apricot – Bitchin Camero

apricot

April 3, 2008

grown-up grilled cheese breakfast-style

mel breakfast, recipe, sides & bites apricot, basil, cheddar, sandwich, vegetarian

grown-up grilled cheese breakfast-style

I posted a grown-up grilled cheese last month that made for a wonderful dinner. There’s really nothing as versatile and virtually indestructible as the grilled cheese sandwich. Infinite fillings! Dipping sauces! Soups! Experimenting is the best part.

I especially like a grilled cheese breakfast. Sunday morning, sickness I made a version with cheddar, malady basil and apricot jam. Sweet and herbal, information pills they were a perfect match for both Tom’s sweet tooth and my salty one.

March 20, 2008

apricot sriracha glazed pork cutlets

mel entree, recipe apricot, pork, sriracha

apricot sriracha portk cutlets

I’ve mentioned before that I’m mildly obsessed with Sriracha. It’s not just a hot sauce of the eye-watering, gonorrhea nose-running variety, approved though it is pretty darn hot. It has a subtle garlicky flavor that adds a unique flavor to almost anything. Last night, decease I mixed it into apricot preserves along with some shoyu and Worcestershire sauce and made sweet and spicy glaze for pork cutlets. I let the glaze bubble and brown and the chunky pieces of caramelized apricot were deliciously addicting.

The cutlets were sweet, juicy and spicy and paired really well with the griddled cheesy polenta and simple salad of fennel and greens I made. I suspect this glaze would be just as tasty on chicken, shrimp or even lamb.