I should start a category for family recipe requests! This one comes, via Facebook, from my second(?) cousin.
I’ve had this recipe for many years now, but I never wrote it down. It wasn’t given to me – it was demonstrated to me, back in high school, by my high school BF’s Mom.
This dish was inspired by the combination of fennel and smokey, spicy sausage.
There’s something about the sweet licorice taste of the fennel, mixed with the salty, spicy, smokey, greasiness of the sausage.
Maybe I should have left out the greasiness part.
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Personal Challenge time!! Crème Brûlée is one of my very favourite desserts, so I had to learn how to make it!
Kitchen torch in hand, I was all set!
This combo gave me an excuse to mix three of my favourite things right now: custard, Scotch and lemon zest powder.
This month’s Daring Cooks challenge takes a stab at Peruvian cooking.
There used to be a Peruvian restaurant in Toronto that J and I liked quite a bit. They offered delicious ceviché, lots of great fish options… generally, quite a bit to choose from for us pescatarians. We were sad when it closed, and wondered where we would get our fix of Peruvian food…
I guess the moral of the story is that if you want something, get off your duff and try to make it yourself!
