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  • Rapini Fritto Misto

    April 25, 2012

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    Rapini Fritto Misto

    Carolyn and I are suckers for cookbooks and cooking magazines (and cooking shows and cooking websites). Frankly, we have way too many, but we never stop, we can’t help it. We may be Food Porn Addicts. We probably need to seek treatment. But, as it is, we keep buying.

    When we buy a cookbook, unless it is a familiar author, we are making a leap of faith. You would be surprised how many bad, and we mean bad, cookbooks are out there. But with the magazines, we start to see some predictable patterns. We know that Cook’s Illustrated will give some good tips but often adds useless steps to make their recipe seem “new and improved”, or just because they seem to all have OCD (and need to keep selling cookbooks with the same recipes rehashed 😉 ). Saveur recipes are good, but can be inconsistent and need to be thoroughly reviewed before we try them.  And our friends at Sunset magazine have good, solid recipes but the dishes are almost always under-seasoned, at least to our tastes.

    And this leads us to today’s recipe for Rapini Fritto Misto. The recipe is adapted from a Sunset recipe, and guess what? We added more seasoning. But it is a fun, tasty dish and since it involves frying, everyone likes it. Rapini, also known as Broccoli Rabe, is a relative of broccoli. The rapini is basically a thinner, leafier version of broccoli, with smaller “florets”. We think rapini is a bit more flavorful and easier to cook than regular broccoli and buy it at the farmers market when we can- normally fall and spring. Usually we sauté the rapini with a little bacon or pancetta, garlic, red chile flake, salt and a few splashes of wine. But we wanted to try something new, and deep-frying is always a popular way to make almost anything.

    So let’s talk a bit about deep-frying, there are many reasons some cooks prefer to not deep fry at home. It can be messy. It does involve some danger of burns and fire. You need to use some specific tools. If done improperly the food will taste bad and be greasy. And, honestly, we do not deep fry all that often. But it is fun, and deep-frying is a technique that can be very useful for the home cook. (Just wait until we give you Carolyn’s recipe for home-made jelly doughnuts, yum). Continue reading →

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    Posted By: putneyfarm Category: All Recipes, Kitchen Gear, Lunch / Salads / Sides, Vegetables Tags: broccoli rabe fritto misto, broccoli rabe recipe, deep fried broccoli rabe, deep fried rapini, rapini fritto misto, rapini recipe
  • Gear You Need: The Penguin from Sodastream (or home soda maker)

    February 29, 2012

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    The Penguin home soda maker

    Do you like sparking water?

    Do you like to entertain?

    Would you like to make your own soda?

    Do you consider yourself to be “green”?

    Are you cheap frugal?

    If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you need a home soda maker. We use a Penguin from Sodastream (there are other models, but we will just call it the Penguin). What is a Penguin? The Penguin is a device that quickly, easily and inexpensively makes sparking water at home. Continue reading →

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    Posted By: putneyfarm Category: Kitchen Gear, Musings Tags: home soda maker, penguin, penguin soda stream, soda maker, sodastream, sparkling water
  • Gear that makes any cook better: Digital thermometer and digital scale

    February 6, 2012

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    Use these, cook better

    (Editors Note: It takes a bit of chutzpah to start telling people what kitchen gear to buy, but we will occasionally recommend gear that we think makes for better cooking and entertaining. This is the first of these posts.)

    One of the guilty pleasures we have here at Putney Farm is watching the TV show Chopped on the Food Network. Basically, 4 (usually) skilled chefs make meals in very limited time, from somewhat random, surprise ingredients. They build a 3-course meal and a chef is “chopped” after each round until you get a winner. A bit contrived, but good family fun. Our kids love the show and it does occasionally provide some good cooking tips and ideas. Continue reading →

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    Posted By: putneyfarm Category: Entertaining, Kitchen Gear Tags: digital scale, digital thermometer, entertaining, family cooking, food network, kitchen tools, themometer, thermapen

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