SPÄTZLE

You can make delicious homemade spätlze in less than thirty minutes. Even better, the recipe is simple and doesn’t require any expensive machinery. I grew up eating these German noodles along side dishes with rich brown gravy like rouladen and sauerbraten. Another traditional use is to mix spätzle with cheese to make … Read more

BEEF CHEEK RAVIOLI WITH CELERY LEAF GREMOLATA

This isn’t your ordinary beef cheek ravioli recipe, and let me explain why.  Even though this is an Italian dish, the concept was inspired by a Chinese dumpling called shao long boa (xiaolongboa), also known as soup dumplings or buns.  The dumpling is crafted by encasing a chilled ground meat and gelatinized broth mixture inside a flour-based dumpling … Read more

CHEDDAR AND MUSTARD GREEN TORTELLONI WITH HAM HOCK BROTH

CHEDDAR AND MUSTARD GREEN TORTELLONI WITH HAM HOCK BROTH

Just before the New Year, I went to the market to pick up a few items. My sister-in-law was in town and we planned a night of munchies for New Year’s Eve. The market I shop at had black-eyed peas on prominent display. I learned from a store associate that black-eyed peas, ham … Read more