Popovers

Basically from Joy of Cooking:

Preheat oven (convection) to 410 F
1 cup flour, pinch of salt, cayenne pepper or other spices
Melt 1.5 tbsp butter, add
1 1/4 cup milk, add
2 eggs
Beat liquids
Beat into flour lightly--don't overbeat. Lumpy is fine.
Spray 8 muffin tins with PAM or similar
Pour into muffin tins
Place in oven, cook about 20 minutes
Reduce to 360 F, cook another 15 minutes

When you take out: Puncture the sides of the popovers to release steam. Serve hot.

Psyllium "english muffin"

From brokefoodies.com "keto eggs benedict"--just the english muffin part:

In a microwaveable bowl, mix:

• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 tbsp almond meal
• 1 tbsp psyllium husk
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• dash salt
• 1 tbsp water or milk
• 1 egg

Microwave for 90 seconds. Let stand for 1 minute, then, dump out of bowl. Slice in half, toast or pan-fry each half until surface is crisped up and brown (a couple of minutes).

Results come out decently. I don't know that this would taste good cold.

Duck de Marietta

Discovered this recipe in 2017--it was a big hit. It takes 6-7 hrs to cook.

Defrost and clean a whole duck. Rub outside with salt & pepper, put citrus on the insides. Score the skin (just the outer layer, don't cut into the meat).

Put on a rack, breast down; roast (regular bake) at 250 F for 3-4 hrs; flip and put on convection for another 3 hrs. (Or you can do the whole thing in convection at 250 F). Then, raise temperature to 450 F (convection bake or roast) for about 20-30 minutes until breast skin looks nice, brown, and crispy.

Remove from oven, let stand for 15-20 minutes, carve.

Meat will be well done, but quite tender and not dried out.

Flaxseed crackers

Adapted from more googled recipes...

• 1 cup ground flaxseed meal
• 1 tbsp psyllium husk
• 1/2 tsp seasoned salt
• Sesame seeds
• 1/2 cup water

Mix all. Spray some parchment paper with Pam; spoon out over the parchment paper. Take another piece of parchment paper, spray with Pam and cover the mixture. Roll to about the size of a cookie sheet between the two pieces of parchment paper. Transfer to cookie sheet, peel off the top piece of parchment paper. Score the wafer.

Bake 380F (convection bake) about 25 minutes (check near the end of the baking time). When it begins to just smoke a little bit, or the edges are very dry, remove from oven. Break apart, turn off oven, and return to oven for a few minutes to help dry out.

These work out pretty well, and are easier to make than the psyllium crackers.

Nutrition summary for 30 grams (4 tbsp) of ground flaxseed meal: 10 grams fat (1 gram saturated); 6 grams protein, 10 grams total carbs (8 grams fiber->2 grams net carbs). (16 tbsp in 1 cup)

Fiber crackers

This is adapted from googling "psyllium crackers".

• 8 Tbsp psyllium husk powder
• 6 Tbsp flax seed meal
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp (more or less) sesame seeds (if you have them)
• 1 tsp (more or less) seasonings, including salt
• 3 cups (or a touch more) water

Mix dry ingredients. Add 3 cups of water while stirring with a fork. You'll get a gloopy mess. If the mixture seems stiff, add more water. You're going for something with a consistency like applesauce cups.  This will thicken while resting, so don't worry about it looking like it's too thin. Let mixture rest 5-10 minutes while you do the next step:

Preheat oven to 275 F (convection bake). Line 3 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Spray parchment paper lightly with Pam. Spread about 1 gloopy forkful of the mixture on the parchment paper at a time, and work it flat on the paper with the fork (roughly 1/8" to 1/4" thick, no thicker than 1/4"). Repeat until all done.

Bake at 275 F (convection) for 1:30. Take out of oven, flip each cracker, put back in oven. Increase temperature to 300 F, and cook another 30 minutes. Top and bottom of each cracker will be dull looking & crackers will be dry.  Take out of oven, let cool, and store in a dry place (cookie jar, ziplock bag, etc.)

This makes about 18+ crackers (about 2"x4" each).

Salmon (or other fish) en papillote

Using aluminum foil, and whole fillets, rather than individual serving pieces.

Preheated 400 F oven; 17 minutes is slightly overdone for fully defrosted salmon.  Try 14 minutes next time.

o mai cam thao

From the youtube video of Uyen Thy's Vietnamese cooking show:

• 3 lbs craisins (sweetened dried cranberries)
• 1 c lemon juice
• 1 c sugar
• 1/2 c water
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 lb fresh ginger
• 1 c ground cam thao (licorice root), divided into 2 parts

Stir sugar & salt into the lemon juice; add water; mix together with dry ingredients & half the licorice.  Let soak overnight in a covered container to let the dried fruit rehydrate.  Pour out into a foil-lined pan; dehydrate in a 200 F oven (door ajar) for ~6 hrs, stirring every couple of hours.  (Food dehydrator is probably ideal)  At the end of the dehydration, there should be no free liquid--it should have evaporated, but the dried fruit should still be soft.  Stir in the remainder of the licorice root.

Attempt #1, 5/9/2013:

• 2 lbs Trader Joe's unsulfured dried apricots
• 1/2 c sugar
• juice from 2 limes
• 1/2 c sliced licorice root, rehydrated with 1/2 c hot water, then, ground in food processor (next time, try the vitamix, and don't rehydrate)
• Water made up to 1/2 c, added to 1/2 c sugar
• 2 large ginger roots; when ground, comes to 2 cups
• 2/3 tbsp salt

170 F convection to dehydrate.