r/52weeksofcooking • • 16h ago

Week 38: High-Hydration Dough - Caramelized Onion, Prosciutto, and Fig Pizza

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Recipe: https://unapologeticeats.com/caramelized-onion-fig-and-prosciutto-pizza/

Savory and delicious. On my oven, it needed a little extra time on baking the dough and I should have used higher heat than medium low to caramelization the onion. 😂 But overall, pretty easy and good. I am not that great at rolling out dough, though.


r/52weeksofcooking • • 17h ago

Week 42 Introduction Thread: Taro

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This week’s cooking theme is taro, a starchy, earthy, and versatile tropical root that is one of the world's oldest cultivated crops.

Taro was an important food in South and Southeast Asia before spreading throughout the Pacific, where it became, and remains, a staple. It also traveled westward into Africa and later the Caribbean and Latin America, becoming an essential source of carbs and calories in many communities.

Taro goes by many names around the world: in Japan, it’s known as satoimo (and is a quintessential taste of autumn, associated with the moon); in Indian cooking, you may encounter arbi or arvi; in the Caribbean, dasheen and/or eddoe; in Portuguese-speaking countries, inhame can refer to taro or other tubers; and in parts of Africa and the Caribbean, cocoyam is used for taro and related aroids. If you're having trouble sourcing "taro", looking for it under its other names may yield results (especially if you look for it in Asian, South Asian, African, Caribbean, or Pacific Islander grocery stores, or online. It may be sold fresh, frozen, peeled, cut into chunks, or powdered.)

As an ingredient, taro is notable for its creamy texture when cooked, its ability to absorb surrounding flavors, and its usefulness in everything from savory stews to sweet desserts.

For example:

Taro boast an enviable nutrition profile, with water-soluble fiber (that's what makes it slimy) and more potassium than regular potatoes. Consider taking a potato-dish and swapping in taro as an experiment, like these taro fries or taro mashed potatoes.

If acquiring taro is a stretch, you can go the other direction and take a classic taro recipe from any culture and incorporate a replacement. For example, poi'uala (poi with sweet potatoes), calalloo with spinach leaves in place of dasheen, or cocoyam-less fufu with potato flakes and tapioca starch.

From fresh satoimo to frozen taro and creative substitutes, this week let's explore an ingredient whose culinary history spans continents, cultures, and thousands of years.


r/52weeksofcooking • • 13h ago

Week 39: Pears - Prickly Pear and Cucumber Sashimi

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14 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking • • 14h ago

Week 42: Taro - Taro Puffs (Wu Gok)

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r/52weeksofcooking • • 20h ago

Week 42: Taro - Egyptian Kolkas Stew

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15 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking • • 22h ago

Week 41: Velveting - Shrimp Toast (Meta: Toasted, Appetizer)

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20 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking • • 21h ago

Week 42: Taro - white chocolate taro brownies (except oops! It’s ube.)

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25 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking • • 19h ago

Week 41: Velveting - Purple Velvet Crinkle Cookies (meta: Ingredient Destash)

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29 Upvotes

Destashed ingredient: ube extract


r/52weeksofcooking • • 7h ago

Week 42: Taro - Tarot’s Four of Cups Lemon Balm Posset with Blackberry Coulis, Lemon Curd, and Candied Lemon Balm (Meta: Appetizers and Mignardises)

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r/52weeksofcooking • • 12h ago

Week 41: Velveting - Champurrado [Meta: Discord Decides]

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37 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking • • 11h ago

Week 38: High-Hydration Dough - Liquid Assets Ravioli (Meta: Feeling Snacky)

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r/52weeksofcooking • • 12h ago

Week 41: Velveting - The Elviswich (Meta: Sci-Fi & Fantasy)

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r/52weeksofcooking • • 8h ago

Week 42: Taro - Tahini-Almond butter-Raspberry-Orange tang Feetloaf (with taro chip nails) (Meta: Unhinged)

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89 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking • • 9h ago

Week 42: Taro - Toast with Acorn Squash, Ricotta, and Onion (T.A.R.O.)

