About the author: Joshua Bousel brings you new, tasty condiment each Wednesday and a recipe for weekend grilling every Friday. He also writes about grilling and barbecue on his blog The Meatwave whenever he can be pulled away from his grill.
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Special equipment: Blender
serves makes about 1 1/2 cups, active time 10 minutes, total time 4 days
Place mustard seeds and vinegar in a small bowl or container, cover, and let soak at room temperature for 1 day.
Transfer mustard seeds and liquid to jar of a blender. Add in salt, turmeric, allspice, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Puree until smooth, adding 2 tablespoons of water at time to thin consistency as needed. Transfer to an airtight container and let rest in refrigerator for 2 to 3 days before use.
About the author: Joshua Bousel brings you new, tasty condiment each Wednesday and a recipe for weekend grilling every Friday. He also writes about grilling and barbecue on his blog The Meatwave whenever he can be pulled away from his grill.
Adapted from Alton Brown
Special equipment: Food Processor
serves makes about 2/3 cup, active time 10 minutes, total time 10 minutes
Place olives, anchovies, garlic, olive oil, capers, lemon juice, thyme, and mustard in the workbowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse until uniformly chopped into a thick paste, stopping to scrape down sides as necessary. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Use immediately or transfer to an airtight container and store in refrigerator for up to two weeks.
About the author: Joshua Bousel brings you new, tasty condiment each Wednesday and a recipe for weekend grilling every Friday. He also writes about grilling and barbecue on his blog The Meatwave whenever he can be pulled away from his grill.
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Special equipment: Food processor
serves makes about 1 1/2 cups, active time 30 minutes, total time 1 hour 10 minutes
Preheat broiler. Place tomatoes, cut side up, on a rimmed baking sheet and sprinkle evenly with 1 teaspoon salt. Add jalapeño, garlic, and onion to baking sheet. Place baking sheet in broiler and cook until tomatoes, jalapeños, garlic, and onion have slightly blackened, about 20 minutes, flipping jalapeño and garlic half way through. Remove from broiler and let sit until cool enough to handle, about 10 minutes.
Stem and seed jalapeño and peel garlic. Transfer tomatoes, jalapeño, garlic, and onion to the work bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse until mixture is finely chopped.
Transfer to a medium bowl. Stir in cilantro and lime juice. Season with salt and sugar to taste. Let rest in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving. Store in an airtight container up to a week.
About the author: Joshua Bousel brings you new, tasty condiment each Wednesday and a recipe for weekend grilling every Friday. He also writes about grilling and barbecue on his blog The Meatwave whenever he can be pulled away from his grill.
Short on ingredients, it's the process that transforms chiles and tomatoes into a sauce that has an incredibly robust tomato base with an earthy heat throughout—ready to make the best enchiladas ever.
Adapted from Mexican Everyday by Rick Bayless.
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Special equipment: Blender
serves makes about 4 cups, active time 30 minutes, total time 30 minutes
Preheat oven to 350°F. Place guajillo chiles on a baking sheet and heat in oven until puffed up and aromatic, about 3-5 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Stem and seed chiles; tear into pieces.
Place chiles, garlic, tomatoes, cumin, and black pepper in jar of a blender. Puree until as smooth as possible.
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until shimmering. Set a fine mesh strainer over pan and pour in sauce. Press sauce through strainer into saucepan. Cook sauce, stirring constantly, until thickened to consistency of tomato paste, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour in chicken broth, bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Taste sauce and season with salt and sugar to taste.
About the author: Joshua Bousel brings you new, tasty condiment each Wednesday and a recipe for weekend grilling every Friday. He also writes about grilling and barbecue on his blog The Meatwave whenever he can be pulled away from his grill.
Notes: While culantro and ajices dulces are easy to pick up in my neighborhood, Daisy says don't sweat it if you can't find them. The ajices dulces can be omitted, and just substitute another handful of cilantro if you can't find culantro.
Adapted from Daisy Martinez
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Special equipment: Food Processor
serves makes 4 cups, active time 15 minutes, total time 15 minutes
Place onions and cubanelle peppers in workbowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse until coarsely chopped.
With the motor running, add the remaining ingredients one at a time through the feed tube and process until smooth. Season to taste with salt. Transfer to container and store in refrigerator for up to three days, or freeze.
About the author: Joshua Bousel brings you new, tasty condiment each Wednesday and a recipe for weekend grilling every Friday. He also writes about grilling and barbecue on his blog The Meatwave whenever he can be pulled away from his grill.
Chicken stock, white wine, and cream created the body and richness of this pan sauce, whose dominent mustard flavor was a strong complement to a pork tenderloin, but not so overpowering that it hid the flavor of the meat itself.
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serves makes about 1 cup, active time 15 minutes, total time 15 minutes
After removing meat from pan, turn heat to medium-high and add butter. After butter melts and foam subsides, add shallots and cook until softened and lightly browned, about 2-3 minutes. Add flour and and cook, stirring constantly, until golden brown, about 1 minute.
Whisking constantly, pour in wine and cook until thickened. Add in chicken stock and mustard, and whisk until combined, scraping bottom of pan to release fond. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook until thickened enough to coat back of spoon.
Stir in heavy cream and lemon juice, and heat until warmed through. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Remove sauce from heat and use immediately.
About the author: Joshua Bousel brings you new, tasty condiment each Wednesday and a recipe for weekend grilling every Friday. He also writes about grilling and barbecue on his blog The Meatwave whenever he can be pulled away from his grill.
