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Authentic Thai Recipe – Shrimp Chili Dip and Morning Glory with Fresh Coconut Cream

Authentic Thai Recipe – Shrimp Chili Dip and Morning Glory with Fresh Coconut Cream

Thai

1. Shrimp Chili Dip (นำ้พริกกุ้งสด) “Nam Prik Goong Sot” Nam prik goong, or “Shrimp Chili Dip” is very similar to the Central Thai-style dish of nam prik ga-pi, but here we are making a recipe that can be useful as an entire dish on its own (whereas its normally just a dipping sauce). The Southern style recipe uses more roughly cut ingredients (instead of finely mashing them), and also dry roasts the shrimp paste (Ga-pi) on its own before crumbling it into the mixing bowl. The first time my mother-in-law made this dish, it blew my mind – and years … Read more

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Authentic / Chili / Coconut / Cream / Dip / Fresh / Glory / Morning / Recipe / Shrimp / Thai

Recipe: Crema di Pistacchi (Pistacchio Cream)

Crema di Pistacchio

Italian

For someone who travels as much as I do, you would think I would know how to pack fine foods to avoid having them confiscated by security. That, sadly, is not the case. Each time I fly out of the Catania airport (the closest major airport to Noto, a pilgrimage destination for sweets lovers who rightfully worship pastry chef Corrado Assenza of Caffè Sicilia), I accidentally pack a jam, a spread, or a bottle of something acquired on my journey in my carry-on. In one of my worst incidents, security pulled my bags off the conveyor and confiscated three jars … Read more

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Cream / Crema / Pistacchi / Pistacchio / Recipe