Dinner! 2011

[C. sapidus]

Mmmm, lasagna . . .

Slow-braised beef with potatoes – seasoned with ginger, star anise, cinnamon stick, dried chiles, dark and light soy sauce, rice vinegar, and chile-bean paste. The potatoes absorbed the flavors of the sauce nicely. Served over jasmine rice.

Stir-fried green beans and red bell peppers with fermented black beans – with sliced garlic, rice vinegar, and sesame oil.

[Franci]

Hi everybody. It has been years since I posted on this thread. Lately I've enjoyed very much your dinners. I have a baby and a preschooler and dinner times can be challenging. I'd like to partecipate when I can and if I manage to photograph our food.

Last night we had anticuchos, veal heart kebabs from J. McLagan's Odd bits and a salad of quinoa, celariac and apples by Y. Ottolenghi. Unfortunately we cannot use a charcoal grill or gas in my building so we have to resort to a cast iron grill but I really love heart texture.

[nikkib]

welcome back Franci - looks great!

[Norm Matthews]

My son's cousin is here from California to visit her dad and other family for a couple of weeks. He was visiting her at noon and brought back some Korean food for us. There are some yaki mandu and dulkgogi (?sp) we also have a couple of flat iron steaks in the refrigerator and he is going to make some bahn mi sandwiches.

[Norm Matthews]

Correction: He made cheesesteak sandwiches instead.

[heidih]

The gorgeous and cheap portobellos have been calling to me the last few days. Stuffed mushrooms need some revival props. This rendition included hot Italian sausage, egg white, crumbled herbed cornbread, lots of fragrant parsley, and a generous amount of feta. I am still sighing with contentment a good hour later.

[ChrisTaylor]

A 'salad' assembled from a pre-mixed (but not dressed or fake--just, basically, chopped vegetables) coleslaw, seared lamb fillet, sliced white onion and tomato. At some point I'll get around to assembling dessert: mango, fig, passionfruit, apricot and a glass of '85 Armagnac.

[robirdstx]

Sorry to have been mia in this thread for so long. So many awesome looking meals here this fall!

Dinner last night,

started with a thick layer of marinara in a baking dish

which was topped with crispy breaded chicken breasts (I used panko and fried the chicken in olive oil);

then the chicken was topped with a lot of grated parmesan and mozzarella and was baked in a 400F oven.

Baked just until the cheese melted and browned a bit, about 20 minutes.

[Franci]

Tonight we had minestrone and some bone marrow on toast

[mm84321]

Marrow looks delicious.

[SobaAddict70]

*shakes snow-globe*

Is this thing on?

A few recent meals:

"Fusion" spinach salad -- spinach, chanterelles and rocambole garlic, sautéed in French butter, with ricotta cheese, toasted nori and ebi furikake

Mediterranean-style fish and shellfish stew, partially adapted from this NYT recipe

Yellow wax beans, with lemon, garlic, Italian parsley and mint

Broiled cod, with cranberry-orange-almond relish; roasted potatoes and carrots; spinach and greenhouse tomatoes cooked in olive oil

"Eggs n' things" -- Onion and leek, cooked until meltingly soft, and combined with roasted cauliflower; topped with a poached egg and some salmon roe.

Left: shrimp with garlic and parsley

Right: warm chanterelle, fennel and cauliflower salad

Penne with fennel, mint and breadcrumbs (adapted from Mario B's "Simple Italian Food", with a few changes)

[ddelima]

My mouth is watering right now after seeing these pictures... Great job!

[Shelby]

*shakes snow-globe*

Is this thing on?

A few recent meals:

"Fusion" spinach salad -- spinach, chanterelles and rocambole garlic, sautéed in French butter, with ricotta cheese, toasted nori and ebi furikake

Mediterranean-style fish and shellfish stew, partially adapted from this NYT recipe

Yellow wax beans, with lemon, garlic, Italian parsley and mint

Broiled cod, with cranberry-orange-almond relish; roasted potatoes and carrots; spinach and greenhouse tomatoes cooked in olive oil

"Eggs n' things" -- Onion and leek, cooked until meltingly soft, and combined with roasted cauliflower; topped with a poached egg and some salmon roe.

Left: shrimp with garlic and parsley

Right: warm chanterelle, fennel and cauliflower salad

Penne with fennel, mint and breadcrumbs (adapted from Mario B's "Simple Italian Food", with a few changes)

Soba, I've missed you! I hope all is well and these meals are making me hungry!

