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Aleppo Pepper Chimichurri

Aleppo Pepper Chimichurri
Aleppo Pepper Chimichurri is a variation we created on Argentina's national sauce for grilled meats, poultry, fish and vegetables.  Sweet Aleppo peppers, with a taste reminiscent of both sweet red pepper and tomato with just a hint of heat, are wonderful, either grilled or incorporated into sauces. Try some Aleppo Pepper Chimichurri on Grilled Flat…
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Balsamic Red Wine Marinade

Balsamic Red Wine Marinade
Balsamic Red Wine Marinade is ideal for marinating leaner cuts of beef, such as eye of round or top round, and lamb.  An overnight or longer marinating time will really allow the deep flavors of our Balsamic Red Wine Marinade to permeate and tenderize the meat.  In preparing this recipe, we cut the meat into…
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Beef and Bok Choy Stir-Fry

Beef and Bok Choy
Beef and Bok Choy Stir-Fry combines elements from Chinese, Japanese and Indonesian cooking to produce a dish of intriguing flavors.  You can use a lean cut of beef for this recipe but more marbleized cut of beef, like boneless chuck, will taste better.  The marinade/sauce will also work very well with pork.  We recommend a…
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Date Cardamom Almond Cookies

Date Cardamom Almond Cookies
Date Cardamom Almond Cookies combine dried dates, heady cardamom and warm nutmeg into a sweet, aromatic, almond delight. Similar in structure to oatmeal cookies, these freeform cookies are chewy and crumbly.  Baking with dates can be tricky as their intense sweetness and dense texture can overwhelm most of the other flavors. We chose to incorporate…
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Green Beans Indonesian Style

Green Beans Indonesian Style
Green Beans Indonesian Style or Sambal Goreng Boontjes is absolutely delicious and even better the next day. Fresh green beans enhanced by aromatic and mildly spicy Indonesian seasonings, then simmered in coconut milk is a great new way to prepare this versatile vegetable. Serve as a side dish with Balinese Pork Kerrie Ketjap, accompanied by…
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Pasta alle Vongole

Pasta alle Vongole
Pasta alle Vongole is “Pasta with Clams” in Italian.  Traditionally made with either spaghetti or linguine, this recipe is also in bianco or, as they say on the East Coast “white clam sauce” as opposed to in rosso, which adds tomatoes to the dish.  With a simple list of ingredients and easy to prepare, Pasta…
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Il Mezzaluna Pasta Sauce

Ginned Tomato Sauce
Il Mezzaluna Pasta Sauce is inspired by a pasta dish at a restaurant in Dublin.  We had the fortunate opportunity to visit Dublin several times for business and enjoy Dublin’s lively restaurant scene for dinners.  The majority of the restaurants featured very good Irish cuisine and very social pub cuisine; there were also the usual…
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Seasoned Chicken Broccoli Pasta

Seasoned Chicken Broccoli Pasta
Seasoned Chicken Broccoli Pasta is very tasty, and easy to prepare.  This recipe makes use of the classic herbs used for seasoning chicken: thyme, marjoram, sage, and rosemary; red pepper flakes, smoked paprika, and sea salt bring subtle complexity.  Colorful broccoli florets with a bit of sautéed garlic rounds out the flavor spectrum and it’s…
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