I have an obsession. I love buying cookbooks. And not just the easy-to-make weeknight recipe books but super hard and complicated cookbooks produced by amazing chefs that have some of the best restaurants in the nation (some of them ~ the world). When I buy these cookbooks I read through them with post-it notes flagging countless recipes I want to cook. But I rarely cook them. I’m not even a very good cook. I also have run out of space for them on my bookshelf. So before the cookbooks take over my house I think I should use them… cook with them.
So here’s my project: to cook every recipe in my fancy-smancy cookbooks. And to document them here, as I hope my blog obsession will force me to actually cook these recipes so that I can blog about them.
December 29, 2010
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Poblano Popper Super-Sliders
Another one of Rachel Ray’s recipes: Poblano Popper Super-Sliders.
Thinly slice 1 small red onion into rings and season with the juice of 1 lime, salt, pepper, and a little EVOO.
Broil 2 large poblano chiles to char them all over. Once the chiles are cooled, peel and seed them and then use a food processor to puree them.
In a second bowl, mash together 1 small avocado, sour cream, cilantro, chile, and the juice of 1 lime, and season to taste with salt.
In a large bowl, combine some ground beef, the pureed poblano, ground cumin, ground coriander, smoked paprika, cinnamon, salt, pepper, and worcestershire. Also mix in 1/3 of a beer. I only had pumpkin ale on hand so that was a little interesting.
Form the mixture into little patties and fry them up on the stove (or in our case the George Forman Grill).
Into a hamburger roll goes the beef patty, a slice of pepper jack cheese, the onion mixture and the sauce.
