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Pear and Butternut Squash Chutney

December 30, 2017 by Sheila

Pear and Butternut Squash Chutney

This chutney, with the cinnamon and cardamom, has the taste of India. Here I’ve served it with a cheese and cracker assortment but it would go very well with samosas, pakoras, dosas, dal, or rice. The cheese, starting at the top center and continuing clockwise are a local cheese called Hereford, which is like a […]

Filed Under: Fruits, Preserving, Sauces Tagged With: Asian pear, Asian pears, autumn, butternut squash, cardamom, chutney, cider vinegar, cinnamon, citrus, dried cherries, garlic, ginger, ground cherries, ground cherry, hot pepper, lemon, lemons, pear, pears, preserves, red hot pepper, shallot, shallots, star anise, Thai hot pepper, walnuts, winter squash

Mexican Salsa Verde

August 21, 2017 by Sheila

Mexican Salsa Verde

This recipe can be made raw, roasted, or boiled. I prefer boiled to cut the harshness of the onion, so that’s the recipe I’ve given you below. Mexican cuisine dry-roasts aromatics and vegetables and the oil is added later, in this recipe once the ingredients are cooked and put through a blender. I quadrupled the […]

Filed Under: International, Preserving, Sauces Tagged With: cilantro, garlic, hot pepper, lime, onion, salsa, tomatillo

Key Lime Indian Pickle

January 16, 2017 by Sheila

Indian Pickle

This is the actual yellow of these Key limes. Key Lime Indian Pickle   Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 5 mins Total time 20 mins   An exquisite side-dish for any Indian or Southeast Asian cuisine. Recipe By: Sheila McDuffie Cuisine: Indian Serves: 1 pint Ingredients 12 Key limes or 8 limes, cut […]

Filed Under: Fruits, International, Preserving Tagged With: black musrd seed, champagne vinegar, cinnamon, coriander, crystallized ginger, cumin, dried red pepper, fenugreek, hot pepper, Indian cuisine, Kaffir lime leaves, Key lime Indian pickle, lime, spices, Thai red pepper, turmeric

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