Dinner! 2011

[rotuts]

Id be interested in what the "soil" tastes like.

Beets? cocoa? rye?

[kayb]

dcarch -- the brisket is absolutely mouthwatering. Gorgeous presentations, as always.

scotty, love the whimsy of the "planted" veggies!

[dcarch]

Thank you everyone. I appreciate all your kind words.

dcarch - beautiful presentation as usual. One question - how did you cook the baby carrots so that the stems were still green? Normally when I try that they turn an unappetizing dark olive colour.

Simple, I cook them in the microwave with only the carrot part covered.

dCarch - I love it! While not practicing, we've got Jewish heritage and I love your take on the meal.--

There is a personal meaning for me for the meal, not a really religious one.

The six carrots symbolize the Six Day War, in which a friend of my fought front line.

Survived the war without a scratch, but was killed by a drunken driver in NYC on his birthday, which was on the sixth day of the sixth month of the year.

dcarch

[Keith_W]

dcarch - beautiful presentation as usual. One question - how did you cook the baby carrots so that the stems were still green? Normally when I try that they turn an unappetizing dark olive colour.

Simple, I cook them in the microwave with only the carrot part covered.

I am sorry, I don't understand. If you cover the carrot part only - won't the uncovered part cook quicker? What do you use to cover it?

[mgaretz]

Tonight I made grilled salmon with a honey-mustard-orange-port glaze along with roasted brussel sprouts.

[dcarch]

dcarch - beautiful presentation as usual. One question - how did you cook the baby carrots so that the stems were still green? Normally when I try that they turn an unappetizing dark olive colour.

Simple, I cook them in the microwave with only the carrot part covered.

I am sorry, I don't understand. If you cover the carrot part only - won't the uncovered part cook quicker? What do you use to cover it?

The carrots were covered with a plastic container without covering the greens. When they were microwaved, the heat was retained inside the container and steam cooked the carrots while the greens were relatively un-cooked.

dcarch

[FrogPrincesse]

I love brussel sprouts! It's really an acquired taste for me as I hated them as a child.

Dinner a few nights ago was leftover short ribs (in the background; details in the Les Halles thread here) served with crispy brussel sprouts drizzled with a balsamic-port reduction. The brussels sprouts were inspired by a dish from a local San Diego restaurant (recipe here). They are cooked very briefly so they don't develop the bitter taste that can make them unpalatable.

[Shelby]

New little salad to plant root vegetables in as they come into season. Got inspired by a recipe from the Noma cookbook but as always made my own recipes for the components...

Edible soil is

rye flower

cocoa powder

almond meal

dried and coffee grindered red beats

melted butter

salt

superfine sugar

cooked in the oven for 4 hours at 200 and run through a fine screen

Retrograde potatoes blended with cream, champagne vinegar and butter then charged in an iSi.

Then blanched veggies, roasted chantrelles and water cress.

O M G I love this!

[Mr Holloway]

Such an amazing thread

Great job everyone, you are all constant source of inspiration

Had some leftovers from our Thanksgiving and decided to try a recipe from "Dinners, Drive-ins, and Dives"

Take your leftover turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing. Lighty mix, form balls and dip in your favorite beer batter.

Deep fry @ 350 til golden brown and served with your leftover gravy

Very tasty

Shane

[threestars]

That edible soil with veggies on it looks really awesome ScottyBoy! thumbsup!

[ScottyBoy]

Thanks everyone. I was actually able to pull it off tonight for one of my dinners for 9.

I think for the root veggie season it will be a regular on my menu!

[nikkib]

Mr holloway - those "leftovers" are making me want to roast a turkey solely for that purpose!! WOW! Now where did I put the bacon jam ;-)

[Mr Holloway]

Thanks Nikkib

The crunchy batter with the soft center, was tasty.

Not something you would do all the time, but a nice treat.

And yes, I must look into this Bacon Jam

Shane

Edited October 14, 2011 by Mr Holloway (log)

[ChrisTaylor]

The chicken 'bouillabaisse' from the Zuni Cafe Cookbook. Using, too, a loaf of Artisan Breads in 5 Minutes a Day.

[nickrey]

Had some leftover sous-vide cooked beef. Found this recipe in John Torode's "Beef" book (bit of adjusting as usual).

Slow cooked beef with Mache Salad, home-made pickled beetroot, and horseradish creme fraiche.

[rarerollingobject]

Had some leftover sous-vide cooked beef. Found this recipe in John Torode's "Beef" book (bit of adjusting as usual).

Slow cooked beef with Mache Salad, home-made pickled beetroot, and horseradish creme fraiche.

Nick, that looks lovely..clean flavours, very refined.

Less refined is my 'dinner'. I actually made this and ate it Sunday morning, but since I've been up all night on conference calls, it's effectively my dinner and thus I post it here!

KFC; Korean Fried Chicken wings (well, nearly - oven-baked as I hate deep-frying). Crispy and toasty, tossed in a sauce of gochujang chilli paste, minced ginger and garlic, soy sauce, honey, sesame oil and rice vinegar. I love the slow-burn of gochujang, there's no other chilli flavour quite like it.

[ChrisTaylor]

Another dish from the Zuni Cafe Cookbook: beef ribs braised in Chimay.

[Panaderia Canadiense]

Pizza dinner party: I supplied the seafood, meat lovers, and vegetarian stuffed-crust pizzas, my upstairs neighbours supplied their appetites. I'm dead on my feet - pictures tomorrow.

Edited October 16, 2011 by Panaderia Canadiense (log)

[Dejah]

Fish'n'chips for supper, with curry sauce and peas.

I saw a recipe in Aug. Bon Apetite - Eggplant fries and thought I'd give it a try. Followed the instructions but made the mistake of drying the "fries" too much before tossing them in the rice flour mixture. The first few ended up without "batter" but still good. The second batch, I added a little soda water to the rice flour mixture to make a batter. The eggplant fries were crispy on the outside and buttery soft inside. The za'tar in the rice flour was nice.

[tug]

We made a Thai Chicken Red Curry tonight. Not a single bite left.

[Mjx]

Fish'n'chips for supper, with curry sauce and peas.

I saw a recipe in Aug. Bon Apetite - Eggplant fries and thought I'd give it a try. Followed the instructions but made the mistake of drying the "fries" too much before tossing them in the rice flour mixture. The first few ended up without "batter" but still good. The second batch, I added a little soda water to the rice flour mixture to make a batter. The eggplant fries were crispy on the outside and buttery soft inside. The za'tar in the rice flour was nice.

This all looks fantastic, but the fried fish... would you mind sharing the recipe? I'm a bit of a fried fish junkie, to tell the truth.

[rarerollingobject]

And proper dinner; grilled snapper with salsa verde. And a very interesting salad of leaves from the wasabi plant. Never seen them before so snapped them up when I spotted them.

[nickrey]

That looks lovely RRO. Can you describe the wasabi leaf taste? If it's anything like I imagine, I suspect they would be great for rolling ingredients in like san choy bow.

Edited October 16, 2011 by nickrey (log)

[kayb]

Homemade ricotta gnocchi with Marcella Hazen's tomato butter sauce.

[rotuts]

Attn rarerollingobject:

Im very keen on learning how to make that KFC, if you are willing to share!

much thanks!

Edited October 16, 2011 by rotuts (log)