Once summer is over and the nights begin to get cooler I crave a hearty burger. Tasty ground beef, 80% lean, fashioned into a burger, cloaked with complementary flavors and encased in a quality bun. That’s our recipe for today folks, a Hearty Burger with Soppressata. A very filling burger that will likely push your appetite to its limits but leave with you with a smile on your face.
I love Tomato Toast and this recipe is awesome. A medley of sweet tasting tomatoes, marinated in extra virgin olive oil, oregano and scallions. Ricotta salata is added for texture and flavor, and boy does it deliver.
Sheet Pan Chicken with Chorizo is a meal cooked in the oven on a sheet pan using chicken pieces and chorizo sausage, but I’m sure you worked that out. The chicken and chorizo is cooked with an array of complementing vegetables, each one glorious all by itself, but together they are marvelous.
Here’s a super simple cocktail for gin lovers, Pink Gin. A combination of chilled quality gin and Angostura Bitters with a twist of lemon. It’s a smashing cocktail, best served as an aperitif.
I love melon, any kind of melon. I add watermelon to my juices and cocktails. Cantaloupe and galia melons are my go to for fruit salads. I eat chunks of sugar kiss and summer kiss melons all by themselves and I’ve just discovered limon melon which tastes just as it sounds. As I said, I love melon. I also love popsicles and there are times when I want both, so I whip up a batch of Melon Popsicles, much like today’s recipe, Melon Acai Popsicles.
In need of a kickstart to your day? Something with some substance and flavor? Well, I have a suggestion for you, how about a long and fulfilling Cold Brew Smoothie? It’s a combination of cold brew (of course), old fashioned oats, bananas, milk, almond butter, dates and cocoa powder. Are you licking your lips?
It’s heirloom tomato season! They’re delicious and the crowning glory of today’s recipe, Heirloom Tomato Tart. It’s is a great dish. Heirloom tomatoes are cradled on a base of puff pastry. A layer of ricotta cheese mixed with garlic and basil is sandwiched in between to bring the flavors and textures together. It’s awesome.
If you’re interested in trying a raw fish dish, or looking for a tasty crudo dish then try this one – Spicy Hamachi Crudo.
Is your grilling game up to scratch? It takes some mastering and I am by no means a master griller. However, I have mastered Slow Grilled Baby Back Ribs, wrapped in foil and cooked on indirect heat.
Before the summer ends give this recipe a try. Corn Avocado Salsa is a dynamite dish. A combination of fresh corn, hass avocado, jalapeno, cilantro, salt and lime juice.
