These delicious meatballs, made with spiced beef and coated in a delicate pomegranate glaze, are sweet and savoury all at once.
Lean turkey adds healthy protein to this vegetable-packed gluten-free pasta. Blanching the rapini gets rid of some of its bitterness. You may be tempted to blanch it in the same pot as the pasta, but don't: The bitterness will transfer.
This fairly dry sambal paste is half relish, half sauce. It is wonderful atop saltwater fish such as striped bass. Adjust the heat by varying the chili powder to taste.
Lobsters are king in New Brunswick, and the best way to enjoy their sweet decadence is simply to boil them. Dress your lobster up with one or more of our flavoured butters. Make sure everyone at the table gets a lobster pick and plenty of napkins. If your guests are enthusiastic lobster shellers, have lobster crackers and shears at the table. If your guests are timid or first-timers, you might want to cut and crack the lobsters in the kitchen before you serve them.
Tip: When plunging the lobsters into the pot, grasp them around the back shell, snip elastic bands off the claws with scissors and gently drop them headfirst into the water.
For a quick lunch, make the meatballs and sauce ahead of time and reheat together before sandwiching to serve.
Economical and efficient, braising is common in Asian recipes. Look for Korean coarse chili powder in Asian food markets. During autumn in Korea, this dish, called tak tchim, is made with chestnuts, so if you like, add a dozen vacuum-packed peeled chestnuts, about 65 g.
To make two chicken cutlets, hold your knife parrallel to the cutting board, halfway up the thickness of the breast. With the opposite hand placed firmly on the top of the chicken, slice through. Flatten each half with a meat mallet.
Sinigang (probably the most popular of all Filipino soups) is a sour broth with a variety of vegetables. Fish, seafood, meat and poultry can all be made into sinigang, which is soured by a variety of fruits: green or ripe tamarind; lime, lemon or kalamansi, the native citrus fruit; sour guava; and, especially for chicken or pork sinigang, bilimbi (kamias in Filipino), a small, tart relative of the star fruit (or carambola) that tastes remarkably like rhubarb, which we have used here.
