9 fermented naturally Recipes

red radish , about 48 radishes, trimmed of greenery and washed, naturally fermented soy sauce, rice wine or 1 tbsp dry sherry or 1 tbsp sherry wine vinegar, chopped fresh coriander leaves (cilantro), dried garlic granules , not garlic salt

cucumbers , unwaxed and unwashed, head garlic, dried dill weed, with heads, grape leaves or 3 cherries, leaves or 1/4 tsp alum, kosher salt, boiling water, peppercorns

dungeness crab, shell off (save shells), claws cracked and body chopped up into 2-inch pieces, cornstarch , for dusting and to make a slurry with 1 tbsp, peanut oil, rinsed fermented black beans, chopped, bruised ginger, garlic, thinly sliced, scallions, chopped into 2-inch pieces, shaoxing ( cooking wine), naturally brewed soy sauce, chicken stock, salt and white pepper, to taste, pot cooked chinese rice

duck legs, rinsed and minced fermented black beans, garlic, chopped, minced ginger, onion, 1/4-inch dice, carrot, peeled and 1/4-inch dice, rib celery, 1/4-inch dice, sliced shiitakes, shaoxing wine, naturally brewed soy sauce, brown sugar, minced thyme, water , to cover duck, leftover mashed potatoes (3 large baking potatoes, cooked and mashed with 2 oz butter, salt and pepper), canola oil for cooking, salt and black pepper, to taste

canola oil, to cook, blue crabs, shell off (save 4), prepped (gills removed) and cut in half, lotus, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch slices, cornstarch, fermented black beans, rinsed and chopped, garlic, minced, ginger, minced, jalapenos, de-stemmed and sliced, scallions, cut into 1/2-inch lengths, shaoxing wine, white wine, naturally brewed soy sauce, hot long grain rice, salt and black pepper, to taste, lemons , zest (minced) and juiced, dijon mustard, honey, extra virgin olive oil, picked lump meat, avocado, fine diced, chives, chopped, ripe tomato , cut into 1/4-inch thick slices, fleur de sel and black pepper, to taste, chive batons, for garnish

dijon mustard, red wine, canola oil, minced garlic, naturally brewed soy sauce, racks of lamb, off the bone , each loin cut into 4 petit filets, freshly cracked black pepper, asian ratatouille , recipe follows, garlic-mint tapenade , recipe follows, thai basil leaves , cut into chiffonade, for garnish, extra-virgin olive oil, for garnish, olive oil, to cook, onion, medium dice, garlic, thinly sliced, rinsed and minced fermented black beans, japanese eggplants, medium dice (or 1 medium regular eggplant), tomato, medium dice, zucchini, medium dice, thai basil leaves , cut into chiffonade, lemon, juiced, salt and black pepper, garlic, peeled, nicoise black olives, pitted, mint leaves, minced (it will turn brown), extra-virgin olive oil, salt

perch (bluegill), scaled, gutted and scored, grapeseed oil, to cook, fermented black beans, rinsed and chopped, minced garlic, minced ginger, shallots, minced, sambal, white wine, dice tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, 1/4 inch dice, dice jicama, fish stock (or chicken stock), thick strips basil, butter, salt and black pepper, grapeseed oil, to cook, sliced scallions (save a little green scallion for garnish), white onion, sliced, red onion, sliced, blanched shanghai noodles, red bratwurst, finely diced, sesame oil, naturally brewed soy sauce, salt and black pepper, eggs