Dinner! 2007

[MiFi]

Endive, pear, and Haynes Point Blue Cheese Salad

Beef and Shitake Mushroom Stroganoff on toasted homemade bread

[David Ross]

Tonight I started with a Salmon Bisque. I used a recipe I got off the internet and not my own recipe. Didn't turn out to my liking so I decided not to post the photo. I plan on using my own recipe to make a lobster version of my shrimp bisque for the holidays. I'll post that one for you.

But the main, oh man was it delicious-Roasted Squab with Huckleberry-Balsamic Glaze served with a Roasted Squash Risotto. I added a small amount of ricotta salata along with the parmesan and that extra tangy-salty bite from the ricotta really punched up the flavors.

Do you ever make a dish at home and you just say "damn that is good!" As good as you might have in a restaurant? This was one for the must-have-again file.

[suzilightning]

Finally some time to cook. I had picked up a pork roast Thursday and marinated it in orange, lime and lemon juice, garlic, black pepper, fennel and olive oil. Roasted it on a bed of carmelized onions and served with a basic risotto and carrots and sprouts that i sauteed then braised in some broth then finished in a honey glaze.

The finished, plated product.

[jackal10]

College Guest Night

(I ate rather than cooked. Matthew Carter is Head Chef. World class. How he produces such quality for 100 people is beyond me)

Not mentioned is an amuse of pan fried scallops.

Desert included perfectly ripe VAcherin Mont d'or, fruit, truffles and petit four

Edited December 1, 2007 by jackal10 (log)

[JEL]

Do you ever make a dish at home and you just say "damn that is good!"  As good as you might have in a restaurant? 

once in a great while this happens....

mostly i say, "damn that was good, why can't i get food like this in a restarant".....

then i answer myself by saying, "because you live in a small town john"........

then when i go to bed i ask God to let me hang out w/ fat guy or jamie maw....

[C. sapidus]

MiFi: That salad is beautiful, and I would love to dig into your shiitake and beef stroganoff.

Mizducky: Nice ribs!

suzilightning: I love the brightly-colored carrots and Brussels sprouts.

Kim Shook: That looks like a lovely Thanksgiving meal.

Tonight we made beef stewed with star anise and lemongrass (from Into the Vietnamese Kitchen), “world’s best” braised cabbage (from All About Braising), and jasmine rice. Sort of an odd combination but they went together nicely, probably because both dishes included carrots and onions. Younger son’s “meat and potatoes” friend ate a healthy portion.

Bo kho

Braised cabbage and jasmine rice

[lexy]

College Guest Night [...]

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I assume this is high table ...?

[jackal10]

Indeed. Fellows and their guests (who shoukd not normally be family or spouse)

[Dejah]

Tonight we made beef stewed with star anise and lemongrass (from Into the Vietnamese Kitchen), “world’s best” braised cabbage (from All About Braising), and jasmine rice. Sort of an odd combination but they went together nicely, probably because both dishes included carrots and onions. Younger son’s “meat and potatoes” friend ate a healthy portion.

Bo kho

Braised cabbage and jasmine rice

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Bruce: That meal looks particularly comforting and satisfying in view of our recent cold blustery weather. I'll have to try braised cabbage. That would get me out of the usual stir-fried with ha mai or chop suey ( )mode!

[AlexNoir]

This is from a small dinner party I had last week...

Tartare of Kona Kampachi with Radishes and Wasabi Cream Sauce

Sweet Corn Soup with Avocado Creme Fraiche and Cilantro - from Suzanne Goin's "Sunday Suppers at Lucques"

Butter Poached Spiny Lobster with Sunchoke Puree, Roasted Beets, Chanterelle Mushrooms and Lobester Jus

Braised Short Ribs with Potato Puree, Root Vegetables and Braised Cippoline Onion - I forgot to take a photo of this one. Luckily one of my guests did and sent it to me.

Meyer Lemon Sorbet

"Le Kit Kat" from Michel Richard's "Happy in the Kitchen"

[tupac17616]

Momma's wonderful Yorkshire pudding (she sometimes has difficulties with them and they were great this time):

Pecan Chocolate Tart:

beautiful

[rooftop1000]

Tonights dinner was a tasty example of potage de surplus, last nights dinner still needs organizing before posting but it did include....

Wonton skin wrapped cocktail weenies deep fried...Trademarked by Amazing Hotdog

Sausage and beef (taquitos, empanadas) in Wonton skin deep fried

Same meat rolled in puff pastry

Pesto, anchovy and swiss rolled in puff pastry

Chipolte Spinach dip

Hummus

2 foccacia...1 turned into toasts

Crab salad

Deviled eggs

Crudite

Pepperoni and cheese platters

And a Ham with raspberry mustard to be served with foccacia squares

all made yesterday...by me

Oh and cake...not made by me

tracey

Edited December 2, 2007 by rooftop1000 (log)

[Marlene]

Tonight, dinner rolls from Bread Baker's Apprentice, roast pork, gravy, roast potatoes, and broccoli struesel gratin.

Tracy, just for you:

[purplewiz]

A couple of "homestyle" meals (read: not fancy!):

From a couple nights ago, spaghetti squash and meatball pie. I cooked the spaghetti squash, drained and cooled, then mixed with two eggs, a tbsp or so of flour to bind, salt and pepper, and then mooshed (technical term!) it into a greased pie plate and prebaked it until set. Then I filled it with halved cooked meatballs, topped it with about a cup and a half of sauce, topped with cheese, and baked until heated through and cheese was melted and bubbly. It was pretty good.

Tonight: the mushroom barley meatball soup out of November's "Food and Wine". I have a couple of tweaks I'd like to make, and I garnished with some of the leftover grated parmesan instead of sour cream, but this recipe is definitely a keeper. Easy and tasty.

