Posts by Gail South

Place escargots in small bowl, cover w cold water; set aside for 5 min to remove canned taste. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease 8×8” baking dish. Melt butter w garlic in large skillet over med-hi heat. Add escargots and mushroom caps; cook and stir until mushroom caps begin to soften, about 5 min. Whisk…

Place mushrooms in bowl and sprinkle w pinch of salt and a generous amount of pepper. Lightly toss w olive oil and lime juice. Divide mushrooms into 10 bundles, wrap each w a slice of prosciutto and tie w a chive. Chives 5 blanched, halvedLime Juice from 1 limeMushrooms 3.5 oz fresh enoki, bases trimmedOlive…

Broil or grill eggplant until soggy, turning every 10-15 min for 45-50 min. Cool and peel. Drain 20 min and dice. Puree lemon juice and garlic. Salt to taste. Add eggplant and pulse until coarse. Add tahini and sour cream and pulse just until combined. Transfer to small bowl and drizzle w olive oil Eggplant…

Prepare grill. Pierce eggplants in several places w fork and grill on rack 5-6″ above coals, turning occasionally, until very soft, 30-40 min. Transfer to colander and, when cool enough to handle, quarter lengthwise. With a small knife, remove and discard as many seeds as possible. Scrape flesh into a large sieve set over a…

Prick eggplant w fork and bake in preheated 375 degree oven until soft (45 min). Cool and split in half, removing seeds. Scoop out flesh and chop. Stir in onion, garlic and tomatoes. Stir in olive oil and lemon juice. Stir in basil, parsley, salt and pepper. Eggplant 1largeOnion 1 smallGarlic 2 cloves, mincedTomato 4…

Prick eggplant several times with a fork. Roast in a dry cast iron skillet over moderately high heat, turning frequently, until skin is blackened and pulp is completely softened, 40-50 minutes. Transfer to cutting board and cool 10 min, then peel off skin and coarsely chop pulp (it’s fine if a few specks of charred…

Preheat oven to 500. Arrange eggplant in a single layer on baking sheet coated w olive oil. Turn slices to coat both sides. Sprinkle w garlic salt.  Bake 15 minutes, turning halfway through. Heat truffle or sesame oil in small skillet over medium high heat. Add walnuts, oregano and garlic. Sauté 2 min. Drop thru…

Sauté onion in butter till soft. Puree w hard cooked eggs, walnuts, salt and pepper. Makes 1.5 c. Onion 1slicedButter 3TNuts, Walnut 0.75cSaltPepperEgg 2 hard cooked

Cut slice from top of cheese (cut face for Halloween). Carefully scoop out cheese and cut in small pieces. Whirl in blender and add remaining ingredients. Good w pumpernickel. Cheddar 0.25lbCaraway Seeds 0.5tspMustard 0.5tsp, dryCelery Salt to tasteEdam 1 lbButter 0.25c, softenedBeer 0.5c (or use brandy or rum)