Dinner! 2014 (Part 3)

[Anna N]

Sv'd ribeye with romaine done a la huiray (blanched quickly in water to which oil has been added).

[huiray]

• Ground pork stir-fried w/ baby garlic (sliced crosswise), cincalok, baby onions/large spring onions.

• Wild rice [bineshi].

 

 

[scubadoo97]

Chicken Tikka Masala last night

Not a great photo but tasted good

[Ann_T]

Kim, your short rib pie looks spectacular.  

 

Baselerd,  stunning photo.

 

My son has been visiting for the week so I'm still making  some of his favourites.   Unfortunately, he doesn't like pork or seafood so that leaves chicken, beef, more chicken and beef.

 

Last night's dinner.

 

Pollo Alla Marengo

 

 

Blueberry Pie for dessert.

 

 

Italian roasted chicken with a side of pasta.

 

 

Burgers again.  This time with homemade potato chips.

[suzilightning]

Right now pork loin in the slow cooker to be served with some tomato couscous and a margarita salad.  Leftovers I'm thinking of thin slicing and serving with a jus and some leftover mashed sweet potatoes  and broccoli salad.

[CatPoet]

So I thought I would do Kung Pao chicken to night and then  my brain said wait, make chicken fried rice  and two second later it screamed biryani and I ended up with this that is sort of a mix of them all but it was yummy.

 

[mm84321]

Risotto Milanese with zucchini blossoms

[patrickamory]

Great-looking meals, Ann (pie, especially!), huiray, scubadoo (no need to be ashamed about that photo), CatPoet (what could be better than Kung Pao meets biryani), and I'm sure everyone else!

[merstar]

Peppercorn-crusted filet mignon, baked potato, and salad. Vanilla ice cream with homemade hot fudge sauce for dessert.

[huiray]

Thanks, Patrick and all.

 

Tonight:  Chicken livers & snow peas.  Eaten w/ Fuzhou-type skinny wheat noodles (min6 sin3), cooked the usual way.

 

Trimmed & cleaned chicken livers were marinated w/ Shaohsing wine, "aged soy sauce", corn starch, a bit of sugar.  Trimmed snow peas were blanched in salted water, chilled, reserved.  Thinly sliced ginger & scallions trimmed into 2-inch pieces were sautéed in hot oil, the livers added, allowed to sit for a short bit then cooked/seared/tossed till the "leaking bloodiness" was almost gone.  Chopped de-seeded hot long green chillies added, followed shortly by the remainder of the marinade plus a bit of water, stirring the mixture.  The reserved snow peas went in, plus some ground white pepper, and everything stirred/tossed for a minute or less.  Served.  A riff off this recipe; proportions also altered.

 

Edited June 25, 2014 by huiray (log)

[Shelby]

Venison meatloaf (with a little ground pork added), taters, brown gravy and steamed buttered brussels sprouts.

 

[Norm Matthews]

Venison meatloaf? Yum.  Makes me wonder about lamb meatloaf. 

[CatPoet]

Oh Now I miss my friend´s fathers venison meatloaf , lovely and  flavorful and secret ingredient was half a banana.

[scamhi]

Halibut last night. roasted in a hot oven with olive oil and a little white wine in the roasting pan. Topping is panko, parsley and shallot

 

[Paul Bacino]

Nice..Suz

[Baron d'Apcher]

 

Risotto Milanese with zucchini blossoms

 

1000 pardons, but it would appear to be Fregula rather than risotto.  

A handsome dish nonetheless, and a blossom filled with a yolk and fried would be worth the while.

[mm84321]

You've caught me. I use the term risotto loosely, I suppose. 

Lobster with new vegetables à la Grecque

[Norm Matthews]

Very artistic and tasty looking meals everyone. I found some shrimp and Louisiana Killer Shrimp Boil liquid in the freezer so defrosted them, shelled shrimp, got some mussels, green beans and romaine lettuce. I cooked the mussels in the shrimp boil first, then the shrimp.  Pasta boiled, garlic sauteed in butter, a pinch or two of red pepper flakes added and tossed with the pasta.  Green beans cooked with bacon, onions, and salt until tender, butter added.  Charlie will hardly ever touch salad but eats cooked vegetables so I tried something I have seen a couple people do here: blanching romaine in water with oil floating on top, and then sprinkled a little tangerine vinegar on it.  At least he ate it. 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 26, 2014 by Norm Matthews (log)

[huiray]

• Tomato soup.

Ripe tomatoes - blanched, de-skinned, halved; de-seeded & de-"jellied" into a fine-mesh large sieve, pressing through juices; broken-up meat & sieved juices simmered w/ a finely chopped large shallot sautéed in EV olive oil, with added water & julienned basil leaves.  Some sea salt, a dash of aged balsamic vinegar & a quick pour of hon-mirin [Takara].  Simmered for about 40-45 minutes.  Pulsed roughly w/ a stick blender.  Eaten w/ a drizzle of black truffle oil & basil florets & small leaves.

