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Three small loaves of poblano corn bread sitting on the cooling rack on a brown granite counter

Made some bread this morning. The #recipe was:

  • 2 C bread flour
  • 1 C corn flour, plus a couple tablespoons while shaping the loaves
  • ¼ C minced roasted poblano peppers, seeds removed (about 4 peppers)
  • 1 Tbs bacon fat
  • 1 Tbs dark wildflower honey
  • 1 Tbs bread machine yeast
  • ½ Tbs salt
  • 1½ C water

Throw it all into the stand mixer and mix it on low until it comes together as a dough, then increase the speed to medium and knead for 10 minutes.

Let proof in the mixing bowl until doubled in size. Turn out onto the (floured) counter and punch it down. Divide into three equal parts and roll into small loaves and place into three small greased loaf pans.

Let rise until the top is just spilling over the top of the loaf pans. Bake for 22 minutes in a 425F oven and turn out onto a cooling rack to cool.

Once cooled, enjoy!

This has (just) enough heat that you can tell there’s peppers in there, but the #bread still tasted great wrapping a ham and cheese sammich.

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We repeated the coconut tilapia tacos but with a canary melon salsa this evening. Didn’t quite give the salsa enough zing, so we had to add some store-bought salsa. Still a dang yummy meal. We’ll have them again, I bet.

Reminder to self, low-fat tortillas don’t hold together as well as the good ones with lard.

Edited to add: take three was with banana salsa which was maybe the best yet.

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Made this #recipe the other night, and it was damned tasty. Worth capturing, I thought.

Tilapia and kiwi salsa taco with Spanish rice

Ingredients

  • 2-4 tilapia fillets
  • 1 can sweetened condensed coconut milk
  • 1 Tbsp Thai red chili paste
  • 2 Tbsp lime juice
  • 1 Tbsp chopped garlic
  • 1 tsp dried ground ginger
  • 4 drops orange extract

Kiwi Salsa Ingredients

Tilapia filet after broiling in the marinade

Directions

  • Make the salsa the night before and let it sit overnight in the fridge.
  • Marinate fish in other ingredients.
  • Broil fish in the marinade for about 13 minutes @ 400 in a shallow pan.
  • Turn fish over and broil another 7-9 minutes.
  • Optionally put some Spanish rice in taco shells and drizzle with the marinade.
  • Assemble tacos. Think “three-ingredient street tacos” and maybe throw in some shredded cabbage or carrots to go with the meat and salsa.

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