Apple Pancakes for Christmas Brunch

Pancakes with Sautéed Fuji Apple  and Mascarpone Cheese

Christian Drouin's Cidre Bouche Brut de Normandie for drink  matches the pancakes.

Ingredients:

Fuji apple  

Maple syrup

mascarpone cream cheese

walnut or peacan

Saute slices of Fuji apples with butter and brandy or calvados

Pour maple syrup on the pancakes

Put mascarpone and walnut on the top

  

How to roast tender and juicy turkey

Roast Turkey 烤火雞(吐绶鸡)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Heat the oven temperature to 220℃(428°F).  

Put the turkey in the oven and roast until the skin becomes light brown.

Reduce the oven temperature to 160℃(320°F).  Roast until inside is done.  

Recommend to cook the turkey dressing separately.  If you put the stuffing inside, it will take longer time to cook and the turkey meet will become dry and hard.  Instead of the bread stuffing, put some cloves of garlics, chopped onion, some slices of fruits(apple, lemon, orange), thyme, bay leaves, and parsley which give nice aroma and keep the turkey's moist.

Do not slice the turkey immediately after taking out from the oven. Let it cool down a little.  All the juice will go out from the meet when it's very hot.

       

Hawaiian Dish: Lomilomi Salmon Tokyo Style

Lomilomi Salmon and Kona Beer

Lomilomi salmon is a famous Hawaiian dish.  The word lomilomi is originally used as spiritual Hawaiian massage.  It means to press, knead, rub, or squeeze.  The dish was named lomilomi salmon because all ingredients are gently combined with hands like lomilomi .

Cure fresh clean salmon fillet with sea salt and sushi vinegar(sweetened rice vinegar) for 24 hour to 3 days.  Rince the salmi and dry well.   Cut into small dices.  Also cut tomatoes,  sweet onion, and avocado into small dices. Chop green onions and cilantro.  Add salt, chili pepper, and olive oil.  Put all in a bowl and mix together.  Chill in the refrigerator and serve cold.

Salmon contains lower level of mercury and dioxin than other fish.  Salmon has a good amount of omega 3 which is good for heart.  Omega 3 also helps reduce symptoms of depression.  

Anti-oxidant vegetable and ravioli

Apple and Radicchio with Truffle Cheese Ravioli 

Ingredients:
Truffle Cheese Ravioli (or any other ravioli)
Clove of garlic
Radicchio
Arugula
Apple
Walnuts
Mascarpone cheese (or fresh cream) 
Dill or Italian parsley on top 

Heat olive oil in a sauce pan with medium heat.  
Stir fry chopped garlic, add thinly sliced apple and walnuts.  
Do not cook until apples are transparent and soft.  
Add white wine.  
Put arugula and radicchio in the pan.  
Add salt and pepper. 
Put boiled ravioli when vegetables are half cooked and stir.   
Add mascarpone cheese.  
Stir and mix all together.    
Turn off the heat immediately before vegetables are cooked. 

Radicchio is a red leaf chicory.  It has spicy bitter taste.  Radicchio is a rich source of vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, and fat free.The red color of radicchio contains good amount of anthocyanin.  Anthocyanin is flavonoid, the powerful antioxidants.

Tuna Sashimi Salad

Fresh Tuna Salad and Dry Rose Wine

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Marinate diced fresh tuna(sashimi) with ponzu(soy sauce dressing).

Mix mayonnaise, Dijon mustard(seed style), white balsamic vinegar or lemon juice, chopped sweet onion, broccoli super sprout.

Mix with tuna and serve on a plate.  Put freshly ground pepper on top of the salad before eating.

Tuna contains good amount of DHA,  EPA, vitamin D, and other nutrients.   Broccoli super sprouts may help fighting aging and also has much more  cancer fighting benefit than broccoli alone, according to Johns Hopkins' research.

   

Lambrusco Orange Cocktail

Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro

                       

The Lambrusco produced in Grasparossa di Castelvetro 

Modena is sweet Italian red sparkling wine which is dark red 

color, full bodied, and tannic.

The secco (dry style) matches light meals such as salami, 

sausage, cheese, and pasta.  

