Dinner! 2012

[rotuts]

Yeh! Egg Pizza. coming up soon here

maybe Pizza Ranchero!

[FrogPrincesse]

I love pizza with a farm egg and some cured meat (guanciale comes to mind). I think of it as breakfast pizza.

Did cassoulet just make an appearance on this thread? WONDERFUL. I need to make one soon. Sourcing the ingredients can be challenging and it does take a few days to prepare, but what an extraordinary dish.

A few days ago we had lobster ravioli with a saffron white wine cream sauce.

[Franci]

Tagliatelle is a favourite in this house. Soba, I like the fact the you use the grated cheese rather than shredded cheese so typical for Americans. I just think the texture of the cheese changes otherwise. My parents also adopted, out of laziness, a zester and I don't like it.

Tonight I made a baciocca, traditional ligurian potatoes and onion gratin with polenta and wheat flour. Salad and some prosciutto.

My husband would not touch it (he doesn't eat anything that looks like a cake to him), so again fried red mullets for him and a quick pastina in fish stock for the children

[Dakki]

Lovely work, everyone. dcarch, remind me never to show your photos to my friends again. It creates unrealistic expectations.

Heston's mac and cheese, v2. Served with fried chicken and a green salad. This time I decided to go with individual servings.

Really liking this recipe. I think next time I'll adapt it into a casserole, maybe with chicken, green olives and poblanos?

[robirdstx]

More comfort food tonight:

Corned Beef, Cabbage, Potatoes and Carrots with lots of leftover beef for sandwiches and hash this weekend.

Edited February 18, 2012 by robirdstx (log)

[ScottyBoy]

Always a plus to have a roommate that can "cook back" at you. Skirt steak, onion, romesco, crema, cilantro and lime.

[kayb]

Nothing tremendously exciting, but some decent meals in the past week.

Shrimp and grits.

Sweet potato and pulled pork hash.

Coq au vin.

[heidih]

Sweet potato and pulled pork hash.

They could use you in the Hash Cook Off - looks great

[FrogPrincesse]

Nothing tremendously exciting, but some decent meals in the past week.

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Coq au vin.

Coq au vin! I think that is very exciting, actually.

I need more details, please. What is your recipe of choice? And did you use an old rooster, or did you have to settle for plain old chicken?

Edited February 18, 2012 by FrogPrincesse (log)

[dcarch]

kayb, I find those dishes very exciting. Especially the Sweet potato and pulled pork hash.

Scottyboy, You are very lucky to have a roommate/cookmate who can cook so well. Amazing and sinful looking chocolate desert.

robirdstx, Nice corned beef. Which I will have to remember that can be enjoyed even it is not on St. Patrick’s Day. Pollo alla Calabrese for Valentine. I will copy you recipe for next year.

Dakki, Thnaks. That the most luscious Mac & Cheese I have ever seen.

FrogPrincesse, lobster ravioli with a saffron white wine cream sauce, Wow!

Dave Hatfield, Very nice blog. Thanks.

SobaAddict70, Thanks. That Tagliatelle, with Marcella Hazan's Bolognese sauce looks restaurant-ready.

Shelby, That is one unbelievable pizza!

Anna N, shrimp, hearts of palm and radishes - light and refreshing. There would be no leftovers if it were put in front of me.

patrickamory, Thanks. The beef pad prik king look so good, I will have to make it soon.

Franci, Thanks. Stunning fennel, tarragon salad.

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Still more Valentine’s Prties to go to.

dcarch

Sous vide Rack of Lamb with wild rice stuffed fennel

A friend gave me some Berkshire Pork shoulder, also sous vided.

[FrogPrincesse]

Very tired tonight after a long week, so we had a low key/no fuss dinner.

Baked citrus-crusted rock cod (recipe from Sam Choy's Polynesian Kitchen), white rice, and marron baby carrots from my CSA baked with coriander and white vermouth.

[ChrisTaylor]

Adam Perry Lang's 'garlic powder and instant coffee-crusted chuck roast'.

After smoking. All that oil and parsley? That's to do with his technique of 'seasoning' the chopping board. I have to try this with, say, some thyme leaves and such next time I grill a steak.

Some cos lettuce and tomatoes. Sauteed kipflers, too.

[Anna N]

Dcarch I am speechless. Chris, I watched Jamie Oliver employ that same technique of "seasoning" the prep board and keep meaning to try it.

Tamarind wings

with a side of roasted vegetables.

[ScottyBoy]

Amazing as always darch. Those stuffed fennel bulbs are awesome!

[rotuts]

AnnaN Id like to hear more about how you made that tamarind chicken

I always forget how much I enjoy tamarind.

[Anna N]

AnnaN Id like to hear more about how you made that tamarind chicken

I always forget how much I enjoy tamarind.

Here you go:

click

[kayb]

Franci, the recipe is Ina Garten's, here. And I didn't have an old rooster -- I had boneless, skinless chicken thighs from the supermarket. A reasonable substitute.

dcarch, I continue to be astounded at your creativity.

[ScottyBoy]

2 of my friend's chickens turned out to be roosters. Can't have them in the city it's coq au vin time

[mm84321]

"Beets and Leeks"

[heidih]

"Beets and Leeks"

And lobster or? The beet reduction looks intense. Taste description please

[mm84321]

"Beets and Leeks"

And lobster or? The beet reduction looks intense. Taste description please

The beet sauce is intense. But it is balanced nicely with the acidity from red wine vinegar and a little lemon, and the fat from butter. The flavors works nicely with lobster.

[Keith_W]

dcarch amazing looking Valentine's dinner there. I showed my wife your lamb cutlets arranged to look like a heart. Who would have thought to do that! It never occurred to me!

mm84321 stunning looking dinner as usual. Is that a Pommes Anna? Do you have a Pommes Anna maker? It looks perfect!

[mm84321]

mm84321 stunning looking dinner as usual. Is that a Pommes Anna? Do you have a Pommes Anna maker? It looks perfect!

Thanks, Keith. That is a pommes maxim; similar to a pommes anna, but only one layer. I just sliced the potato, brushed with clarified butter, and baked on a silpat in a 300ºF oven.

[Anna N]

Joined this cook-off today and made mafe:

[Keith_W]

mm84321, is your recipe for "Beets and Leeks" from French Laundry at Home by any chance?