Fire And Ice Sauce Food

FIRE AND ICE OYSTERS WITH HORSERADISH SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare the sauce by whisking together all ingredients except for the oysters; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until ready to serve.
• Rinse and scrub the oysters with a stiff brush.
• To open them, on a folded kitchen towel, grip the oyster flat side up with another kitchen towel protecting your hand.
• Find the small opening between the shells near the hinge and pry open with an oyster knife.
• Try to keep the juices in the shell.
• Loosen the oyster from the shell by running the oyster knife carefully underneath the body.
• Discard the top, flatter shell, keeping the oyster in the bottom, deeper shell.
• Grill the oysters, shell side down, over direct high heat until the juices around the oysters boil and almost completely evaporate, 2-4 minutes.
• Using tongs, carefully remove the oysters from the grill.
• Spoon a small dollop of sauce on top of each oyster and serve with cocktail forks while oysters are hot.

FIRE AND ICE PASTA

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix together the basil, diced tomatoes, garlic, olives, olive oil, salt, pepper, chives, sun dried tomatoes, and red pepper chile flakes. Cover and place in refrigerator for a few hours or overnight.
• Remove sauce from refrigerator 2 hours before serving, to allow ingredients to come to room temperature.
• In a large pot with boiling salted water cook farfalle pasta until al dente. Drain.
• Toss cooked pasta with room temperature sauce. Sprinkle with goat cheese, if desired.

FIRE AND ICE PASTA WITH FRESH HERBS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine olive oil, sun dried tomatoes, olives, basil, tomatoes, chives, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, and garlic. Marinate for 3 hours.
• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water until al dente. Drain.
• Pour sauce over hot pasta, and toss lightly. Sprinkle with feta cheese, if desired.

FIRE AND ICE TOMATOES

Steps:

• Place tomatoes and onion in a large heatproof nonreactive bowl. In a small saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar, water, mustard seed and cayenne; bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute, stirring to dissolve sugar; pour carefully over tomato mixture. Cool completely., Stir in cucumber. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.

FIRE-AND-ICE SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine tomatoes, green pepper, jalapeno and onion; set aside. Combine the next seven ingredients in a saucepan; bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Pour over vegetables. Let stand until mixture comes to room temperature. Stir in cucumbers. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Drain before serving.

FIRE AND ICE RELISH

Steps:

• MARINADE:.
• Place marinade ingredients in saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until flavors meld, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Refrigerate 2 to 3 hours before using.
• ADD-INS:.
• Time to use that Vidalia Onion Dicer! ;).
• Remove stem/core of tomatoes, then peel(optional).
• Chop tomato into small pieces.
• Cut onion into 1/8 inch dice.
• Add tomato and onion pieces to chilled marinade.
• Cover relish but stir it gently several times.
• TOPPER:.
• Peel cucumber, cut in half lengthwise, slice thinly, and set aside.
• Keep cucumber pieces separate but refrigerated.
• At serving time:
• Add cucumber slices.
• NOTE:.
• This relish will keep for several weeks if it is covered and refrigerated.
• If you wish to preserve it just heat to boiling(without the cucumber slices), pour into hot sterilized jars and process.

FIRE AND ICE

Steps:

• Combine ingredients in a mixing glass. Stir well. Strain into a cocktail glass.