Adapted from Chow
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Special equipment: Blender
serves makes about 1 cup, active time 10 minutes, total time 4 days
Place mustard seeds, wine, and vinegar in a small bowl or container, cover, and let soak at room temperature for two days.
Transfer mustard seeds and liquid to jar of a blender. Add in salt and sugar, if using, and puree until mustard paste forms, but whole seeds still remain. Transfer to an airtight container and let rest in refrigerator for 2 days before use.
A simple Greek sauce of roasted hot peppers, feta, yogurt, olive oil, and lemon juice provides amazing layers of flavors in each bite.
About the author: Joshua Bousel brings you new, tasty condiment each Wednesday and a recipe for weekend grilling every Friday. He also writes about grilling and barbecue on his blog The Meatwave whenever he can be pulled away from his grill.
Special equipment: Food processor
serves Makes about 2 cups, active time 15 minutes, total time 30 minutes
Preheat broiler. Place cherry peppers on a rimmed baking sheet and roast in broiler until skins are charred and peppers are softened, turning peppers as necessary to roast evenly. Transfer peppers to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let sit until cool enough to handle, about 15 minutes. Peel, stem, and de-seed peppers.
Place peppers in the workbowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Add in feta, yogurt, olive oil, and lemon juice. Puree until peppers and feta are as smooth as possible and sauce is completely combined. Transfer to a bowl and serve with warm pita.
About the author: Joshua Bousel brings you new, tasty condiment each Wednesday and a recipe for weekend grilling every Friday. He also writes about grilling and barbecue on his blog The Meatwave whenever he can be pulled away from his grill.
Special equipment: Blender
serves makes about 1 cup, active time 5 minutes, total time 15 minutes
Place chopped chiles, tomatillo, cilantro, garlic, and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce to a simmer, and cook until chiles and tomatillo are softened, about 10 minutes.
Transfer mixture to jar of a blender and puree until completely smooth. Transfer to bowl, stir in sour cream and lime juice. Season with salt to taste and serve immediately, or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to a week.
This is a simple mixture of soy sauce, brown sugar, Sake, and mirin, cooked down until it becomes a semi-thick, spoon-coating sauce with a constant pull between sweet and salty.
About the author: Joshua Bousel brings you new, tasty condiment each Wednesday and a recipe for weekend grilling every Friday. He also writes about grilling and barbecue on his blog The Meatwave whenever he can be pulled away from his grill.
serves makes about 1 cup, active time 2 minutes, total time 20 minutes
Mix soy sauce, sugar, mirin, and sake together in a small saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, reduce to a simmer, and cook until thickened enough to coat a spoon, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat, let cool, and use immediately or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
serves Makes 1/2 cup, active time 5 minutes, total time 5 minutes
In a small bowl mix together parsley, garlic, and lemon zest. Use immediately.
[Photograph: Joshua Bousel]
Adapted from Jamie at Home
serves Makes about 3 cups, active time 30 minutes, total time 1 hour
Roast peppers over gas stove, grill, or broiler until skins are completely charred. Place in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let sit until cool enough to handle, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove charred outer skins, cut in half, and remove seeds and cores. Finely chop peppers.
Heat oil until shimmering in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add in onions, rosemary, bay leaves, and cinnamon and season lightly with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions have completely softened and darkened, about 20 minutes.
Stir in chopped peppers, sugar, and vinegar. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid is reduced and mixture is thick and syrupy, about 30 minutes. Remove cinnamon and bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to a glass jar and store in refrigerator for up to a month.
Adapted from Use Real Butter.
Special equipment: Stick or Regular Blender
serves Makes about 3 cups, active time 20 minutes, total time 1 hour
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place squash in a large bowl and toss with olive oil until evenly coated. Transfer squash to a rimmed baking dish, arranging in a single layer, and place in oven until browned around the edges, about 30 minutes, tossing halfway through. Remove from oven and set aside.
Melt butter in medium saucepan. When foaming subsides, add in sage leaves and cook until they darken and crisp and butter browns slightly. Transfer sage leaves to paper towel lined plate. Add shallots to pan and sautée until softened, about 5 minutes. Add in chicken stock and squash, bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until squash is completely tender, about 10 minutes.
Using a stick blender, or transferring to the jar of a regular blender, puree until completely smooth.
Stir in Parmesan cheese and heavy cream and cook until warmed through, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Either crumble reserved sage into sauce, or use as a garnish. Use immediately.
Special equipment: Food Processor
serves Makes about 2 cups, active time 10 minutes, total time 3 days
Place jalapenos, serrano chiles, garlic, and salt in the workbowl of a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped. With the motor running, slowly add in vinegar through the feed tube. Process until smooth.
Transfer chile mixture in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute, remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Pour mixture in a glass jar with a tight fitting lid and let stand in a cool, dark place for 3 days.
Pour sauce through a fine mesh strainer into a medium bowl, pressing on solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Pour into a clean glass jar, discarding drained solids, and store for up to 6 months in the refrigerator.
Adapted from She Simmers
Special equipment: Blender
serves Makes about 1 cup, active time 15 minutes, total time 15 minutes
Place jalapenos, garlic, water, vinegar, sugar, and salt in the jar of a blender and puree until very smooth.
Transfer mixture to a mesh strainer set atop of a medium saucepan. Strain mixture into saucepan, using a rubber spatula to push trough as much pulp as possible, only seeded and larger pieces of chilies should remain in strainer.
Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until sauce slightly thickens, about 5 minutes. Let cool to room temperature, transfer to an airtight container and store in refrigerator for up to 6 months.