Dinner 2015 (part 4)

[huiray]

Great dishes!

 

How do you clean the sand out from the inside of the bok choy.

 

They tend to be very sandy.

 

dcarch

 

Thanks, dcarch.

 

Looks like I didn't answer you!  Apologies.

 

I simply soak/float them in a tub of water with plenty of "depth" of water beneath the plants, swish them around a bit; then wash them plant-by-plant under a moderately slow-running tap, parting the leaves down to the stem as needed or if needed. (There's usually not that many plants each time when I find I need to do similar things)

[huiray]

Faroe Islands salmon (skin on, de-scaled) steamed w/ sea salt, ground black pepper, rice bran oil, chopped celery inner leaves/stalks, fresh lemon juice.  Yum.

 

Dragon Tongue beans (french-cut) sautéed then simmered down w/ sliced garlic & shallots in EV olive oil, de-skinned chopped-up Japanese Trifele tomatoes, halved unpeeled straw mushrooms (canned), fresh basil; plus a bit of sugar & a splash of vinegar. Seasoning adjusted. Eaten w/ angel hair pasta [De Cecco].

 

[scamhi]

grilled skinless boneless chicken thighs with sauteed broccoli and fresh buffalo milk mozzarella.

and 2010 Baudry Chinon La Croix Boissée in the glass

[rotuts]

Wow  Soooo  Wow

 

I do love Chinon as I spent several months in Tours while my parents were teaching there in mid '80's

 

FF = 11 to the dollar !

 

and indeed  I had several dishes that were very Touraine :

 

including various rilletttes from the market place and

 

a regional chicken dish that included the chicken's blood in the 'sauce'

 

thanks for showing me a bottle of Chinon again !

[BonVivant]

Steamed cod loin, eaten alongside some boiled potatoes and a plain salad (chervil, "lamb's lettuce", samphire, radishes, tomatoes). Roe and samphire provided all the salt. I always have some kind of green herb in olive oil so I did drizzle some on the fish before digging in.

 

 

 

Same food, different plates for contrast.

 

[scubadoo97]

Red beans and rice tonight. Diced peppers are poblano and habaneros

[huiray]

BonVivant, nice cod. Thanks for the pic of the fish with a piece flaked off - I guess you remembered! :-) 

[BonVivant]

Huiray: yes, I did.

 

Ideas for next times will be steaming ( 'Chinese style', but it will be a whole small fish or "steak" cut with skin and bones intact). Teriyaki, or with a miso crust (oily fish)

[huiray]

Edible amaranth in chicken broth w/ some garlic.

 

Fresh shrimp, hot pan, hot oil, sea salt, white pepper, black pepper.  Scallions as garnish.

The shrimp were bought live and brought home swimming in a bucket of water.

 

White rice.

[Nicolas Escudero Heiberg]

Hi, my first time posting on this thread. Very nice to meet you all and love reading about your creations.

Tonight I made hake SV with tempura mussels topped w/ smoked paprika and a sauce based on MCAH fish stock reduced with black garlic.

It's my first time making tempura (ISI whip) and as you can see, it stuck a little together. However, it was very tasty and I'll definitely make this again...

[rotuts]

aside from what looks delicious 

 

id like to hear a bit about the plate.[

[Doofa]

Hi, my first time posting on this thread. Very nice to meet you all and love reading about your creations.

Tonight I made hake SV with tempura mussels topped w/ smoked paprika and a sauce based on MCAH fish stock reduced with black garlic.

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It's my first time making tempura (ISI whip) and as you can see, it stuck a little together. However, it was very tasty and I'll definitely make this again...

Welcome to the finest online community ever. Lovely dish.........but what part do the three toes play in it's presentation.      . I too would like to hear about the plate. Your doing better than I, as I've never posted an image, so well done. D

[Tri2Cook]

Yesterday's farmer's market had Thai chiles available and I just happened to have some fresh local walleye on hand so I introduced them to each other via crispy fish with spicy garlic sauce. According to the recipe, "pla kapong keemao" should involve using a whole fish... but I didn't. The sauce consists of the chiles, garlic, scallions, cilantro, basil, kaffir lime leaf, fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar and black pepper. Regardless of the liberties taken with authenticity, it was tasty.






 

[scubadoo97]

Along similar lines...

Picked up some Hog Snapper while in Sarasota today.

Using the tail ends for a quick fish sandwich.

[huiray]

Miscellaneous meals made from leftovers augmented w/ new stuff.

 

 

Lettuce fried rice w/ green/purple yard-long beans, scallions, egg, etc.

 

 

Dragon Tongue beans w/ Japanese Trifele tomatoes, shallots, garlic, unpeeled straw mushrooms (canned), basil, sauces, etc; with soba noodles, couple of fried eggs & coriander leaves.

 

 

Fried rice w/ the pan residues from pan-frying fresh shrimp w/ oil, salt, pepper, plus scallions; with a couple eggs scrambled in and into the rice during the prep; plus residual shrimps. This was really good.

[Nicolas Escudero Heiberg]

Thanks all for the warm welcome! Really appreciate it...

The toes are mine. Cannot be eaten :-)

I had to look up the plates, as they were given as a gift from in-laws.

Apparently they're part of a homage to Eduardo Chillida, a renowned basque sculptor. The plates are from the museum dedicated to his work in San Sebastian.

Host's note: this delicious topic is continued in Dinner 2015 (Part 5).