Milk Street RecipesAsked Jun 03, 2019 by Samantha V.
In the recipe for Cumin-Coriander Potatoes with Cilantro, the recipe calls for 1/2 cup white vinegar. In the ingredients list, the white vinegar links to the white wine vinegar for sale in the Milk Street store. Which type of vinegar is called for, white (like Heinz) or white wine/which do you recommend using in this recipe? Thank you!
Answered by Deb Steinfeld
The vinegar called for in this recipe is the white wine vinegar as the link implies. Plain white vinegar, such as Heinz, is usually referred to as distilled white vinegar. Hope this clears up the confusion.
Deb at Milk Street
Read MoreAsked May 24, 2019 by Mark B.
Have had enormous success with Milk Street recipes and have made it my go-to recipe source since subscribing. This is the first time I feel like I have noticed a typo in the recipe.
2 Tbs salt for 2 quarts water felt like twice as much salt as was needed. Still a 1/2 tsp salt and 3 Tbs salted butter to go after that, but it felt like the first boiling step was where the real saltiness happened.
Followed the recipe to a T, so I'm not sure what could've gone wrong on my end. I guess it's not really a question, just wanted to bring it to your attention!
Answered by Lynn Clark
Hi Mark - Generally, we cook pasta in 4 quarts water with 2 tablespoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt. This ratio creates starchy water suitable for most sauces. But some pastas, particularly ones with cream- or cheese-based sauces or ones where we really want to thicken the sauce, require particularly starchy water to prevent them from breaking. In those cases, we cook in just 2 quarts water and 1 tablespoon salt to concentrate the starches. For this recipe, Pasta with Potatoes, Gorgonzola, and Fried Sage, we are cooking both potatoes and pasta in the same water which is why we called for 2 tablespoons of salt. Potatoes are bland and need the seasoning as well. As Maureen mentioned, if you are using table salt or Morton's kosher salt (which has a finer grain) you should reduce the amount of salt by exactly half for table salt and just over half for Morton's kosher. I hope this helps! Best, Lynn C.
Read MoreAsked May 22, 2019 by Mark C.
This recipe looks amazing and can't wait to try it. It calls for four bunches of scallions. Is that four scallions? If not, how many scallions would you say there are in a bunch? If you shop at Whole Foods, you might get eight. If you get them at Trader Joe's the bag of scallions is enormous and there might be 12 or more.
Answered by Deb Steinfeld
Mark, Thanks for your question. A standard bunch of scallions is usually 7, 8 at the most. So this recipe would call for 28 to to 32 scallions. Sound like a lot but that’s is the corrrect amount.
Deb at Milk Street
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