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I also made this with the seared duck breast. I have to say, I really loved both. Like you, I'd never had kohlarbi or cooked radishes. Also, the duck breast recipe is phenomenal. I couldn't get over how amazing the flavor of that was with just a little bit of such simple ingredients.
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Exactly David. The amount of pork belly seems out of whack with the rest. I'm not going to judge until I try it later this evening though
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David, I found myself questioning whether or not to add all that pork belly once I got to that point, and went ahead and did it. I'm kind of questioning my sanity now! It really is a lot of fat. Also, the book says this serves 4. More like 40! I'm having a group of girlfriends over tomorrow night to eat it and sending them all home with some or I'm going to be eating this for two weeks and gaining 20 lbs!
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I've just read a good chunk of the Cassoulet cook-off thread and I need some talking off the ledge. I couldn't get my hands on the correct beans so I used great northern. When I cooked them, they fell apart and now resemble something a little closer to refried beans than whole, intact ones. I soldiered ahead layering in my dutch oven and it's been going through it's first baking for about 45 minutes now. Is there anything I should do? If this is messed up due to beans, I'm going to be so ticked!
Moderator's Note: This post was merged into this topic. For reference, it is referring to the Les Halles recipe
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I feel like the pastry chef at Uchi in Austin has experimented a little bit, but not gone full-blown molecular.
As far as seeing this in Austin, I just can't picture it. Yes, we're a little more adventurous, but we're also kind of poor these days. Austin is more about hole in the walls than anything else in my opinion.
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I don't have pictures because I haven't made this in forever, but my favorite sandwich is ciabata and on one side, spread paté and on the other, brie. Top with prosciutto and broil. The types of brie and paté varied depending on what they had at the market.
And this? Is why I'm on Weight Watchers now. Yay. Joy.
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I'm intrigued by how incredibly simple Thomas Keller's chicken recipe is - this would be perfect for a weeknight dinner. I looked at some of the reviews in the linked recipe and it seems that the high roasting heat produces a lot of smoke. How much smoke are we talking about? I live in an apartment and I'm not particularly keen about having it fill up with smoke!
I read about this all the time, but I've yet to have it happen to me. I don't know why this is. It's a great weeknight dinner! If it weren't so hot in Texas, I'd make it tonight. Unfortunately, my oven tends to heat the whole kitchen/living room at my house.
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I was also a little disappointed in this episode, especially with the Texas offerings. Tony was here in Austin earlier this year to do a talk and I was hoping he'd combine it with filming a Central Texas Meat episode. I mean, come on! We're a meat mecca in these parts!
Although, even though I'm not a conservative, I enjoyed the heck out of the Nuge segment. That guy just kills me.
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Thom Keller's Simple Roast Chicken is a no-fail recipe. You could add the potatoes to the pan to roast in the pan juices. For the beans, blanch them, refresh under cold water and dry, the saute in butter with pine nuts. Finish with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
This is the only method I use now, and it's absolutely incredible. It's my go to dish for company or just me. I swear, I've been known to eat close to the whole thing standing up at the counter...
I've turned a number of friends onto this method as well and they all swear by it too.
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Sprinkle on popcorn! I have Bacon Salt (I know, not even in the same class), but I didn't really know what to do with it at first and have found that it is the ultimate topping for popcorn.
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I'm so excited, I went to Super H in Atlanta last year and could have spent a week in there. Unfortunately, my sister-in-law was with us and pregnant at the time and she got really woozy and we had to leave. (But not before spending about an hour there.)
I think I'm going to have to suck up the gas prices and make a special trip to Houston from Austin with a cooler and have a day of fun pretty soon! Thanks for the great report and photos!
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First time posting to the Breakfast thread BUT sure do love lurking there!!!!! Here is my contribution.......
From The New York Times, Duck Confit Hash with eggs fried in duck fat, sliced tomato and toast.
I think I just died a little inside. God that sounds and looks amazing.
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It looks great, i think I have seen it where they also use white chopped chicken (bak chom gai)? and then pour the sauce on top.
But I think i like this version better, less bones to mess with and quicker too!
We just had this dish at a restaurant in Toronto and it was so good! It seemed stir-fried though...Thank you so much, I'm going to make this soon for sure!
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Top Chef inspired me this week! Cheese soufflé. It sure doesn't look pretty when plated though. Another argument for individual soufflé dishes...
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This thread never ceases to amaze me! Here's my contribution. The steak is just cheap eye of the round steaks marinated in soy, wasabi, ginger and chili garlic sauce. Potatoes were just boiled until tender and then put into a pan with sea salt, black pepper and olive oil. Plain old sauteed spinach on the bottom.
