Here's another version of my favorite protein:
Seared Scallops with Tomatoes and
Truffle-Poblano Vinaigrette
(from my good ole Goat cookbook).
I added potato puree and snap peas for a more rounded dish.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
Cauliflower Yet Again
A one wok meal (if you don't include chicken thighs on the the grill):
Cauliflower, croutons, asparagus, turmeric, salt, pepper and fresh mint (from the 4th floor garden).
Have I mentioned my love of fresh mint before? It used to grow outside of my bedroom window when I was a teenager - like a weed!
Cauliflower, croutons, asparagus, turmeric, salt, pepper and fresh mint (from the 4th floor garden).
Have I mentioned my love of fresh mint before? It used to grow outside of my bedroom window when I was a teenager - like a weed!
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Ham Hocks
What a beautiful day! Not a cloud in the sky, mid 70d, so we road our bikes up to Lollapalooza. One of the largest musical festivals in the world - they say - and it was fun to watch all of the eager kids waving their $95 (per day) wrist bands. It got so crowded that we tied up the bikes and continued walking then cut through the Art Institute.
Then, a Saturday night with no plans (for a change) except to make a new dish for the two of us. I've been wanting to make this one from the Girl and the Goat cookbook but it sounded complicated and expensive for a group ($16 just for 8 scallops - which comes from a fishmonger in the Fulton market district - and the price is as good as it gets around here).
The recipe called for a new sauce (sorrel) but I already had a cilantro sauce plus the good old salted milk caramel. Mariano's had three ham hocks - in a package - pre-cooked for about $5 (I apologize for the $ references but keep reading). The instructions said to cook them for 30 minutes. The recipe said to boil them for two hours but I assumed that they weren't pre-cooked. Anyway, they cooked then they cooled then Paul pulled them apart. "They're all fat!" Not really - 75% bone, 15% fat and 10% meat. I figure that he was off by about 10% LOL. In the end, that was some expensive bacon.
Anyway, here's the dish (starting from the bottom):
Potato and goat cheese (puree)
(Seared) scallops
(Sauteed) asparagus and ham (fortunately the ham got cooked again - enough to crisp it up)
Cilantro "vinaigrette" (her word - several years ago broths were a sauce, now vinaigrettes are a sauce)
Salted milk caramel.
Here's the "experience":
Delicious but for the ham that I couldn't eat. It was advertised as smoked but tasted like it was "smoked" in some chemical.
Here's the lesson(s):
A refrigerator full of sauces is a good thing.
Ham hocks are not.
Scallops are.
:)
Then, a Saturday night with no plans (for a change) except to make a new dish for the two of us. I've been wanting to make this one from the Girl and the Goat cookbook but it sounded complicated and expensive for a group ($16 just for 8 scallops - which comes from a fishmonger in the Fulton market district - and the price is as good as it gets around here).
The recipe called for a new sauce (sorrel) but I already had a cilantro sauce plus the good old salted milk caramel. Mariano's had three ham hocks - in a package - pre-cooked for about $5 (I apologize for the $ references but keep reading). The instructions said to cook them for 30 minutes. The recipe said to boil them for two hours but I assumed that they weren't pre-cooked. Anyway, they cooked then they cooled then Paul pulled them apart. "They're all fat!" Not really - 75% bone, 15% fat and 10% meat. I figure that he was off by about 10% LOL. In the end, that was some expensive bacon.
Anyway, here's the dish (starting from the bottom):
Potato and goat cheese (puree)
(Seared) scallops
(Sauteed) asparagus and ham (fortunately the ham got cooked again - enough to crisp it up)
Cilantro "vinaigrette" (her word - several years ago broths were a sauce, now vinaigrettes are a sauce)
Salted milk caramel.
Here's the "experience":
Delicious but for the ham that I couldn't eat. It was advertised as smoked but tasted like it was "smoked" in some chemical.
Here's the lesson(s):
A refrigerator full of sauces is a good thing.
Ham hocks are not.
Scallops are.
:)
Friday, August 2, 2013
I Did It!
Sort of... a recreation of Tony's Three Chili Chicken
I love this spicy hot, dry chicken and decided to give it a go with some boneless chicken breasts that were hanging around. I found a recipe online that called for, among other things, celery. Hmm, no, I don't remember any celery so I just gathered up three types of chills and went from there - positive that I was making a disaster. Cut the chicken up, rolled them in rice flour then "fried" them in batches. After that I fried the chilis and a miracle occurred! It was close but not as hot. Also grilled some corn (not shown) with some green beans and a blue cheese sauce (all of which had been in the fridge and needed consumption ASAP).
I can't wait to try this again.
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