Dinner! 2014 (Part 1)

[Ann_T]

Valentine's Day dinner - Homemade Sausage and Mushroom Pizza.

[scubadoo97]

Beautiful crust

[Baselerd]

Ann_T that pizza looks amazing. Care to share the recipe for the dough?

Here's a little salad I put together - marinated roast beets, comice pears, candied walnuts, goat cheese, arugula, spinach, and white balsamic vinaigrette. The beets were quite amazing - I scrubbed them and cut the tops and bottoms off, dressed them in olive oil, salt, sugar, a splash of water, and balsamic vinegar. Then they were roasted in tin foil at 400 F for 40 minutes, flipped, then roasted another 30 minutes. They were then cooled, peeled, cut into bite sized pieces, and marinated in the pan juices with some extra olive oil and balsamic.

Edited February 15, 2014 by Baselerd (log)

[robirdstx]

Our Valentine's Day dinner:

Grilled Lobster Tails for me

Grilled Rib Eye and Baked Potato for DH

A perfect bite - dipped in garlic butter!

All gone

Cheers!

[patrickamory]

Shelby you made egg rolls! I'm dying

Pasta puttanesca, anchovies are Ortiz anchoas a la antigua

[gfweb]

A few recent dinners, heavy on the comfort food in this frigging blizzard

Steamed salmon, mushroom risotto, bok choi

Pork potstickers in the pan and on plate

French Onion Soup, served with a baguette

Bratwurst, mash, braised spiced cabbage

[scubadoo97]

Mahi and roasted brussel sprouts

[Franci]

We had broken angel hair in beef stock. Beef shank and parsnip purée

Edited February 16, 2014 by Franci (log)

[dcarch]

Posted my Valentine's Day dinner here:

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/147014-valentines-day-dinner-and-festivities/

dcarch

[Paul Bacino]

So I had this little pc of Beef Brisket

I season it a day or two ahead -- I used French's Worcester sauce and Malbar blk pepper ( Heavy ) Vacuum seal

I got up about 6 AM to start-- I do most of this in the oven ( I know ) I get a roasting pan of water , up to temp pf 190F and put into a pre -heated 225 F oven. Then put the brisket on a raised wire rack about 8 " above the pan. With my therma-pen inserted into the thickest pc of the meat, I'm at about 8 AM and I reduce my temp to 190F. Off to run errands.

We get back at about the 7 hr mark, I set up my smoke ( Weber Electric Bullet ) _ I'm using a base of Hickory ( this is shredded) and topped with Red Post Oak ( this is larger cuts and needs the embers to smoke )

I smoke one large pan of chips, its about 1hr then I wrap in butcher paper and foil and back in the oven 225 till 160F internal temp.

WE did potatoes Agloit ( sp ) and Brussels sprouts--Served a 05 and 07 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountain estate Cab/Merlot blend

Paul

[rotuts]

looks delicious

"" ( Heavy ) Vacuum seal ""

would you comment a bit on this ?

Ive been meaning to learn about Vacuum as a food 'processing' technique

[Anna N]

looks delicious

"" ( Heavy ) Vacuum seal ""

would you comment a bit on this ?

Ive been meaning to learn about Vacuum as a food 'processing' technique

I'll be watching for a reply as I read it unambiguously as heavily peppered!

[weinoo]

Mojama and Benton's ham w/parsley and celery salad...

Amatriciana...

[patrickamory]

weinoo beautiful bucatini

[Shelby]

Friday I made rye bread using a King Arthur Flour recipe. It calls for pickle juice, instant mashed potatoes and dill seeds among other things. I used the same recipe a few years ago--I had forgotten how much I hated working with the dough. It's a VERY dry recipe. Very difficult to get the gluten to work up. And, it doesn't rise much. However, it tastes really good.

My husband corned a venison roast which I did in the slow cooker

Reuben using Boar's Head sauerkraut--best kraut I've ever had. Convinces me that I need to make my own. Also used a slice of horseradish cheese and swiss cheese and Thousand Island dressing.

Salad

Edited February 16, 2014 by Shelby (log)

[TicTac]

So I had this little pc of Beef Brisket

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Awesome marbling on that brisket.

[Kim Shook]

Bruce – your chicken with ginger sounds like something that I’d like a lot!

Basquecook – could you please explain ‘golden egg potatoes’? They look delicious.

Shelby – my house was very impressed with your egg rolls, soup and fried rice. I can make pretty good soup and rice, but I’ve never had any luck with egg rolls! Good job!

Huiray – we also loved your wontons! So beautifully formed.

Robirdstx – were those Trader Joe Korean ribs frozen?

Franci – that mondeghili sounds and looks delicious. I’ve never heard of that, so I looked it up and found a recipe that I hope to make when I have two good hands again! That’s the kind of thing that makes me love eG.

