Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Spicy Slaw

I received a request for the Spicy Slaw recipe, which is perfect for the summer.

Spicy Slaw

Ingredients

2 pounds of fresh carrots
1/3 cup cilantro
3 lemons, zest and juiced
1/3 cup of raw honey
1/2 cup of olive oil mayo
3 table spoon of rice wine vinegar
1/2 cup crushed pineapple
1/2 cup dried cherries
3 cloves or garlic minced
2 teaspoon of curry powder
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon of celery seeds
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
1 teaspoon of hot sesame oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions
In a medium bowl place the juice from the lemons, seeds, and vinegar, stir and set aside.
Clean, peal and grate the carrots. Place grated carrots in a large bowl with the Pineapples, cherries, zest, cilantro, garlic, curry powder and oil and toss to coat.
Now to the lemon juice and seeds, add honey and whisk to combine. Add mayo and whisk to combine. Now add the cayenne to the sauce. Our sauce over carrots and toss well to coat, cover and chill for at least an hour.

For a Variation, replace the carrots with Jicama, lemons with Limes, the cherries with fresh currants and remove curry powder, replace with mustard and coriander

6 cups of grated Jicama
4 limes, zest and juice
1/2 cup of currants
1 teaspoon of ground mustard
1 teaspoon of ground coriander

Enjoy cooking

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