Kicking back in Manitoulin

[Kerry Beal]

 

Seen in our travels today.

 

 

Hop Toad

[Anna N]

 

Rib cap steak with grilled romaine and faux caesar dressing. 

[ElsieD]

@Anna N  Looks delicious!

[Shelby]

Oh yeah, that looks good.

 

Faux dressing?  Tell me more?

[Tri2Cook]

4 hours ago, Anna N said:

Never to be outdone ...

 

 

Kerry with the makings of Tepache.
 

Now it's a party! 

[Anna N]

43 minutes ago, Shelby said:

Oh yeah, that looks good.

 

Faux dressing?  Tell me more?

1/3 cup (75 mL) light mayonnaise 

3 Tbs (45 mL)  grated Parmesan cheese 

3 Tbs (45 mL)  lemon juice 

2 tsp (10 mL) Dijon mustard 

1 tsp (5 mL) Worcestershire sauce 

1/2 tsp (2 mL) anchovy paste 

1 clove of garlic, minced 

1/4 tsp  (1 mL) salt 

1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper

Whisk together then chill x 1 hour.  Should keep covered for a couple of days in the refrigerator. 

 Don't know who to credit. 

[Shelby]

1 minute ago, Anna N said:

1/3 cup (75 mL) light mayonnaise 

3 Tbs (45 mL)  grated Parmesan cheese 

3 Tbs (45 mL)  lemon juice 

2 tsp (10 mL) Dijon mustard 

1 tsp (5 mL) Worcestershire sauce 

1/2 tsp (2 mL) anchovy paste 

1 clove of garlic, minced 

1/4 tsp  (1 mL) salt 

1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper

Whisk together then chill x 1 hour.  Should keep covered for a couple of days in the refrigerator. 

 Don't know who to credit. 

Doing this.

[KennethT]

I do a faux Caesar dressing all the time but I just use lemon juice, olive oil, fish sauce, finely minced garlic, salt and pepper. Finely grated parmigiano goes on the lettuce just before the dressing... Love it.

[rotuts]

@KennethT  

 

mine is the same except I use TJ's Parmesean-ish and a 1-minute boiled / cooled egg

 

tha's right :  only one minute !

[Kerry Beal]

 

Lessons learned about Dorie's Corked Breton Galettes - add the filling while they are still warm. Get them out of the tart pans while they are still warm!

[Anna N]

Good morning.   It is rather a dull and dreary day.  Even with all the lights on it seems dark. 

 

 

 

 Breakfast is ciabatta, smoky blue and a handful of cherries. 

K

Plans for day include lamb meatballs with barberries from Jerusalem and perhaps @ElainaA's roasted cherry tomato sauce. 

 

 

 And because everyone deserves dessert after breakfast. That is stem ginger marmalade in the center.

Edited July 11, 2017 by Anna N (log)

[Anna N]

 

The mise for the meatballs minus the lamb which I left in the fridge. I added a garbage bowl after I took the photo. 

 

 Cinnamon, allspice, salt, pepper, barberries, parsley, onion, garlic, egg. 

 

 

The formed meatballs. In the interest of saving dishes I put them back in the bowl they were mixed in. They are resting in the fridge. 

 

Here's a link to the recipe. I reduced everything by ~ 1/3. 

 

Edited July 11, 2017 by Anna N
To add link to recipe. (log)

[JohnT]

18 hours ago, Anna N said:

 

Rib cap steak with grilled romaine and faux caesar dressing. 

 

Okay, here we go with what may appear to be a dumb question. When you say "grilled romaine", how do you actually "grill" it? I ask this as the term "grill" appears to be slightly different to what we, here at the pointy end of Africa, term "grill". Here it means to cook on a grill or grid over either a gas or charcoal fire or to cook under a salamander. I have the feeling (but may be totally wrong) that your term of "grill" for the romaine is to pan fry it. Could you please enlighten me?

[Anna N]

55 minutes ago, JohnT said:

Okay, here we go with what may appear to be a dumb question.

 Not a dumb question at all. But here it really was grilled. I brushed it with some olive oil, sprinkled it with some salt and Kerry grilled it on the outdoor barbecue over a propane flame. 

