Tuesday, July 13, 2010

July 2010 Daring Cooks - Nut Butters



The July 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge was hosted by Margie of More Please and Natashya of Living in the Kitchen with Puppies. They chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make their own nut butter from scratch, and use the nut butter in a recipe. Their sources include Better with Nut Butter by Cooking Light Magazine, Asian Noodles by Nina Simonds, and Food Network online.

Here's my recipe using a nut butter. I was actually reading a vegan cookbook the other day that talked all about using nut butters, in desserts and as a cream substitute, much healthier . I think I will have to start, giving it a go.

Gado Gado

150g unsalted peanuts, dry-roasted in the oven until dark
2 tbs peanut oil
2 eschalots, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tsp chilli paste or sambal oelek
2 tsp finely grated palm sugar (see note) or raw sugar, plus extra to taste
2 tbs tamarind concentrate (see note)
1 tbs lime juice
2 tsp shrimp paste (see note) or 4 anchovy fillets
270ml can coconut milk

Finely grind peanuts in a food processor. Heat oil in a deep frypan over medium-low heat. Add eschalots and garlic and cook for 3-4 minutes until onion is soft. Stir in peanuts, chilli and shrimp pastes, sugar, tamarind, lime, coconut milk and 1 cup (250ml) water until well combined. Increase the heat to high and bring to the boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes or until thickened. Adjust salt and sugar to taste.

Serve with various steamed and fresh vegetables, tofu and satays.

4 comments:

  1. What a wonderful photo so vibrant and colourful and the recipe looks so delicious I did gado-gado also. I know how good this is. Well done on this challenge. Juilo that cashew sauce looks divine and yes the final salad is so delicious and tasty I did it also for the challenge. Lovely photos also. Cheers from Audax in Sydney Australia.

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  2. I've always wanted to make gado-gado, why didn't I think of it for the Daring Cooks? *sigh* Beautifully presented, by the way.

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  3. The gado-gado looks delicious! Great job on the challenge!

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  4. That's a very beautiful and colorful presentation of gado-gado. Great job!

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