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Grilled Red Pepper Sauce and Shrimp

Grilled Red Pepper Sauce and Shrimp
Grilled Red Pepper Sauce and Shrimp brings sweet red bell peppers and spicy red Fresno chilis together for a sauce which starts at the grill and finishes in the sauce pan.  The sweet and spicy sauce balances and complements simply grilled shrimp, with fettuccine pasta filling out this eye-catching dish. While the flavors of Grilled…
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Ajvar Eggplant Red Pepper Spread

Ajvar Eggplant Red Pepper Spread
Ajvar Eggplant Red Pepper Spread (pronounced “eye-var), is a Balkan dish similar to Baba Ghanouj or Hummus.   Eggplant and red peppers are grilled, then puréed with other ingredients and then the purée is added to hot fragrantly seasoned olive oil for a final finishing touch. We prefer to prepare our Ajvar Eggplant Red Pepper Spread…
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Mexican Chorizo and Beef Meatloaf

Mexican Chorizo and Beef Meatloaf
Mexican Chorizo and Beef Meatloaf offers a tasty and different take on classic meatloaf. Using just eight readily available ingredients, it can be prepped in morning and refrigerated until dinner that evening.  Prepare Grilled Chili Scallion Crema while the Mexican Chorizo and Beef Meatloaf bakes, then serve them together for a colorful, tasty dinner. Preparation…
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Indian Inspired Meatball Curry

Indian Inspired Meatball Curry
Indian Inspired Meatball Curry is mildly spiced, with tender seasoned meatballs cooked in tomato-based sauce with okra.  This recipe was inspired by Indian korma, a type of mild curry, and the meatballs would likely be made of lamb. While this recipe requires a little bit of work making and frying the meatballs, the end result…
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Grilled Flat Iron Steak

Aleppo Pepper Chimichurri on Grilled Flat Iron Steak
Extremely tender, Grilled Flat Iron Steak is best seasoned simply and grilled to rare or medium-rare perfection.  We season the steak with just four ingredients which will lend subtle flavor and a delicious finish to it without obscuring the wonderful flavor of the steak.  Serve Grilled Flat Iron Steak with Roasted Peppers Italian Style and…
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Tuna Marinara Pasta Sauce

Tuna Marinara Pasta Sauce
Tuna Marinara Pasta Sauce combines rich tuna with a marinara sauce enhanced with earthy cured black olives and briny capers. Use good quality canned Italian-style yellowfin tuna or feel free to grill or sauté an ahi tuna steak; either will work very well in this sauce.  Tuna Marinara Pasta Sauce is a long-time family favorite…
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Spicy Sichuan Chili Crisp

Spicy Sichuan Chili Crisp
The world seems to be head-over-heels about chili crisp right now, so here’s our recipe for Spicy Sichuan Chili Crisp.  We were never quite happy with commercially available chili crisps; they were either too salty, all heat but no flavor, not hot enough, too dry, or had too many undesirable ingredients (talking about you MSG). …
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Ropa Vieja

Ropa Vieja
Ropa Vieja is the national dish of Cuba.  Beef is browned and then braised in seasoned, tomato-inflected broth and wine until it falls apart.  Likely of Spanish origin and brought to the Americas, Ropa Vieja means “old clothes” in Spanish. Legend has it that a penniless old man of good faith had nothing to feed…
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