Dinner 2020

[Margaret Pilgrim]

1 hour ago, Anna N said:

 I admire your willingness to attempt these complex recipes especially in the wee hours of the morning. 

It was my understanding that the complex recipe resulted in its completion in the wee hours, not that Jo started it then.   

[JoNorvelleWalker]

 

 

Lydia Bastianich's Gorganzola dressing.  A change from Momofuku and Vivian Howard's ranch,

 

[ambra]

Good morning everyone, I say this every time I post, because it's true: Your dinners all look incredible! 

 

This was my Thanksgiving dinner! I had braised/roasted turkey thighs, stuffing with sage and sausage, mashed potatoes with a very pale gravy (Still learning!), sweet potatoes roasted with garlic and rosemary, two very similar salads. One is fennel, arugula, green apple, orange and pomegranate, and the other is shaved Brussel sprouts, green apple, pomegranate and walnuts. We couldn't decide between the two so we made both! We always make lasagne, the kind with béchamel sauce. Not pictured was apple crisp with vanilla ice cream and caramel swirls. Maybe I'll get a pic of the leftovers. We drank Italian Pinot Noir.

 

Edited November 28, 2020 by ambra (log)

[weinoo]

2 hours ago, ambra said:

We drank Italian Pinot Noir.

 

I quite like Pinto Nero!

 

After all those pretty, picturesque meals, lemme see if I can gross anyone out...

 

 

The donabe was feeling left out, what with the new rice cooker. But it cooks rice in a quite different style - as pictured - and you may even end up with a little socarrat, which I'm sure is called something fancy in Japanese. So - Japanese short-grain, cooked in dashi, sake, soy and sesame oil, with ginger, scallions and soaked hijiki. The rice cooks in the donabe for around 13-15 minutes, after which it rests for 20, then gets "fluffed."  I had salted the wild salmon and halibut pieces (via the freezer, via Great-Alaska, as I really am trying to work through the freezer) a couple of hours in advance, and placed them atop the cooked rice before its resting period. No more heat added (but fresh herbs were) - they were cooked very nicely this way.

Alongside - avert your eyes now!

 

 

Cucumber salad. Avocado tomato thing. Both seasoned in a Japanese sorta way.

Edited November 28, 2020 by weinoo (log)

[Ann_T]

Venetian Prawns with Polenta.

[dcarch]

Pardoned the turkey, made duck (skinless) with pineapple sauce for Thanksgiving.

 

dcarch

 

 

[kayb]

Early dinner, because I didn't have lunch because I didn't have breakfast until about 11. So why not have breakfast for dinner?

[shain]

Huevos rancheros. Home made tortilla, salsa of roasted fresh chilies and some bell peppers, some chipotle, along with garlic and a few spices. Home made tortillas. Didn't fell like fried eggs (I rarely do), so we had it with boiled ones (though some got a bit overcooked... still soft, but not runny). 

We ate the leftovers the next day, this time with the soft eggs boiled in the salsa and beans shakshuka style.

 

 

[heidih]

24 minutes ago, dcarch said:

Pardoned the turkey, made duck (skinless) with pineapple sauce for Thanksgiving.

 

dcarch

 

 

 

I enjoy duck very much. Curious about "skinless" -saved skin to crisp another time or? The pineapple looks like it has grill or char time and was fresh.  This time of year do you  know where the asparagus was coming from? It was in the grocery stores but I assumed Latin America.  

[dcarch]

58 minutes ago, heidih said:

I enjoy duck very much. Curious about "skinless" -saved skin to crisp another time or? The pineapple looks like it has grill or char time and was fresh.  This time of year do you  know where the asparagus was coming from? It was in the grocery stores but I assumed Latin America.  

 

Good questions.

 

The duck skin was removed so that the duck can be marinated (48 hours) better. Also, duck fat was removed.

The duck was wrapped in foil completely and "air sous vide'd" in the oven at 150F for 10 hours. 

