Author: Flavor & The Menu

    In this African-inspired dish, peanut shows up in global formats of suya and maafe, both of which present opportunities on U.S. menus. Photo Credit: Kristen Loken Photography   « BACK NEXT »                 Dish description: Suya beef skewers over maafe peanut stew with maple-braised rainbow carrots, roasted rainbow potatoes, kale and peanut-ginger-miso mushrooms, garnished with ginger-curry chickpeas Team representative: Godwin Ihentuge, Co-Founder of Yum Village, with locations in Detroit and Cleveland Can you describe the components of this dish? GI: In this dish, there were several elements that created a complex and...

This dish is an adaptation of moqueca, the Brazilian seafood stew, in which peanuts of all forms make an appearance. Photo credit: Kristen Loken Photography « BACK NEXT »             Dish description: Moqueca with peanut crumble grilled prawns & jaggery peanut sauce Team representative: Maya Feller, MS, RD, CDN, Founder/Lead Dietitian at Maya Feller Nutrition and author of Eating From Our Roots: 80+ Healthy Home-Cooked Favorites From Cultures Around the World (goop Press 2023) What was the team’s inspiration behind this clever interpretation of traditional moqueca? MF: We came up with the idea to make a peanut sauce for the grilled shrimp, loosely...

Tapping into the trend of creative applications with brown butter, one team used peanuts to modernize a classic meat-and-potatoes dish. Photo credit: Kristen Loken Photography « BACK NEXT »             Dish description: Grilled flat iron steak with a brown-butter peanut sauce served over whipped peanut potato mash with chiffoned asparagus and Maldon sea salt Team representative: Skye Estroff, owner/food expert, freelance social media and TV personality, Skye Estroff, LLC, based in Atlanta What do peanuts bring to a brown-butter sauce? How does this complement the steak?  SE: When our team was brainstorming this dish,...