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Thursday, December 14, 2017
What Is a Pupusa?
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and the big question is: What is a pupusa? A beloved Salvadoran dish made of a thick corn tortilla and stuffed with a savory filling. You just mix together masa flour, salt, and water to make up the dough and then you can add in any kind of savory filling—typical options include beef, beans, cheese, and pork. These masa cakes are an authentic Salvadoran street food and are a great option for entertaining. Pupusas are often served with curtido, a fermented cabbage relish, which usually includes carrots, onions, spices, and garlic.
Pupusas are the national dish of El Salvador and can easily be made in advance. They’re best when fried up in some oil and served soon thereafter, still warm with a generous helping of curtido. Pupusas are found in neighboring countries of El Salvador, and it’s also argued that they originated in Honduras. Pupusas are also very similar in construction to Venezuelan arepas, and the Mexican dish, gorditas.
But can you eat pupusas for Christmas? Our official answer is: Sure, why not? Pupusas are an excellent dish to make ahead of the big meal and you can change up the fillings to suit any taste—serve pork, chicken, or meat pupusas with a combination of bean and cheese fillings to appease any of your vegetarian relatives and you’ve got a flawless Christmas dinner ready to roll. You can even make vegan pupusas with beans or vegan cheese; they’re an incredibly versatile dish that you can spice up in any way you see fit. In fact, they’re an ideal vehicle for serving leftovers—if you’re making prime rib for Christmas Eve dinner be sure to save a portion for Christmas Day pupusas! They’re also great served as leftovers themselves, so if you make them for Christmas Eve dinner you’ll have a lovely snack ready to serve as a holiday lunch the next day.
Check out these recipes for classic pupusas and make this Christmas a pupusa-filled party. If you use red and green cabbage in your curtido, you’ve got the perfect Christmas combination.
Bon Appetit
Grated queso Oaxaca or salted mozzarella make these pupusas a must-have. Mixed with sautéed white onions and red kidney beans they’re a filling meal. Get the recipe.
Closet Cooking
Simple step-by-step instructions and an easy recipe for the accompanying cortido make this recipe an easy weeknight pick! Get the recipe.
La Piña en la Cocina
Adding spices to the pupusa dough adds some extra excitement—this recipe calls for chili and garlic powder in addition to salt. You can also use cayenne to kick it up a notch. Get the recipe.
The Flaming Vegan
For an extra filling pupusa, try this recipe for pupusas de frijoles, that are stuffed with refried beans and seasoned with ground cumin. Get the recipe.
Go Vegan Meow
If you’re trying to make a vegan dinner, pupusas are a great call—just use any type of vegan filling or vegan cheese (vegan mozzarella works great). Serve with beans and you’ll have a balanced meal. Get the recipe.
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017
These Decadent Takes on Babka and Rugelach Are What You Need This Holiday Season
If you’ve been missing out on the doughy awesomeness that is babka, then Hanukkah is the perfect opportunity to rectify that situation. So what is babka anyway? (Besides delicious, of course.) It’s a dense, swirled bread, usually layered with chocolate or cinnamon. It’s often topped off with sugary streusel for extra sweetness. The contrast of dry and sticky layers makes for a perfect texture that’s both thick and airy. As a classic episode of “Seinfeld” attests, “You can’t beat a babka.”
At one point the Eastern European dessert was tough to come by in America. Unless you lived near a gourmet bakery or had a Jewish grandma, you probably lacked access to one of the best sweets on the planet. That was decades ago, though. Now neighborhood grocery stores, and even Trader Joe’s carry them, so you can get your babka fix anytime.
When it comes to flavor, chocolate babka is ideal. And nobody knows this better than Breads Bakery. The New York eatery takes their chocolate babka to a whole other level by contorting the baked good into a pie! They intricately braid strands of dough into a unique circular shape and then mold it into pie crust. It’s a creative spin on a classic dessert that we couldn’t endorse more. The amount of Nutella used to create this hybrid alone is a sight to behold.
If you’re looking for more Yiddish goodies to nosh on this holiday season, try rugelach. These pastries are traditionally crescent-shaped, with a triangle of dough circling a filling. Raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, and fruit preserves are all popular variations. But once again we’re declaring chocolate the victor.
For an even more decadent take on the rugelach, we again turn to Breads Bakery. One of their most ambitious creations is this ginormous rugelach-branched Christmas tree. It may seem ironic at first, but honestly what could be a better baked good for inter-faith celebrations! It’s also perfect for people who can’t get enough Nutella. (Did we mention we really, really like Nutella?)
