Category Archives: Condiments

We love a good relish or sauce here at Burnt My Fingers… truth to tell, sometimes the condiments are more important than the underlying meal.

Recipe: Pickled Onion a la Mexicana

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Burnt My Fingers

A complex and tasty pickled onion, adapted from Elizabeth Lambert Ortiz’ “The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking”, a Bantam paperback published in 1968. Ingredients: 1 onion, peeled and sliced very thin Salted water for soaking 3 serrano chiles or 1 … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Thai Plum Sauce

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Burnt My Fingers

Adapted from the long out of print Thai Home-Cooking from Kamolmal’s Kitchen (Plume). Serve Thai plum sauce as a dipping sauce with Thai BBQ Chicken. Ingredients: 4 umeboshi (pickled plums), pitted and chopped 3/4 c white vinegar 1 c sugar 2 t … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Skinny Vinaigrette

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Burnt My Fingers

Mix up just the vinegar and dry ingredients, then add oil to taste when you dress your salad. Makes much more sense. Ingredients: 1 c good wine vinegar 3 t sugar 2 t Kosher salt 1 t pepper Method: combine … Continue reading →

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