2011 - Week 41 Cooking Results
Midnight Pasta with Prosciutto
I'm pretty sure I didn't make this right. But here's me, hook phone up to computer, start iOS updated, run upstairs, work on dinner, come back downstairs, restart upgrade, run upstairs, work on dinner (repeat). It still tasted pretty good, but I wasn't fully paying attention to what I did, so I know that I missed a step or two. So I think I'll make it again.
Lamb Sausage and Tomatoes Pizza
So after having the Lamb Sausage from Hedgeapple Farm. I had several thoughts on it. Now my favorite Itallian sausage (Graziano) is strongly spiced and quite delicious. But when it comes down to it, you are not going to buy lamb sausage to do that. If you are spending the money for lamb, you are going to want to actually taste the lamb. So they have the right balance there. It's got the spice, but it's not so overpowering that you can't taste the lamb. It also stood up well to the rest of the ingredients (including the tomatoes from Butcher Crick Farms). A good combination, though maybe a bit to many tomatoes (just happened to be what I sliced up).
Curried Chicken-Coconut Soup
So when I was setting up to do this recipe, I read the whole thing and noticed that it wanted to use a pressure cooker. Being that I don't have a pressure cooker, I had to adjust and flow, so what I did was reorder the recipe so that it would normally follow. I cooked the chicken first (to render some of the fat), took them out to rest, drained off some fat, then cooked the veggies and spices, and then added the liquids and finished cooking the chicken. After a bit of cooking, removed the chicken, peeled off the skin, shredded the meat and then added it back to the soup and finished with the quick cooking elements (spinach on down). It turned out pretty good, and I didn't need a pressure cooker which really only saved a few minutes.
Pork and Lemongrass Meatballs in Lettuce Cups
Plan Change, skipped until next week.
Sloppy Sammys
I never make this the same, but the general process is always the same. Onions, spices (and peppers, if added), meat, tomato products (paste, ketchup, sauce, depending on what's around the house) and usually mustard. I was actually afraid that these would end up being too spicy. I used a hot pepper (I think habanero) from the Sullivan pepper farm. So I tasted the pepper, and when I recovered, I hoped that it' chill out among the other stuff. And It did.
Baked Potatoes
I used the leftover sloppy Sammy meat to add to the baked potatoes. It was your standard, not so good for you, combination of things. it made for a low effort meal, which was nice.
French Toast and Bacon
So in one of the last items for Joseph's baking class, they made challah. For me challah or brioche usually means French toast. So he brought it down and we made some French toast. Joseph prepped the apples, put in some honey and cinnamon and a bit of apple juice (pretty close to cider). I combined some sour cream, honey, cinnamon, eggs and whole milk. and then soaked the bread in it (no measurements). I used some Crooked Gap bacon (great smoky smell, pre and post cooked) to round out the meal a bit. So we all had a nice dinner. The only drawback here is that his baking class is over, though I did say he clearly needs to practice more (so I can have more bread).
