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Showing posts with label chilies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chilies. Show all posts

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Roasted Poblano and corn soup- great recipe

Wow. This soup really came out great. Roasting the poblano peppers makes all the different in the world to give the soup a slight extra smoky, heat flavor. It was created by Galley Wench and I found it only trolling for recipes, as I love to do. I tweaked it some. Don't be shy about using chili peppers like poblano. These have a little kick and lots of flavor but its not too hot at all. Just a milk kick (make sure you take out the veins of the pepper and the seeds!!!).
(1) I used ground cumin for both parts
(2) I also added pieces of boiled actually nuked- microwaves idaho potato ( sweet potato would be interesting too.
(3) I made this recipe dairy but for those of you who want - you could add diced chicken or turkey.

Roasted Poblano and Corn Soup
Recipe #344755
Galley Wench

By: Galley Wench
Dec 23, 2008

I love anything with roasted poblano peppers in it; and add corn . . . Yummy! This is a combination of a couple different recipes I found and decided to add this one to my collection of corn soup recipes!

SERVES 6 -8 (change servings and units)
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Ingredients

* 6-7 large poblano chiles, roasted
* 4 cups whole milk
* 4 cups vegetable broth
* 2 tablespoons cumin seeds
* 1-2 chipotle chiles, seeded and diced (in adobo sauce)
* 1 teaspoon adobo sauce (from chipotle chiles)
* 2 bay leaves
* 1 large fresh rosemary sprig or 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
* 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 2 large yellow onions, diced
* 2 teaspoons salt
* 4-6 garlic cloves, minced
* 2 teaspoons ground cumin
* 8 cups corn, fresh (frozen can be substituted)
* 1/2 cup heavy cream

GARNISH (OPTIONAL)

* 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped (optional) or 6 green onions, chopped (optional)

Directions

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Roast whole poblanos on grill or under broiler, until skin turns black and blisters.
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Place blackened chilies in covered dish or paper bag and allow to cool for 10 to 15 minutes.
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Peel and rinse the skins off the peppers.
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Slit lengthwise and remove the stems, seeds and ribs.
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Pat the chilies dry and then dice; set aside.
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Pour the milk and broth into a heavy saucepan.
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Toast the cumin seeds in a small dry frying pan, shaking the pan constantly until they are aromatic and begin to change color, about 4 minutes.
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Remove from the heat and immediately add to the milk.
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Add the chipotle chilies, adobo sauce, bay leaves and rosemary and place over low heat.
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Cover and bring to a gentle simmer; do not allow to boil.
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Remove from the heat and let stand, covered, for 20 minutes.
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Meanwhile, in a stockpot over medium heat, melt the butter with the olive oil.
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Add onions and salt; sauté, stirring, until the onions are soft and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
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Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the garlic and ground cumin, and sauté, stirring constantly, until aromatic, about 5 minutes.
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Stir in the corn and poblano chilies, and continue cooking until the corn is lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
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Strain the milk mixture into the corn mixture.
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Bring to a gentle simmer and continue to simmer until the flavors have melded, about 15 minutes.
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Remove from the heat and let cool for a few minutes.
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Puree one-third of the soup.
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Return the puree to the stockpot, stirring well.
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Add ceam and reheat over low heat, stirring gently.
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Taste and adjust the seasonings.
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Garnish with cilantro or green onions and serve.

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

PINEAPPLE-CASCABEL CHILE SAUCE

This sauce is good for mahi mahi or for other fish but I tried it on turkey (or you can try chicken). This sauce was good with turkey as a sandwich. 9.4/10

PAN ROASTED MAHI MAHI WITH ROASTED PINEAPPLE-CASCABEL CHILE SAUCE AND CARAMELIZED PINEAPPLE-GREEN ONION SALSA
Serves 4

Ingredients for Roasted Pineapple-Cascabel Chile Sauce
1 medium whole pineapple,
1/2 cup fresh pineapple juice
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground allspice
2 teaspoons ancho chile powder
8 cascabel chiles, stems removed and soaked in hot water for 30 minutes until soft ( I used : guaiji chilies instead as they are easier to find and have a smokey flavor with mild heat like casabel)
2 teaspoons honey
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method for Roasted Pineapple-Cascabel Chile Sauce

1. Preheat broiler. Cut off the leaves and about a 1/2 inch of the top and bottom of the fruit. Do not peel the pineapple.
2. Place the pineapple on its side on a baking sheet and place under the broiler. Broil the pineapple until it is blackened on all sides, about 4 to 5 minutes per side. Remove to a cutting board and let cool slightly.
3. When cool enough to handle, cut off the pineapple skin by slicing down from top to bottom along each row of eyes (as revealed by your first cut). Your knife should be behind the eyes at approximately a 45-degree angle. Don't try to cut off too much of the peel at once or you will take a lot of good fruit with it. Coarsely chop the pineapple and set aside.
4. Combine the pineapple juice, cider vinegar, cloves, allspice, ancho powder and cascabel chiles in a large non-reactive saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Add the fresh pineapple and cook until the pineapple is very soft and starts to break down.
5. Transfer mixture to a food processor and process until smooth. Strain through a strainer into a saucepan and return to the stove over medium heat. Whisk in the honey and season with salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The heat is on: your mouth is on fire- what can you do?

Once in Ann Arbor, I was eating in a local Mexican restaurant. I asked for for hot sauce. They brought out a plastic grate with about 20. I started trying many. However within a few minutes, one of them was hitting me hard and I ran to the bathroom. I say on the toilet as sweat dripped down my face like a gushing stream. But I was fine. So what can you do if a food has too much fire?

(1) Water does not help as the fiery capsein, found in the hot peppers, is not water soluble but in oil and alcohol. So water won't help unless rinse you mouth with water for aboutg 11 minutes.

(2) Olive oil only helps a little

(3) fruit syrup only helps a little too

(4) Milk does much better because the solution acts like a " detergent" removing the heat capsein from the nerve receptor sites in your mouth.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Ming Tsai vs Bobby Flay Duck battle

It was a battle royal (duck) in this repeat of an epic battle. I have been to Tsai's restuarant in Mass last March and loved it and his fusion cooking. I even bought one of his cookbooks to try more. But I wanted to see it again. Lately FN has been replaying the best battles so I taped this one. I could disssect it further. Southwestern vs fusion.

Tsai has tea smoked duck (I had tried some of the dust that someone sent me). Subtle but good, duck a la range and focusing on techniques versatility. The judges did not seem disappointed at all with anything (I listen for any hint of grumbling or dislike) .

Flay countered with flavors from cultures. red chili, c itrus, and ancho that I have find some recipes . Sweet potato hash with duck and poblano. He also had a mango, rice wine and online mixture with duck breast in a tortilla.

I was pretty confident Tsai would win but was not sure by how much. I think I said +4 and he won +5 so I was there.

Tsai won 48 to 43. He beat him mostly on tste.
Tsai Flay
Taste 26 21
Plating 10 11
Originality 12 11
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48 43