Date: 11/14/2011
Show Title: What’s Cooking With Freesia
Freesia: Good morning everyone! Your tuned into KDHR.net her broadcasting from CAL STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILL in Carson, Ca. Your listening to the new show, “What’s cooking with Freesia.” The crew was nice enough to have me back and I’m glad to be here. This show is all about Food; because I love food. The title of today’s show is “Fancy Finger Foods.” I thought this was the perfect topic because we’re in the midst of the holiday season, with Thanks giving right around the corner. During this time of year, they’ll be plenty of opportunities to make food dishes for your friends and family. There’s Thanksgiving, Kwanza, Christmas, and Hanukkah. I can’t think of anything more enjoyable than a home cooked dish shared in the company of family and friends. So, today we’re going to talk about m new recipe for meatballs. There not ordinary, everyday meatballs- they’re called: Asian Pork Meatballs and boy are they good! Meatballs are a perfect appetizer to start off any party and can be incorporated into a meal by simply adding salad, pasta, or mashed potatoes. For this recipe your going to need
o 1 lb package of ground pork
o 1 egg
o ½ cup finely chopped canned water chestnuts
o ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
o 2 tablespoons of fresh lime juice
o 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
o 2 teaspoons of toasted sesame oil
o 1 teaspoon sugar
o 1 tablespoon canola oil
The first thing your going to do is to Wash Your Hands. Try to use an antibacterial soap and scrub brush- this will help ensure that you keep the food mixture as sanitary as possible because you are going to be using your hands as a tool as you roll the meatballs.
Then, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a medium bowl, combine the pork, breadcrumbs, egg, water chestnuts, and cilantro. Lightly knead the mixture until blended. If you don’t eat pork, you can always substitute ground turkey. Next, in a small bowl, stir the limejuice, soy sauce, sesame oil, and sugar together until it dissolves. Then, add the limejuice mixture to the pork mixture and combine it thoroughly. Now this is the fun part, form the meatballs into round balls by putting the meat in the center of your palm and then cover your hand with the other palm and roll in a circular motion. I find making meatballs is a lot of fun and is especially fun for kids. If your hands feel a little icky, you can dip them in a bowl of water and continue rolling the meatballs until you are finished. Try not to wipe your hands with a towel once you begin rolling to avoid any type of cross contamination. Each meatball should be about 1 inch in diameter. In a large skillet, heat the canola oil over medium-heat. Brown the meatballs on all sides. Now you’re almost done. After you brown the meatballs you’re going to transfer the meatballs to a baking dish and bake in the pre-heated oven for about 10 minutes or until cooked thoroughly. This recipe should make about 26 meat balls.
Now that you have the meatballs nicely finished, you can serve them on an appetizer dish and place them in a nice neat row. To make it easy for your family and guests to pick up, they can be served with toothpicks placed in the centers. Another serving idea is to serve the meatballs with a nice dipping sauce and garnish with wedges of lime. Yum!
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Now for our next Fancy Finger Food Recipe: Papaya Spring Rolls with a Peanut Dipping Sauce. This recipe is perfect for a party when your going to have a few guests over and goes well with a nice, cool, white, wine.
The need ingredients are:
o 3 tablespoons of water
o 1 tb spoon fresh lime juice
o 1 teaspoon light brown sugar
o 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
o 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
o 1 teaspoon Asian Fish Sauce
o 1 teaspoon Asian Chili Paste
For Spring rolls- you’ll need:
o 1 package spring roll paper
o 1 bunch of fresh basil
o 1 firm ripe papaya, peeled halved lengthwise then crosswise, seeded, and cut crosswise into thin 3 inch strips
o 1 bunch fresh mint
o ½ cucumber cut into 2 inch long sticks
o 1 bunch fresh cilantro- stemmed
To make the peanut sauce: In a small bowl- combine all the ingredients until thoroughly blended and set aside. Then, fill a large bowl with hot water. Soak 2 spring roll wrappers in the water until softened, for about 1 minute. Remove the rounds from the water and lay them flat on a work surface. Then place a basil leaf horizontally in the center of each round and near one edge. Top with 2 horizontal stacks of 1 or 2 papaya strips. 1 mint leaf, 1 or 2 cucumber strips and cilantro leaves.
Then fold the bottom portion of the rice paper over about 2/3 of the filling. Then lift the portion of the wrapper nearest to you up over the ingredients. Tightly roll the wrapper. The ingredients will be visible at one end making an “open” fresh spring roll.
Place the spring rolls on a platter or individual plate and serve with peanut dipping sauce. Makes about 24 spring rolls.
The last time I made this recipe, I was working as an office assistant at a Dr.’s office and it happened to be the Dr.’s Birthday. Needless to say, I was a hit at the office that day.
Well that bring us to the end of this segment of Fancy Finger Foods. If you missed any part of this broadcast and need the ingredients to the recipes you can visit my cooking blog: www.cookingwithFreesia.blogspot.com or you can visit my facebook page at Freesia Royal.
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