Dinner! 2012

[Hassouni]

Been making some Japanese food lately and not documenting most of it - here's some chicken negimaki - pounded chicken tenders wrapped around scallions, marinated in homemade tare (aka "teriyaki sauce") and seared. I wanted to do this with beef, but that's the only thing the crummy Safeway had organic.

[robirdstx]

Panko Crusted Tilapia with Salsa Verde Mayo, Cabbage Slaw and Avocado

[patrickamory]

That's the most high-end scrapple I've ever seen

[Brown Hornet]

dcarch, first, two thumbs up and five stars for the scrapple dishes -- one of my all time favorite comfort foods.

Secondly, I assume you made your own since it's out of season right now. I've never made it from scratch but would love to try -- can you point me to any recipes?

[rotuts]

I love scrapple, yet have never heard of beef scrapple!

[rod rock]

Dcarch, your food looks amazing! So nice colors and decoration. Simply beautiful!

[dcarch]

Thanks guys. I didn't make the scrapples. Shoprite has them. I had not seen beef scrapple before either. Tasted about the same. just firmer texture.

Scrapple is great in fried rice, ravioli, omelets -------------.

$1.85 a lb.

dcarch

[FrogPrincesse]

This thread continues to be a great source of inspiration! Beautiful meals from everyone.

A few recent meals.

Roasted scallops with potatoes, leeks, bacon. The vegetables were roasted in the oven and developed a ton of flavor. The recipe is from Tom Colicchio's Think Like a Chef.

Opah with fennel puree.

The opah (moonfish) is a fish I've discovered in Hawaii. It seems a little dense on the picture, but it's actually quite delicate and very moist. For the puree (which is really a thick sauce) I used this simple recipe created by Richard Blais for Food and Wine magazine. The fennel and green garlic were from my CSA.

A little snack to nibble on before dinner - cherry tomatoes and mini cucumbers from Suzie's Farms.

Another night we had this amazing 3-inch Delmonico steak from my favorite butcher shop. It was grilled and devoured by three very hungry people.

I served the steak with grilled baby eggplants from Schaner Farms with zahtar and feta.

Then a few nights ago, as we were watching the opening ceremony for the Olympics, we had a salad of lettuce, cucumber and tomato with zahtar and mint, together with a canary melon (extremely sweet) and jambon de pays (a rustic cured ham from France).

The main course was a local white fish with red core Chantenay carrots and bagna cauda, toasted breadcrumbs - recipe from Lucques. The carrots were really the standout in this dish as they were very sweet and flavorful.

[C. sapidus]

dcarch – head and shoulders the most beautiful scrapple I have ever seen

frogprincesse – lots of gorgeous meals, but the jambon and mint salad jumps out for me

Red curry with chicken and green beans, aroma courtesy of our very happy Thai basil plant. Jasmine rice and Mrs. C’s un-pictured salad to go with.

[percyn]

Great stuff everyone !

Came across "drumsticks" (Moringa pods), which is native to India and grows at the foothills of the Himalayas, so I made it with some goat and added another vegetable called Gilora (like a Gherkin).

Drumstick Gohst - You suck the tender seeds from the pod, leaving the fiberous shell.

[Anna N]

Lamb kheema from a recipe in the current issue of Food&Drink (LCBO freebie magazine).

[rod rock]

This thread is something that i cannot miss every day! So good food, so many good cooking here....

[deensiebat]

Made a salad from Bon Appetit of fresh ricotta, grilled kale, and plums. Sprung for the good ricotta, and it was amazing.

[Hassouni]

braised daikon with ground beef, stir fried napa cabbage, tomato and arugula (because I guess it's like mizuna) in a sort of fake ponzu dressing, and silken tofu and spinach miso soup

[mkayahara]

That daikon looks delicious, Hassouni!

[Hassouni]

Thank you sir! All that glistening is beef fat, which makes me think it wasn't as lean as the butcher said...

[Kerry Beal]

Momofuku short ribs, cauliflower puree, quick pickled cucs, pickled carrots and pickled mustard seed - addictive little bastards those.

[Shalmanese]

I decided to do a Chinese feast tonight based on some produce I found at the farmer's market: vivid green broccolini, tiny asian eggplants and roma beans so fresh they still had their fuzz on them. I defrosted two lamb shoulder eye filets from a lamb I butchered a few months ago and made:

Cumin dusted, charcoal grilled lamb filet, sliced thin and served as is (Xinjiang)

Lamb and Broccolini with Oyster Sauce (Cantonese/American)

Fish Fragrant Eggplant from Fuschia Dunlop's book (Szechuan)

Roma Bean, Pork Rib & Potato Stew (Manchurian)

A Peach, a Plutot & A Heirloom Tomato for Dessert (Chinese in spirit)

I'm refalling in love with Chinese food again after a long hiatus as I'm slowly discovering the depth and soulfulness of flavors that Chinese Food has to offer.

[Mr Holloway]

Fantastic looking meals everyone

Tenderloin,spicy green beans,sweet potatoes and roasted red peppers

Shane

[Anna N]

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Momofuku short ribs, cauliflower puree, quick pickled cucs, pickled carrots and pickled mustard seed - addictive little bastards those.

That looks amazing.

[Keith_W]

Cooked this as my entree tonight. Soft centered nest egg:

As you can see, the egg has a perfectly liquid yolk. It is sitting on a "nest" made from deep fried corn silk, seasoned with paprika, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, and lemon zest. The timing for the egg came from Modernist Cuisine. The idea for the corn silk "nest" came from Ideas in Food.

Edited August 3, 2012 by Keith_W (log)

[avaserfi]

Chicken and waffles, although I used quail. The gel cubes are orange and strawberry. The fluid gel is sparkling wine.

[pastameshugana]

Keith - that looks and sounds incredible!

What sides / other dishes did you serve with this?

[Panaderia Canadiense]

I suppose I am a baking n00blet no longer, although in the future, investing in some parchment paper might be a good idea.

Invest in a good silicone baking sheet instead. Loads more versatile, takes up less drawer space, and reusable!

[Keith_W]

Thanks pasta. That was the appetizer. The rest of the dinner wasn't quite as photogenic:

Grilled hanger steak with deep fried cauliflower (from MC), deep fried Enoki mushrooms, blue cheese mash potato, fava beans, borlotti beans, and asparagus.

Edited August 3, 2012 by Keith_W (log)