Dinner! 2012

[mm84321]

Beautiful as always

Thank you. The manchego worked so well with all of the other flavors. I'd highly recommend you trying something like it for one of your dinners. It's very simple and very delicious.

[Jmahl]

Gumbo today. Second try and now I wonder where you, gumbo, have been my whole life.

[patrickamory]

lochaven I could definitely go for those meatballs.

I made yet more beans tonight - this time just anasazi beans from Kalustyan's. For once I didn't do the no-soak - instead a 3-minute boil followed by a 4-hour soak. Then about an hour's simmer with garlic, shallots, Mexican oregano, carrots and salt. Absolutely delicious.

[kayb]

There have been so many wonderful meals posted this week, I won't event attempt to call them out. With one (well,two) exceptions: Shelby and dcarch, your Fat Tuesday meals were absolutely astounding. Shelby, if you're making your own olive relish/salad for the muffaletta, and I feel pretty sure you are, I'd love a recipe. dcarch, the whole meal is gorgeous, but the pepper masks really topped it magnificently.

The only thing I've cooked this week:

Sous vide ribs. Not bad. I'm getting there.

[ddelima]

Jmahl... your gumbo looks great!

Leek and Jerk Beef Risotto with Red Wine Reduction for dinner tonight.

[C. sapidus]

Kim – Thank you! I could definitely get comfortable with your comfort meal.

Wow, I go away for a few hours, and the number of amazing meals that appears overwhelms my ability to comment.

Beef Panang with sliced red bell peppers, Jalapenos, onions, and lime leaves, over jasmine rice. Elder son was in a hurry to eat and go out, so I put him to work slicing and dicing.

Stir-fried gai lan with black bean sauce, garlic, chiles, and fish sauce. Improvised, after I realized we were out of oyster sauce.

[kayb]

My turn tonight to cook dinner for a co-worker who recently gave birth to a big baby boy.

Pot roast with onions, potatos, carrots, rosemary.

Roasted broccoli with orange zest and pecans.

Bread (actually, this is mine. What I took to them was from the same batch, as rolls. See blog in a day or so for details.)

And pear upside down cake.

[FrogPrincesse]

The only thing I've cooked this week:

Sous vide ribs. Not bad. I'm getting there.

Wow these ribs look fantastic.

Tonight we had grilled local pastured chicken.

On the side we had caramelized carrots baked with Lillet, coriander, and herbes de Provence.

[SobaAddict70]

Late (really really late) Saturday dinner.

"Roots and greens."

Right: Oven-braised winter vegetables (carrots, Japanese and American turnips, black radishes and hedgehog mushrooms).

Left: Tatsoi salad, dressed with a hazelnut vinaigrette (hazelnut oil, lemon juice, salt, black pepper).

Spaghetti with mussels, garlic and winter greens.

[ScottyBoy]

Seen a lot of pasta with clams/mussels lately. Need to rock it myself!

[rarerollingobject]

Lovely meals, all. Very inspiring..I now have a major hankering for Swedish meatballs, but..my guilty pleasure, the Ikea kind. Shall I just turn in my eG membership card now?

RRO, I'd have to turn mine in, too, for the same reason! And they're so wonderfully cheap ...

Heh..come sit by me, Rico, we'll eat together..

[mm84321]

Blanquette de veau

Stilton with kale and apple

[Franci]

mm84321, really liked you last meals.

David Ross, very clean looking your bone marrows. Look great.

Patrickamory, I'm not a big beans eater but I envy you Kalustyan's very much.

Xilimmns, I like your picture and the risotto looks cooked just right for me.

Soba, did open the mussels on the stove and then took the mollusks out? Or did you open them by hand, collect the mussels and water and then cook? To me the mussels look a little dry. I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but spaghetti with mussels is a specialty of my hometown and it tastes so much better to cook the raw mussels (no shell) with their water then opening them with shell on the stove. I remember though, when I lived in the States, that mussels (and clams) had less water than back home. If you try, let me know what you think.

Tonight we had stuffed lamb's hearts from Nose to Tail. I like it.

[SobaAddict70]

mussels were steamed with white wine before being added to the sauce. don't be fooled by that pic, the pasta wasn't dry at all, as there was olive oil, mussel juice and a little fish stock in the mix.

I don't add cheese to pasta with seafood, usually, either.

[Franci]

mussels were steamed with white wine before being added to the sauce. don't be fooled by that pic, the pasta wasn't dry at all, as there was olive oil, mussel juice and a little fish stock in the mix.

I don't add cheese to pasta with seafood, usually, either.

MMmhhh, I truly didn't want to sound offending and if I did I apologize. I didn't say that the pasta looked dry (not at all) but the mussels yes, a bit. Since 99% of the recipes call for steaming the mussels in advance, I was offering an alternative cooking method which in my opinion gives a much better result. If you or anybody else want to try, I'm curious to know your opinion.

[patrickamory]

Mussels look delicious.

Used the tagine for the first time tonight. Algerian chickpeas, with couscous and harissa:

And a salad of leeks:

[SobaAddict70]

Roast chicken, with pan-glazed winter vegetables (carrots, Japanese and American turnips, black radishes, fennel).

[ChrisTaylor]

Keller's pork hock recipe from Bouchon w/ Israeli couscous, 'slaw and an English mustard vinaigrette.

[ddelima]

Ham and Pea Soup, from Heston Blumental's at Home cookbook. The ham and vegetables broth is the major flavoring agent on this soup and it worked really well.

[Keith_W]

Wow, it looks fantastic Xilimmns! If it is not too much trouble, could you make a post in this thread along with comments about what you thought about the recipe and you would do differently if anything?

[lochaven]

Beans, Pot Roast and that great looking roast chicken. This is the best place to plan future meals. Thanks.

[ddelima]

Wow, it looks fantastic Xilimmns! If it is not too much trouble, could you make a post in this thread along with comments about what you thought about the recipe and you would do differently if anything?

You got it Sir. I hope you try it and let me know the results!

[MiFi]

Curried Carrot soup w/Pumpkin Seed oil

Fondant de Canard, roasted potatoes

[MrsSheepish]

Oooh! I'm loving the canard dish, I'll have to get Sheepish to get some duck in.

Last night, we had a chicken tagine and an adapted spring vegetable couscous from Claudia Roden's Arabesque. Normally, I would do a basic plain couscous but because it was a Sunday, I wanted to dress it up a little. Here it is!

[mm84321]

Sweetbread with ginger, onions, rhubarb, and radish