Veganomicon_ The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook - Isa Chandra Moskowitz [34]
cooking time: 1½ hours
Recipes: Escarole with Capers and White Beans, Rustic White Beans with Mushrooms, White Bean Aioli, Asparagus Quiche topped with Tomatoes and Tarragon, Sun-dried Tomato Dip, Manzana Chili Verde
Kidney
A large, tender bean that’s ideal stewed (such as in gumbo or jambalaya) or served up at room temperature in salads. They’re a natural, protein-rich addition to vegetable and pasta soups, too. Cannellini beans are a variety of white kidney bean, all the rage in Italian dishes.
Cooking time: 1 hour
Recipes: Jamaican Yucca Shepherd’s Pie with Sweet Potato, Kidney Beans and Plantains, Seitan Jambalaya with White and Red Kidney Beans, Spaghetti and Beanballs, Bulgur, Arugula and Cannellini Salad
Navy (a.k.a.White Beans)
This little white bean is the star of a most American of bean dishes, baked beans. More or less all-purpose and very utilitarian, in that military kind of way. See also Great Northern Beans.
Cooking time: 1 hour
Recipes: Cheater Baked Beans, Tomato-Rice Soup with Roasted Garlic and Navy Beans, as well as any of the great northern bean recipes.
Pinto
The backbone of Native American cuisine (along with corn) in many parts of the New World, this pale pink bean works well served whole or pureed. It takes well to rich, complex seasonings and the addition of vegetables. Tex-Mex cuisine just wouldn’t be the same without a creamy side of refried pintos.
cooking time: 1½ hours
Recipes: Plantain and Pinto Stew with Parsnip Chips, Unfried Refried
THE RECIPES
SNACKS, APPETIZERS, LITTLE MEALS, DIPS, AND SPREADS
“W HO REALLY MAKES appetizers at home?” we asked ourselves, in the midst of creating the following recipes. Everyday cooking usually doesn’t require a little extra snack to precede a weeknight dinner or weekend brunch. But, sometimes you might just crave an appetizer as your meal—small on size but big on flavor—and who are we to argue with that?
Of course, there could be the chance occasion when you’re planning on eating dinner in something other than a T-shirt and flip-flops and to have guests over who are unaccustomed to seeing you in such finery. That’s where appetizers step in. Keep hungry stomachs at bay with a few Spicy Tempeh Nori Rolls or Walnut-Mushroom Pâté while you slave away in the kitchen preparing the main event. For a casual and fun evening meal, serve a spread of four or more appetizers for friends and family to nosh, in cocktail-party style. And certainly you don’t need an excuse to craft a batch of grilled tortillas stuffed with creamy yuca filling or a platter of dainty Broccoli-Millet Croquettes, even if it’s just for yourself.
SPICY TEMPEH NORI ROLLS
MAKES 4 ROLLS
TIME: 40 MINUTES
Here’s our recipe for the sushi rolls that starred on the very first episode of The Post Punk Kitchen. Since then, it’s also been a featured guest at many parties and potlucks, and in lunchboxes, and will become a super celebrity in your kitchen, too. Like any celeb worth her soy sauce, these nori rolls are highly photogenic and will win the love and admiration of friends and rivals, minus the trash talk on Page Six (of tabloid fame, not this book). Enough with the chitty-chat; let’s roll!
P.S. This sushi is just fierce enough to accessorize with completely different fillings at a moment’s notice. Don’t miss out on the luscious variations, or mix it up and serve two or more at your next sushi soirée.
➣You’ll need some extra equipment to make nori rolls. The bare essentials include: wasabi powder or prepared wasabi, shoyu (Japanese soy sauce) in small bowls for dipping, pickled sliced ginger, a bamboo sushi rolling mat, and chopsticks, of course!
➣Sushi rice is different