 

 

 

• Green salad.

Red-streaked lettuce, young romaine, spinach.  Dressed w/ balsamic vinegar (Modena 10-year), EV olive oil [Alziari], sea salt & ground black pepper.

 

 

 

Later:

• Fedelini with garlic, mushrooms & parsley.

About a head's worth of garlic, smashed, de-skinned, chopped - sautéed in EV olive oil [California Ranch].  Sliced marinated button mushrooms & halved straw mushrooms added & sautéed; chopped parsley went in plus some Old Bay spice.  Al dente fedelini [De Cecco] then tossed in the pan, some water splashed in & stuff stirred/tossed; covered for a few minutes.

 

 

 

On the way there:

 

The wine was Borsao 2013 Rosé (100% Garnacha).  No, it didn't go into the soup but went straight into me.

Edited June 26, 2014 by huiray (log)

[Kim Shook]

Soba – yes, the pie crust for the short rib pot pie was from scratch.  A very easy food processor method.

 

Norm – thanks for the date shake method.  I need to try making one before we scarf up all our dates!  Your mussel and shrimp dinner was a perfect summer meal – wish I had something like that lined up for tonight!

 

Ann – though I am a big fan of pork and seafood, the dishes you made for your son look wonderful.  How I wish I could get such a great crust on my roast chicken!

 

huiray – that liver and noodle plate looked and sounded delicious!

 

Shelby – I’ve arranged with my BIL to get some venison if he gets a deer this fall, so I may be asking for some advice.  Also – how do you make your brown gravy?  It looks perfect.

 

scamhi – beautiful, beautiful halibut!  I love how the pure, white fish contrasts with the vegetal panko!

 

One of Mr. Kim’s co-workers sent these to me as a thank you for all the treats that I send in:

 

So I sautéed some cremini mushrooms:

 

And made a mushroom and Swiss cheese omelet for Mr. Kim’s dinner last night:

[CatPoet]

Poor mans food  from France, Italy and Spain is always seen as something posh  and fancy, well here is typical  poor man food from Sweden.  I think it should get 4 stars!   I love my falukorv, I dont eat it often  but when I do I go for the expensive good brand.  Falukorv is  name protected and you cant  put any type of meat in it either  or fillers, so that is one of the sausages I can and will eat.

 

 

 

Fried with ketchup  potatoes and peas &corn.  YUM!

[Franci]

I made the Ottolenghi's turkey meatballs. How could I forget how much I detest turkey mince, or turkey in general...not a fan of this one, I'm afraid

[huiray]

Beef with zucchini & fennel.

White rice (Basmati).

 

The beef slices were marinated w/ Shao xing wine [Lam Sheng Kee], light soy sauce [Pearl River], ryori-shu [Morita], hon-mirin [Takara], ground black pepper, black sesame oil.  Hot pan, hot oil, plenty of chopped smashed garlic, beef slices, sliced trimmed fennel bulb; young zucchini, quartered, stir/toss around; rest of the marinade, cook till done.  Seasoning adjusted.

 

 

[Smithy]

Franci, that speaks to the power of good food photography. I have to admit that, despite your comment, your photos make me want to make them! :-D

Hiuray: beautiful colors, and great presentation. That looks really tasty.

[Shelby]

Soba – yes, the pie crust for the short rib pot pie was from scratch.  A very easy food processor method.

 

Norm – thanks for the date shake method.  I need to try making one before we scarf up all our dates!  Your mussel and shrimp dinner was a perfect summer meal – wish I had something like that lined up for tonight!

 

Ann – though I am a big fan of pork and seafood, the dishes you made for your son look wonderful.  How I wish I could get such a great crust on my roast chicken!

 

huiray – that liver and noodle plate looked and sounded delicious!

 

Shelby – I’ve arranged with my BIL to get some venison if he gets a deer this fall, so I may be asking for some advice.  Also – how do you make your brown gravy?  It looks perfect.

 

scamhi – beautiful, beautiful halibut!  I love how the pure, white fish contrasts with the vegetal panko!

 

One of Mr. Kim’s co-workers sent these to me as a thank you for all the treats that I send in:

 

So I sautéed some cremini mushrooms:

 

And made a mushroom and Swiss cheese omelet for Mr. Kim’s dinner last night:

Oh, Kim, I'm afraid you've outed me--the gravy is a store bought from Sam's dry mix.  Just boil water and stir it in.  I love it.  

 

I'd be honored to help with any venison questions--if I can't help you, then I know my husband can