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You can prick them with a knife to allow the overheated juices/fats to escape. Other than that, heating up slowly helps. If you intend to get a decent browning on the casing it will practically be impossible to keep the casing from splitting.

Wow … that’s a perfect meal. Of course you had me already at the Dirty Martinis, but the Bouillabaisse, the Cassoulet, the lamb … what a lovely addition to a great trip. Thanks for sharing 🤗

Leftovers turned into Mapo Tofu (100% dog-free) …

I would imagine if you order that combo in the right parts of downtown Seoul you might get an entirely different dish …

I fully subscribe to the description that the beans spend 30 sec at the peak temperature/peak pressure of the system, and that they are fully cooked to the liking of the individual consumer. What I try to figure out is what is the actual cooking time. @Anna N: you’ve made an excellent point on comparing the results with a blanch. That is submerging the beans into boiling water and keeping them there for some time to cook, before (likely) shocking them and serving. Cooking time will most likely be longer. @JoNorvelleWalker: my apologies - I have a very simplistic view on the world, and it based on thermodynamics: your cooking set-up will need to heat up. For me the best way to judge this is to know how much thermal mass has to be heated up before the cooking process starts. If your 4.5 kg Fissler heats up in just one minute to sustain a humid ~120oC cooking environment, I salute you on your heat source. I’d calculate also that time partially into the cooking time. If your Fissler is ok with shocking it under cold water to decrease the temperature rapudly and release the pressure within 10 sec I salute you and Fissler on a very sturdy piece of equipment. And I calculate that time into the cooking time as well. With that ~ 90 sec overall cooking time and the translation from a >100 oC pressure cook environment to a regular blanch (with better heat transfer) I’d think the 3-4 min I give green beans will usually end them up with a very similar bite & texture, which - as you asked for “what this had to do with the price of beans” - is all I tried to figure out. Many roads lead to Rome and I can now place your 30 sec beans into “my” cooking world. Thanks for that 🤗

I do not know about the dimensions and the thermal mass of the Fissler pressure cooker. Assuming it is like the cheapo Amazon Basics one I am using it will take a certain timeframe (and significantly longer than the 30 seconds at peak temperature you are envisioning) to reach said peak temperature. How do you factor that cooking time (even at ambient pressure it’ll cook those beans) into your equation ? And how long is it (usually) ? How is the decompression (“release”) time factored in ? Maybe those beans get a lot more cooking time than advertised …

Squid, bacon & cheese

Simply fantastic, @nickrey ! What a great spread, a great wine selection and a great society. Congratulations to you win as well - very well deserved 🤗

Quick weekday dinner - Okonomiyaki.

Very cool ! Yes, you definitely need to tell us more 🤗

Seeeeee … it works 😜

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You want rabbit ... you want rabbit ... you want rabbit ...

Pizza & Movie night … While the rest of the family was enjoying the (moderately cool) insides of the house, the cook had to fire up the Ooni at 30 oC and wait patiently until it reached suitable temperatures, only equipped with a refreshing beverage. Tonight selection: Salami & mushrooms (who knew ?) Grilled eggplant and sweet ham Half salami & Gorgonzola (and one mushroom, sliced), the other half capers, olives & anchovies Salami & Gorgonzola is Umami Central … All enjoyed with Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness … 😜

I know a certain someone here who will wholeheartedly agree with your choice 🤗

Ossobuco in bianco (e.g. the tomato-less variety, although I reduced the sauce quite some, so calling it bianco would be a stretch), served with the marrow bone and buttery mashed potatoes. Enjoyed al fresco …

That does it. If you ever decide to write a vegetarian cookbook, consider me your first customer. Plus, I‘ll cook all of the recipes and stay vegetarian until I am done … so nice 🤗

Perfect, @johnnyd, just perfect 🤗 !

True that. I was very curious how he would react and truth to be told the base wasn‘t that bad. And the stuffed crust was … different. So all good. We watched Edward Scissorhands and called it a day. He enjoyed, which was most important to me …

Little one is a bit under the weather. He got stung by a wasp on Tuesday, but seemed fine for the next day. The night from Wednesday to Thursday the bite got infected and despite a course of antibiotics & antihistamines tonight he got worse. It‘ll take a few days for his arm to return to normal, until then he is a bit sensitive with pretty much everything. So I took him out tonight for a trip of things he likes: going to the carwash (and letting him stay in the front row seat), getting an icecream and finally letting him decide where to shop for dinner. He chose Lidl. He has never been to Lidl before. Literally never. Once we arrived there it started raining cats and dogs. After enjoying 15 min of kids radio, we went in. They had „American weeks“ and he found a sausage-stuffed crust pizza in the „weekly offer“ freezer. Well … Wiener-stuffed „hot dog“ pizza (I added roasted onions and a mustard mayo dip for the crust). And a cheese-stuffed salami pizza. „American weeks“ 🤪 These were his first two frozen pizzas in his life. His verdict was that we could have this pizza again, but only on Fridays (Sunday is our Pizza & Movie night) and only in „maybe 5 weeks or so again“. Faith in the little one restored ☺️ For dessert he picked Macarons from last weeks French week. According to him they were good, but nothing compared to the one he had in Paris. I just love this guy 🥰 Finally, tomorrow morning will feature pancakes from a tub with hopefully a recovered arm on the little one. Weekend !

No worries, @rotuts. There was quite some backup 🤗

Trust me: you want this one.

My butcher had his fantastic coarse Bratwurst on offer. Whipped together a potato salad, grilled the sausage and served with Maille‘s garlic & sweet onion mustard and the best of all ketchups …

I repeat (as often as required): The best thing about home office is the canteen …

Yeap. Two locations: Wan Chai and Central. I was going „usually“ to the latter (at ~20€+ per pie not that often, though …).