E4E recipes

Wedding Party Tiramisu

INGREDIENTS / serves 10-12 6 egg yolks or 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 1/4 cup mascarpone cheese 1 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream 2 – 7 oz. packages Italian Lady Fingers 1 cup cold espresso or strong coffee 1/2 cup coffee flavored Liquer 1 oz. cocoa DIRECTIONS Combine egg yolks and sugar in the […]

Mecca’s Hot Tamales

INGREDIENTS / makes 20 servings 1/4 onion, diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 tsp coriander 1/2 tsp oregano, Mexican 1/2 tsp cumin 1/4 cup hatch or New Mexico chiles, soaked in hot water and pureed [Mecca’s special blend] 1/2 Tbs honey 1 Tbs red wine vinegar 2 # ground beef 1 cup cornmeal 1 bag corn […]

Mónica’s Flan de Queso

serves 12, makes 1 flan INGREDIENTS 1 cup sugar 1 – 14 oz. can evaporated milk 1 – 12 oz. can sweetened condensed milk 1 pkg. – 8 oz. cream cheese 6 eggs, room temperature 1 tsp vanilla DIRECTIONS Make sure all your ingredients are room temperature. This means your eggs and cream cheese, too. […]

Filiberto’s Nopales / Cactus Salad

Ingredients (serves 8) 4 cups [about 1.5 lbs.] chopped fresh nopales, with spines removed 6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1 large red onion, thinly sliced 1/3 cup fresh lime juice [opt: apple cider vinegar] 1/8 tsp red chile flakes 1 tsp salt 2 fresh tomato, diced 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped 1/2 cup queso fresco, crumbled […]

Make/Dance Your Own Butter

We’d wanted to have a butter-making dance session at Wild Springs ever since hearing about this interactive art and aerobics exercise called Feel the Churn. People-powered local food, set to dance music? Count us in. You can do this in your own kitchen by turning up your favorite jam and shaking it to the beat. Ingredients […]

Vilay’s Laab

A recipe from Laos, from the kitchen of Vilay Ingredients (serves 8) 1.5 lbs. ground chicken 3/4 cup chicken broth 1 – 2 limes, juiced 1/2 cup mint 1/2 cup culantro 1/2 cup cilantro 1/2 cup very thinly sliced red onions 1 – 2 Tbs. fish sauce, to taste 1 Tbs., to taste, Laab Namtok […]

Banana Cream Pie [gluten-free]

What kind of pie doesn’t need to be baked? Sometimes creative challenges lead you to the most delicious solutions. We don’t have an oven at Bonnaroo, so instead of baking bread, we grill it. And instead of baking pie or other sweets, we make desserts that don’t need any oven time – like this banana […]

Sundried Tomato and Chevre Lasagna

We’ve heard reports that this lasagna made some staunch carnivores consider turning vegetarian. Ingredients (serves 8) Bechamel Sauce 8 T unsalted butter 1/4 cup red onions, minced 1/2 cup AP flour 5 cups whole milk 1 1/2 cups chevre 1 tsp ground nutmeg Salt and pepper to taste Tomato Sauce 12 sundried tomatoes 3 T. […]

Pulled Pork

Pulled Pork

Ingredients (serves 15) 2 T. brown sugar 2 T. kosher salt 2 T. fresh ground black pepper 1 T. paprika 6 lbs. bone-in pork shoulder [butt], skin removed 1/4 cup dijon mustard green onions or chives for garnish Equipment grill, tongs, electric roasters Directions Combine the brown sugar, salt, pepper, and paprika in a small […]