Dinner 2021

[MetsFan5]

5 hours ago, alwaysdrawing said:

Made a knockoff version of spicy rigatoni from Carbone. 
 

It’s a version of penne alla vodka served at Carbone in SoHo NY (and Hong Kong and Vegas). Basically a vodka sauce with San Marzano tomatoes and Calabrian pepper paste, combined with an onion soubise. 
 

 

 

 

I think they serve the same dish at Parm as well. Looks great. 

[Annie_H]

Sloppy BLT-Avocado. Pickled golden beet...

[Norm Matthews]

I have been making a chicken recipe with a honey and orange sauce since Charlie was little, so when I saw this one with orange, I wanted to try it. It is good but I have not decided yet if it like it better.  It is batter fried and so a lot more effort to make it.

 

Edited August 29, 2021 by Norm Matthews (log)

[haresfur]

10 hours ago, gfweb said:

Scallops with roast cauliflower puree and veg.

 

Perhaps I was a little generous with the puree.

 

 

 

 

Looks great. Do you only sear the scallops on one side. I just had a dismal failure trying to sear scallops. Couldn't get them to release from the pan. What's your secret?

[heidih]

39 minutes ago, Norm Matthews said:

I have been making a chicken recipe with a honey and orange sauce since Charlie was little, so when I saw this one with orange, I wanted to try it. It is good but I have not decided yet if it like it better.  It is batter fried and so a lot more effort to make it.

 

What did Charlie think? Was the older recipe pan fried or sauteed?

[Norm Matthews]

Charlie is out with friends.  I don't know if he will be home before dark.  He will have leftovers tomorrow, I suppose.  The older recipe was oven baked. It uses whole Cornish hens. 

 

[heidih]

4 minutes ago, Norm Matthews said:

Charlie is out with friends.  I don't know if he will be home before dark.  He will have leftovers tomorrow, I suppose.  The older recipe was oven baked. It uses whole Cornish hens. 

 

Good memories on the Cornish Game Hens back in the 80's. Did them in a fruit & wine sauce that inckuded cranberry, and roasted with grapes with a bit a sausage in thr cavity. Sounds like Charlie is ore in the camo of what we here refer to as Panda Express Orange Chicken, Trder Joes used toi and may stil have it in the freezer section, You bake the breaded pieces till crisp and it comes with orange sauce.

 

[gfweb]

40 minutes ago, haresfur said:

 

Looks great. Do you only sear the scallops on one side. I just had a dismal failure trying to sear scallops. Couldn't get them to release from the pan. What's your secret?

Thanks!

 

I just gave a light sear to the bottoms. I was lazy.

 

I cook them sous vide to 123F, that way the big ones and the little ones are equally cooked.

 

Then I sear them in hot butter in a well-seasoned carbon steel pan.  No problems with release. 

[Norm Matthews]

4 minutes ago, heidih said:

Good memories on the Cornish Game Hens back in the 80's. Did them in a fruit & wine sauce that inckuded cranberry, and roasted with grapes with a bit a sausage in thr cavity. Sounds like Charlie is ore in the camo of what we here refer to as Panda Express Orange Chicken, Trder Joes used toi and may stil have it in the freezer section, You bake the breaded pieces till crisp and it comes with orange sauce.

 

This recipe that I tried today may be a Panda Express copycat. The chef who wrote it was Asian and said it was better than take-out.  I don't remember if I ever ate at Panda Express.  I probably did once or twice but I don't remember specifically if or when.  Charlie still asks for the Game hen recipe at least a couple times a year.

[heidih]

24 minutes ago, Norm Matthews said:

This recipe that I tried today may be a Panda Express copycat. The chef who wrote it was Asian and said it was better than take-out.  I don't remember if I ever ate at Panda Express.  I probably did once or twice but I don't remember specifically if or when.  Charlie still asks for the Game hen recipe at least a couple times a year.

Well should you do it again do post. 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

As promised, mini-meatballs   😃

 

as Swedish meatballs, cross-culturally paired with PA pot pie noodles

 

And a plate of squash blossoms, green salsa, Mexican sour cream

[Dante]

Stuffed peppers with broccoli quiche filling. Side of steamed rapini with umeboshi vinegar and nutritional yeast.

[haresfur]

9 hours ago, gfweb said:

Thanks!

 

I just gave a light sear to the bottoms. I was lazy.

 

I cook them sous vide to 123F, that way the big ones and the little ones are equally cooked.

 

Then I sear them in hot butter in a well-seasoned carbon steel pan.  No problems with release. 

 

How long in the SV?

[liuzhou]

Pork with orange jasmine and hand-pulled noodles. Also contains garlic, ginger, Shaoxing wine, potato starch, soy sauce, green 'beautiful people' chilli, scallions and sesame oil.  

 

 

 

Edited August 30, 2021 by liuzhou (log)

[gfweb]

1 hour ago, haresfur said:

 

How long in the SV?

30 minutes

[Paul Bacino]

Recently Caught Halibut (  Patient brought in from a fishing trip ) Caponata/ Beans/ local corn

 

[Ann_T]

Before leaving for work yesterday

 

I boned out a cornish game hen and

 

stuffed it with a wild rice and mushroom stuffing. 

Roasted it for dinner and served with a port sauce, roasted potatoes, rutabaga and broccoli.

 

 

My birthday dinner. 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Wishing you a wonderful new year!    I would say that it's sad for you to cook your own birthday dinner, but i know that you revel in creating delicious and beautiful plates, and today are enjoying exactly what you craved.    Stunning meal!

[Tropicalsenior]

3 minutes ago, Ann_T said:

My birthday dinner

Happy birthday, Ann. Your dinner looks wonderful.

[Anna N]

2 hours ago, Ann_T said:

My birthday dinner

Many happy returns. It is so unusual to see you cooking for yourself instead of for Moe! Yet I am certain you enjoyed each other’s company while you devoured such great food.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

3 hours ago, Paul Bacino said:

Recently Caught Halibut (  Patient brought in from a fishing trip ) Caponata/ Beans/ local corn

 

 

Beautiful photograph!

 

There are worse things to catch from a patient.

 

[Annie_H]

Ann_t's birthday dinner is gorgeous. I did the same August 15th for my birthday. I requested homemade scrapple/varregated eggs breakfast, stuffed squash blossom brunch/salad...then lobster rolls dinner....thankfully it fell on a Sunday. DH loves prep and chopping but not seasoning/finishing. So we had lobster rolls Sunday, scrapple/eggs Monday, then squash blossoms Tuesday. Three day birthday. My eyeballs were too big for prepping all that. 

 

[Captain]

7 hours ago, Ann_T said:

My birthday dinner.

 

Merry Birthday.  Got Cake 😉

[Annie_H]

Crispy cast iron salmon skin over RG corona beans....and some other stuff. Garden herbs, sofrito. 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

With a salute and apologies to Judy Rogers'  prawns in romesco with spinach 

I added a thin bed of orzo