Just some odds and ends for a lazy Thursday.
This year it’s Carolina Reaper Hot Sauce.
Basically using my Ghost Pepper Louisiana Hot Sauce Recipe. I’ve given a few folks some bottles and they seem to enjoy it.
During our last cool down; the Missus wanted some bean soup. So, I got ham hocks and Andouille Sausage from Siesel’s and some beans I had from Rancho Gordo. And made this soup.
I put kale from our yard in at the end….the Missus enjoyed it so much, I had to make another pot a few days later!
The Missus has been into watercress recently, so I decided to take my Niku Dofu recipe and add watercress.
Well, I guess we have another dish for the rotation.
And finally…….I bought Fuchsia Dunlop’s latest cookbook; Five Tastes to add to my “collection”.
So, of course I needed to make something from the book, right? The recipes are quite interesting, some almost fusiony….using stuff like okra…..and the one I made used roasted red bell peppers. With Pidan which the Missus loves.
The book states that the sauce is “Hunan” based; but was missing spicy notes. I tasted the sauce with the peppers and thought it needed some umph, so I added some chilies and doubled the Chinkiang Vinegar and garlic.
The Missus didn’t care for the texture of the peppers; but told me She’d like to use the sauce for cold noodles! Ok, we’ll see how that works out!
It looks like the rain is coming in.
Hope everyone keeps dry and safe!