Eat & Drink with Ali Hassan & Marco Timpano
Comedians Ali Hassan & Marco Timpano, discuss, lament & come to terms with Food & Drink. They bring over a quarter century of restaurant experience to the podcast table.
This weeks episode: PAI MEI COCKTAIL & KIDNEY BEANS
This cocktail could kill a lot of Bills and it was named after the Kung Fu master from the movie:
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. Kvas Lavender Jasmine Simple Syrup
- 2 1/2 oz. Vodka
- 1/4 oz. Cointreau
- 1/4 oz. Lemon Juice
- 1 Egg White
Method:
- Chill a coupe glass
- Add all ingredients + ice to a shaker.
- Shake until chilled
- Strain out cocktail and discard ice.
- Pour cocktail back in shaker and shake without ice.
- Double strain cocktail using Hawthorne strainer and fine-mesh strainer into chilled coupe.
- Garnish with lavender and saffron
Drink that frothy delight and kick somebody in the face! If you want to find out where to get this syrup go to: KVAS Fine Beverage Co.
KIDNEY BEANS
The Kidney Bean – once ugly, mealy and overrated – has now proven me a fool and shown me it’s true flavour and versatility! SO, IT’S A RECIPE TWO-FER TODAY! We got Cauliflower and Kidney Bean Tacos AND Rice, Kidney Bean and Corn Pilaf (a sexy “Rice & Beans”). Look for the photos on our Instagram page: @podcasteatdrink
Rice, Kidney Bean and Corn Pilaf
2 notes: if you can make this in a cast iron pan, you won’t regret it. And I’m suggesting brown rice because it is tough enough to withstand being tossed with the beans; white rice would fall apart.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups brown rice
Olive oil
1 small can kidney beans, rinsed well
1 medium-sized onion, diced
5-7 cloves of garlic, minced and smashed
Fresh thyme
1 tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp chili flakes (red or arbol or pasilla – whatever you have)
½ tsp dried oregano (optional)
¾ cup, frozen sweet corn
Fresh kale or swiss chard, torn small
Salt, to taste
Hot sauce, to taste
Fresh flat-leaf parsley or cilantro, rinsed well and chopped
Fresh tomatoes, for garnish
- Make the brown rice, according to instructions
- While the rice cooks, add 2 tbsp olive oil to pan over medium heat and fry onion until it softens
- Add garlic, thyme and all dry spices and sauté over medium heat for 5-7 minutes (add more olive oil if you think you need it)
- Add corn and greens, fry for another 3-4 minutes or until greens are softened
- Add salt and hot sauce, mix well
- Add brown rice (either just cooked or leftover room temperature rice), toss well in pan
- Garnish with herbs and fresh, ripe tomatoes and serve!
Cauliflower and Kidney Bean Tacos
For the FILLING:
1/2 Cauliflower, cut into small bite-sized pieces
1 cup of red kidney beans
2 tsp olive oil
5 garlic cloves
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tbsp paprika
1/2 tsp red chili flakes
1/2 large tomato, diced small
1 tsp salt
Fresh lime juice
- add olive oil to a large frying pan, set over medium heat
- add cauliflower pieces, fry for one minute, then add all dried spices and stir to coat
- fry for 5 minutes, turning every minutes, then add all remaining ingredients.
- fry over medium heat until cauliflower is slightly softened, but make sure it still has a crunch.
For the COLESLAW:
1/3 of a small Cabbage - red or green - sliced very thin
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- mix all ingredients except coleslaw until the salt and sugar have dissolved. Add cabbage, stir and set aside for 30 min
For the GARNISH:
7-10 radishes, julienned
Fresh cilantro
fresh lime juice
- mix all these together for a terrific garnish on the tacos
SALSA:
Green salsa - tomatillo - works best here
SPREAD:
Any hummus or homemade guacamole
TORTILLAS:
Soft corn tortillas work best here.
Instructions:
- Warm tortillas on a griddle or hot plate (*critical step or your tacos will definitely suck); place them in a covered container with a square of paper towel on the bottom
- Place warmed tortilla in a plate. Spread 1 tsp of hummus or guacamole down the middle
- Place Cauliflower & Bean mixture on the spread
- Top with Coleslaw, then Radish, and then Tomatillo Salsa
IMPORTANT: Make them one at a time, as you eat them. If they sit for a few minutes they will get soggy. This is FAST food!
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