Duck skin was baked to perfect crispiness and enjoyed Peking duck style.

 

Not sure where the asparagus came from. They were thick and tender. I when back and bought some more.

 

dcarch

[robirdstx]

 

Turkey and Rice Soup with Carrot and Bok Choy

[patti]

Didn’t feel like cooking and we didn’t have a turkey kind of Thanksgiving, so no leftovers. This plate made me happy. 
 

[Ann_T]

Made Moe steak for dinner and a salad with a Gorgonzola dressing.

[liuzhou]

Meatballs (75% pork, 25% beef) with a fresh tomato sauce and tagliatelle. Balcony basil.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 29, 2020 by liuzhou (log)

[shain]

Light supper. Crispy noodle bake with cheddar, dill, some mustard and pepper, a bit of MSG for good measure. Served with sour cream with scallions and sweet mustard pickles.

 

 

[Paul Bacino]

Detroit Style

 

 

 

The Crumb!!

 

[liamsaunt]

Pizza night.  Pepperoni

 

 

Carbonara

 

 

Wild mushroom

 

[BonVivant]

Haddock balls

 

 

[scamhi]

Thanksgiving dinner for 4 of us.

Israeli couscous with shallots, garlic, parsley and chanterelles

Sous vide duck breast with a grapefruit, balsamic, chicken stock, cream sauce with brussels

wines and digestif

[robirdstx]

 

Potato Soup with Bacon, Cheese and Green Onion

[liamsaunt]

Brown dinner.  I baked a loaf of rye bread

 

 

 

And served it with chicken apple sausages, pirogies stuffed with potatoes and cheese, sautéed cinnamon apples, mustard and sour cream

 

[Paul Bacino]

Miso Marinaded Sable fish  ( Pan Fried )  Keep waiting for my Korin Grill

 

[rotuts]

Dinner was made from two items from TJ's 

 

 

I love ' blister wrapped " ravioli / tortellini.   this is a new flavor fromTJ's , as far as I recall.  

 

I don't linger to figure it out.  most of their filled pasta is veg . or veg + cheese.   they do have a very nice meat bolognese version

 

this veg pack is new to me.   I ve decided I like my Fz carrots julienned rather than cubed.  I didn't notice that this veg pack 

 

was seasoned ;  butter and seasonings .   I would have gotten plain  re sodium levels.  but :

 

 

the veg are coated w the seasoning and loose , wo you can use what you want , and the rest end up close to being the same

 

for a future dinner .  smart merchandizing and packing..

 

finished :

 

 

the ravioli were cooked in a saucier in a CkStock , a Tbs from Minors , Fz.   veg added near the end so both were done more or less at the same time.

 

forgot some green onion garnish.

 

this was very very good.   I put 1/2 in a bowl , rather than eating the whole thing out of the saucier , my ususal

 

practice.    I though Id make this two dinners .  it was so much better than Chef B.O.Dee ate the full portion(s)

 

the end product was not too salty , so these are keepers for me.

 

I enjoyed them.

 

house white table wine , from TJ's  :   75% Maricool Muscadet , 25 % TJ's costal chardonnay 

 

approx.  delicious it was 

Edited November 30, 2020 by rotuts (log)

[Shelby]

This looks like a mess, but it was good.  Open face hot turkey sandwiches with TG leftovers on the side

 

 

Needed a TG food break so I whizzed up some cornflakes with shredded parm and dredged halibut cheeks and fried.  Spicy marinara on top.

 

 

Last night the last of the turkey  in sandwiches

 

[TicTac]

19 minutes ago, Shelby said:

This looks like a mess, but it was good.  Open face hot turkey sandwiches with TG leftovers on the side

 

 

 

 

I would happily clean that mess up any day of the week!  Sometimes the messiest of foods are the tastiest (there seems to be a subconscious correlation between getting messy and enjoying food).  And from the looks of those schmears at the bottom, that gravy is finger lickin good!