Mrs. de-I has a hankering for artichokes tonight. Problem - what kind of dressing to make? Butter or vinaigrette? Too many calories. Solution - experiment with sour cream. Cream you say? Doesn't that have lots of calories? Actually about 73% less than fat (27 vs 100 for a tablespoon).
Today's creation - Sour cream vinaigrette with garlic and Ginger
Recipe
Mash a large clove of garlic with salt in a mortar and pestle. Add a broken down piece of ginger and mash more. Add some cumin and cayenne pepper (stop asking me how much - I just eyeball these things. I'm a grandparent. I can get away with it). Mash until a paste.
In a separate bowl put three tablespoons of sour cream and one tablespoon of Dijon mustard. Add the garlic/ginger paste and about a tablespoon (or to taste) of white wine vinegar (or whatever vinegar you like. Cider vinegar would probably be good). Mix well with a whisk adding water to smooth it out to the consistency you like. Let sit for about 30 minutes to let the flavors blend.
Bon apetit
4 comments:
I have a great recipe for a salad dressing with no calories. Take bottle of dressing, remove lid. Place nose directly over openings and inhale deeply. Then as quickly as possible stuff a forkful of salad into mouth, snort dressing fumes again! Think about the flavor you are not eating to intensify experience.
100% less calories than regular dressing!
This takes molecular cuisine to another whole level. I can see $109 tasting menus consisting of nothing but having decorative containers openend and then smelled. Great for the profit line.
Yumm. sounds good.
Mmmm, sounds almost as good as those deviled egss you whipped up for us yesterday ;)
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