The sweet style tastes good with tacos, chili bean, and spicy 

meat dishes. 

Orange juice cocktail is a soothing drink for daytime and 

evening.


It's very easy to make.

1.  Fill one third of the wine glass with fresh orange juice. 


2.  Pour Lambrusco into theglass.  Put some ice cubes 

and a slice of orange into the glass. 

Apple Croissant Sandwich

It's So Easy To Make Apple Sandwiches

Why don't you try it instead of baking an apple pie!

Ingredients:

Heat Croissants until crispy outside

Slice a fresh apple into thin slices

(Add cinnamon powder if you prefer)

Now is apple season in Japan.  Fuji apples are very sweet and crunchy.  Jonna Gold, Mutsu, Tsugaru are also very popular.  Kougyoku, the sour apples are mostly for baked apples and apple pie filling.  Sekai Ichi(which translates into the world's number one apples) are the huge red apples.  It means the world's number one.  They are approximately 12 - 18 inches and weighing over 2 lbs, the largest of all Japanese apples.  

Apple with skin contains antioxidant nutrients, flavonoids and polyphenols.  Also, there is a fair amount of Vitamin C and beta carotene and some potassium, calcium, and other minerals.  Apple is fat -free, cholesterol free, and good source of fiber.  

Shiba Shrimps and Fruits Salad

Seafood Salad　　

Healthy food:  Shiba Shrimps and Fruits

Shrimps are considered as one of the healthiest foods today.

Some people avoid eating shrimps because of high cholestrol content.  However, shrimps contain good amount of omega3 fats.

It is high in protein and cargohydrate-free.  Also, contain fair amount of Vitamin B12, Vitamin B3, selenium(lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes), calcium, zinc, astaxanthin(anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrient), and other nutrients. 

Shiba shrimp is Japanese name.  They are consumed in many Asian countries.  

Japanese shiba shrimps are smaller and taste sweet.  Usually 1 to 2 inches long.

It doesn't have stripes like tiger shrimp.  

Ingredients:  

Boiled Shiba shrimps

Pink grapefruits pulps 

Delaware grapes(petite size, light purple, seedless grapes very common in Jaoan, easy to get rid of the skin)

Red onion

Extra virgin olive oil

Lemon juice

White balsamic vinegar

Salt and pepper

Wild Rice Salad

  Wild Rice Salad for Balanced Diet

The vegetables in this salad are colors of Wu Xing, Chinese philosophy called Five Elements(Wu Xing), which are white, black, green, red, and yellow. For example, lung relates to white, kidney to black,  liver to green, heart to red, spleen to yellow.  Keeping the balance of Wu Xing Five Elements is important for your health.  Vegetables can be related to Five Elements.  Eating all colors of vegetables may help you get more varieties of nutrition even you don't know the nutritional facts of each vegetables.        

Ingredients:  
Extra virgin olive oil
Finely chopped garlic 
Diced eggplants, bell peppers, and zucchini, 
Cooked wild rice
Belgian endive
balsamic vinegar
salt  

Stir fry garlic in oil with low heat.  Fry the vegetables with medium heat.  Salt them.  Add wild rice, and just a few drops of balsamic vinegar 

Wild rice is high in protein and low in fat.  Contains minerals such as magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, iron, and manganese.  Also, provides Vitamin B, niacin, riboflavin, and folate.  It is also a good dietary fiber.

  

Sudachi Lemon in White Sparkling Wine

Simple Cocktail: Frizzante and Sudachi Lemon

Sudachi is Japanese green lemon which is tiny and more zesty than lemon.  Usually it's used to make cocktails, ponzu soy sauce,  or simply squeeze the juice on Tempura or grilled fish.  It's tasty with grilled Shitake mushrooms.  Japanese people enjoy Matstake mushroom dishes with sudachi lemon.  The health benefits include vitamin C, calcium, potassium, and other minerals. 

Frizzante is a slightly sparkling Italian wine.

The aroma of the citrus makes Chardonnay wine very refreshing.   Avoid squeezing the juice directly into the wine unless you desire the sour taste in wine.