Natasha from 5 Star Foodie brings her 3-course Fennel Pollen tasting menu to a close with pot de creme (a medium-rich egg custard).  If you’re just joining us, check out Natasha’s first two fennel pollen courses: cauliflower bisque & seared bay scallops!
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February Fennel Pollen Friday: Fennel Pollen Pot de Creme

In the final recipe of the fennel …

 
NY Strip w/ Sour-Sweet Roasted Mushrooms (serves 2)
Wine Pairing: Right Bank Bordeaux or Periorat – Spain
This recipe tempers the strip steak’s richness with heat and fruitiness from the chile powder (how much depends on which powder you use). The mushrooms are buttery with a sweet & sour background flavor.
Strip Steak:
1 Grassfed New York Strip Steak (you could use …

 
Yes, you read that right, a mushroom dessert!  Panna cotta is a smooth, incredibly creamy dessert gelled with gelatin.  And yes, this candy cap panna cotta tastes like mushrooms.  But it’s good, we swear!
The reason it works is because of candy cap mushrooms’ unique toasted-maple flavor and natural sweetness. They’re a cutting edge pastry chef favorite that …

I am so happy to be writing another post here at MarxFoods and I need to tell you something – everything is fresh, top quality and beautiful each and every time and it’s this attention to detail that keeps me coming back for more – Christo @ ChezWhat  – anyway lets roll up our sleeves …

(it’s as good as it sounds)

This recipe uses the same technique used for twice-baked potatoes, first roasting the squash, then scooping the innards out and mixing them with other ingredients for a flavorful puree.  The puree is then returned to the squash shell and broiled.  Comforting and delicious, this is a perfect winter side dish.
Ingredients: …

Guest Blogger: Christo aka Doggybloggy is a personal chef, poet, food blogger and artist living in New York City, his offbeat style and humor most certainly comes from his New Mexico roots since there are very few city folk with his reference points. Check out his blog for more of his interesting perspective.
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Candy Cap mushrooms …

 
Thai red curry has a flavor that’s a complex blend of spicy, sweet, citrus, creaminess from the coconut milk and a slight musky taste from the fish sauce and coconut palm sugar.  Once you’ve made the thai red curry paste, the final dish is a snap!
Ingredients:
1 lb of chicken breasts or chicken tenders
10 oz of …

How to Candy Flowers
Flowers add bright color to desserts, cakes, and other plates.  For dishes where a little extra sweetness would be welcome, a great trick to increase their visual appeal is to candy them (candied flowers are also known as sugar glazed flowers or crystallized flowers).  Candying flowers is extremely easy as long as …

Why Candy Citrus Peel?
Candied citrus zest (aka candied citrus peel, crystallized citrus peel) is very useful as a garnish or as an ingredient in both savory and sweet dishes.   You can use it as a garnish for cocktails and other drinks too.  It is sweeter and more tender than plain zest.  This method is often used …

Pasilla Hot Chocolate with Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream
Any variety of bulk dried chilies (consult our chile heat scale for help deciding) can be used to make this hot chocolate (although you’ll likely want to change the amounts to fit the chile heat you’re looking for).  Here we’ve used mild pasilla chilies for a fruity chile …