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2 eggs 2 – 2 1 / 2 cups milk , any kind will do 1 / 2 tsp salt
Fresh Cheese 4 1 / 4 cups whole milk 1 cup heavy cream 2 tsp salt 3-5 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
Crispy onions Same as previous recipe
Lapsang Souchong Cured Arctic Char 1 cup kosher salt 2 / 3 cup sugar 1 / 3 cup brown sugar 1 1 / 2 Tbsp lapsang souchong tea leaves 1 tsp black pepper 1 / 2 tsp chili flakes 1 Tbsp dried juniper berries zest of 1 lime , 1 orange and 1 lemon 1 lb skin-on arctic char fillet
METHOD Little Pancakes 1 . Blend all ingredients to form a smooth thin batter . 2 . Fry until golden on medium heat , two or three at a time , rotating pan to spread batter as thin as possible . 3 . Makes 20-40 pancakes . Pancakes can be refrigerated for a week , or frozen for later and reheated .
Fresh Cheese 1 . Add salt to milk and cream , heat in a double boiler to 200 ° F , until almost boiling . 2 . Add lemon juice once mixture comes to temperature , and stir gently until the milk curdles , and a translucent yellow whey forms . 3 . Gently strain curds through a fine mesh strainer or cheese ciao ! cooks
cloth until the desired texture is achieved . Yields 2 cups .
Lapsang Souchong Cured Arctic Char 1 . Grind tea , pepper chili flakes and juniper berries in a mortar and pestle or spice grinder to a fine powder free of large chunks . 2 . Combine spices with the sugar , salt and zest and mix well . 3 . Spread approx . 1 / 3 of the spice mixture to cover an area as large as the fillet . Place fish skin side down on the mixture . 4 . Cover fish with remaining mixture and gently pat down before wrapping in plastic and placing weights on the fish . 5 . Refrigerate 24-36 hrs until firm . 6 . Rinse well under cold running water , and slice very thin across the grain leaving the skin behind .
Yield 4-6 servings
Perfect Lady
A shelf stable Canadian made vegan foamer replaces the traditional use of egg white in this frothy mixture . Rosebuds can be purchased at many Asian specialty food stores and elevate this pretty drink to sophisticated status .
INGREDIENTS 1 1 / 2 oz Patent 5 purple blossom gin 1 / 2 oz peach liqueur 1 / 2 oz lemon juice 1 / 2 oz simple syrup 1 dash rosewater 1 dash Ms . Betters bitters vegan foamer Rosebuds for garnish
METHOD 1 . Fill cocktail shaker with ice .
Callan Anderson Patent 5 Distillery Callan Anderson brings an unconventional approach to mixing cocktails . She got her start across the pond at Hoot the Redeemer , a famous modern speakeasy in Edinburgh , SC . A nightly game had customers picking two random flavours out of a bin , from which an unusal drink was created . Today , Callen ’ s playfulness results in re-imagining classics and inventing exciting mixtures in the Exchange .
2 . Combine all ingredients into the cocktail shaker and shake vigorously for 15 seconds . 3 . Strain and pour into pretty glass . 4 . Garnish with rosebuds .
Yield one cocktail
Gin Old Fashioned
Gin and orange zest offer an intensely aromatic twist on a classic Whiskey old fashioned .
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