Dinner 2020

[Margaret Pilgrim]

From sublime to ridiculous....dinner for granddaughter who is sleeping over tonight.   

Pork belly, mac and cheese, cauliflower and GREEN GODDESS DRESSING, a new adventure and new favorite food!

[heidih]

GM makes GG for GG. Seriously though that Momofuku love thing - Green Goddess in its many iterations rules. 

[robirdstx]

 

Pan Seared Pork Chops with Sautéed Mushrooms and Mushroom and Green Pea Jasmine Rice

 

 

[liamsaunt]

Old school style turkey tacos, rice and beans.  I have not eaten a crunchy taco shell since middle school.  

 

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

2 hours ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

From sublime to ridiculous....dinner for granddaughter who is sleeping over tonight.   

Pork belly, mac and cheese, cauliflower and GREEN GODDESS DRESSING, a new adventure and new favorite food!

 

Ridiculous?  What is ridiculous?  (Except for the cauliflower, of course.)

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

  

11 hours ago, Ann_T said:

@JoNorvelleWalker, would you please share your version of Chicken Cacciatore.  Most recipes are based on a tomato sauce I prefer it without. 

 

Recipe from The Romagnolis' Table (1975) -- perhaps my most well worn cookbook.  The mushrooms are my own addition.  Plus I usually cheat.  The Romagnolis instruct one brown the chicken pieces on all sides in oil, thus seasoning the floor and wall.  Sometimes I do this (if short on time and I don't mind a few burns on my hands and face).

 

Better, in my opinion, to cook the chicken parts sous vide.  Then dry carefully and brown in the CSO.  What I showed in the picture was about 10 minutes on 500C steam broil.

 

Meanwhile I sautee the mushrooms and garlic (I do like garlic) then add the chicken pieces along with handful of rosemary and a couple bay leaves (since Bugialli's probably not watching).  Then to the pan over high heat add lots of white wine vinegar.  Let that boil off.  Then add white wine.  Let that boil down a bit,  salt to taste, cover and simmer.  (OK, in truth I usually salt when adding the wine vinegar.)

 

Since by my method the chicken is already fully cooked, the braising time is not critical.  I braise for about 20 minutes.

 

When ready to serve, remove chicken pieces and keep warm.*  Add a bit of water to the pan and bring to the boil over high heat.  Should make an emulsion.  Return the chicken pieces to the pan and serve.  If mushrooms are not desired just leave them out.  But why would you?

 

 

*CSO of course.

 

Edited January 22, 2020 by JoNorvelleWalker (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

10 hours ago, mgaretz said:

 

Why does deionized water make a difference when vacuum sealing?

 

It doesn't.  The deionized water is to extract the kombu.  Can't make dashi with hard water.

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

 

Last night's oden repurposed as ramen.  Not as exciting but got the job done.

 

[rotuts]

@JoNorvelleWalker 

 

The Romagnolis' Table (1975) is a fine  book.

 

they had a fine cooking show on WGBH  , BOS PBS  back when it as a real PBS

 

and they opened a restaurant in Salem , N of Boston  

 

I loved the show and went to the restaurant several times

 

excellent food , Northern Italian  , not Red Sauce Italian

 

it didn't last very long.   People might have been looking , back then

 

for Italian American.      nothing wrong w I.A.food

 

but its not Northern Italian

Edited January 22, 2020 by rotuts (log)

[Paul Bacino]

Made some Menudo,  this weekend.  RG Hominy

 

 

[Paul Bacino]

Was a nother souper day!!

 

French Onion Soup

 

 

Not the traditional make!!

[Captain]

Dinner done over coals on my little Webber GA.

[weinoo]

 

Ends Meat grass-fed porterhouse, about 1.75 lbs. Only aged 21 days as that's what I wanted, trying to break Significant Eater into the funk slowly.

 

Reverse sear, oven at 225℉, till the steak reached about 115° internal temp. Then slammed in cast iron.

 

Served with green beans and roasted baby potatoes. Cabernet Sauvignon from Stonestreet.

[TicTac]

20 minutes ago, weinoo said:

 

Ends Meat grass-fed porterhouse, about 1.75 lbs. Only aged 21 days as that's what I wanted, trying to break Significant Eater into the funk slowly.

 

Reverse sear, oven at 225℉, till the steak reached about 115° internal temp. Then slammed in cast iron.

 

Served with green beans and roasted baby potatoes. Cabernet Sauvignon from Stonestreet.

 

Hard to tell from the pic, but did you put any seasoning on it besides black pepper?

 

Huge fan of dry aged steaks - a local butcher (Cumbrae's) that supplies most of the top restaurants in Toronto puts out some amazing beef and has an 8 week aged rib-eye that is out.of.this.world.

 

 

[weinoo]

Just salt and pepper.

[weinoo]

This butcher, Ends Meat, has beef aged from like 2 weeks to 4 months. Some of that stuff looks funky!

[Dante]

On 1/20/2020 at 8:59 PM, heidih said:

 

Green or ripe mango?

 

Ripe

[Robenco15]

Chicken Ballotine a la Jacque Pepin
 

[weinoo]

I had to make one of those in cooking school. In 1994.

 

It was the only one I ever made.

[Robenco15]

38 minutes ago, weinoo said:

I had to make one of those in cooking school. In 1994.

 

It was the only one I ever made.

Lol, this is the second time I’ve done it. I like it! Pretty easy and comes out great. 

[scubadoo97]

40 minutes ago, Robenco15 said:

Lol, this is the second time I’ve done it. I like it! Pretty easy and comes out great. 

I’ve done it twice. Mostly because I just wanted to learn to do it.  

[Robenco15]

4 minutes ago, scubadoo97 said:

I’ve done it twice. Mostly because I just wanted to learn to do it.  

Yeah, you get it. The first time I tied it up no problem. This second time I couldn’t figure it out for some reason, lol. It worked out in the end. 

[liuzhou]

Fried fresh ramen with chicken, garlic, ginger, shallots, chillies, baby bok choy, scallions and soy sauce

 

 

 

 

[Ann_T]

Thanks @JoNorvelleWalker.

 

I went into Victoria yesterday for some shopping and

 before I left I asked Moe what he would like for dinner. His response was wings.

 

So that is what we had.

 

Platter for Two.

 

Buffalo Wings with fries.

Baked in the CSO on Bake Steam setting.

I prefer the sauce on the side so the wings stay crispy.

 

Edited January 23, 2020 by Ann_T (log)

[kayb]

Been jonesing for German for a while. So yesterday afternoon I set about making rouladen.

 

Rolling up a brat and a kosher dill in a jacquarded steak I had pounded thinner.

 

 

Ready to go in the skillet to be browned, then simmered in beer flavored with Caraway.

 

 

And the final product, with red cabbage and a latke.