Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
Chicken Cacciatore, or “hunter’s style chicken,” is an Italian meal of meat (such as chicken) braised in a stew of tomatoes, onions, garlic, and red wine. It often contains other ingredients, such as bell peppers, mushrooms, or black olives. In my version, I prefer to use mushrooms – but if you don’t like mushrooms, you [...]
Earlier this month, I posted a recipe for Carrot Ginger Walnut Sweet Rolls. I love making sweet/filled rolls… they make a great breakfast, dessert, or afternoon snack. Filled rolls also are great for a crowd – one recipe usually makes 16 servings – so it’s a great dish to make and bring to a potluck. [...]
Last month, I posted a recipe for Butternut Squash Risotto that you can make with pretty much any vegetable puree. However, I also wanted to share a Basic Risotto Recipe that you can easily sub ingredients for whatever you have on hand. This version calls for Artichoke – but you can use mushrooms, sun dried [...]
Fresh cannolis are one of my favorite Italian (Sicilian) pastries… crisp flaky pastry on the outside, sweet creamy filling on the inside… yum! Good cannoli are hard to find, though… not very many places around here sell them fresh, and nothing is worse than taking home a soggy cannoli! My solution, of course, was to [...]
I was browsing the meat department at the supermarket the other day, and came across a package of thin cut sirloin steaks marked “buy one get one free”. Well ok then! Each package contained about 4 thin-cut steaks, so that worked out to about $1.25 a steak! Score. For REAL steaks (for the grill), I [...]
Zabaglione is a really simple dessert to make – but looks very complicated and impressive! It requires few ingredients: egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, cream, and Marsala Wine. I like to punch up the flavor with a pinch of salt, and the addition of vanilla bean pods… but that part is optional. To make this simple [...]
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