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27 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking • • 9h ago

Week 42 - Taro: Taro Chip Nachos

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12 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking • • 9h ago

Week 38 - High Hydration Dough: Milk & Cookies

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9 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking • • 10h ago

Week 42: Taro - Kachalu Gosht

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11 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking • • 11h ago

Week 42: Taro - Taro chips and taro milk tea (meta: spin the wheel)

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r/52weeksofcooking • • 18h ago

Week 41: Velveting - Red Velvet Cupcakes

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r/52weeksofcooking • • 19h ago

Week 38: High-Hydration Dough – Tomato Bread Soup (Meta: Vegan)

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15 Upvotes

Confession: I didn’t even make the bread used in this recipe. It had been hanging out in my freezer for a couple of months or more, and I wanted to use it up. It also happens that I wanted a quick, easy, and cozy recipe for this week’s challenge. So, tomato bread soup!

Not much to say about it, but that’s not a bad thing at all — it tasted great, was easy to make, and once again proves that sometimes the simplest recipes are the best.

(P.S. An added bonus is that this recipe really opened my eyes to how good beefsteak tomatoes are! If they’re available in your area, I highly recommend trying them.)


r/52weeksofcooking • • 19h ago

Week 41: Velveting - Cashew Chicken Stir Fry

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r/52weeksofcooking • • 20h ago

Week 41: Velveting — Lamb Cumin Noodles

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28 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking • • 20h ago

Week 41- Velveting: pork chop stir fry

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5 Upvotes

I have yet to find a way that I or my family enjoy whole pork chops, but they're really tasty and versatile when chopped up! This was my first time velveting meat, and I think it turned out really well.


r/52weeksofcooking • • 22h ago

Week 41: Velveting - Hunan Pork and Tofu Stir-fry

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10 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking • • 23h ago

Week 38: High-Hydration Dough - Rainbow Focaccia (Meta: Bucket List)

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66 Upvotes

Greetings, everybody! Since the theme for this week was "high-hydration dough", I made some bread with high-hydration dough! Initially, I wanted to make a type of bread that I haven't eaten before. However, I decided to make one of my favourite types of bread instead. While I've had focaccia before, I haven't had the types of focaccia that I've made besides tomato focaccia.

I made my focaccia a day later than I planned on doing so, because I couldn't find my yeast, so the following day, I bought some yeast, and began preparing my focaccia later that evening. Anyway, I began preparing my focaccia by combining some yeast with some water, and waiting until it became foamy. Then, I mixed some flour with some salt and my yeast mixture into a bowl. Afterwards, I heated up some water, and poured it on top of my mixture, and mixed it up with a spatula. For some reason, I made the decision to mix the dough in my bedroom.

I then covered my dough with a towel, and let it sit for half an hour. Half an hour later, I stretched and folded my dough a few times, smothered it in olive oil, and then moved it to my fridge, where it sat overnight. The following day, I took it out of my fridge, deflated the dough, and placed it onto an oiled baking dish. Afterwards, I let it sit for several hours before preheating my oven, and preparing my toppings.

My toppings of choice were tomatoes, carrots, corn, green bell peppers, blueberries, red cabbage, and pickled turnips. For the tomatoes, carrots, green bell peppers, and red cabbage, I simply chopped them up. For the corn, I boiled it beforehand. For the blueberries, I defrosted them from frozen several hours prior. For the pickled turnips, I patted them dry. Anyway, I placed my toppings onto my dough, and then baked my focaccia for 40 minutes.

The focaccia turned out very delightful. I've eaten it for several meals already. In fact, I'm literally about to bake a new batch of focaccia! Also, here is my ranking of each of the types of focaccia that I've made:

  1. Tomato.
  2. Blueberry.
  3. Pickled turnip.
  4. Corn.
  5. Carrot.
  6. Green bell pepper.
  7. Red cabbage.

Anyway, have a great week!