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The 12 Days of Flatbreads for Christmas
Is it just me or is your fridge getting uncomfortably full? While we are in a season of plenty, too much plenty results in leftovers that desperately need spicing up. Yet, the problem with reusing food is that the portions never seem to match a whole meal, right? That is why I’ve started to use one of the sneakiest and most savory ways to transform a fridge, as well as bring a touch of gourmet to holiday events and those many, many cold days in between.
I make flatbreads.
A flatbread is simply a bread made out of flour, water, and salt that is then thoroughly rolled into flattened dough. Flatbread can be slightly leavened, like pita, or unleavened, like matzah or a tortilla. Leavening just means adding some yeast and allowing the bread to rise before cooking. It’s so easy that the world is full of culturally specific examples such as naan, pizza, chapati, roti, arepas, etc.
Once you pick a flatbread of choice, you can add your favorite (or leftover) things, some tart cheese, and voila! You’ve made a dish that looks fancy, can be enjoyed at home or at your next party, and you are finally making gains toward having regular fridge space. Can I get an amen? Thank you!
So, as we are about to embark upon 12 Days of Christmas—or as many days as the Hallmark Channel has their marathons—here are some flatbreads to help get you through the holidays.
Leftover Turkey Stuffing Pizza
Baked by Rachel
A confession: I still have turkey stuffing in my fridge. I made a batch of gluten-free stuffing and it still smells and tastes heavenly. Thus, this flatbread is my savior for getting my large Tupperware back. The dough for the recipe is easy and I live for any reason to combine cheeses. Get the recipe.
Roasted Cranberry and Goat Cheese Flatbread
Healthy Seasonal Recipes
I only love solid cranberries between November and January, so these babies have got to go. This recipe is an interesting sweet take on naan. Get the recipe.
Everything Mashed Potato Flatbread
Officially Gluten Free
Since I live in a partially gluten-free household, we love this flatbread. I also could never finish mashed potatoes, so I get excited about this fun alternative to a bagel on the weekends after the festivities. Lox, anyone? Get the recipe.
Chowhound
What could possibly be a smarter method to get rid of that extra can of pumpkin puree? Also, name a person that still eats gluten and doesn’t like naan? Get our Pumpkin Naan recipe.
Roast Pumpkin, Caramelized Onion, and Walnut Pizza
To Her Core
If you were ambitious and bought a pumpkin, this is the flatbread for you. For my money, you need to pick the simplest dough recipe possible. Or, try using the pumpkin naan or mashed potato flatbread above. This recipe can also be used for your leftover roasted veggies. Get the recipe.
Chowhound
This is the recipe for using your leftover charcuterie and/or smoked salmon. I love making this for holiday potlucks because you look like you went all out, you will love eating it, and no one will make you take it home. Get our Smoked Duck Pizza with Hoisin recipe.
Epic Bacon Croque Madame Pizza
Cooking in Stilettos
If you host Christmas, ham usually holds prime fridge real estate in the subsequent days. So, as the new year approaches, cooking your own brunch is a frugal and impressive way to enjoy and part with the hunkiest of meats that you just cannot seem to get out of your life. Get the recipe.
Bacon, Onion, and Fig Flatbread
Chowhound
Figs were a cute way to glam up my stuffing, but they didn’t add the same amount of flavors had hoped, so I ended not using most of them. This Chowhound recipe is a savvy dairy-free take on a fig flatbread. I used baked ham instead of bacon and it was worth many a silent pause. Get our Bacon, Onion, and Fig Flatbreas recipe.
Fig and Caramelized Onion Flatbread
Little Broken
If your kitchen is a mess, you can caramelize onions for this flatbread while you clean. It delivers a sweet, savory, and juicy reward for all your hard work. Get the recipe.
Fig and Prosciutto Pizza with Balsamic Drizzle
Spache the Spatula
This last fig recipe was too mouthwatering to omit. I pray to find something like this flatbread at every wine bar I go to, but life can be cruel. Luckily, I can now just make this salty, sweet delight with satisfyingly stretchy fresh mozzarella. Get the recipe.
Raspberry Brie Dessert Pizza with Rosemary and Candied Pecans
Completely Delicious
Every year, we have brie and candied pecans on Christmas Day and every year I have thrown that sinfully delicious cheese away. I am appalled, horrified and ashamed that I didn’t save some for what looks and tastes like sheer ecstasy. No, really. I am sorry, brie. Never again. Never ever again. Get the recipe.
For more tips, hacks, and recipes, check out our Ultimate Guide to Christmas and Holiday Entertaining Headquarters.
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