Roasted Cauliflower w/ Harissa Pepper Sauce

Thanksgiving, Christmas and everyday side dish for everyone…Vegetarians and Gluten Free guests will love.

This will soon become a favorite side dish the family will love & beg you to make again. There will not be any leftovers. The Harissa will become a favorite flavor for your future inspirational recipes.

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Ingredients:

2 heads of  cauliflower – cut into medium sized florets
1 jar Harissa – Tunisian sweet peppers
2 lg onions sliced
2 tbsp. coarse sea salt
1 cup olive oil
1 cup pitted Kalamata olives
2 tsp. garlic powder
¼ cup sherry
½ cup toasted pine nuts

Cauliflower crowns

Instructions:

Preheat Oven 425.  Total cooking time is one hour.

Cut cauliflower  into floret pieces.  Mix 3/4 c olive oil, 1 tsp salt , garlic powder. Roast approx. 15 minutes .

Meanwhile, caramelize? onions, 1 tbsp. coarse sea salt, ?1/4 cup olive oil, 1 tsp. garlic powder for approx. 10 minutes over medium heat. When well browned, add ¼ cup of sherry wine and ?saute over medium high heat for approx. 3 minutes longer. Add onions and cherry tomatoes to cauliflower that has been in the oven for 15 minutes. Continue roasting cauliflower for additional 45 minutes.

Add Harissa and olives to cauliflower. Then add the pine nuts. Let sit for at least 15 minutes allowing he flavors to absorb into the cauliflower. It is better the second day. You’re family will love it.

***Harissa at Fairway in canned olive and pepper section of store.

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Farfalle Pasta “Giardeniera” (Gluten Free option)*

Farfalle Pasta Giardeniera

Farfalle is a type of pasta. Commonly known as “bow-tie pasta”, the name is derived from the Italian word farfalle “butterflies”.

Farfalle date back to the 16th century. It originated in Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy.
You could use any pasta with this recipe but the farfalle seem to hold the oils from the marinated peppers and  Sundried tomatoes .. This cold salad presents nicely with this , bow-tie pasta .
This pasta is better the second day. All these condiments marinated all together over pasta ensures you will never make another pasta salad other than this one  to bring to a party . Your friends will love you for sure .
**   You can find all these condiments in  the italian section of your grocery store  usually near the olive oil section .

1 lb. Farfalle pasta
Cooked for 10 minutes and chilled
Or ( gluten free pasta ) **
1-12 oz jar of fried peppers ( Victoria  brand)
2 Cups of mixed pitted kalamata and
Pitted green pimento olives
1- 7 . 5 ounce jar of Sundried Tomatoes in oil sliced into thin strips
1/2 jar of sweet Harissa peppers **

Before serving top
1/4 cup of Balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup toasted pignoli nuts

Toss together well.

** Harissa available Whole Foods
** Gluten free pasta (Trader Joes)
** Victoria brand of peppers for fried peppers and sun dried tomatoes preferred.

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Quinoa with Swiss Chard & Toasted Pignoli Nuts

Quinoa with Swiss Chard & Toasted Pignoli Nuts

2 Spanish onions diced

1 teaspoon fennel seeds

1 teaspoon red crushed pepper

2 tablespoons garlic powder

1 teaspoon black pepper

2 cups quinoa

3 cups vegetable broth

3 to 4 cups swiss chard cut into medium pieces

1/2 cup toasted pine nuts pignoli

3 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon Maldon salt

1/3 cup of Maple vinegar

Cook in dutch oven pan. Saute onions in 3 tablespoons olive oil to medium brown color about 10 minutes over high heat reducing to low heat after a minute . Add red crushed pepper.

Add quinoa to the onions and stir for approx 5 minutes to toast the flavor of the grain and absorb the onion flavor. Toss frequently . Add garlic powder and salt.

Add vegetable broth and let simmer over low heat for 30 minutes uncovered. After 30 minutes, add swiss chard and let quinoa rest on stove for 20 minutes covered .

After quinoa is cooked and cooled off.

Finish off by adding:

1/2 cup of maple vinegar **

or

Make your own

Mix maple syrup 1/3 to 2/3 cup sherry vinegar . To make 1/2 cup maple vinegar .

** Dean n Deluca

Super Spicy Superbowl Wings

chicken wings

Everyone has a Buffalo chicken wing recipe, but here is a different variation of those famous wings.

1 ½ lb wings
1 cup Aunt Whiskey’s Smoking Hot Bloody Mary Mix
2 T Italian dressing or you can make a quick dressing with 3 tbsp oil, 1 tsp cider vinegar
1 T oregano
2 T salted butter
2 t dark brown sugar
red pepper flake to taste
salt to taste to finish

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Rinse wings and pat dry wings using a paper towel.

In a bowl, wisk together Aunt Whiskey’s, Italian dressing, oregano, dark brown sugar and red pepper flake. Place the wings in an oven-safe pan and pour sauce over them. Add the butter to the pan and place in the oven for about an hour.

After 45 minutes, remove the wings and flip them over, then place them back in the oven.

When out of the oven taste and season with salt if needed.

aunt whiskeys

You can find Aunt Whiskey’s Smoking Hot Bloody Mary Mix at www.auntwhiskey.com.  If you haven’t tried Aunt Whiskey’s Smoking Hot Bloody Mary Mix, you are in for a real surprise.  It is an unusual combination of ingredients, just to highlight some of the juices: carrot, celery, green pepper and watercress juice.  None of these juices over power the other.  The blend is spicy, but the juices give it a smooth finish.

If you don’t want to use this as a Bloody Mary mix there are many recipe alternatives for Aunt Whiskey’s brew.  I’ll just use this as a cooking condiment!! One of my new favorites for 2013.  Stay tuned for other delicious recipes featuring Aunt Whiskey’s….