Dinner! 2014 (Part 2)

[Dejah]

Thanks to Ann_T, never again will I boil corned beef brisket.

 

The slow, low roasting in foil produced the most succulent corned beef I've ever had!

 

Eaten with plain sauteed cabbage, cabbage sauteed with fresh curry leaves and cumin, and steamed carrots.

 

 

[Franci]

We had beef liver and roasted sweet potatoes plus salad

[Blether]

Three-bean chili; quick spicy brown salsa:

 

 

... and a piece of yon apple pie:

 

Edited April 15, 2014 by Blether (log)

[basquecook]

Looks great, Blether..   That meal looks as Japanese as Apple Pie.  

[huiray]

• Miso soup. Wakame not visible in pic, it's at the bottom of the bowl.

• Sliced beef stir-fried w/ plenty of thinly-sliced ginger & trimmed scallions, plus some chopped smashed garlic; w/ a sauce of Shaohsing wine, black sesame oil, oyster sauce and "aged soy sauce". 

• White rice.

 

 

 

Stuff for the stir-fried beef:

 

[Kim Shook]

Chris – thanks for the information re: the rosemary – I’ll definitely be making the rub.

 

Ann – thank you for the kind words!  I have to say that being raised with an English stepdad, your roast, Yorkie and gravy are MY kind of comfort meal!

 

Soba- every time I see a picture of those gorgeous radishes, I practically swoon.  They are exactly like the ones that we had in Paris, so seeing yours brings back both a flavor and a lovely memory!

 

Kate – gorgeous pork and spring rolls.  Love the trick with the sugar in the water!

 

Dejah – beautiful corned beef!

 

Franci – I loved seeing your beef liver.  No one but me likes it, so I never make it.

 

Came down with bronchitis last week, so not a lot of cooking got done.  On Saturday, we finished up the meatloaf finally - Grilled meatloaf with BBQ sauce, mac n cheese, fries and baked beans:

Very lazy meal – leftover meatloaf, boxed mac n cheese, frozen fries and fixed up canned beans.  But it was very comforting – just what we needed.

[Ann_T]

Dejah, your corned beef dinner looks wonderful.   Thanks to you, I pulled a small corned beef out of the freezer yesterday and we are having it roasted for dinner. 

 

Blether,  Beautiful apple pie.

 

Unpopular Poet,  Gorgeous Tomahawk steak.

 

A few of our meals this past week.

 

Chicken with green beans and black bean sauce.

 

Apple Kuchen with warm cream sauce.

 

Penne with homemade Italian sausage, zucchini and olives.

 

 

Wings with homemade TBQ sauce and homemade potato chips.

[TheCulinaryLibrary]

Asparagus crusted with marrow and parmesan, jamon ibérico, beef jus

Alaskan king salmon with marrow, chanterelles stuffed with shallots

Pommes soufflées

Amazing looking pomme souffle's there mm, so perfect and the photography is great

[TheCulinaryLibrary]

Shrimp, chayote, and spinach soup with lemongrass – Gently fried shallots, lemongrass, smashed red chiles, and shrimp paste. Added coconut milk, chicken stock, and cubed chayote and simmered until the chayote was nearly tender. Added spinach and shrimp and simmered until done, finishing with fish sauce and sugar. Served with jasmine rice and sliced cucumbers.

 

Dogs were comically interested in the shrimp paste. 

 

I don't read this Dinner post too often for just this reason! It makes me hungry!

[basquecook]

Miss K wanted sushi tonight and Miss A wanted a cheeseburger.  A juicy lucy to be exact.  I picked up three quarters of a pound of ground beef and martin buns.  

 

Toasted buns. 

 

 

Onions, lettuce, pickles, mustard, mayo, a shot of sriracha.  The meat mixture had 90 percent beef. So I added a pad of butter, a small spoon of hot korean bean paste, pepper and a little of my brisket rub.

 

Miss A had a juicy lucy, i had a 5 ounce burger flattened on the pan and topped with cheese.

 

 

Burgers tonight with extra rolls and cheese for a later time,  came out to $9.40.. I walked to the store and had the burgers finished before the 28 dollar order of sushi arrived.  I like cooking. 

Edited April 16, 2014 by basquecook (log)

[Steve Irby]

Tonight we had the first fresh corn of the season and it was delicious. Served with wilted spinach, carrots and turchetta.

