December 2009
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Chicken tikka masala with potatoes
My favorite Indian dish is tikka masala because I love rich, creamy foods that have a hint of spice. When I moved to San Francisco, the Costco’s in the area started carrying Maya Kaimal Indian sauces, which included a quart of tikka masala. Most recently, they renamed it to butter masala. Still the same sauce though.
The tikka masala is very easy to prepare - start some rice in the rice...
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Frosted Dark Chocolate Cupcakes
Dark chocolate cupcakes from recipe, with no changes. I follow Cooks Illustrated almost religiously; they have never done me wrong with a recipe. It’s worth the $35/year subscription.
The batter came out with the consistency of chocolate mousse and I wanted to eat it right then!
Frosted using Wilton Star Tip #1M. I’ve never used the star tip before, but I was inspired by the...
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Leek Potato Soup & Shitake Mushroom Pizza
The leek potato soup was surprisingly flavorful despite having only 3 base ingredients: leeks, potatoes and vegetable broth.
Changes I made:
Used a can of broth in addition to 1 qt
Used only 1/2 c. of buttermilk
Generously salt and peppered the soup when in bowl
Shitake mushroom pizza used fresh shitake mushrooms from the Ferry Building Farmer’s Market ($4 for a box), Trader...