Ann – that pizza looks just perfect. I doubt my ability to produce such a pie and there is no restaurant near me that could either.

gfweb – love the potstickers. I seem to be gravitating to Asian today. Time for a trip to my favorite Chinese restaurant, I think.

A quick trip through our Valentine’s dinner - Roasted shrimp and olive-y pickle-y stuff:

Mini pitas, toasted baguette rounds, hummus with lemon, pâté de champagne and duck liver pâté with Port:

Cheese plate:

From 12 o’clock: Hervé Mons le Chartreux, Fabes Fontal Qtrs Lombardia, Cypress Grove Midnight Moon (an old favorite) and Cabot 3 year cheddar (another favorite – we get it at Costco and think it is a really superior cheddar).

Brie, chunked up and put under the broiler until soft and warm and topped with a little bit of fig preserves:

Salad:

Champagne and some silly little cupcakes from the Fresh Market bakery:

Because of expected snow, I wasn’t sure that I would be able to get out on Friday to get some really good dessert pastry so I shopped on Wednesday. I figured that the cupcakes would hold up for a couple of days.

My mother made vegetable soup yesterday:

I served it with old school grilled cheese:

White bread and American cheese .

[Shelby]

Kim, have I ever asked for your Mama's soup recipe??? I think I probably have…and I bet it's on your cookbook site, right? I just love the skinny noodles in there.

[jvalentino]

One of my favorite shapes, pacherri with meat sauce. I'm very burnt out on traditional Sunday gravy with its cooked down tomato taste. Lately when I make a meat sauce I start w a soffrito of carrot, celery and onion and cook that over low heat for 45-60 min. Add garlic and crushed red pepper and cook for another minute, remove from pan and set aside. Brown ground beef and pork then add soffrito and hand crushed San Marzano tomatoes. Simmer for 20-30 min and finish w fresh basil, butter, parm and olive oil. The sauce has a great depth of flavor with a fresh tomato taste. Good stuff.

[basquecook]

Dinner tonight with a few friends.

We started with salad. kale salad, lemon cream fraiche dressing leftover from Val. Toasted hazelnuts, macerated onions, blue cheese and pomegranate.

agnolotti with butter sage sauce. a little olive oil as I ran out of butter and then some pasta water. purchased at eataly. (i worked today) pasta was pretty good. i like to add chicken livers to my filling normally.

homemade stuffed artichokes

beautiful dry aged steak from Eataly.. Went well with a really nice glass of old red.

baked potatoes with the leftover cheddar.

I bought some sardines for dinner too but, didn't cook them up.

Edited February 17, 2014 by basquecook (log)

[Paul Bacino]

looks delicious

 

""   ( Heavy )  Vacuum seal ""

 

would you comment a bit on this ?

 

Ive been meaning to learn about Vacuum as a food 'processing' technique

I'll be watching for a reply as I read it unambiguously as heavily peppered!

This is correct.. ( heavy pepper ). my vacuum process.is to help impegnate the season and reduce blood aging..by oxidation.

[C. sapidus]

Bruce – your chicken with ginger sounds like something that I’d like a lot!

Thanks, Kim. If you like ginger chicken, my favorite recipe is from Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table. Nice cheese spread, by the way, the brie and fig preserves sounds particularly tasty.

Shelby – Now I have a major hankering for a Reuben

Keema matar – Onions, ginger, and garlic, chopped and fried with ground cayenne, cumin, coriander, and turmeric. Add chopped tomato and yogurt and cook until the tomato softens. Add ground meat (we used a mix of turkey and lean beef) and garam masala and brown. Simmer with water for a while, and then finish with peas, chopped jalapenos, cilantro, and lemon juice.

Stir-fried green cabbage with fennel seeds – Sliced onions and cabbage, browned and stir-fried with fennel seeds, cumin seeds, and sesame seeds, and cayenne, and then finished with garam masala and lemon juice. This is one of our absolute favorite dishes.

Turmeric rice – Temporary teenage daughter came for a visit and helped cook the rice. Pilaf-style Basmati rice with garlic, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, whole cloves, turmeric, and green cardamom, finished with sliced scallions.

[Franci]

Tonight I wanted the children to try something different for soup: zuppa imperiale. I enjoyed it but they didn't like the change.

[rotuts]

PB:

""" my vacuum process """

you add to a bag and vacuum seal ?

[Kim Shook]

Kim, have I ever asked for your Mama's soup recipe??? I think I probably have…and I bet it's on your cookbook site, right? I just love the skinny noodles in there.

Here's the link, Shelby: http://www.recipecircus.com/recipes/Kimberlyn/SOUPSandSTEWS/Momma39s_Vegetable_Soup.html

Be warned that it is mostly just a list of ingredients. And, though my mother uses no stock, I usually like to use chicken stock to thin it out. I like the flavor better with more than just water and tomatoes.