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It must be spaghetti and meatball week. I had it for dinner last night...didn't make it though, got it from Whole Foods
The night before, I was inspired by Heidi Swanson's 101cookbooks.com to make Garlic Soba Noodles. That's tofu that's been breaded with parm/breadcrumbs and baked until crispy on the top.
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I can't fry a sunny side up egg to save my life.
Good Lord, me either Zeke. It kills me too. Is there a video tutorial somewhere about how to do this?
Also? I can't cook rice to save my life. I think I just have a mental block about it. I need to just bite it off and buy a good rice steamer. Or keep buying the Whole Foods 365 brand frozen rice. I feel like such a cheater...oh the shame.
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We were supposed to finish them up Friday night, but Mr. Kim arrived home from work that night and abducted me! He walked in the door and said grab your toothbrush and clean drawers and come with me
! We got in the car and he had me pick from 4 different pieces of folder paper. The one I picked was East, so we took the slow road to Williamsburg, ate subs and good fries and bad Greek salad at a dive near Willam & Mary. We stayed overnight, had a terrible breakfast (the biscuits were microwaved so long you couldn't bite through them 
), drove home on a different slow road and I was back in Richmond in time for an 11:30 massage! Whew - it was a whirlwind trip, completely spontaneous and wonderful! So Mr. Kim had the last of the pot pies for lunch yesterday and dinner was fresh food 
Yay!!!! I cooked an almost-all-Marlene meal! We had her bleu cheese dressing on iceberg wedges, Ground Round w/ Red Wine Sauce and Crispy Smashed Potatoes. I also made butter beans. Everything was wonderful. Even though I messed up a little. I didn't realize until the patties were cooking that I was supposed to make 1 large patty and not 4 small ones. Still great. The potatoes were a giant hit w/ Jessica (the child), especially - those will become a regular thing around this house:
Wow! First, I need a whirlwind, spontaneous weekend like that. That sounds like so much fun! And second, that dinner looks exactly like what I'm in the mood for right now. Too bad today is a no cook day for me
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Hong Kong Style Sea Bass. The recipe is from Eddie Vs restaurant, and while I've never had it at the restaurant, I've made this at home twice and it's super easy and tasty.
That looks so delicate and delicious; almost melt-in-the-mouth. Please do post here as often as possible
Would you say the dry cherry could be substituted with Shaoxing wine (sounds traditional too)?
Also, are those greens spinach?
I'm not sure about the wine because I'm not familiar with it, but I say go for it! This is so easy that I can't imagine you could mess it up. And you're right, it really is melt-in-the-mouth delicious. The greens are spinach that I sauteed with some fresh garlic, olive oil and s/p.
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This is my first post to the dinner thread. I think I figured out how to do it correctly
Hong Kong Style Sea Bass. The recipe is from Eddie Vs restaurant, and while I've never had it at the restaurant, I've made this at home twice and it's super easy and tasty.
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I have the distinct feeling that your suggestion is going to be the best too
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Well, I made the ganache. I cooked 4 strips of bacon super crisp last night and drained them well. Then I put them in cream overnight. Today, I made the ganache but it broke. So I got out my electric mixer and it came together nicely. Since I have to fill these tonight, I stuck it in the freezer immediately to set up. Parts look great, but the parts that haven't set yet are separated again and there's definitely a little "grease" on top. It tastes good though. Just a hint of smokieness.
I also made a maple buttercream which is in the fridge right now as well. And I made bacon candy by roasting bacon well coated in brown sugar. I'll fill macarons with those two ingredients as well.
The macarons are sitting right now, getting their shell. But since I decided to add a little color to each batch (gel color) they are super runny. I can't figure out why that is. It's happened before when I try to add color to them. Is there a secret to coloring the cookie that I'm not aware of?
They'll go in the oven in a bit, then cool, then get filled and set in the fridge overnight. I'm going to serve them at the bacon party tomorrow, but I'm not sure they'll look great. Pictures and a report to come.
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Speaking of classic bacon combinations, you could try making a maple and bacon flavored macaron/ganache combo. I don't really know how one would do it, but I'm sure once the right balance is achieve it'd be amazing!
That is a great idea! And I have a good idea of how to go about doing it as well. I'm going to set out more eggs right now to do a batch that way as well
Thanks for the thought!
(That's just thinking with your stomach for you)
Breakfast! The most important meal of the day (2004-2011)
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Ah, looks as if someone else has been reading the Momofuku cookbook?
I'm planning on slow poaching my first eggs tonight!