The turcehtta was prepared over the weekend with a variety of other meats cooked sous vide and finished with a light pecan smoke. The sous vide session included turchetta, turkey tenderloins,turkey thighs stuffed with homemade chorizo, legs and wings seasoned with cajun seafood boil with lemon and butter, and pork two ways with five spice and New Mexico chili rub.

[basquecook]

Looks beautiful Steve.  

[patrickamory]

mm beautiful king salmon.

 

Blether gorgeous apple pie.

 

basquecook you're killing me with that pantry risotto.

 

One of today's dishes also is courtesy of basquecook, who hooked me up with a good source for frozen roasted Hatch chiles. Recipe was a blend of his and Kenji's from SE - ingredients were kept to an absolute minimum tho (i.e. no tomatillos etc.) Pork shoulder from Eataly. 3 hours at 225 F.

 

So - northeast (fiddleheads) to start, and southwest (chile verde) main.

 

 

[nickrey]

Variant on Daniel Humm Venison dish.

 

Served for 47 people.

 

Venison with Pear, Beetroot and Goat’s Cheese. In the middle of the pear was a bacon pannacotta topped with a mushroom, bacon and onion duxelle. The sauce was a reduced veal jus layered with blueberries, juniper berries, and chocolate. Venison was cooked sous vide then seared on a commercial flattop grill and rolled in a reduced veal jus glaze and topped with brown butter and juniper salt.

 

Edited April 16, 2014 by nickrey (log)

[SobaAddict70]

Poireaux vinaigrette à la moutarde et aux lardons ("leeks with mustard-bacon vinaigrette").

[Anna N]

Mushroom omelette with thyme and a side of carrot salad from My Paris Kitchen. I think that mushrooms and thyme are one of the most perfect of food pairings.

[Blether]

Warm onion tart; smoked trout; white turnip dressed in a safflower oil/kombu-ponzu/soy/grated onion vinaigrette with a dab of doppio concentrato and fresh-ground black pepper:

 

[Shelby]

That onion tart looks so good!  Lovely meals as always, everyone.  Waiting for Spring weather around here.  It got deliciously warm last week and then……it snowed.  Sigh.

 

So, to keep warm I made a venison pot pie

 

 

 

 

 

During the couple of Spring days we grilled pork chops and had cheesy brussels sprouts over baked taters

 

[gfweb]

Comfort food for the lingering winter dinners.

 

Meatloaf and mushrooms

 

Pepperjack Mac and Cheese Dumplings

 

Roast Chicken with Ann T's corn pudding

 

Steamed salmon and lemon risotto

[C. sapidus]

I don't read this Dinner post too often for just this reason! It makes me hungry!

 

Thank you, TheCulinary Library, awfully kind of you.

 

No pictures because we had guests, but we served grilled five-spice chicken, cucumber salad, regular salad, and fried rice. The chicken marinated overnight with ginger, garlic, soy sauce, five-spice powder, sugar, and oil, and then I added freshly-ground star anise while lighting the grill.

[patrickamory]

More pot pies please! Or savoury pastries of any kind...

[Plantes Vertes]

Could not resist copying SobaAddict's leeks vinaigrette (vegetarian version).

 

Edited April 17, 2014 by Plantes Vertes (log)

[Kim Shook]

Ann – I love chicken wings and yours are gorgeous.  I had to look up TBQ sauce – it sounds delicious!

 

Steve – fantastic sounding dinner – but my eyes kept straying to that CORN  !

 

Blether – was that turnip raw?  If so, I just might eat that  !

 

Shelby – what a beautiful pot pie!  Crust, gravy and everything else looked perfect and in just the right proportions.

 

gfweb – lovely dinner.  Isn’t Ann’s corn pudding delectable?

 

Last night my mother and Jessica came over for dinner and to decorate Easter eggs.  I made Dejah’s oven-fried chicken:

Everyone really liked this a lot.  I did it with chicken tenders since I had some in the freezer.  This was the first time I ever did oven-fried chicken that worked – nicely crunchy and moist.  THANK YOU, DEJAH!!! I served it with slaw and raw vegetables:

 

 

Dessert was pineapple and strawberries drizzled with chocolate sauce and sprinkled with toasted coconut:

[patrickamory]

I had more chile verde. This just keeps getting better in the fridge.

 

[Blether]

Hi, Kim.  Yes, raw turnip.  Shall I save some for you ?