I picked up a 16-ounce package of key limes at Central Market. Not wanting to make the ubiquitous key lime pie, I opted instead to candy the key limes for use in various recipes, starting with panna cotta. With this recipe, you’ll also end up with a quart of key lime …
With access to amazing citrus like blood oranges for only a short amount of time, my intent is to extend the season as long as possible by preserving the fruit in some way. So I decided to try my hand at candying blood orange peels. …
Delicious, sweet yet tangy, kumquat fruit is a winter/spring season delicacy. Although kumquats taste like a citrus fruit, they can be eaten completely, including the peel. Candied, they are delicious with tangy yogurt or savory pork. I will be making a lemon panna cotta topped …
Winter is when most citrus fruits are at their sweetest and juiciest – and two of my favorites are blood oranges and Meyer lemons! Blood oranges are a variety of orange with crimson, almost-blood-colored flesh. The two most popular varieties are the dark-fleshed Moro and …
I love blood oranges. That’s a pretty big deal for me, since I’ve had a lifelong aversion to oranges ever since “The Incident” suffered at age seven. Even sitting here recalling the event gives me the willies all over again. My mom had left my …
Contemplating what to do with a flat of tomatoes that needed to be eaten or cooked with, I was inspired by a recipe posted on Cook-Taste-Eat and decided to slow roast them in the oven. While they were roasting, I was busy imagining all of …
Although dried figs are available throughout the year, nothing surpasses the unique taste and texture of fresh figs. Lusciously sweet, figs feature a complex texture that combines the chewiness of their flesh, the smoothness of their skin and the crunchiness of their seeds. Not to …