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Taboulé de potimarron - Manger Cru. Journées du Patrimoine - un monument: le Cassoulet! : LES ALIBOFFIS. Polenta de châtaigne. TurboChef | The Oven. Reinvented. Russian Tea Balls. This recipe started out as "Christmas Cookies with Walnuts," a recipe I found in my Mexican cookbook. I thought they would be a nice way to finish off our chimichanga dinner (see the other post for today).

The recipe called for lard, which I thought could be easily replaced with vegetable shortening. I also replaced the walnuts with pecans (Vegan Mom is not a big walnut fan). The picture in the cookbook showed fairly flat cookies, but mine stayed as balls (maybe the lack of lard?). In fact, the end result tasted just like a cookie my Mom makes for Christmas called Russian Tea Balls.

So, by my mistake I veganized yet another childhood favourite. - 1/2 cup vegetable shortening - 1/4 cup icing sugar - 1 tsp vanilla extract - 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour - 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans (I pulsed whole pecans in a coffee grinder) - icing sugar for dusting Preheat oven to 350 1. 2. 3. 4. Irish Beef Hand Pies. Searing - Separate the myth from the facts. Before I get started I need to make two disclaimers. First, if you like your steak more than medium you shouldn't try searing your steaks. You'll end up with a charred piece of dry beef. Second, I'm going to get a lot of email about this article because what I'm going to say is controversial. Now that we understand each other, we need to define a couple of terms and then explore the process of the properly searing. First of all, searing is not simply for steaks. The secret to a great prime rib is to start it at a high temperature to sear the surface and then lower the temperature to finish it off. Pork chops, chicken, and roasts all benefit from searing, though maybe not the way you think.

Browning, also known as the Maillard reaction or caramelization, is caused when you heat sugars and amino acids together. Charring is when the surface of meat breaks down completely leaving only carbon. So what is searing? Some will say that you need something like a blast furnace to get a great sear. Irish Beef Hand Pies.