mitchells Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Must have been Italian night on MFF. Pasta all'Amatriciana Yes I know, it is the wrong pasta shape but had these in the freezer and wanted to use them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
voyager Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Got out my Sharpie Pen -> zucchini with ajvar and Mexican crema Then beef with onions, peppers and tomato over noodles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bloviatrix Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Dinner tonight was got to be one of the most Ashkenazi ever!!! Borscht with sour cream following by LEO (lox, eggs & onions). 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Stracciatella 2.0, tagliatelle (aka cut up lasagna noodles) with chanterelles and shiitakes. I had much better luck with the soup this time, due to someone recommending mixing the egg with semolina (I used panko) and to @joethefoodie's Irene Kuo screen shot, which advised me to pour the egg in and let it sit for a bit before stirring. Cooking with expensive ingredients always stresses me out: the chanterelles were $2 each, which obviously is not that much in the grand scheme of things, but still. But everything worked out! Yay. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joethefoodie Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 My "meez" (with apologies to Tony Bourdain and an RIP), for a Chinese food dinner: Stir-fried Shanghai bok choy, snow peas, and a little red pepper for, well, the red: And perhaps one of the least photogenic dishes ever: Mapo tofu. According to Significant Eater: "you've outdone yourself." (She just happens to love mapo. This version, with fermented black beans and awesome chili bean paste from Mala Grocery, happened to be quite good). Products can matter. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joethefoodie Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Oh, lest I forget - last night (Chinese was 2 nights ago)... \ Soupy rice (bomba) with scallops, chorizo, green pepper and shallot. Home made shrimp shell stock (saffron added) for the liquid made this extremely tasty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephanieL Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 23 hours ago, bloviatrix said: Dinner tonight was got to be one of the most Ashkenazi ever!!! Borscht with sour cream following by LEO (lox, eggs & onions). No compote or noodle kugel for dessert? 😉 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
voyager Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Finally a use for an All Clad "stir fry" pan that's been taking up shelf space for decades. Tonight, rotelli with guanciale, garlic, peas, cream. I now "get' it as a vessel for carbonara and gracia. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joethefoodie Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 10 hours ago, voyager said: All Clad "stir fry" pan Wow, they made that pan in non stick also?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paryzer Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Mrs. P made penne pasta with smoked salmon, capers, olives, garlic, fresh parsley and basil😋 It all went great with an excellent red blend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
voyager Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 2 hours ago, joethefoodie said: Wow, they made that pan in non stick also?! Yes. I don't buy non-stick at All-Clad heft and price-point considering its comparative short life, but at $10 at an estate sale and in new condition, I couldn't turn it down. For actual "woking" I depend on a carbon steel, but found that this works well for quickly cooking up lardons and making a fast sauce. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bloviatrix Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 On 2/5/2021 at 8:00 PM, StephanieL said: No compote or noodle kugel for dessert? 😉 The boy had a piece of babka. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Shrimp chowder. I've been trying to get the thickness thing right (roux? cream? potatoes?) and this time I actually did it. Shrimp stock + roux + milk + everything else. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
prasantrin Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I sort of cooked last night. I say sort of because the only cooking involved was the pasta, unless you also count the very small amount of heat I applied to the garlic in olive oil. Jacques Pepin made a quick anchovy pasta the other day, so I gave it a try. It was very fast, and it actually was pretty tasty. Minced garlic, chopped anchovies, olive oil, and a couple of tablespoons of Parmesan cheese in a bowl, and nuke it for 30 seconds (or if you don't have a microwave like me, seated on the stove for a bit). Add in the cooked pasta and some of the pasta water and you're done. There is supposed to be parsley and jalapeno pepper in there, but I hate parsley, and had no jalapeno pepper so I added some red chili flakes instead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Behemoth Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Work has been something of a dumpster fire recently, but I was finally able to cook on the weekend. Recents: Bucatini All'Amatriciana. I follow Bugialli on this one. It's not that his ingredients are different, he just has you cook each component much longer than I've seen anywhere else. Really makes a difference. Grilled Nürenburg sausages (these are small sausages flavoured primarily with marjoram) with "almost Robouchon" puree potatoes and braised sauerkraut, medium hot mustard and horseradish. Tafelspitz with horseradish sauce, German style fried potatoes, roasted purple carrots, and pickled beets. More traditional than carrots would be creamed savoy cabbage or spinach, but the kids don't eat those and the carrots I already had. The broth from the tafelspitz gets served as a first course, garnished with "backerbsen" which are these pea-sized Swabian fried dough bits. Celestine would be nicer but I didn't feel like making the pancakes. (The backerbsen you can buy already made, like noodles.) Ha, not a single Asian meal this week. I'm sure this will change soon as I have two packets of rice cakes I need to use up. My German cooking game took some time to develop, but now I would say it is pretty damned solid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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