Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Red beans and rice

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Authentic-Louisiana-Red-Beans-and-Rice/Detail.aspx

Ingredients:

Red Bean mixture:
1 pound dry kidney beans
1/4 cup olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 stalks celery, chopped
6 cups water
2 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon dried sage
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
1 pound andouille sausage, sliced

Rice:
4 cups water
2 cups long grain white rice

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Retained heat cooking

Reference pages for Retained heat cooking  AKA hay box, fireless, thermal or wonderbox cooking.

http://thermalcooker.wordpress.com/

"Norwegian" self-acting cooker (Norwegian in name only):
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rnfirstbite/hayboxes/4764768

This appears to be the first commercially made RHC.

Friday, August 23, 2013

AB5M olive oil dough

No knead pizza dough

Olive Oil Dough from Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day:
3 1/4 cups lukewarm water (26 oz)
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon yeast
1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons Kosher salt (2 tsp table salt)
2 tablespoons sugar
7 1/2 cups (37.5 oz) unbleached all-purpose flour


Half batch:

13 oz water
2 T olive oil
1.5 tsp yeast
1 tsp table salt
1 T sugar
18.75 oz flour

AB5M weights

AB5M weight equivalents for their recipes.

1 cup white flour = 5 oz (140 grams)
1 cup wheat flour = 4.5 oz (130 grams)
1 cup water = 8 oz (225 grams)