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wryter2000

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Tue Sep-16-08 05:50 PM
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Need a word

What's the word for the Latin combination of finely chopped peppers, onions, and herbs that's used as a flavor base? I keep getting it mixed up with pestata in Italian cooking. It's driving me nuts!

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Tab

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Tue Sep-16-08 05:51 PM
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1. Mirepoix?

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wryter2000

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Tue Sep-16-08 05:52 PM
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2. It's something Spanish

I've heard it on Daisy's show and Be the Next Food Network Star (or whatever that show is called.) Maybe I'll check Daisy's website.

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Tab

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Tue Sep-16-08 05:55 PM
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3. Actually I misread - I thought you were looking for the latin word

meaning, actual latin, and the word I gave is French (as far as I know); I guess I missed that you mean latin cuisine.

Sorry, can't help you immediately - will look in a book where I should have it, but if you can snag it off her website, that's probably quicker.

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wryter2000

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Tue Sep-16-08 06:02 PM
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4. Thanks

I'll try her website. I thought it might be common, but maybe it isn't.

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wryter2000

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Tue Sep-16-08 06:04 PM
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6. Got it!

Sofrito. That's been bugging me for days.

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Warpy

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Tue Sep-16-08 06:30 PM
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8. You didn't mention the anatto or saffron

or it would have popped out immediately.

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wryter2000

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Tue Sep-16-08 06:40 PM
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9. Those aren't in there

Here are the ingredients.

2 medium Spanish onions, cut into large chunks
3 to 4 Italian frying peppers or cubanelle peppers
16 to 20 cloves garlic, peeled
1 large bunch cilantro, washed
7 to 10 ajices dulces (see note below), optional
4 leaves of culantro (see note below), or another handful cilantro
3 to 4 ripe plum tomatoes, cored and cut into chunks
1 large red bell pepper, cored, seeded and cut into large chunks

She does use anatto in achiote oil, I believe.

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Tangerine LaBamba

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Tue Sep-16-08 08:32 PM
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10. Yeah, you have to use annatto seeds

to get achiote oil.

But that's a much more elaborate sofrito recipe than I've ever used. Looks more like a sauce, almost.

Mine is just garlic, onions, and tomatoes, done in olive oil. I think it's time to do some research on sofrito and find out how many variations are out there.

The world expands.

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wryter2000

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Wed Sep-17-08 09:57 AM
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11. That is an elaborate one

For etoufee, I use Emeril's trinity. I made a pestata with onions, hot and mild peppers, and parseley and used it as the base for a pasta sauce the other day. It seems as if they're all the same basic idea with slightly different ingredients.

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yy4me

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Tue Sep-16-08 06:04 PM
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5. Are you thinking of the"Trinity" Emeril uses it on many of his

programs. Bell peppers, onions and either celery or carrots, Look up his recipes on www.foodnetwork.com
There should be something under "Trinity" in search.

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wryter2000

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Tue Sep-16-08 06:05 PM
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7. Yup

That's pretty much it with some variation. Mirepoix is largely the same combination. I was struck by how so many different cooking cultures seemed to use the same combination of veggies and herbs and basic flavorings. I just couldn't rememeber the word "sofrito."

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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Sep-17-08 06:35 PM
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12. Mirepoix is chopped onions, celery and carrots.

Emeril calls the mixture of onions, celery and peppers "The Trinity," says it's used a lot in Cajun cooking... :-)

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hvn_nbr_2

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Wed Sep-17-08 06:58 PM
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13. How do you pronounce "mirepoix"?

I'd never heard of it till about a year ago when it appeared in Trader Joe's produce section and I've never heard anyone say it out loud.

Although it looks like, as an English word, it would be pronounced mire'-poyks, I'm guessing it's probably French and pronounced meer''-a-pwa'.

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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Sep-17-08 07:35 PM
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14. It's pronounced meer-pwa and it is French, since it's also a town in France...

I've watched The Food Network a lot...:D

Here::hi:
http://classical-french-cuisine.suite101.com/article.cfm/mirepoix

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hippywife

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Wed Sep-17-08 07:39 PM
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15. Here is a link

with a sound file for the pronunciation:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mirepoix

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