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Eat & Drink with Ali Hassan & Marco Timpano

Comedians Ali Hassan & Marco Timpano, discuss, lament & come to terms with Food & Drink. They bring over a quarter century of restaurant experience to the podcast table.

This weeks episode: Greek Coffee & Tzatziki

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Ali & Marco celebrate the Raptor's victory with some sport food and drink favourites.

Greek Coffee:

Look if you are going to make this coffee, you need patience, extra fine coffee grounds, water, sugar and a Briki

There are a whole lot of steps to make this coffee, but here is the basics:

1. pour cold water into your briki making sure it is the amount that will fit in your demi tasse
2. Add sugar depending on how sweet you like 1 to 2 teaspoons.
3. Add your Greek Coffee, at least heaping teaspoons per cup, we tried 2 and thought it was a little weak.
4. Boil it, watching for foam to rise, use a spoon to remove the foam and put it in your cup, while the coffee still boils.
5. Make sure you coffee doesn't boil over, you don't want to burn it, also you can remove the briki from the stove when you first see it start to rise. You want to make sure the coffee doesn't boil over and you want to make sure the coffee has cooked long enough so that you don't taste the coffee grounds, and that is where the art comes in. You just got to plain figure that shit out.
6. Pour the coffee into your demi tasse that has some foam already placed in it.
7. Let it settle before you drink and don't drink to the end of the cup or you will get a mouthful of sediment.

Tzatziki

Simple. Yet precise. You know what I mean?

Also - this is a dip, not a watery sauce. Check yoself. ;)

1 750g container of yogurt - Greek or 3.25%

2-4 cloves of garlic - minced and mashed

3/4 cup of grated cucumber

7-10 mint leaves, washed and minced

4-6 long sprigs of dill, washed and minced

salt, to taste

• Line a mesh strainer with paper towel. Empty the container of yogurt onto it, and let strain for at least 1 hour
• Empty thickened, drained yogurt into a large mice bowl. Toss out liquid
• Squeeze excess moisture from the grated cucumber and add to yogirt
• add herbs and garlic and salt - check the taste and refrigerate for at least an hour.
• Take it to a party and feel what it’s like to be a HERO.

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This weeks episode: Rhubarb

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Ali & Marco talk all about this spring treat whose leaves are in fact poisonous.

Bridal Shower:

No one has to be getting married to enjoy this bright and beautiful looking afternoon cocktail!

• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
• Add 2 oz Vodka
• Add 1/4 Campari
• Add 3/4 Rhubarb Syrup
• Add 3/4 Lemon Juice
• Shake well.
• Strain into an ice-filled collins glass and stir in 1 oz of club soda.
• Garnish with the rhubarb stalks.
• Don't poke out your eye with the stalk.

Tomato-Rhubarb Chutney:

As i think about this, this was a recipe created by a Parsi "Aunty" in Montreal who was revered as a terrific cook by the whole community. My thanks to my friend Yasmin for prying the recipe out of her.

4 cups brown sugar

1 cup brown sugar

4 cups apple cider vinegar

4 lbs (18-ish medium sized tomatoes)

2 lbs (after cutting, cleaning) of rhubarb

4 tbsp GOG (ginger, garlic, onion paste) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM66r1pL0sA

4-6 tbsp of red kashmiri chili powder

3 tbsp garam masala

salt to taste

• wash and dry tomatoes. Chop them roughly
• Boil the vinegar and sugars for 10 minutes
• Add tomatoes and rhubarb, cook for 1 hour over medium heat
• Add GOG, cook for another hour
• Add chili, garam masala and salt, cook until you reach a thick consistency (in the neighbourhood of 3 hours)

Pair this chutney with kebabs. chicken tikka, shaami kebabs, or as a paste in sandwiches!

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This weeks episode: Pimm's Cup & Dip

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Ali & Marco celebrate the Raptor's victory with some sport food and drink favourites.

Pimm's Cup (Traditional):

If you are watching some sort of snobby sporting event, or your mother-in-law is in town why not make a Pimm's Cup.

• 2oz of Pimm's No.1 liquor
• 4oz of Lemon Lime soda or English Lemonade (if you find it).
• Mint Sprig
• Cucumber slice or two
• Strawberry sliced up or two
• Apple slice or two

Add ice to a chilled glass, Add the Pimm's, Add the lemon lime soda, Add the mint, strawberry, cucumber, apple and give it a stir. But if you really want to make this right have the butler make it while you sit back impatiently waiting.

Dip

Ali to fill

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This weeks episode: The Hazards of Shrimp

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Ali & Marco discuss Shrimp and Oysters.

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This weeks episode: Lemonesso & Condiments

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Ali & Marco get ready for summer with a coffee recipe ripped right out of Martha Stewart Living magazine, does it pass or fail? Listen to find out. Ali brings his favourite condiments to the table.

