Summer
Heirloom Tomato and Mango Lassi with Ground Sumac
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Kitchen B.
March 26, 2011
Made this last weekend, sans tomatoes plus a pinch of kosher salt to serve - wonderful. I ended up stirring the last of it into some Swiss bircher cereal!
onetribegourmet
January 1, 2011
Love your Lassi recipe!
Sagegreen
January 1, 2011
Thanks! It is so nice to see your use of sumac in your recipe, too. Congrats on your win!
olin77
November 5, 2010
I'm new to the site, Sagegreen, and am just finding my way around. This lassi looks incredible and will give some purpose to a fresh tin of sumac that I got at a downtown NY farmers market last weekend. Can't wait to try it...
Sagegreen
December 30, 2010
Welcome, olin77. I joined this site just this summer, and it has become an important part of my life. I hope you enjoy this incredible community of cooks. I just used sumac in a snack cake with V8 juice!
Sagegreen
August 11, 2010
Thanks, everyone! You are all really great. I love this site: Never has losing been so sweet!!
adamnsvetcooking
August 11, 2010
Everyone on this site is a winner in my eyes! Bunch of creative and amazing people :)
Lizthechef
August 11, 2010
I can't remember when someone burst onto the scene here at food52 with so much creativity, enthusiasm and great stuff - congrats on being a finalist!
TheWimpyVegetarian
August 11, 2010
I completely agree, sagegreen! You have so much creativity, ideas, enthusiasm, and great food, you'll have many more shots at it! I look forward to seeing your recipes each week.
thirschfeld
August 11, 2010
nannydeb is smack on right. Your recipes are creative and really good. You will be in that winners circle soon I am certain of that.
nannydeb
August 11, 2010
This is such a creative recipe (as are all of your recipes) and deserves the recognition. My recipe is so simple, I don't really understand the attention. Who knows what A&M are looking for? Thanks again for being so kind and gracious.
Sagegreen
August 11, 2010
Nannydeb, you are very gracious! I knew all along you would win! But I appreciate the kindness and interest all the same.
gingerroot
August 9, 2010
Made this yesterday and it was delicious - the perfect creamy mix of sweet and savory - a good match for the Heirloom Tomato "Shorba" that I tested. Thanks!
Sagegreen
August 8, 2010
AntoniaJames made an interesting point about drupes under the video blog for this recipe. Let me add here, too, my comments about drupes! Sumac, a small tree, is in the "Rhus" family and includes many, many cultivars. Ground sumac can come from Rhus coriaria or aromatica. I am most familiar with the live staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) growing in my area; you can make a sour lemonade- type drink from its berries. This kind of sumac has fuzzy antler-like branches with their red berry clusters I've heard described both as drupes or stangs. Botanically, the drupe refers to the exocarp, the fleshy outer skin, and drupes have an interior pit (like peaches, plums, and cherries). Raspberries I have heard described as "drupelets." Mangoes are technically drupes, too! So this recipes includes double drupes, worth another giggle or two in my book.
Sagegreen
August 8, 2010
Apology for the typo with the last sentence- should say "So this recipe" includes.....
Sagegreen
August 5, 2010
I just realized I misspelled cardamom in my recipe, but hope to get that corrected. To play further with flavor and color of your drink, you can experiment by adding other spices, too, such as saffon and a little tumeric, which is supposed to have great health benefits. The color is part of the fun of making this.
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