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Glossary Selection
Hoisin | |||
 | Hoisin sauce, also called Chinese barbecue sauce and suckling pig sauce, is a Chinese dipping sauce for dishes including Peking Duck, spring rolls and barbecued pork. Known in Vietnamese as tuong den (literally black sauce), Hoisin sauce is also a popular condiment for ph?. It is similar to the sweet noodle sauce made from fermented soybeans, but has the added ingredients of garlic, vinegar, and chile peppers. Additionally, it tastes less pungent than sweet noodle sauce. Mandarin-style Hoisin sauce ingredients include water, sugar, soybeans, white distilled vinegar, rice, salt, wheat flour, garlic, and red chili peppers, and several preservatives and coloring agents. Traditionally, Hoisin sauce is actually made using sweet potato, also known as kumara. In the West, Hoisin sauce is often mistakenly referred to as "plum sauce", even though it contains no plum. | ||
Barley Malt | |||
 | Barley malt syrup is a sweetener produced from sprouted barley, containing approximately 65 percent maltose, 30 percent complex carbohydrate, 3% protein. Malt syrup is dark brown, thick and sticky; and possesses a strong distinctive flavor, similar to that of molasses. It is about half as sweet as white sugar. Barley malt syrup is best used in combination with other natural sweeteners. | ||
Beach Plums | |||
 | Beach plums are stone fruits, related to other plums, cherries and peaches. Plants grow 4 to 10 feet tall and produce a profusion of white or pink flowers in mid-May, later than most other stone fruits. The half- to one-inch-diameter fruits ripen in late summer and are generally reddish to deep purple with a waxy bloom. They are quite acid with a crisp, tart, juicy flesh and cherry-like pit, and can be substituted for cherries or plums in recipes. Mostly wild-gathered fruits are used to make jams and jellies, which are often sold in resort areas along the coast. | ||
Filberts | |||
 | Filberts are cultivated hazelnuts. | ||
Fides | |||
| Very fine noodles used in Middle Eastern pilafs. Vermicelli is too thick to use as a substitute. Fides is the Greek word; Shehrieh is the Syrian for this noodle. | |||
Elderberry Jam | |||
 | This is our preferred jam, gathered from the wild or cultivated. Strong flavored fruits are delightful in soup or as jam. | ||
Dende Oil | |||
 | This bright orange palm oil is a staple in Brazilian cuisine, but very high in saturated fat. | ||
Date Sugar | |||
| An unprocessed sugar made from dehydrated dates that are ground into small bits to be used as a sweetener. Date sugar is high in fiber, and has a long list of vitamins and minerals, including iron. It is light tan in color. Tends to clump as is naturally hydroscopic, but will break up. Its use is limited by price and the fact it does not dissolve when added to liquids. | |||
Daikon Radish | |||
| A Japanese white radish. Freshly grated it is considered to have digestive enzymes useful in the consumption of oily foods. | |||
Sunchokes | |||
| The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.), also called the sunroot or sunchoke, is a flowering plant native to North America, grown throughout the temperate world for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable. | |||