Cecilia Azar
Cecilia Azar
Recipe Developer, Private Chef, food writer.
Sharing Food that i love.
RECIPES
Salt + Vinegar Salad
Like the chips, but in salad form.
Pumpkin Coquito Cookies
Soft and chewy pumpkin rum cookies drizzled with a sticky spiced coconut rum glaze and topped with toasted coconut flakes.
Fall Hummus Bowls
Spiced Butternut Squash Hummus loaded with all the fall goodies -- crunchy Sumac Maple Walnuts, tangy Pomegranate Molasses, and smoky Roasted Butternut Squash. A festive snack, appetizer spread for a crowd, or meal all to yourself.
Calabrian Chili + Honey Roasted Pattypan Squash
Simple but flavorful roasted farmer’s market squash and zucchini - spicy, tangy, and just sweet enough.
Aperol Salad with Endive, Salted Candied orange, Ricotta Salata, Olive + Kumquat
The summer salad of a spritz-lover’s dreams. Sweet, salty, citrusy, herbaceous and just bitter enough bites tossed with an Aperol dressing.
Pickled Jalapeño Verde Braised Pork Shoulder
Easy braised pickled jalapeño verde carnitas, packed with all the good green things.
Sour Cream + Onion Crispy rice
Fluffy and cream rice rippled with a classic sour cream and onion flavor and cooked twice to form a buttery, crispy crust.
Spiced Mezcal Chocolate Cake, Chili Chocolate Ganache
Moist and decadent chocolate cake filled with warm spices, a little bit of heat, and smoky mezcal, topped with a glossy chocolate chili ganache.
Elote Bread Pudding
Bits of charred roasted corn and chunks of fluffy stoneground cornbread are folded into a mayo-cotija-spiced custard to create an elote-inspired cornbread bread pudding.
Roasted Japanese Sweet Potato Salad with Dill, Mint, Feta, and Labneh
Creamy, tangy, earthy, and herb-packed roasted potato salad using Japanese sweet potatoes, lots of labneh, feta, miso, lemon and honey.
Sticky Tofu Summer Rolls, Coconut Curry Peanut Dipping Sauce
Sticky, salty and sweet tofu with a silky interior wrapped with fresh vegetables, herbs, and noodles in summer rolls. Served with a creamy, nutty, and spicy Thai coconut curry peanut dipping sauce.
Pistachio Almond Baklava Galette, Orange Blossom Ice Cream (No-Churn!)
Baklava that you can eat like a pizza. Crunchy, buttery, flaky salty-sweet almond frangipane-filled galette crust, pistachio baklava filling, a honey-rose-orange syrup, and a sweet orange blossom ice cream.
Fat Tire Ale Mac & Cheese with Potato Chip topping
Creamy, extra cheesy baked beer cheese mac and cheese with a sharp bite and a salty-crunchy potato chip topping.
Ramen Style Beef Tortellini, Spiced Beef Consommé, Chili Crunch Soy Marinated Egg
A spiced rich and savory consommé, egg-rich tortellini filled with an umami-packed beef mixture, topped with crispy mushrooms and chili crunch marinated eggs.
Rose Harissa Hummus, Pomegranate Molasses + Oven-Roasted Aleppo Sweet Potato Fries
Crispy oven-roasted Aleppo sweet potato fries dipped in a spicy, creamy hummus drizzled with tangy and sweet pomegranate molasses.
Tonkatsu Sandos with Pickled Ginger-Chili Slaw
Creamy and fluffy milk bread, crispy pork, classic Tonkatsu sauce, and a zingy-spicy pickled ginger-chili slaw.
Sweet Onion Garlic Confit Whole Roasted Chicken
Slow-cooked sweet onion and garlic confit, herbs, and lemon make this simple roast chicken with ultra-crispy skin the perfect springtime dinner.
Jalapeño Cheddar Bacon Chicken Breakfast Sausage
Juicy, spicy, mildly sweet, and oozing with cheddar cheese — these breakfast sausages are simply addicting.
Green Feta + Za’atar FritTata wIth tABBOULEH
Herby and greens-packed frittata baked with briny feta and a bright, lemony tabbouleh salad. The perfect sharable egg dish for a spring brunch.
Cherry Chocolate Chunk Upside Down Pound Cake + Cherry Coke Syrup
Almond and vanilla infused true pound cake laced with dark chocolate chunks baked with jammy cherries, drizzled with a cherry coke syrup. If Cherry Garcia ice cream was a pound cake!