[Franci]

Very nice meals, Soba! I particularly like the shrimp dish and the poached egg and roe.

I thought I picked an easy meal but it was sort of a flop. I made the roasted quails in pomegranate molasses from Ad hoc at home and sweet potatoes with maple and pecan from Ottolenghi's book. I'm used to cook quails the Italian way:they need to be fully cooked. My (American Chinese born) husband didn't like the "undercooked" quail, he thought both the quails and the sweet potatoes were too sweet (I agree) and for him it was a dish too complicated to put together.

My parents thought the flavors were very good, just the quail was not cooked enough. My mom cooked one quail for my son, her usual way, and indeed I think it was much more enjoyable for my taste as well. Maybe I could put the quails on a spit in the oven and baste with the pomegranate glaze.

Edited December 22, 2011 by Franci (log)

[Franci]

Tonight we decided to open the paletta de pata negra 5 jotas we got for Christmas, so we got that for appetizer and then breaded sweetbreads and artichockes.

Pata negra is definitely on my top ten (or maybe five) highly rewarding foods. Very happy. I'm going to miss that when we move back to the US

[ScottyBoy]

Oh god that ham! I was sitting down with a friend talking about some of the jam I brought back from San Sebastian a couple years ago.

There's been talk of sweetbreads on the forum lately, makes me want to get some and fry them up golden delicious like those...

[Mr Holloway]

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas

This thread has been amazing to follow this year

You are all very talented cooks and so helpful to share

I hope everyone has a great holiday and a safe and happy New Year

Shane

Edited December 24, 2011 by Mr Holloway (log)

[rotuts]

many thanks for the pic, including your Dog and the Stove!

Ive had Three Dogs, a Shepherd and two Labradors.

your dog looks very happy. give him a nice hung.

[Dejah]

Traditional, in our family, Christmas Eve prime rib roast - with some chicken fingers and Butter chicken for the two who prefer chicken to beef... It was a 5-rib cooked at 225F for 5 hours - pulled at 140F and rested for 35 minutes while Yorkies cooked...

Dessert was 9 different kinds of baking - exchanged with different members of the family. No trifle this year. Saving the extra calories for another big meal and cheesecake tomorrow!

Merry Xmas everyone!

[Genkinaonna]

Dejah-What a lovely holiday meal! And what a beautiful little girl helping you eat it!

Ravioli for dinner last night: Chicken, feta, and spinach with alfredo sauce, 5 cheese with marinara, and (my favorite) potato, mascarpone, and proscuitto with white wine butter sauce, roasted tomatoes, and arugula. I only got pics of the last ones, the others got devoured too quickly.

And for dessert, chocolate chestnut buche de noel...which was so good for something I put together on the spur of the moment when I realized I was out of butter and couldn't make the cake I was planning on making...

[patrickamory]

Chilaquiles tampiqueños verdes:

[Jmahl]

Today beef bourguignon that was prepared yesterday but oh so good today.

Seasons Greetings to all and keep up the great cooking from around the world - it is truly wonderful.

[Norm Matthews]

36 hours ago I was not planning to do anything for Christmas but Cassie and Charles wanted at least a little something and made suggestions. Cassie wanted roast chicken, Charles wanted honey teriyaki game hens so I made both, then more "suggestions" followed, then they decided to invited some of their friend and it ended up as you see below. I had everything grouped for a picture, then the kids came and started setting the table and spaced everything out.

The roast chicken

the vegetable tray with dip- somebody ate the star I cut from celery before I could take the picture

[robirdstx]

Great looking spread, Norm.

It was just the two of us for Christmas dinner this year, so I roasted a couple of turkey thighs instead of a whole bird,

but we still had our traditional sides.

[gfweb]

Great looking dinners!

Here's what we had.

Xmas lunch. Smoked pork tenderloin, blackened onions, cranzins, candied walnuts and spinach with a cranberry vinaigrette. Great smoke ring! I cold smoked the pork and then cooked sous vide. This way I got more smoke into the meat I think.

Dinner table

Potatoes au gratin

Red wine/soy infused onions. A topping for the beef filet that I forgot to photo

Dinner rolls that didn't rise adequately, but tasted fine.

Kale

No photo of the whipped smoked sweet potatoes.

Edited December 26, 2011 by gfweb (log)