Lemonesso:

Here is the recipe, but listen to the episode before your even put the coffee on.

• Pour 1 cup of lemon soda in this case we used San Pelligrino Limonata over a glass of ice
• Pour 1.5 ounces of espresso coffee ontop
• Add a lemon wheel for bellezza
• Stir this bastard up.
• Drink if you dare.

Condiments

"Marco Stewart" may have failed you and himself with his Lemonesso....but step right in to the warm embrace of Ali's Condiments. Here is a saucy, spicy, pickle-ly list of things that should be in your pantry for this summer!

1. Mustards - one classic yellow mustard, one dijon (great for salad dressings too)
2. Pickles - a kosher dill, a bread & butter (which you could make your own relish with), and whatever else your mouth likes to crunch on
3. Sauerkraut - yes "fermented cabbage" doesn't SOUND sexy...but it tastes good and is so darn good for you!
4. Kimchi - A great compliment to burgers, dogs, noodle dishes and omelet! Look for a brand without sugar, don't leave the cap off for too long....
5. Jalapenos - fresh, pickled or in a puree! (I just discovered this stuff: https://sinaigourmet.com)
6. Hummus: "white people's mayo"; don't hesitate to make your own!
7. Hot Sauce: Sriracha, Franks, Tabasco, Cholula, Valentina's, La Bomba Italiana...mix some classics in with something new & exciting!
8. Ketchup. IF YOU MUST. Here's a brand that I can support: https://goodfoodforgood.ca

Head out to your local grocer, stock up on these if you haven't already....and sit back and let summer and all its fun soak right in!

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This weeks episode: The WEDDING EPISODE

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Ali & Marco discuss Weddings, what makes them good or bad, the importance of the bar and the food, and they share some wedding war stories.

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This weeks episode: BASIC BAR & GUACAMOLE

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BASIC BAR:

What are the basics anyone needs to start there bar? This a Questions for the ages. None to worry on this episode we dive into what you need to start your home bar.

GUACAMOLE:

Make this. Eat this. And then if you find yourself buying store-bought guacamole then exile yourself to a small island where you're not able to communicate with any other humans for your remaining time on earth. THAT'S how good fresh guacamole is.

This is a blend of a Mexican guacamole and a Trinidadian zaboca choka and its F**ING THE BEST

1 semi-ripe avocado

1 lime

1 small clove garlic

a sliver of scotch bonnet pepper (or minced jalapeño, to taste)

1/4 tsp kosher salt, or to taste

1/4 tsp roasted cumin

cilantro, washed well and dried

optional: minced tomato, minced red onion

Directions:

• mince and mash garlic and scotch bonnet - add to a medium sized bowl
• add 1/2 freshly squeezed lime juice
• add salt
• grind cumin to a powder and add
• add avocado, scooped out of its shell
• mash all the ingredients together - test for salt, lime and heat - all three should be present in the flavour profile
• add chopped cilantro and mix together and serve immediately.

Avocados as you would know oxidize and turn brown quickly. Even more reason to make it fresh and eat it quickly. God speed.

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This weeks episode: The HAWAII Episode: Mai Tai & Poke

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MAI THAI

Fill an old fashion glass with 1/2 cup of crushed ice, I know it's a lot of ice but that is the nature of this drink.

In a shaker filled with 1/2 cup of ice combine:

1 oz light rum

1 oz dark rum

1 oz lime juice

1/2 oz of orange curacao (use triple sec if you can't find that bad boy)

1/4 oz to 1/2 oz of Orgeat syrup

Shake it like you are on a surf board catching the best wave. When you shaker is frosty pour it in your glass, Top with a lemon wedge, pineapple skewer, cherry whatever you think or nothing at all and drink it up. Aloha!

POKE

It's key to get the freshest fish possible here. Chop it up. Then.....

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This weeks episode: The MINT Episode: Mint Julep & Mint Chutney

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MINT JULEP

I do declare it's time for a Mint Julep.

4 ingredients:

5-8 Mint leaves,

2 oz Bourbon,

1/4 oz Simple Syrup

crushed ice.

Mash the mint and syrup in the glass with a muddler. Put your crushed ice in, then add your bourbon and stir it, add a sprig of mint to the top and check your racing form, cause you're off! To the races that is.

MINT & CORIANDER CHUTNEY

Call it a sauce, a relish, a salsa…call it whatever you want but its THE PARTY STARTER and you need it in your mouth right now. 

Ingredients:

Mint

Cilantro

Ripe Tomato

Red Onion

Lime juice

Salt

Green chili

Here is a quick video showing you how simple it is to make.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtZYTKVDR6I

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