Make Ahead Stuffed Eggplant

This is a different kind of eggplant “parmigiana.” You’ll notice there isn’t any mozzarella and very little Parmesan. While this recipe calls for a lot of preparation ahead of time, there’s no fussy breading or layering steps. The presentation is fun – there’s an eggplant on my plate! The flavor is large and delicious. This…

Roasted Tomato Cream Sauce

Sometimes you just need to wallow in a bowl of pasta. For two 1 batch fresh pasta 2 large heirloom tomatoes 1 small onion 3 cloves spunky garlic drizzle of olive oil 2 stems oregano 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 -1/2 c. cream Roll some fresh pasta. I rolled mine to #6 and used the fat…

Small Batch Ketchup: Batch #2

Over the Labor Day weekend, we were invited to a party involving a grill and hamburgers.  A perfect opportunity for a second batch of homemade ketchup!  This time, I wanted to play down the spice, ramp up the sweetness, and stick more to ingredients like garlic and onion.  The result was considerably more similar to…

Small Batch Ketchup

I have been musing about the idea of gourmet ketchup for too many years now. It probably started in a college eatery in Pittsburgh, the Original Hot Dog Shop.  Students called it the “The O” and a large fry was literally the entire frier basked dumped over an ironically small paper basket.  These fries were…