5 cold root salad Recipes

tamarind from a pliable block, cold water, shallots, garlic cloves, chopped cleaned fresh cilantro roots reserved from thai ground-pork salad with mint and cilantro or cilantro stems, asian fish sauce (preferably naam pla), sugar, salt, vegetable oil, two 6-oz red snapper fillets with skin, scallions, fresh red chiles (1 to 3 inches long; preferably thai), fresh whole thai basil leaves or small fresh regular basil leaves, garnish: fresh basil sprigs

cucumber salad, sesame oil, chopped fresh dill, rice wine vinegar, mirin (japanese rice wine), white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, cucumbers, halved, seeded , and cut into very thin slices, ginger crust, minced fresh ginger root, green onions, thinly sliced, garlic, minced, peanut oil, salmon, peanut oil, center-cut salmon fillets, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste, honey, ponzu butter, unsalted butter, shallots, minced, dry white wine, ponzu sauce, heavy cream, cold unsalted butter , cut into 1/2-inch pieces, kosher salt to taste

grain rice, rice vinegar , plus, rice vinegar (not seasoned ), sugar, salt, sesame seeds, oil, pickled ginger, finely chopped, scallions , cut lengthwise into thin 1 inch strips, carrot, finely shredded, cucumber , quartered lengthwise, cored, and chopped, sheets nori, avocado, surimi, sliced thin (mock crab legs), wasabi powder, water, cold water, soy sauce, ginger juice (squeezed from freshly grated ginger root)

beets, top stems and roots trimmed to not less than 1/2-inch, red skinned potatoes , scrubbed, larger potatoes quartered, smaller potatoes halved, olive oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper, baby artichokes, tops trimmed , tough outer leaves removed, haricots verts, trimmed, wood chips , preferably mesquite, optional, thick tuna steak, store bought black olive tapenade, balsamic vinaigrette , recipe follows, diced red onion, tomatoes, trimmed and halved, mesclun, hard cooked eggs, shelled and quartered lengthwise, drained nicoise olives, caper berries on the stem, drained, balsamic vinegar, dijon mustard, minced shallot, hot pepper sauce, salt, cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, freshly ground black pepper