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Friday, July 20, 2007

Flying Afresh on Rose Wingshttp://www.kitchencapers.net

Here’s something you’ve never done with a chicken, something floral, we mean.

Rose Chicken Wings

Photos (and cooking): Gina Choong

Late July in Texas, we come down with a case of barbecue-itis. Delicious as ribs and chicken are cooked over the outdoor grill (and lucky as we are to be eating anything), we just can’t face another plate of hickory-smoked critter.

Gina Choong to the rescue. Based in Singapore, Gina for three years operated a marvelous multi-ethnic food site called Kitchen Capers, a labor of love dedicated to the memory of a young aspiring chef. Somehow she found time to send us a cure for barbecue-itis, a recipe for Rose Wings.

…two recipes, actually:  one for the “Rose Vinegar” marinade, a beautiful floral switch from tomato-based barbecue sauce, the other for the roasted chicken wings. Thank you, Gina, and good luck in your new endeavor!

By Gina Choong

Rose vinegar is fragrant by fresh roses. It can be use for cooking or for making salad dressing. You can use it to marinate meats for roasting.

Rose Vinegar

Ingredients

5 Rose Buds (no stalk, no leaves)

make sure to use buds free of herbicides and pesticides!

300ml (1 1/4 c.) Distilled White Vinegar

Method

1. Pour vinegar into a sauce pot and heat over the stove for 5 mins (low heat).

2. Turn off the heat and leave it to cool.

3. Remove petals from the buds.

4. Snip off the white ends of each petal. Discard the white ends, as they are bitter.

5. Push the petals into a cleaned glass bottle.

6. Pour cooled vinegar into the bottle and seal with a cork.

7. Leave it to stand for 3 weeks in a warm and bright place.

8. Use the vinegar according to each recipe.

The vinegar will turn maroon red.

Rose Chicken Wings

Ingredients

10 Chicken Wings

20g Salted butter (melted)

Marinate

100ml Rose Red Vinegar (1/3 c.)

2 tbsp Sesame oil

1 tsp sugar

Method

1. Marinate wings with sauce for 1 hour.

2. Preheated oven 200C for 15 mins.

3. Brush wings with melted butter and roast for 10 to 15 mins.

4. Serve immediately.