 At home,  because I do not use an outdoor grill, I will do it in a grill pan on the stove top. It works equally well.

[Anna N]

 

 The mise for the sauce. As you can tell my shallots are all over the place size-wise and I came up short in the amount required.  No worries I peeled and quartered an onion. I'm sure the world won't end.   Aside from the shallots and the onion you can say a sprig of thyme, two bay leaves,  sugar, salt pepper, wine,  chicken stock and figs. 

 

 

 The meatballs with some color on them. 

 

 The dish bubbling away on the  induction hob. 

[JohnT]

10 minutes ago, Anna N said:

 Not a dumb question at all. But here it really was grilled. I brushed it with some olive oil, sprinkled it with some salt and Kerry grilled it on the outdoor barbecue over a propane flame. 

 At home,  because I do not use an outdoor grill, I will do it in a grill pan on the stove top. It works equally well.

 

Thanks @Anna N, solved my problem. The reason I asked is that here I have never heard of grilled romain, so will be going to try it in the next day or two. Basically, when I give it a bit of thought, those romaine lettuce look a bit like baby Chinese cabbage although I know they are not. I have often found the fried heart of the Chinese cabbage in the Chinese restaurants, but have never thought about whacking a romaine lettuce onto the braai and giving it a whisper of your ceasar dressing before serving. Food for thought, as they say!

[Anna N]

12 minutes ago, JohnT said:

 

Thanks @Anna N, solved my problem. The reason I asked is that here I have never heard of grilled romain, so will be going to try it in the next day or two. Basically, when I give it a bit of thought, those romaine lettuce look a bit like baby Chinese cabbage although I know they are not. I have often found the fried heart of the Chinese cabbage in the Chinese restaurants, but have never thought about whacking a romaine lettuce onto the braai and giving it a whisper of your ceasar dressing before serving. Food for thought, as they say!

If you can get a bit of smokiness into them they are really nice.  But to my mind even better is grilled radicchio!  

Edited July 11, 2017 by Anna N (log)

[gfweb]

45 minutes ago, JohnT said:

 

Thanks @Anna N, solved my problem. The reason I asked is that here I have never heard of grilled romain, so will be going to try it in the next day or two. Basically, when I give it a bit of thought, those romaine lettuce look a bit like baby Chinese cabbage although I know they are not. I have often found the fried heart of the Chinese cabbage in the Chinese restaurants, but have never thought about whacking a romaine lettuce onto the braai and giving it a whisper of your ceasar dressing before serving. Food for thought, as they say!

 You might also consider braising (covered) in butter. Halved romaines brown -up deliciously.

Edited July 11, 2017 by gfweb (log)

[Anna N]

4 minutes ago, gfweb said:

You might also consider braising (covered) in butter. Halved romaines brown -up deliciously.

 I bet they do. Never thought of doing them that way. Love Belgian endive for you so I'm guessing I would love romaine done the same way.  Thank you for the idea.  

[Anna N]

 

Dinner. Meatballs with barberries from Jerusalem and a tomato salad from Aromas of Aleppo. A minor (since resolved) crisis involving iPhones  knocked me off my game and I forgot the final garnish on the meatball dish.

[Beebs]

I recently grilled wedges of red cabbage with a caesar-ish dressing, and also a grilled napa cabbage/sui choy.  Thumbs up!

 

I haven't done grilled romaine, but have had it elsewhere - it's lovely. How long did you grill it for? I'm worried about over-grilling it and turning into a limp pile of sad.  It's going on this week's dinner menu - thanks for the inspiration!

[Kerry Beal]

 

Had asked one of the nurses who's husband has an apiary for some beeswax as I want to make some canneles. 

 

 

Lunch today - the romaine with the left over dressing, bacon and croutons.

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

 

 

Was gifted some frozen black currents - PDF.

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

 

Drink tonight - think it might be called a Bitter Moe - but can't read my own writing and can't find it on line.

 

 

 

Grilled pineapple - rum, brown sugar, cinnamon 

 

 

[suzilightning]

3 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

 

Drink tonight - think it might be called a Bitter Moe - but can't read my own writing and can't find it on line.

 

 

 

DANG!!!! Wish I could still drink!!