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Tips on how to cook and bake with cannabis
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Jan 9, 2014
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Tips on how to cook and bake with cannabis
Most marijuana dispensaries carry plenty of edible marijuana products, from sodas and truffles to ice cream and honey. But what if you want to whip up your own treats with pot?
WAKHIL, AFGHANISTAN - MAY 15:  Young marijuana plants grow in a field on May 15, 2011 in Wakhil, in the mountainous upper Panjshir region, Afghanistan. The farmer has been growing cannabis for three years and has seen the prices triple since 2008. This spring he is planting less wheat in order to increase his marijuana crops. Known as the world's largest producer of opium, the raw ingredient of heroin, Afghanistan has now become the top supplier of cannabis, with large-scale cultivation in half of its provinces, according to a 2010 report by the United Nations. Very soon the UN drug agency (UNODC) will release it's second report on Cannabis, releasing information on the rising price of the crop. Between 10,000 and 24,000 hectares of cannabis are grown every year in Afghanistan much of it made into Hashish, with major cultivation in 17 out 34 provinces.  (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
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Most marijuana dispensaries carry plenty of edible marijuana products, from sodas and truffles to ice cream and honey. But what if you want to whip up your own treats with pot?

Most marijuana dispensaries carry plenty of edible marijuana products, from sodas and truffles to ice cream and honey. But what if you want to whip up your own treats with pot?

How best to cook with marijuana to create something delicious but not too potent? Julie Dooley, one of the owners of Julie and Kate Baked Goods in Denver, join the show with some tips on how to incorporate cannabis into delicious pastries. 

But what if you want to plan an entire, multi-course meal around marijuana? This isn't some bizarre Iron Chef challenge, it was a real live event held last spring, sponsored by the restaurant Starry Kitchen.

The meal included everything from a pot consommé with wild boar, partridge, ginseng and leeks to a marijuana infused rum cocktail. Chef Laurent Quenioux of the pop-up restaurant Bistro LQ was the mastermind in the kitchen. He dropped by earlier to tell me about this epic meal.

Underground Pop-Up Weed Dinner Recipe

Green Congee, Monkfish

1 pound net filet of Atlantic Monkfish
2 tablespoons of infused cannabis coconut butter
1 bunch basil
1 bunch epazote
1 bunch of fresh canna bis leaves
1 bunch of spinach
8 tablespoons of infused cannabis oil
Salt, pepper to taste
3 cloves of fresh garlic
1 pound of ready-to-use cooked congee
2 tablespoons of butter

In a saucepan, blanche all leaves (epazote, basil, spinach, cannabis) for two minutes, then drain and cool. In a blender, add the blanched leaves, salt and pepper, garlic, 3 tablespoons of water and the cannabis oil, and blend until the mixture is a smooth consistency.

Warm up slowly the congee and stir frequently

Cut the monkfish in four nice pieces, season with salt and pepper, and sautee for 3 minutes on each side in a saucepan with the coconut butter. Mix the pesto into the congee and add the butter.

Spoon the cannabis congee into a shallow bowl and top with the sautéed monkfish. Decorate with a fresh cannabis leaf.