Dinner! 2005

[Jake]

Elie, I second Daniel's comment, that looks absolutely delcious. Have you put the calzone recipe in RecipeGullet?

[Megan Blocker]

Elie, I second Daniel's comment, that looks absolutely delcious.  Have you put the calzone recipe in RecipeGullet?

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And I third it! That looks amazing...please post the recipe!

[FoodMan]

I am blushing!

Seriously though I never really use a recipe. I will go ahead and post a rough recipe in Recipe Gullet though. I'll post here once I do.

Edit: BTW, The homemade Ricotta is really important unless you have access to some good quality crumbly ricotta, not the supermarket grainy watery stuff. I will post a recipe for that too, which is actually based on instructions I got from one of the eG threads .

[little ms foodie]

yum that looks like such a perfect meal for today's stormy seattle weather! beautiful. I'm a fan of making your own ricotta also, it is very simple and I like the texture much better. I'll be interested to see how you do your Elie.

[misstenacity]

I've got nothing to compete with those beautiful calzones, but I coincidentally also made calzones a few nights ago and found a nice filling mixture which I'll use again.

(To fill one small 7" diameter calzone)

1/4c roasted eggplant, roughly pureed

1/4c ricotta (sadly mine was store-bought)

1 egg white

handful grated mozz for gooeynees

few dashes smoked paprika

The egg white helps to bind everything so it doesn't get too runny. I love the taste of roasted eggplant so this was a flavorful yet light filling. To make it heartier I might add cooked cubed or ground lamb. Yum!

Andrea

http://tenacity.net

[FoodMan]

I just posted the recipe, you can find it here: Sausage, Ricotta and Spinach Clazones

andrea another lovely calzone filling is lefotver eggplant caponata with smoked mozzarella.

I will post the ricotta recipe I use shortly.

[Malawry]

Tonight:

For me, hanger steak with Maldon salt and haricots verts with butter and balsamic reduction

For my spouse, fried panko-crusted chicken livers with spicy tomato sauce and a salad with bleu cheese dressing

Tomorrow night:

Spice-rubbed pork loin with apples, kraut and a Calvados-spiked pan sauce

Mashed potatoes, maybe

Sunday lunch:

Cuban-style sandwich with the leftover pork, which is the whole point of tomorrow's dinner.

[Jason Perlow]

Breaded Chicken Cutlets seasoned with sweet paprika, with Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Bacon and Apple tossed in Bacon Grease, and Mushroom Spaetzle a la Andre Soltner.

[little ms foodie]

Friday night date night at home

started with gingerini's, marinated olives and Point Reyes Blue with caars crackers

Then we made the veal chops stuffed with chorizo, leek, spinach and fontina out of last months F&W. served with mashed sweet potatoes with sage. 2001 Witness Tree Pinot Noir Select in the glass

[handmc]

15 gallons of red gravy for the "trout club" spag. dinner tomorrow night. After that I had no desire to eat.

[*Deborah*]

No pic (it's nothing special to look at) but I'm currently chewing on some rice I did up with a bit of gruyère and butter, and threw some peas in.

Late night, not feeling great, rice seems to be a good idea.

[liamsaunt]

The picture is too dark but it tasted good: chicken stew with puff pastry crust.

[handmc]

Foodman any chance you would post the recipe for that soup. It looks warm and comforting.

[Theven]

Really cool pics spaghetttti. One of my students was out of class for the breaking of the fast, she was telling me about some of the food her family eats for the celebration. Your pics brought it to life.

Daniel when am I invited for dinner =)

[spaghetttti]

We had fish curry tonight.

The fish is kakap merah, a type of red snapper...it weighed 2 kilos!

Smothered eggplant

Deep fried fresh anchovies.

Green chili sambal.

[Daniel]

Gorgeous photos Yetty.. Love the way you show the process through your photos..

[Daniel]

Really cool pics spaghetttti. One of my students was out of class for the breaking of the fast, she was telling me about some of the food her family eats for the celebration. Your pics brought it to life.

Daniel when am I invited for dinner =)

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When you bring your lazy self cross the bridge.. I am cooking for the parentals this evening , you are more then invited..

Edited November 5, 2005 by Daniel (log)

[spaghetttti]

Thank you so much, Daniel. Well, you know racheld likes the details

[Sid Post]

Thanks for the great post Yetty! Those pictures are awesome.

[Priscilla]

Wow what a great run of great-looking, delicious-sounding dinners. And, I am SO making my own ricotta just as soon as Elie posts his recipe.

Last evening, chicken butterflied and stuffed under the skin with sauteed onion, lowly boughten ricotta, fresh cooked spinach, hit of Parmigiano, s & p, breath of cayenne & nutmeg. Oh, breadcrumbs and an egg in there too.

Basted with schmaltz while roasting, and then removed to rest and cubed parboiled potatoes put in the pan to take advantage of the drippings while crisping up a little.

A little bacon cooked, sliced crimini mushrooms cooked in the bacon fat, nice little head of organic frisee from Whole Foods coarsely chopped and turned in the mixture briefly over heat, s & p, hit of Balsamic.

Seedy flatbread I'd made earlier. Sangiovese the guy at the wine store had recommended for Thursday's braised lamb shanks and saffron risotto.

The rich leftover sauce from those shanks is intended for tonight's pappardelle, followed by little rib chops fried in Parmigiano crust as per Marcella Hazan and a nice salad. At least that is the plan, unless the pasta gets hexed by this premention. Seedy LBB baguette. Nero D'Avola.

[Chufi]

Wendy, sweet potatomash with sage, what a great idea. That's on the menu here soon I think!

yetty, those eggplants look beautiful.. could you tell me more about the recipe, what's it called?

more Dutch fare over here..

Musselsoup:

and smoked eel rolls:

[the g-man]

^

that is a good looking soup.

[Daniel]

Chufi can you describe the eel rolls more.. So pretty..

[Chufi]

Chufi can you describe the eel rolls more.. So pretty..

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the recipe is here in the Dutch Cooking thread

[*Deborah*]

Oh, Yetty! beautiful!

Some Vancouver eGers are making pasta tonight, I am sure there will be many photos later!