recipe, posted so I might remember to go to the grocery store

[geekchick]

Calabaza and Poblano Stew (from the Oct. "Cooking Light")

5 poblano chiles (about 1 lb)
1 teaspoon aniseed
1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick, broken
1 tbsp peanut oil
3-1/2 cups chopped onion
4 garlic cloves, minced
10 cups (2-inch) pieces peeled calabaza squash (about 3 lbs) - butternut squash a good substitute
4 cups vegetable broth
2 cups water
3 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsp Crema Mexicana
1/2 cup roasted pumpkinseed kernels

1. Preheat broiler.
   
2. Halve chiles, discard seeds and membranes. Place skin sides up on a foil-lined baking sheet; flatten with hand. Broil 5 minutes or until blackened. Place in a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag; seal. Let stand 15 minutes. Peel chiles, discard skins. Chop.
   
3. Place aniseed and cinnamon in a spice or coffee grinder; process until finely ground.
   
4. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté 5 minutes or until browned. Add garlic, sauté 1 minute. Add cinnamon mixture to pan and sauté 1 minute. Add chopped chiles, squash, broth, water, honey and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer 30 minutes or until squash is tender.
   
5. Drizzle each serving with Crema Mexicana and sprinkle with pumpkinseeds. (8 1-1/2 cup servings.)
   

Comments

pointless fuckin' comment

[qe2.livejournal.com]

Cooking Light! Love that magazine. (Except for the makeup and hair tips, which don't have much to do with cooking, IMO.)

Re: pointless fuckin' comment

[geekchick]

I've gotten on a real magazine kick lately. I subscribed to that, and Real Simple, and National Geographic in addition to the stuff that I get from ACM.

For someone who rarely cooks, I get far too much enjoyment out of reading Cooking Light. =) I don't even so much mind the makeup stuff so much, although it does seem more than a bit out of place.

::loves Real Simple, too::

[qe2.livejournal.com]

I went through a period of serious magazine addiction last year - one of many almost allergic reactions to year 1 of law school - and wound up increasing my number of magazine subscriptions to.

Um.

Twelve.