Breakfast! 2016 (Part 3)

[Anna N]

14 minutes ago, rotuts said:

do you spray or butter the PR first ?

  I buttered it.  

[pquinene]

On 10/16/2016 at 3:43 PM, ProfessionalHobbit said:

There is definitely a marked difference between weekday eating and weekend eating at Casa Hobbit.

 

Like today's breakfast:

 

 

 

5 leeks that have been cleaned and trimmed. Lay in a steamer basket set atop a pot filled to 1/4" depth with cold water.

Bring water to a boil, then steam the leeks in a covered pot for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.

 

 

 

 

Pre-heat oven to 325 F. Split the leeks in half and lay them side by side in a roasting pan or baking sheet. Season with salt, black pepper and olive oil. Roast leeks for 30 minutes.

 

 

1 quart shelled cranberry beans with enough cold water to cover, a pinch each of salt and black pepper, and a couple of rosemary sprigs, and 2 tbsp. olive oil.

Bring to a boil, then reduce heat so that the beans simmer. Simmer for 30 minutes, then drain. Use half of the beans for the salad whose recipe follows, and reserve the remainder for another dish. Reserve the bean cooking broth if you like.

 

 

Clockwise from upper right: 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 3 tbsp. julienned red onion in ice water; 4 tbsp. red wine vinegar; 3 tbsp. diced pancetta; 1/4 cup coarsely chopped parsley.

Let the red onion sit in the ice water bath for 5 minutes, then drain and reserve until needed.

 

 

1 head radicchio, thinly sliced.

 

 

Fry the pancetta until crisp. Drain, reserving 4 tbsp. pancetta drippings. Lay pancetta atop paper towels to drain off the fat.

 

 

 

Combine radicchio with pancetta, cooked cranberry beans, red onion, red wine vinegar, pancetta drippings, extra-virgin olive oil and parsley. Taste for salt and black pepper, then serve immediately.

 

 

 

Roasted leeks with fried egg and shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, with radicchio, pancetta and cranberry bean salad.

WOW!!!!

[scubadoo97]

Ahhh, the weekend!

 

Another round of pan roasted breakfast potatoes and a cheese omelet to start the day.   

[kayb]

Having been on a (homemade) yogurt and (homemade) granola kick for the past two or three months, that's what I had today, too.

 

[Ashen]

[blue_dolphin]

A few little polenta squares, broiled until crispy, topped with roasted onions with sage and balsamic vinegar and thin shavings of Pecorino Romano

I probably should have just shaved the cheese over top and left it instead of broiling as it all stuck together and was messy to eat.

I'd like this on greens, either raw or cooked, with a drizzle of the onion juices or some balsamic vinaigrette.   Should have thought of that.  Tasted good though.

 

 

[Anna N]

@blue_dolphin

Once in my life I managed to make polenta of the appropriate consistency to later cut into squares and fry.  May I ask what proportion of liquid to cornmeal you are using? 

[blue_dolphin]

I've been using a 1:4 ratio of cornmeal to liquid.  In this case, it was .5 cup of Bob's Red Mill corn grits to 2 cups of water with the pot in pot IP method (thanks to you!).  I usually get a first meal of a bowl of soft, spoonable polenta and pour the rest out into a parchment lined pan and let it set up for a couple of hours before cutting it up.  

[Ashen]

I know you didn't ask me but this is a pretty solid  formula.   I normally make my families recipe which is more of a polenta grassa  type recipe with milk , butter and wheatlets as well as corn meal . It changes these ratios slightly but  for straight up corn meal this works well. 

 

polenta calculation per 1 litre of water

300g cornmeal firm polenta
250g medium consistency
200g  loose consistency 

[Anna N]

On November 20, 2016 at 11:24 AM, blue_dolphin said:

I've been using a 1:4 ratio of cornmeal to liquid.  In this case, it was .5 cup of Bob's Red Mill corn grits to 2 cups of water with the pot in pot IP method (thanks to you!).  I usually get a first meal of a bowl of soft, spoonable polenta and pour the rest out into a parchment lined pan and let it set up for a couple of hours before cutting it up.  

Thank you. Expect to be somewhat pre occupied with non-food related activities for a short time but will surely give it a try soon. 

[Ashen]

photos aren't the greatest but this was tasty.. omelette with an aged cheddar beer sauce  made playing around with sodium citrate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[blue_dolphin]

Breakfast eggstravganza.....aka leftovers with a poached egg on top.  

A few squares of broiled polenta with some of the spicy sausage, Tuscan kale (avert your eyes, kale-haters ), leek, butternut squash filling I preped yesterday and a lopsided poached egg.  

[HungryChris]

A two skillet breakfast today. Duck eggs, stir fried zucchini planks and some porcine polenta, scrapple, with fresh salsa.

HC

Edited November 24, 2016 by HungryChris (log)

[Anna N]

 

I sautéed two boneless, skinless chicken thighs for my dinner yesterday evening but ate only one of them. With some bread just taken out of the oven an hour before, half of the second thigh made a fine breakfast sandwich. I could have guzzied it up I suppose  but I was still in the mood for simplicity. I am sure I will get over it. 

[blue_dolphin]

I used the rest of my leftover sausage/kale/leek/squash filling to make a polenta-crusted quiche:

 

With sliced persimmon from last week's farmers market:

[Anna N]

Wow!

[gfweb]

Ketchup/sriracha glazed corned beef hash

[Anna N]

 

Never, ever become distracted when poaching eggs. 

[Anna N]

 

Sometimes it's about the bread (and the butter).  

[scubadoo97]

It's always about the bread

[Nicolai]

Now that Thanks Giving is behind us. Xmas is on the doors, it is now time to put back the lost fat made obligatory for the summer swimming bodies.

 

This used to be a one way simple cookies and sweets and now this is degenerating into an international gluttony.

 

So, you need to prepare and/or purchase all these:

 

- Germany: Stollen

- Italy: Panettone

- France: Buche de Noel

- England: Xma's Pudding and Cognac Butter

- Xma's cookies (approx few trillions), Mince Pies

 

We have now placed an order for the Stollen and the Xmas Pudding.

 

The Buche de Noel will be made in house same with the German cookies and the Mince Pies.

 

For the pure sake of testing the tasting and in the Xmas spirit of being told off by my better half. Here are some pics of the Motta Panettone that we had this morning for Breakfast with German coffee.......as a dry run for Xmas 

 

As a foot note:

- The Bauli Panettone was kept away for Xmas morning.

- The German Dinkel Stollen is for Xmas coffee time with the German Cookies

- The Buche de Noel is for Xmas lunch

- The Xmas Pudding is for a flambee whenever we remember

 

Here is today's Motta Panettone, soft and fluffy and laden with raisins, candied fruits.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Anna N]

A somewhat untraditional interpretation of agedashi tofu (no daikon but lots of watermelon radish). 

 

[blue_dolphin]

Almost instant roasted squash soup from fridge contents:  leftover roasted butternut squash, roasted onions with sage, a small clove of confit garlic, a bit of roasted red pepper from a jar.  

Not shown are the last of a bag of frozen chicken stock, a little water and a squirt of sriracha.

 

Served with a dollop of sour cream.  Should have thought to thaw out one of those little loaves of roasted onion and sage quick bread.  Only so much thinking I can do before breakfast  and the toast was nice!

[liuzhou]

Boiled duck egg with bed bread toast.

 

 

 

[Anna N]

@liuzhou

 

Hmmm.  "Bed bread".  Rather glad I followed your link. Reassured me that we were not going to need any "viewer discretion is advised" warnings before reading posts.