Category Archives: Recipes

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Recipe: Avjar Red Pepper Spread

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Avjar is a condiment used through the Balkans made with ground red peppers plus some eggplant to stretch the recipe. Serious Eats did an exhaustive experiment to find the best avjar recipe and we followed their method. The result was … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Cevapcici (or cevabcici)

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Cevapcici is a skinless sausage popular in slightly different versions throughout the Balkans. The secret ingredient that makes it a sausage, not a burger, is the baking soda. A small amount makes the ground meat firm and springy so it … Continue reading →

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Variations on a pickled onion

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

We grilled cevapcici (an Adriatic sausage) to serve with avjar (a red pepper topping) on Memorial Day. What else do you need? Onion, of course. There are already three pickled onion recipes on Burnt My Fingers, but we went a … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Creamy Caesar Dressing

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Sometimes you just need a creamy Caesar dressing. This one fits the bill. It’s from GATHER: Casual Cooking from Wine Country Gardens by Janet Fletcher. She puts it atop a rather unusual salad you can read about here, but we … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Onion Burgers

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

I learned about Onion Burgers in this article on Atlas Obscura. It seems that during the Great Depression a burger joint in Oklahoma had the inspiration to cut costs by greatly increasing the amount of onions mixed in with its … Continue reading →

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What to do with ramps

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

It’s ramps season here in upstate New York. The wild allium will be showing up on Mother’s Day menus in our better restaurants on top of spaghetti, as a caramelized garnish, and in general wherever you might see a garlic … Continue reading →

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Recipe: No Knead Cheesy Bread

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

No Knead Cheesy Bread originated with East Coast Kitchen. I heard about it from a local baker friend and realized it was the perfect way to use some ramps another local friend had brought back from a secret location. Make … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Coronation Chicken Salad

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Coronation Chicken Salad was created for King Charles’ mother back in 1953, possibly as a tribute to the far-flung British empire which was winding down at that time. It has a pleasant sweetness the late queen doubtless enjoyed, as do … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Prune Bacon Salad

Posted on April 22, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it! I bought a huge bag of prunes on sale from Bella Viva Orchards, my favorite source of dried fruit. Then I happened on Prunes for Epicures, a 1933 publication of the United Prune … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Italian Sub Rolls

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Burnt My Fingers

Sometimes you just want a soft, puffy Italian sub roll that will soak up the dressing and yield without a crunch when you bite into it. This recipe fits the bill. It’s also much simpler and more straightforward than our … Continue reading →

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