Category: Entrée

MaPo tofu – Vegetarian version

This is a vegetarian version of the Sichuan classic MaPo tofu. The flavor profile is hot and numbing which is known as Mala. Cut back on the chili powder if you don’t like it so hot. The Sichuan chili bean paste is the key ingredient for the flavor and is also called Pixian Doubanjiang or Pixian Douban. Pixian is the area that is is from and the Doubanjiang or Douban is the paste. The paste is made from fermented fava beans, chili, flour and salt. It will be sold in bags or packs or in jars. The jar version contains oil. Both will keep for a long time in the fridge. Serve with rice.

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Honey mushroom pierogies

Here is a great autumn dish with lots of Pittsburgh flair – honey mushroom pierogies. Now for those that don’t know me I am not from Pittsburgh and I don’t have an Eastern European background which means I won’t be making the pierogies the same way as your Mother/Grandmother/Babcia . So take my recipe for pierogi dough with a pinch of salt, if you have a different/better recipe please feel free to use that. For those that don’t have a pierogi dough recipe this one should work just fine. Honey mushrooms are named after their color rather than their taste. They can have a bit of a livery taste and if this is the first time eating honey mushrooms try the cream cheese variation first. I recommend cooking the Honey mushrooms quite well in order to bring out the flavor and avoid any adverse reactions that are occasionally reported when they are under cooked. You can of course use any mushrooms, wild or store brought, or a mixture of mushrooms for this recipe. Button mushrooms and Shiitake would both work well.

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