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The following marinade is great on beef, but would work well with chicken breasts. This is a good marinade for barbecuing, but would also work for meat grilled in the oven or on an electric grill.

Cooking times will vary depending on the style of cooking, cut of meat, required doneness, etc.

Ingredients:

• 2 green onions
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 cup beef stock
• 1/4 cup orange marmalade
• 1/2 cup of orange juice
• 1 tablespoon of five-spice powder
• 1/4 cup of fresh cilantro, leaves and stems

Directions:

1. Place the ingredients in food processor and whiz until blended.
2. Pour over meat and marinade for at least 2 hours.
3. Remove meat from marinade a grill until cooked.

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Making your own vinegar from wine —leftover or otherwise— is not a difficult process, once you have a “mother”. You can find some straightforward instructions here >>Gang of Pour - So, You Wanna Make Vinegar, Eh?.

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups sour cream
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 3/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled
• 2 tablespoons skim milk
• 2 cloves garlic, mashed
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• Tabasco sauce, to taste
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Combine sour cream, mayonnaise and blue cheese in bowl of stand mixer. Beat until well blended.
2. Gradually beat in milk, garlic, Worcestershire, Tabasco, salt and pepper.
3. The dressing should be thick enough to hold up a spoon. However, you can adjust the consistency by adding more skim milk, if desired.
4. Serve over a thick wedge of iceberg lettuce.

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• 2 cans whole peeled tomatoes (28 oz.)
• Medium bunch of fresh cilantro (cut off stems)
• 1 large yellow onion (quartered) 1
• 3-4 fresh green medium jalapenos
• 5 cloves fresh garlic, peeled
• 1 tsp salt & pepper (5 ml)

Add ingredients to blender and PULSE on low for 5-15 seconds.

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
  
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 tablespoons Heinz chili sauce

1. Mix all ingredients in a pot and bring to a boil over medium heat. Continue cooking for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
2. Remove from heat and allow mixture to cool.
3. Pour into a blender and process until mixture is smooth.
4. Store in a capped bottle and store in the refrigerator. Should keep for about 3 months.

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1 cup real mayonnaise
2 Tbsp. buttermilk
1 Tbsp. crumbled bleu cheese
1/8 tsp. coarse ground black pepper
1 Tbsn. minced onion
1 clove garlic finely chopped

-Stir together all ingredients in a bowl until smooth.
-Cover and chill for 30 minutes before serving.

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This was an experiment that worked well with Sunday's roast of beef. This rub would work well for all cuts of beef and might even be tasty on pork or lamb. The coffee should be ground to as fine a consistency as possible.

3 teaspoons finely ground coffee
1/4 tsp. sweet paprika
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp dry parsley flakes

Blend the ingrediants together well, cover the surfaces of the meat with the rub and let stand in refrigerator for at least and hour and up to eight hours. Cook according to the method for the cut of meat: roast, bar-b-q, grill, etc.

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Balsamic Vinegar Reduction
Posted at 10:42 in Condiment.

Pour 1 cup balsamic vinegar into a stainless steel or enamelled pot. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer until it is reduced to 1/2 - 1/4 cup.

This is a good way to enhance the flavour of lesser quality balsamic vinegars.

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Ingredients:

• 4 oz. ginger root, lightly scraped washed and cut into chunks.
• 4 oz. garlic, peeled.

Directions:

• Put ingredients in a blender with a very little water, just to help grinding.
• Spoon into airtight jar and store in fridge, or freeze it.

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