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Roasted Chicken with Tyler Florence’s Rosemary Pomegranate Glaze

    Tyler Florence's Rosemary-Pomegranate Glaze on a Chicken
    Tyler Florence: Rosemary-Pomegranate Glaze - On a Chicken

    It’s been Pomegranate Week here at StreamingGourmet, and the finale is this Tyler Florence recipe I found at AOL video and posted to StreamingGourmet. You can view the video at the bottom of this post. He roasts a turkey, but since I was serving only 4 people, I decided to roast a chicken. I harvested the rosemary for this recipe from a huge bush in my neighborhood. Go local!

    Ingredients

    I’m estimating these ingredients because in the video recipe, Tyler is not very specific, but here’s how I did it:

    2 Tbsp Olive oil
    2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
    2-3 large sprig of fresh rosemary
    1 cup pomegranate juice
    1/2 cup orange juice
    1/2 cup brown sugar
    1/4 cup honey
    2 Tbsp butter
    1 6 lb chicken, washed and patted dry
    Salt & pepper to taste

    1. To make the sauce, add the olive oil, garlic and rosemary to a small saucepan over medium heat. Sautée for a minute to release the aromatics and then add the pomegranate juice, orange juice, brown sugar and honey and bring to a boil. Simmer for about 20 minutes until sauce is thickened. It should cling to the back of a spoon.

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      Breads Uncategorized

      Apple-Pomegranate Spice Bread

        Apple-Pomegranate Spice Bread
        Apple-Pomegranate Spice Bread

        Ingredients

        3 cups all-purpose flour
        1/2 tsp salt
        1 Tbsp baking powder
        1 tsp cinnamon
        1/2 tsp ground allspice
        1 pinch ground cloves
        1 generous pinch fresh ground nutmeg
        3/4 cup sugar
        1/4 cup brown sugar
        2 eggs
        1/2 stick (1/4 cup) melted unsalted butter
        1 1/4 cup milk
        1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
        1 cup finely diced apples
        1 cup pomegranate arils

        1. Mix all of the dry ingredients. Stamp the mixture with a whisk to break apart any brown sugar clumps.

        2. Melt the butter by placing it in a microwave-safe ramekin and microwaving it for about 30-40 seconds. Mix the melted butter with the applesauce to cool it down. Beat the eggs and milk together. Beat the applesauce/butter mixture into the egg/milk mixture.

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          Basics Produce Uncategorized

          How to Get the Arils Out of A Pomegranate

            Getting the seeds (arils) out of a pomegranate is not as difficult as it may seem. I got more than a cup of arils out of just one large pomegranate, pictured here.

            Pomegranate
            Pomegranate

            Start by cutting off the top of the pomegranate about 1/2 inch down from the top (the crown).

            Cut off the top of the pomegranate
            Cut off the top of the pomegranate
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              Produce Uncategorized

              Pomegranate Teaser

                Pomegranate Arils
                Scored Pomegranate with Arils

                This is the first pomegranate I’ve ever opened. I love the color. The arils were easy to remove. Just wait to see what I’m going to cook with them.

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                  Appetizers Salads Uncategorized

                  Roasted Beet Salad with Goat Cheese

                    Beet Salad
                    Beet Salad

                    Roasted beet salad is one of my absolute favorites and recently at Le Garage in Sausalito, I had a beet salad with some scrumptious goat cheese on it. I was inspired to make beet salad at home and add a little goat cheese myself.

                    The goat cheese does not appear in the photograph but I dropped slices of it as a garnish right before serving the salad.

                    Ingredients

                    6 medium beets (3 red, 3 yellow)
                    Olive oil for roasting

                    3 Tbsp Olive oil
                    Juice of half a lemon
                    1 Tbsp fresh grated orange zest
                    Juice of one orange
                    1 Tbsp shallot, minced
                    1/2 tsp dijon mustard
                    1 1/2 Tbsp Fresh Italian parsley, chopped
                    1 3 oz package of herbed goat cheese – room temperature

                    I’ve been looking for a better way to roast beets and this time I found one from who else? Martha Stewart. Following her advice, I drizzled each beet with olive oil and wrapped it aluminum foil lined with parchment paper. I also seasoned the beets with salt and pepper before folding them up into their individual packets. Then I roasted them for about an hour in an oven heated to 450˚F. They were delicious right from the get-go and needed little adornment for the salad.

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                      Classic Beef Stew

                        Beef Stew
                        Beef Stew

                        I think of November as comfort food month, so I thought I’d kick things off by making some beef stew. It’s easy, healthy and relatively affordable. What more could you want?

                        Time-saving tips:
                        Buy beef cubes pre-cut
                        Buy baby carrots and throw them in whole
                        Buy little red potatoes and just slice them in half

                        Ingredients

                        2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
                        3 cloves garlic, minced
                        2 lbs Beef Chuck cut into 1 inch pieces (you can buy it that way at the store)
                        2 Tbsp unsalted butter
                        1 large onion, chopped
                        1/4 cup flour
                        2 cups beef stock
                        1 cup red wine
                        1 Bay leaf
                        2 tsp dried thyme
                        Salt and pepper to taste
                        1 can (14.5 oz) ready-cut diced tomatoes
                        3 cups baby red potatoes, cut in half
                        1 bag (16 oz) frozen peas, thawed

                        1. Heat olive oil in dutch oven over medium heat. Add garlic and sautée for 1 minute.

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