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Friday, December 12, 2008
Do you update classics recipes?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In the food goddess column this week, a reader wrote in requesting a healthier version of the salmon croquettes she grew up with many, many years ago. The goddess suggested giving the recipe a proverbial “facelift” by transforming it into a salmon burger with modern Asian flavors.
As part of this update, she recommended substuting fresh salmon for canned and instead of binding it with a heavy flour and butter mixture to use just enough panko and fresh vegetables to bind it. She also flavored it with ginger, sesame oil and soy sauce.
For some cooks, it would be blasphemous to alter a classic recipe to this degree. There’s no doubt, it is daring to go from a plain, but tried and true recipe, to something with much bolder and unexpected flavors.
Do you like to update your recipes, especially comfort food type meals? Or is “what was good enough for mama is good enough for me” more of your philosophy?
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