Dinner 2024

[gfweb]

13 hours ago, Maison Rustique said:

That pineapple looks delicious!

 

No photo because I was starving, but I had a meatloaf sandwich with s/p, plenty of mayo and sharp cheddar. Potato chips. Pinot grigio because that's what was open in the fridge. Delicious. Meatloaf sandwiches might be my very favorite food.

 

Mayo with meatloaf is great...but consider Russian dressing.....

[Honkman]

Eggplant dumplings from Ottolenghi’s Flavor with some stewed kale from a Pepin book. Diced eggplants get roasted in the oven, mashed and mixed with panko breadcrumbs, ricotta, parmesan, flour, parsley, basil, garlic and eggs. Formed into dumplings before panfried. Quick tomato sauce by pureeing tomatoes and cooking it with tomato paste, sugar, chili flakes, paprika and oregano. You mix the dumplings with the tomato sauce and bake it in the oven before finishing it with some olives, parmesan and basil.

The kale is simply stewed with some garlic, chili flakes and water. 

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

A few recent dinners.

Pulled pork, mushroom and cheddar dip on toasted baguette with mixed green and tomato salad. Enjoyed with a Nine Locks 'Bohemian Raspberry Berliner Weisse' sour. This was an excellent sour and a keeper..

Haddock, ham, cheddar and greens on toasted WW bagel with a tomato and cucumber salad. I would like to say enjoyed with a Breton Brewing Grapefruit IPA however the IPA was disappointing.

Caught up on a week of the Breakfast and Dinner topics. Lots of good looking food.

 

 

[dcarch]

Hosta shoots are delicious, and free.

 

Chicken with mushroom sauce on Hosta shoots.

 

dcarch

 

[Maison Rustique]

7 hours ago, Honkman said:

 

Eggplant dumplings from Ottolenghi’s Flavor with some stewed kale from a Pepin book. Diced eggplants get roasted in the oven, mashed and mixed with panko breadcrumbs, ricotta, parmesan, flour, parsley, basil, garlic and eggs. Formed into dumplings before panfried. Quick tomato sauce by pureeing tomatoes and cooking it with tomato paste, sugar, chili flakes, paprika and oregano. You mix the dumplings with the tomato sauce and bake it in the oven before finishing it with some olives, parmesan and basil.

The kale is simply stewed with some garlic, chili flakes and water. 

OMG! Those eggplant dumplings!! I'd likely not make them just for myself, but they look wonderful!

 

[Maison Rustique]

12 minutes ago, dcarch said:

Hosta shoots are delicious, and free.

 

Chicken with mushroom sauce on Hosta shoots.

 

dcarch

 

I had no idea hostas were edible! You learn something new every day...

[Tropicalsenior]

10 hours ago, C. sapidus said:

Cucumber salad.

Looks different and interesting. Would you care to share the recipe? Thank you.

[liamsaunt]

Ricotta and basil tart, arugula salad, and marinated grape tomatoes

 

[C. sapidus]

57 minutes ago, Tropicalsenior said:

Looks different and interesting. Would you care to share the recipe? Thank you.

 

Thanks! Not really a recipe, just Thai/Vietnamese-inspired cucumber salad that was missing a few ingredients that would have made it better (sliced shallot, rice vinegar, cilantro, maybe slivered ginger).

 

If I recall:

 

Peel (optional), seed, and slice an appropriate number of cucumbers (one for me)

Slice a chile or two of your preferred heat level (I used a bird chile; serrano or jalapeno also works)

Mix lime juice and sugar "to taste" (I used white sugar, palm or brown sugar also works). You can also dilute with a little water if desired.

Add salt or fish sauce "to taste"

Mix everything together and let it sit for 20 minutes or so. Adjust seasoning "to taste" (noticing a theme? )

End result should have chile heat to taste, salt to taste, and balanced sweet sour (you guessed it) to taste. You can make the flavor "cleaner" with salt and white sugar, or a mix of lime juice and rice vinegar. If you want more funky use fish sauce for salt and sweeten with palm/brown sugar.

