Dougherty Family Recipe Box

Category: Vegetables

  • Pickled Beets

    Ingredients

    • baby beets
    • 1 tablespoon whole cloves
    • 1 tablespoon mustard seed
    • 1 tablespoon whole allspice
    • 1 stick cinnamon
    • 2 cups water
    • 2 cups white vinegar
    • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
    • 1 tablespoon coarse salt

    Method

    1. Cut stems off beets 1 inch above beets and leave roots intact.
    2. Wash beets thoroughly.
    3. Cook beets in boiling water until tender.
    4. Drain and cover with cold water.
    5. Slip off the skins and cut off the roots and stems.
    6. Put spices in a spice ball.
    7. Mix together water, vinegar, sugar, and salt.
    8. Add spice ball to vinegar mixture and boil gently for 10 minutes.
    9. Remove from heat and let stand overnight.
    10. Remove spice ball.
    11. Bring vinegar mixture to a boil and add the beets.
    12. Simmer 15 minutes.
    13. Pack beets in sterile jars, cover with syrup, and seal.

    Source

    Adapted from Traditional Ukrainian Cookery (out of print).

  • Caramelized Onions

    Ingredients

    • olive oil
    • 1/2 pound per person sweet yellow onions coarsely chopped

    Method

    1. Warm up a large stock pot over low heat.
    2. Add onions.
    3. Cook until onions are a dark brown (do not turn heat up, do not cover, stir regularly).
    4. If onions begin to stick, add a bit more oil.

    Source

    Waldbauer family recipe.

  • Fried Mushrooms

    Ingredients

    • 1/3 cup olive oil
    • 1 pound button mushrooms sliced
    • 1 clove garlic minced
    • 1 tablespoon red wine
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt

    Method

    1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
    2. Add all other ingredients and cook until mushrooms browned (about 5 minutes).
    3. Reduce heat and simmer until mushrooms tender (about 5 more minutes).

    Source

  • Pumpkin Pie Filling

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 recipe pie crust
    • 2 cups roast pumpkin puree
    • 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
    • 2 eggs
    • 3/4 cup brown sugar
    • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
    • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom 
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
    2. Prepare bottom pie crust.
    3. Beat together all other ingredients.
    4. Pour filling into crust.
    5. Bake pie until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean (about 45 minutes).

    Source

  • Guacamole

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 white onion finely diced
    • 1/2 head garlic minced
    • 1/2 cup cilantro chopped
    • 1/4 cup lime juice
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 4 large ripe avocados

    Method

    1. Mix together all ingredients except avocado in a bowl.
    2. Add avocado to mixture.
    3. Mash avocado into mixture until a roughly uniform sauce forms.
    4. Smooth out the top of the guacamole and cover with a thin layer of lime juice until ready to serve.
    5. Cover and let sit in fridge for a few hours before serving.

    Source

    Cultural tour on trip to Puerto Vallarta in 2011.