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Thanksgiving recap - quick rundown
I made stuffing for the first time! Used this recipe as base and then added dates, more chicken broth and gibblets. Here's the result.
Then did a herb rub (rosemary, tyme, sage and others) for the turkey with the stuffing inside. Came out beautifully!
I'll do the full recipes sometime over the weekend! Hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving!
Turkey in training...
Are you ready for the big day?!
Roast Chicken warm up
Roasted a chicken as a warm up for turkey day ( I am making the turkey!!) . Simple rub with a little apricot marinade I had in the fridge and some apple cider vinegar and garlic cloves added to bird cavity . Oh also a little seasoned bread crumbs. Started with some high temp and got a nice crispy tasty skin.
Shrimp and pesto grits
Decided to check out the new provisions.
Got some rock shrimp for one of my new favorite dishes : shrimp and pesto grits. The recipe is simple. 1. Make some grits
2. Season the shrimp. I use a mix of salt, black pepper, cayenne and maybe some special seasoning.
3. I cooked the shrimp with a little basil olive oil.
4. Then a teaspoon of pesto from a jar in a bowl.
5. Then mix it all together and eat deliciousness!
I also picked up some cheeses for desert. I heartily recommend these both!
Butternut Squash three ways
I had this butternut squash I bought at the Fort Greene fresh market a week or so back and it was just time to cook it!
Cut it and cleaned it out.
Sprinkled 1/3 with just cinnamon, 1/3 coated in olive oil and sea salt and 1/3 with a spice mixture of black pepper, cayenne pepper, and cinnamon.
Cooked it for 1 hour at 400 degrees (snuck some out at 45 minute mark and they were fine). Results were amazing!
Roast Pork time again!
Roast pork time again. This time I got a bone in pork shoulder. Added apple vinegar and basil olive oil to prep along with some apples and lemon grass. Same rub from before with brown sugar, sea salt, pepper, cayenne, garlic powder. Stuffed some garlic and dates in and put it in the oven. 7.5 lb shoulder, cooked it at 325 for 5 hours to 175 degrees.
Hummous turned white bean dip
I tried out this recipe last night and discovered that my Cuisinart skills are lacking.
Tuscan Hummus
Accidentally broke the lid... Olivia hasn't found out yet and if my Amazon order for replacement arrives this weekend all will be well :-). So I turned it into a white bean dip just crushing with fork.. So damn good! This ingredient is magic and should be used everywhere!
If you could smell it you would know exactly what I mean.
Audition tape - Broiled steak
So this is another take at an audition tape. Lighting is better on this one clearly. Let me know which you think is better.
Testing out audition tapes
Testing out audition tapes. Roast chicken today going to try to get a broiled steak one up tomorrow.
Cooking show confession - Top Chef begins
I have a confession to make. I love food shows. Pretty much almost all of them. I love Anthony Bourdain, I love Gordon Ramsay (British Kitchen Nightmares more than anything in America), and I love Top Chef (Richard Blais is my favorite). Last night was the premiere of Top Chef New Orleans and it was amazing. In future weeks I'll give better recaps but I just wanted to say how excited I am about the season. I love New Orleans food! My dad is from Louisiana so I naturally gravitate to all that food. I may have to make gumbo one night - or some dirty rice....
Anyway show was great, I liked the tv broadcast of the judge's table for the contestants. The winning dishes were awesome and just made me hungry. I'd have more to say except I was sick last night and was kind of on Benadryl an Nyquil during the show so details escape me beyond this at the moment. I'll have to watch the DVR version....
New place in the neighborhood
Looks like we got a new spot next to my favorite coffee spot in Fort Greene. Haven't gone yet but it's on the list. Menu looks good. Cafe Paulette here I come.
Time for some tea action!
Picked up some tea at my favorite tea shop, David's Tea's in the Slope.
About to make some Iced tea with the Kokomo Green!
Sunday is on like Donkey Kong!
I love to roast!
I love roasting meats and fish. Nothing is better than getting really fresh produce and roasting it to perfection. My oven and my broiler are my two best friends. I broiled so much in the past year my broiler door had to be replaced. For fish I love to go to Fish Tales on Court Street. Favorite recent dish is some broiled sea bass I made for my parents right before Emily was born. For meats my favorite place is Paisanos on Smith. I cooked a rosemary lamb roast for 13 people last Christmas and it was a hit. Debating cooking a goose as well this Christmas....
Roasting is also the best way to show off my spicing skills. I really would love to be a spice master someday. Someone that just makes awesome spices for a living. Do you think there is such a thing? Since Emily has been born I haven't gotten to cook that much but Olivia insisted I do some cooking this weekend to get my spice muscles working again. I decided to roast some pork and a chicken. I didn't get to go to my favorite butcher so we're trying out Fresh direct produce. Saturday was for the pork and tonight will be the chicken.
I decided to go dry rub with the pork. Here's my spice mix.
Mix it with some brown sugar and rub! Also, cut some slits and inserted some garlic cloves and dates. (spoiler alert I have tasted an embedded date and they are winners!)
I cooked it uncovered for 4 hours at 325. It came out with an internal temp of around 175/180. So damn delicious I was sneaking chunks with my hands every time I went to the kitchen!!
The meat under the fat layer is particularly amazing!
Dough-nuts!
Didn't make it out to the market but did make it out to Dough to have some donuts. Delicious!!
Light posts and late night feedings
Another week of light posts and late night feedings. We did manage a quick market trip last weekend.
Got some corn and some more black prince tomatoes. But this
and this
have really been my best friend all week.
This coffee has been pretty good but I am psyched to go tomorrow to the market and my current favorite coffee place in the neighborhood, Cammareri Bakery and Cafe , to restock my kitchen.
Introducing Emily James!
Readers, sorry for the break in the action but Olivia and I had something very important to attend to - the birth of our first child. We'd like to introduce Emily James!
We are planning to take her to her first trip to the Fort Greene market on Friday so expect the food action to continue on the weekend.
Ample Hills gets a perfect 10
Had ice cream from Ample Hills for the first time this evening. Perfect 10 of ice cream.
Ample Hills