Dinner! 2014 (Part 4)

[heidih]

Shelby thanks - that is interesting. Says it is powdered so is it puffing up then? Will have to see what Nina says. Hmmmmm- may have to reconsider the deep frying ban.....  Sauce sounds like a multi-layered winner too. 

[ninagluck]

it is pork skin, and I got addicted! pops like popcorn, but much more tastier! comes from sosa, but I am sure it can be done at home whenever someone has leftover pigskin, I don't ;-)

[ninagluck]

I bought the book from chef Glynn Purnell and this recipe jumped at me

[heidih]

I looked at several videos on the product and am still not clear. Nina - is it a damp product or dry? Do you think it is dehydrated pork skin in tiny bits? I ask because I don't think one could use a pork rind product like this they have already popped so trying to see how a home cook would do it without the purchased product. 

 

Pork rind product http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_rind

Edited August 9, 2014 by heidih (log)

[tug]

I bought the book from chef Glynn Purnell and this recipe jumped at me

 

Its a great book!

[ninagluck]

it is dry, comes in littlle nibs, but pops up. I would use pork skin from leftover curing bacon, dry it, ground it, that should be it

[Norm Matthews]

Dinner was pretty easy and quick.  Grilled strip steaks, grilled peaches (with raspberry jam and brown sugar) salad, garden tomato and baked potato.

 

[SobaAddict70]

Ricotta gnocchi with corn, chanterelle mushrooms and Sungold cherry tomatoes

Tomatoes, butter, oregano, sea salt

Melt butter until brown, add sliced tomatoes. Fry for 1 minute per side. Plate. Sprinkle with sea salt and chopped oregano. Serve.

Poached Copper River salmon (poached in water, white wine, thyme sprigs, parsley sprigs), served with a butter sauce

Green beans with anchovy and lemon

[percyn]

Rouget de Roche stuffed with swiss chard

Good to see you still making stunning dishes Max.

[suzilightning]

A vegetable lasagna modified from one in Chelsea Market cookbook.

 

Fresh pasta sheets, pesto oil ...dome mixed with some ricotta, oven roasted yellow and green squash and onion, red peppers and garlic.  All layered with Parmesan and Asiago cheeses and topped with some homemade marinara.  Baked and eaten with some ciabatta

 

Good but there was sooo much.  Would make it again using strained lactaid cottage cheese so the husband could eat it as well.  A great way to use up the squash.

[ninagluck]

chicken meets peas! crispy leg on a pea/vanilla custard, crushed peas

[CatPoet]

 

Austrian Goulash with semmelknödel.

 

 

False curd cake  for dessert, this is how it looked when the oven door didnt open up and  got baked to perfection.

 

 

Raspberry jam , whipped cream and false curdcake. YUM.

[Anna N]

Spicy, honey-glazed chicken thighs with a side of tomato and cucumber raita.

[SobaAddict70]

Green beans with herb-almond pesto and preserved lime

Tasty, even without the pesto and the lime.

It's a technique from one of Lynne Rossetto Kasper's books; salt the water, simmer for 10-15 minutes until tender, then drain and immediately season with salt, pepper and extra-virgin olive oil.

Orecchiette with uncooked tomato sauce

The sauce base consists of a soffritto of onion, garlic and basil, to which were added plum tomatoes and Sungold cherry tomatoes.

[huiray]

• Thai eggplants w/ shallots, Thai basil, chicken thigh meat, generous garlic (Music) and hot vegetable oil; and a sauce derived from a mixture of chili garlic sauce [LKK], chili paste with holy basil leaves [JHC], sambal terasi [Cap Ibu], palm sugar, fish sauce [Red Boat], light soy sauce (sang chau) [Kimlan] and sesame oil [Kimlan]. 

The sauce mixture was added to the chicken while it was frying w/ the garlic in oil at the beginning.

• White rice.

 

[cyalexa]

Huiray, thanks for noting brands

[Shelby]

I made the best white bread yesterday (see the bread topic).....I had to make it because my husband smoked a turkey breast and we NEEDED turkey sandwiches 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[weinoo]

 

Flying Pigs Farm's prok rib chop with pan gravy, pan-roasted new potatoes, Southern-style (i.e. cooked a lot) green and yellow wax beans.

[rotuts]

Shelby :  flat tots !  

 

brand ?

 

[Shelby]

Shelby :  flat tots !  

 

brand ?

 

Yeah, sometimes ya gotta mix it up a bit 

They are Kroeger brand.

[rotuts]

Ill look for them at Stop & Shop

 

come from the same MegaTot Factory Id bet

 

[Toliver]

Yeah, sometimes ya gotta mix it up a bit 

They are Kroeger brand.

Tater Tot-ettes?  

[rotuts]

A Full Week of Sodium in Every Bite !

 

just make them 'Extra Crispy'

 

mayo is a good dip

 

mayo + some SV egg yolks  ( 2 min / person / total expected quantity )  is also good.

[CatPoet]

 

Gardner's Stew,  the school version, in many schools this was made with soy grits  but not in mine, we had mince.  The proper  Gardner´s stew is made with big chunks of beef and vegetables  but the school version uses finely chopped vegetables and it is actually more  veg then meat, it is easier to get my husband to eat it when  he cant see the string beans, bell peppers,  parsnip, carrots, onion,  and celeriac .

[Dejah]

After a couple of weeks on the road, there is nothing more satisfying than getting back into the kitchen, cleaning out the fridge, and starting afresh with a clean fridge and lots of grocery shopping!

 

 

Craved liver and onions, but none to be had where we were, so the first supper at home:

 

 

This was followed by ho fun, beef and bitter melon