Accompanied by a pear, gorgonzola, and walnut salad over greens with vinaigrette made with pomegranate vinegar.

Marcia.

[David Ross]

An experiment that seemed to work out pretty good-Large shrimp that I marinated in Smith and Wollensky steak sauce. I had chilled the leftover roasted squash risotto from dinner the other night, cut it in rounds, then sauteed it in olive oil for a 'risotto cake.' The base is just spinach sauteed in olive oil and then a slug of apple cider vinegar.

[MomOfLittleFoodies]

I've been craving beef stew lately, but couldn't find a recipe that I fell in love with, so I made one up on my own.

Beef, potato, parsnip, carrot, onion, garlic, bay leaves, smoked paprika, rosemary, oregano, beef broth, about half a bottle of 7 year old pinot noir and salt and pepper, simmered for about an hour yielded this.

The bread is pane rustico from Trader Joe's, cut in half with brie in there, I wrapped the bread and brie in foil and warmed it in the oven. Yummy.

Not a great picture... but on a whole I'm happy with the result.

[Ce'nedra]

Wow haven't been here for awhile (not THAT long) and there's been SO many delectable looking dishes! I shall be going through all the pages I missed and making requests

This page looks particularly comforting

Banh canh (Tapioca Noodle Soup) -this is from last week. I really love the chewiness of the noodles!

[mojoman]

Does anyone reference the dinners from the previous year (December 3, 2006 starts at post 17474, page 583) for current/seasonal meal ideas?

I do all the time.

I love this thread.

[Chufi]

Does anyone reference the dinners from the previous year (December 3, 2006 starts at post 17474, page 583) for current/seasonal meal ideas?

I do all the time.

I love this thread.

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I do that all the time, too. I also sometimes search within this thread for my own posts and then think wow that was good I need to make that again

Marlene those are some picture perfect dinner rolls!

[Marlene]

Thanks Chufi! I was particularly pleased with how this batch turned out. I think it was the best one yet!

[monavano]

Beef borscht. This version has a bit of a sweet and sour component from the addition of saurkraut, brown sugar, vinegar and honey. Recipe here.

Edited December 3, 2007 by monavano (log)

[DanielM.]

Fish cake with pickled onion and carrot, thai red-curry sauce.

Duck breast, celeriac purée, gai-lan, gooseberry sauce.

baby pancakes, caramel bananas, vanilla mascarpone cream.

[Bella S.F.]

A couple of "homestyle" meals (read: not fancy!):

From a couple nights ago, spaghetti squash and meatball pie. I cooked the spaghetti squash, drained and cooled, then mixed with two eggs, a tbsp or so of flour to bind, salt and pepper, and then mooshed (technical term!) it into a greased pie plate and prebaked it until set. Then I filled it with halved cooked meatballs, topped it with about a cup and a half of sauce, topped with cheese, and baked until heated through and cheese was melted and bubbly. It was pretty good.

Tonight: the mushroom barley meatball soup out of November's "Food and Wine". I have a couple of tweaks I'd like to make, and I garnished with some of the leftover grated parmesan instead of sour cream, but this recipe is definitely a keeper. Easy and tasty.

Accompanied by a pear, gorgonzola, and walnut salad over greens with vinaigrette made with pomegranate vinegar.

Marcia.

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[Bella S.F.]

I tried this once and it did not work. Here I go again. I am trying to copy something that someone else posted and add a question.

Tonight: the mushroom barley meatball soup out of November's "Food and Wine". I have a couple of tweaks I'd like to make, and I garnished with some of the leftover grated parmesan instead of sour cream, but this recipe is definitely a keeper. Easy and tasty.

I don't know if what I wanted to do worked. I'll find out when I press "Add Reply". If it did not work... I was trying to copy purplewiz's Mushroom Barley Meatball Soup from Food and Wine Magazine I have that recipe on the list of what to make over Winter Break. purplewiz, what "tweaks" were you talking about making?

Thanks!

Actually, if this did work this time, I am not really ahead of the game, because I am not sure what I did.

[purplewiz]

I don't know if what I wanted to do worked. I'll find out when I press "Add Reply". If it did not work...  I was trying to copy purplewiz's Mushroom Barley Meatball Soup from Food and Wine Magazine I have that recipe on the list of what to make over Winter Break. purplewiz, what "tweaks" were you talking about making?

Thanks!

Actually, if this did work this time, I am not really ahead of the game, because I am not sure what I did.

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It sort of worked...you need the QUOTE tags around the portion of the previous post you're quoting If you press the "" reply button, it gives you the whole of the posting you're replying to in the QUOTE tags, and then you can just edit that down as long as you leave the first and last QUOTE tags alone. Then you can just type your text after the closing quote tag! Does that help?

Things I'd tweak: since I wasn't using ultra-lean ground beef in the meatballs, I partially baked them off first, then added them to the soup. Unfortunately, they still left the soup a bit greasy for my taste (and I loves me my dietary fat !), so I think next time I'll parboil them first even longer, then drain and add into the soup. I know the recipe calls for ground sirloin, but around here we don't generally see ground chuck or ground sirloin, we just have 80% lean, 90% lean, and 93% lean. I suppose parts is parts.

Also, I thought the 1" meatballs were a bit large. I'd like to go to 3/4" meatballs so I have more of them. I thought they were a bit underseasoned, but then I realized I forgot to add in the salt and pepper.

The broth was outstanding, and so were the mushrooms. The parmesan was really, really good on top. Maybe I'd add a glug of sherry to finish next time, maybe not. My husband asked if this recipe was a lot of work, because he'd like to see it again.

Oh, and since I live at altitude, I automatically planned for extra time for the barley to cook!

I hope you enjoy it when you make it and post pictures here!

Marcia.