Avanti Cafe Musings: ramen

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Hearty Ramen & Ravioli Soups Homemade HACKS

Why start from scratch, when you can scratch mix and match delicious one bowl wonderful soup meals in minutes. You'll find a wide variety of organic, wholesome, fresh & dried ramen & ravioli in most every grocery & specialty store these days. Same hold true for the finest organic & free range broths of all kinds, roasted, vegetable, bone & more. Delicious cheeses, smokey nuts, prepared meat & meatless balls and so much more. And here's the hack, all you have to do to create homemade deliciousness is drop by the farmers market or green grocer for a few fresh enticing vegetables.

Here we're using fresh tofu, purple onions, carrots & brown rice ramen in a lemongrass broth. Saute the carrots and onions in a little sesame oil, add the broth and a splash of sake or Chinese sherry, simmer the ramen and it's homemade in 12 mins.

Get fancy and flavorful with a little romaine stirred in at the last minute.

Onions, celery & zucchini sauted in a little evoo & topped w/ golden roasted vegetable broth, ravioli & meatless meatballs comes together while you pop the wine.

Adding chopped romaine or escarole just before serving takes you on a virtual tour of Tuscany.

Et Voila, this is a great time to be a sensible, sensitive, time savvy foodie. Never settle for second best, read your labels & choose the highest quality ingredients to save time & add flavor & flair to all your easy to prepare meals.

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Saturday, May 28, 2016

Harvest Miso Ramen :: Chef Mark Cleveland @ Hungry Harvest ::

Difficulty: Easy

Time: 35 mins,

Servings: 4 Quarts Soup // 4 Bowls Ramen

Celery & Brussels sprouts add a Harvest twist on what’s typically in a miso ramen bowl. Vegetables & broth are the stars of this dish & the noodles complete the meal. You can find all sorts of great organic, even gluten free ramen now.

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Prep Method
3	Quarts	Broth or water
1/2	Cup	Sake	Opt
3	Cubes	Frozen Broth	Opt
1	Medium	Sweet onion	Pie slice
1	Head	Celery	Sliced
1	Pound	Brussels sprouts	Quartered
3	Medium	Yellow carrots	Sliced

Combine broth, optional sake & frozen broth cubes with the onion, celery, Brussels sprouts & carrots. Cover & set over high heat for 25 mins. Taste, if using water, you may need to add a little salt. Prep out the other vegetables while the soup cooks.

1	Large	Red pepper	Diced
1	Large	Golden beet	Precooked, peeled, sliced
1	Large	Orange	Juice & zest, opt

Add in the peppers, beets, kale & orange juice & zest. Let sit covered off heat until you’re ready to make your miso ramen bowls.

FOR EACH BOWL OF RAMEN

1 1/2	Tablespoons	Miso	Steeped in
1/2	Cup	Water

For each bowl of ramen you plan to make, steep 1 1/2 Tbs miso in 1/2 cup water. It will dissolve in about 10 mins. Prepare the garnish while you cook the ramen.

RAMEN GARNISH

1/2	Small	Avocado	Diced
2	Tablespoons	Sweet onion	Thin slice
1	Tablespoon	Kiwi	Diced, opt
1	Teaspoon	Toasted sesame oil
1-2	Tablespoons	Nori seaweed	Slivers

Prepare the garnish with avocado, onion, celery leaves & optional kiwi. Use a scissors to finely julienne some toasted nori.

1	Whole	Ramen cake
1	Teaspoon	Fresh ginger	Minced or microplaned, opt
1	Tablespoon	Sesame seeds	Opt
1	Large	Egg	Opt

For each bowl of ramen, use 1 quart of soup w/ vegetables. Add 1 ramen cake, optional ginger & sesame seeds. Boil over high heat until ramen is almost tender, about 3 mins. Crack in eggs as desired & stir until cooked. Add in the dissolved miso & bring back just to the simmer. Don’t boil the miso. Garnish w/ the avocado mix, nori slivers & toasted sesame oil.

Miso is a nutritious and ancient fermented Japanese soybean paste. It’s loaded with healthy probiotics. That’s why we don’t want to over boil it. I make the soup all at once, and then cook each bowl of ramen as I want throughout the week. FLAVOR HACK:> Avocado, sesame oil & ramen are a delish threesome.

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