[CH] Recipe help?
Jonathan T. Smillie (jsmillie@protix.com)
Mon, 02 Feb 1998 13:17:33 -0600
Hey Chile-Heads:
I'm looking into a menu for Valentine's Day dinner (which it is sort of a tradition for me to cook for my SO). I've got the bare bones of it, but I'd like to request whatever help or ideas anyone can give me on a couple of items.
1. Does anyone have a recipe they'd recommend for a salad with chile content (either in the salad itself or in the dressing)? The person I'm cooking for does not have a nuclear heat tolerance, but can take it reasonably hot. Something a little different than the standard-lettuce-and-veggies approach would be interesting here.
2. For the main course, I'm planning on doing a beef tenderloin, and I'm looking for a good, light, preferably clear sauce or glaze that could top this. For example, a restaurant I used to frequent in Louisville did a mandarin orange-ginger sauce for beef (they put it over filets) that was simple and marvelous. Anyone have something along these lines? It doesn't have to have chiles, but again, a moderate amount of heat would not be misplaced. I plan on serving this with some relatively simple vegetable and potatoes.
Jonathan
thinking ahead...
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