Iron Chef July - Honey

Andrew's Appetizer: Carrot & Honey Gazpacho

Ingredients

 

Directions

Micki's & Nick's Main Dish: BBQ Chicken Burgers with Slaw

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter, cut into pieces
1 small red onion, 1/2 finely chopped, 1/2 thinly sliced 
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 
2 tablespoons tomato paste 
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon hot sauce
1 1/4 pounds ground chicken
1 tablespoon grill seasoning
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided 
2 tablespoons honey
1 lemon, juiced 
3 rounded tablespoons sweet pickle relish
2 cups shredded cabbage mix
Salt and pepper 
4 buns

Directions

In a small skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add chopped onions, garlic and tomato paste and sweat them for 5 minutes to soften and sweeten. Sprinkle in sugar and remove from heat. Cool in a bowl, 5 minutes. Add tomato paste mixture, Worcestershire, hot sauce to bowl and combine. Add chicken to the bowl then grill seasoning and combine the burgers well to evenly distribute the flavors and form 4 patties. Wash up.

Heat 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, a turn of the pan, in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook patties 6 minutes on each side.
Combine the honey, lemon juice and remaining extra virgin olive oil in a bowl. Add relish, cabbage mix and sliced onions and season with salt and pepper. Toss the slaw to coat and reserve.
Serve burgers on bun bottoms topped with slaw and bun tops.

Annie's & Jeff's Salad: Apple, Endive & Honey Goat Cheese with Shallot Vinaigrette 

Ingredients

Salad:
2 heads Boston lettuce, shredded
1 head endive, leaves cut into 2-3 pieces each
1 Fuji apple, thinly sliced
2 oz. honey goat cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup toasted pecans or walnuts, crushed

Dressing:
2 oz. olive oil
2 oz. red wine vinegar
1 shallot, thinly sliced
dash salt

Directions

 Let shallot sit in dressing for awhile before pouring over. Mix well after it sits. Pour over dressing, toss & serve!

Dan's Side: Wilted Spinach with Honey & Figs

Ingredients

Directions

Ann's Side: Honey Cornbread

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour  

1 cup yellow cornmeal 

1/4 cup white sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 cup heavy cream

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup honey

2 eggs, lightly beaten

 

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x9 inch baking pan.  

In a large bowl, stir together flour, cornmeal, sugar and baking powder. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Add the cream, oil, honey and eggs; stir to combine. Pour batter into prepared baking pan.  

Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of pan comes out clean.

Mollie's Dessert: Broiled Peaches with Honey Mascarpone Cheese

Ingredients

Nectarines (or peaches)
Mascarpone cheese
Honey
Pecans (I used Trader Joe's Praline Pecans and crushed them into pieces)
Raw sugar

Directions
Mix mascarpone cheese and honey to taste
Crush pecans/pralines
Cut nectarines into slices, sprinkle with raw sugar. Broil for 4-5 minutes (they burn fast...keep a close eye on them). Cook until they are slightly browned on top.
Top nectarines with dollop of marscapone and sprinkle with pecans.