with it, then popped these li'l packages in the steamer…
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| Unwrap the banana leaf to find the delicious goodness inside... |
They needed to cool first so the mixture would congeal together all nice-like. And when they did… whoa. Tender, sweet/savory goodness. Sigh… I love this class!
We've made some more straightforward things, too, while exploring cereal grains, such as your basic risotto and a pretty dang tasty stuffed bell pepper called, believe it or not, Etli Biber Dolmasi…
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| Your basic, average, everyday risotto... |
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| Fancy name for stuffed peppers! |
Tomorrow we start a three-day run of Noodles and Dough, starting with Southeast Asia (pad thai, potstickers), then continuing on to Europe and North Africa (pierogies!), and ending up back in the Americas (TAMALES!).
Did I mention that I love this class?
Peace out. Namaste.
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