Whole Cabbage Kimchi
🕓 Dec 30, 2023

Ingredients

  • 5 kg napa cabbage
  • 2.5-3 cups salt
  • 5 tbsp flour
  • 2 cups koch’u karu (dried/powdered korean red pepper)
  • 1+ cup sugar
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1-3 red peppers, 1/4"-wide matchsticks, then chopped crosswise
  • 1-3 hot peppers, 1/4"-wide matchsticks, then chopped crosswise
  • 1-2 bunches...

Char Siu Sauce
🕓 Dec 29, 2023

Ingredients

  • oil
  • 1/2 cup minced green onion whites
    • 1-2 bunches, a little less if you stretch the definition of whites
  • 1/4 cup minced ginger
  • 1/4 cup shaoxing rice wine
  • 2.5 cups water
  • 3 1/3 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 tsp dark soy sauce
  • 1/4 tsp - 1/2 tsp red yeast rice, ground (substitute with sweet...

Honey Char Siu
🕓 Dec 29, 2023

Ingredients

  • 1kg (2.5lbs) pork (boston butt, pork belly, pork neck, loin roast)
  • 18 tbsp (1 bottle) Char Siu Sauce
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • oil

Instructions

(The day before)

  1. Slice the pork into strips about 1" x 2"
  2. Combine 9 tbsp char siu with 1 tbsp soy sauce
  3. Poke holes in the pork...

Mashed Potatoes
🕓 Dec 26, 2023

Ingredients

  • 0.75 cups butter
  • 1.5 cups heavy cream
  • 2.25kg (5lbs) russet potatoes
  • 2 tsp salt

Instructions

  1. Wash and peel potatoes
  2. Cut potatoes into half or quarters depending on their size
  • The goal is to have the chunks be around the same size
  1. Add the potatoes to salted water in a large pot and...

Fudge
🕓 Dec 17, 2023

A 9x9" pan of sticky fudge

Ingredients

  • 1.5tsp baking soda
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1.5 cups milk
  • 2 tbsp (maple or corn) syrup
  • 2 tbsp butter

Mixins (optional):

  • ~1/2 cup crushed nuts
  • spices (vanilla, salt crystals, etc.)
  • ~4 oz melted chocolate
    • with 1 tsp espresso powder...

Gingerbread Cookies
🕓 Dec 17, 2023

Note: prepare the batter a day before baking

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 cup (295g) fancy molasses
  • 2 eggs
  • 4+ cups ((540g) flour
  • 2 tbsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp ground allspice
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground clove
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp...

Shortbread
🕓 Dec 17, 2023

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup (10oz) softened butter
  • 1/4 cup (1 oz) powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1/4 cup (1.75 oz) white sugar
  • 2 1/4 cup (12.5 oz) flour

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 275F
  2. Whisk the sugars together
  3. In a large bowl, cream the butter then add sugar
  4. Mix in the flour
  5. Let dough rest for 10 minutes...

Pumpkin Pie
🕓 Oct 10, 2023

Makes a single 9" pie

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (99g) granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup (106) brown sugar, packed
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • One of the spice mixes(see below) or 2 1/2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 3 large eggs, beaten
  • 2 scant cups (425g or ~15oz can) pumpkin purée
  • 1 1/4 (283g) light (~15%) cream or...

Simple Pie Crust
🕓 Oct 10, 2023

Makes a single pie crust (no top)

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups (180g) unbleached white flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 4 tbsp (46g) vegetable shortening
  • 5 tbsp (71g) unsalted butter
  • 3-5 tbsp (43 - 71g) ice water

Instructions

  1. Stir together flour and salt
  2. Work in shortening until mixture is crumbly
  3. Work in butter,...

Spice Roasted Cauliflower and Green Beans
🕓 Oct 9, 2023

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 2 tsp garam masala
  • 1 tsp gochugaru (ground korean red pepper)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cauliflower, cut into florets
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 6 garlic cloves, smashed and coarsely chopped
  • 250g green beans, trimmed and cut in half...