Dinner 2024

[liuzhou]

窝窝头 (wō wo tóu), steamed bun nests filled with 肉末雪菜 (ròu mò xuě cài), minced pork and 'snow vegetable', which is pickled veg, mainly spicy mustard greens.

 

 

 

Edited December 9 by liuzhou (log)

[Dr. Teeth]

Mapo Tofu.   Had wanted to make for awhile.   Tasted good, boys really liked it.   Not photogenic, moved it around a bit too much after I added the tofu and it broke up more than I wanted.

[Dejah]

6 hours ago, Senior Sea Kayaker said:

Started with a 2 Kg. boneless leg of lamb (froze the upper portion for future use), flattened, rubbed with a mixture of @ElainaA 's slow roasted tomatoes and sauteed chopped cremini mushrooms, tied and seasoned, and stored in the fridge overnight.

Roasted with fresh sage leaves and rosemary sprigs.

Served with potatoes, defatted pan juice and peas.

Desert was a peach and blackberry galette.

 

That's a thing of beauty!
The whole meal was!

[Dejah]

Another snowmagedon this weekend! Time to catch up reading, admiring and posting:
Portuguese Roast Chicken with Epicure spice pack:
                                                                               

Instant Pot Black Bean Garlic Ribs and Fun See

                                                                              

 

Cumin Beef Bell Pepper Stir-fry
                                                                              

 

Sous Vide Pork Loin

                                                                               

Steamed Pickerel Cantonese Style
                                                                               

Pork Piccata - best effort this time with the balance of the sauce!

                                                                              

[liamsaunt]

Mezze rigatoni with turkey meatball

 

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

@Dejah

I'm still envious that you can get pickerel 😇 which I still consider one of the best eating fresh water fish.

 

[C. sapidus]

Tom kha talay with shrimp and bay scallops.

 

 

Stir-fried bok choy with garlic and dried chiles

 

 

 

[Raamo]

So I tried to make sourdough and the starter failed.  Added some yeast and made bread that worked but wasn't the best since I didn't wait long enough or something.

 

So we made crutons with the one loaf that I made yesterday:

 

This is ATK's 30 min tomato soup w/ our homemade croutons.

 

[Ann_T]

Our traditional roast beef dinner with Yorkshire puddings,

 

mashed potatoes and buttered peas. And some really hot horseradish.

[haresfur]

Pork tenderloin with fennel and apples (and onion)

 

I was going to sous vide the pork but found this recipe that roasted the tenderloin on top of the fennel and apple and decided to give it a go. Not too bad. They had you keep the root end on the onion to hold it together, but I don't think that works. I went a bit heavy with the rub on the pork, which was seared before roasting. Roasting the fennel tones down the anise flavour. Maybe would make again.

 

[liuzhou]

Ostrich burger on ciabatta bun. The ostrich meat is very lean and I was worried it might dry out but it was juicy enough. Ate two.

 

Resting burger and mise

 

Slid to the left a bit when I moved it.

 

Next project: Ostrich meat encased quail scotch eggs. Coming soon.

 

 

 

[liamsaunt]

Spinach, tomato and paneer curry with maharajah rice and naan

 

[scamhi]

seafood risotto with swordfish and bay scallops blistered tomatoes and basil oil

[Captain]

My Thai green curry soup...

All I really had was chicken carcasses in the freezer for future stock. And dim sum. Very tasty.

[Dr. Teeth]

Pasta aglio e olio and a basque cheesecake 

[Tropicalsenior]

1 hour ago, Dr. Teeth said:

Pasta aglio e olio and a basque cheesecake 

Two of my very favorite things and both look wonderful.

[MaryIsobel]

2 hours ago, Dr. Teeth said:

Pasta aglio e olio and a basque cheesecake 

love aglio e olio for those nights when nothing appeals - also do it with

chicken parm - my nephew's favourite meal, so I can always bribe him with that if we need some help around the place!

[Norm Matthews]

I thought I'd make Steak au Poivre for dinner.  So in keeping with the French name,  I made French bread, used  French brandy, opened a can of French cut green beans and finally brought home some French fries from McDonalds.😅

[YvetteMT]

Mushroom Taco, carnitas and chicken tinga. The mushroom taco was fan-freaking-tastic.

[Honkman]

German-influenced Chickpea Dal with Red Beet Yogurt - dal made with suppengemuese (mixture of leek, carrots, celery and celery root), chickpeas, onions, garlic, ginger, garam masala, turmeric, cinnamon, chili powder, tomato passata, vegetable broth and coconut milk. Topped with yogurt mixed with diced red beets, dill and lemon juice

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

I dropped into a local pop up market on Sunday and picked up a very good sourdough loaf and a tourtiere.

Tourtiere, which I would rate a 7 out of 10, with a baked potato and pickled beets and green tomato chow chow.

 

[Tempest63]

https://www.nigella.com/recipes/fish-finger-bhorta

 

Last weekend I thought I would try something a little unusual for me after first hearing about the dish on a podcast, it was Nigella Lawson‘s fish finger bhorta.

 

I cut down on the English mustard and the salt by half and I feel nothing was lacking as a result. I only had Scotch Bonnet chilies so added one instead of the required two.

 

 

 

 

I put this in front of the wife who enjoyed, and appreciated a change from the normal dishes I put together. I thought I might try it again tonight, but this time with left over rotisserie chicken. Did this tonight and result was as good as it was with the fish fingers, if not better. 
 

There are many variants on the web for this dish which originated in Bangladesh, so room to explore and play with the recipe. It gives me another alternative to chicken risotto when looking to use up any leftover roast or rotisserie chicken.

 

 

 

 

[YvetteMT]

7 hours ago, Senior Sea Kayaker said:

green tomato chow chow.

 

 

@Senior Sea Kayaker do you make your own chow chow?

[Tempest63]

4 minutes ago, YvetteMT said:

@Senior Sea Kayaker do you make your own chow chow?

Chow Chow obviously has a different meaning where you are to here in the U.K.

 

A very handsome looking Chow Chow.

 

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

27 minutes ago, YvetteMT said:

@Senior Sea Kayaker do you make your own chow chow?

 

This was my first attempt and it turned out pretty well.

It was something I grew up eating and IMO is the best condiment to serve with tourtiere.