International food blog: November 2014

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Pumpkin Streusel cheesecake bars

Gluten Free Pumpkin Streusel cheesecake bars

LINK: FROM FOOD NETWORK

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Map of Pacific Rim Countries that use tamarind in their cooking

PHOTOS OF TAMARINDS AND TAMARIND DISHES

Click on links below for information about the tamarind

About the tamarind

About the tamarind 2

Substitutes because can be difficult to find

Tamarind concentrate

Equal amounts of lemon or lime juice mixed with light or dark brown sugar or molasses
Equal amounts of white vinegar or cider vinegar or rice vinegar or dry white wine and brown sugar
Pomegranate molasses (don't have?) Make your own pomegranate molasses by boiling down a liter bottle (33.184 oz.) of pomegranate juice which will produce 1/3 to 1/2 cup of concentrate
1 part lime juice, 1 part water, or 25% dark brown sugar (example: 1/4 lime juice, 1/4 water and 1 tbsp.)
lemon marmalade or mango chutney
quince paste
ripe mango, dried apricots, prunes and a few tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Keeler's lime marmalade
fresh lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and a dash of catchup

Tamarind paste

Equal parts of dried apricots, prunes, dates and lemon or lime juice in blender and make paste. 2 tbsp of this for every 1 tsp. tamarind paste.

NOTE: This is not the real thing, however in a pinch it can work. Not to be used in large amounts.

Recipe links

LINK FOR BBC RECIPES

LINK FOR EPICURIOUS RECIPES

LINK FOR SWEET TAMARAND CHUTNEY FROM ALLRECIPES.COM

TAMARIND CHICKEN FROM ABOUT.COM

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