A Hungry Bear

green bean salad with prosciutto and radishes

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

This is a great way to mix up your standard green bean side dish - toss with a red wine vinaigrette and thin slices of prosciuotto, radishes and shaved Parmesan. The green beans are cooked in boiling water first, so the salad can be served warm. Adapted from June 2009 Bon Appetit. Ingredients: one pound of [...]

pork chops saltimbocca

Thursday, July 30, 2009

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I know I’ve shared a stuffed pork chop with you before. And since this was stuffed with prosciutto and fontina too, I know I’m veering into dangerous repeat-post territory. But do you see that picture? How could you not want to know exactly how to make that crispy prosciutto crust, with gooey [...]

crispy goat cheese over arugula salad with prosciutto and figs

Sunday, October 5, 2008

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What could possibly be better than crispy-on-the-outside, gooey-melted-inside goat cheese rounds? Why, putting it on top of a salad to excuse it as “healthy”, that’s what. This recipe from October’s Bon Appetit is just pure happiness.

chicken saltimbocca

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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I can’t believe I’ve been cooking this long and haven’t discovered Cook’s Illustrated until now. I’ve seen it in stores, just never realized how amazing the content could be. There are no ads, just informative articles and research about how best to create recipes (my favorite cookbook du jour, “The New Best Recipe”, [...]

prosciutto-wrapped apsaragus with lemon-dijon vinaigrette

Saturday, April 12, 2008

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In this month’s issue of Food & Wine, there’s an article featuring Mario Batali and his favorite ways to grill “italian-style”. The original recipe calls for pancetta and an orange-based citronette, but I modified it somewhat by using a simpler lemon and dijon sauce and by using prosciutto in place of pancetta. This [...]

stuffed pork chops & grilled polenta

Monday, March 3, 2008

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I don’t normally watch cooking shows, but my sister and I caught a few minutes of a Tyler Florence episode yesterday that made me want to try his recipe for stuffed pork chops (Anthony said the guy lost all credibility when he endorsed a menu for Applebee’s, but this looked so good I have to [...]