 

Cilantro and sliced shallots would have improved the salad, but I was out. I will happily eat leftovers the next day.

 

I hope that helps?

[Tropicalsenior]

5 minutes ago, C. sapidus said:

Thanks! Not really a recipe,

Thank you. I love cucumber salad and I'm always looking for something new and interesting and this sounds perfect. Just have to pick up some limes at the grocery store today.

[mgaretz]

British-stye bangers, grilled, with baked beans.

 

 

[Tropicalsenior]

24 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

with baked beans

Did you make the baked beans?

[rotuts]

@mgaretz

 

where did you get those bangers ?

 

Ive never had  the type of banger here

 

like the ones Ive had at B&B's all over GB and Ireland. 

 

Id love to find them

 

these were finely ground

 

a bit like weiswurst , but  the light brown in color, rather than grey

 

they were consistently the same all over GB.

 

in B&B's   

Edited June 8 by rotuts (log)

[gulfporter]

Another cold shrimp and pasta salad.  This time I added toasted panko (with lemon zest and garlic).  

 

This is hottest time of year here, just before the rains start.  It's been hitting mid-90s; once the rains start we'll drop to 80 most days. 

 

The next village over, San Antonio Tlaycapan has its Fiesta to its patron saint, St. Anthony de Padua.  His feast day is June 13th.  Locals vow that the rains begin on that date.  And they often do, give or take a few days.  

 

 

 

 

[mgaretz]

2 hours ago, Tropicalsenior said:

Did you make the baked beans?

I heated them up, so yes! (I think they were Bush's Maple and Brown Sugar.)

[mgaretz]

2 hours ago, rotuts said:

where did you get those bangers ?

 

Jolly Posh Foods   https://jollyposhfoods.com/collections/our-products

[RWood]

Rigatoni with cilantro pesto and toasted pepeitas

[C. sapidus]

Stir-fried cabbage with onion, fennel seed, cumin seed, and sesame seed, seasoned with cayenne, garam masala, and lemon juice. I like the texture of thicker cabbage slices. Veggie dinner but I snacked on smoked herring with wasabi hot sauce earlier.

 

[Honkman]

Lamb ragu with fettuccine from the That Noodle Life book - bone-in lamb shoulder chops are braised in a sauce made from pancetta, onion, carrot, celery, tomato paste, white wine and beef broth and afterwards shredded before mixing with the pasta, peas and mint. Finished with some parmesan

[Fiona So]

Roasted Lamb with Gnocchi and veggie, Dessert: Chocolate Mousse and Caramel Sauce

Edited June 9 by Fiona So (log)

[KennethT]

4 hours ago, Fiona So said:

Roasted Lamb with Gnocchi and veggie, Dessert: Chocolate Mousse and Caramel Sauce

How did you get that shape on the mousse?  Also, did you spray it with some kind of cocoa powder to give it that texture?

[Maison Rustique]

Hot and humid here. My sis brought me some pulled pork. i used some to top a salad along with parm, almonds, brioche croutons and lemon vinaigrette. 

 

[liuzhou]

Slow-cooked lamb with cassia bark, bay leaf, dried chilli, star anise, garlic, chickpeas and finished with fresh mint allowed to wilt in the residual heat. Served with rice and steamed asparagus.

 

 

 

[Duvel]

Taiwanese beef noodle soup (with an 5 min egg added due to popular demand) and potato mochi (or imo mochi, いももち), as per little ones request.

 

 

No complaints 🤗

[C. sapidus]

Seared scallops with mushrooms and sweet potato. Welcome home meal for Mrs. C. Mushrooms were dry-fried to concentrate the flavor. Scallops were seared with butter and rosemary in a cast iron pan. Deglazed the pan with port and heavy cream to make the sauce. Sweet potatoes were cubed, boiled, and whipped with butter and heavy cream.

 

 

Haven't seared scallops for a while so a test batch was necessary.