What are you cooking for dinner this weekend?

[crumpton]

is is legal to leave rustic and forgo puree?

Huckleberry gastrique


1 cup red wine
½ cup sugar
1 Tablespoon of water
¼ cup red wine vinegar
1 cup huckleberries

Combine wine, sugar, water, vinegar in pot simmer 15 minutes add huckleberries cook till a syrup. puree. Add water if too thick

This one I use

[Coppercook62]

Yes it is

[crumpton]

good cause thats how i been doing them ;-)

[Coppercook62]

Stone Fruit season is upon us and I thought i would share one of my favorite salads
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Stone Fruit Salad

Vinaigrette
½ cup Champagne vinegar
1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup grape seed oil

Whisk vinegar, vanilla bean paste and extract together. Whisk in the oil.

Pickled Onions
3 cups sugar
3 cups seasoned rice wine vinegar
4 red onions, cut into ¼-inch-thick rings

Bring the sugar and vinegar to a boil. Place the onion rings into bowl, pour vinegar mixture over onions and cover with plastic wrap. Let cool to room temperature and then place in refrigerator.

Salad
1 sliced peach
1 sliced apricot
1 sliced nectarine
10 pitted cherries
3 cups arugula
8 ounces vanilla bean vinaigrette
6–8 ounces crumbled goat cheese
10 pickled onion rings

Toss the fruits and the arugula with the vinaigrette. Divide the mixture evenly among four plates. Place the crumbled goat cheese on top of each salad, and garnish with the onions. Serves 4.

[spopepro]

Stone Fruit season is upon us and I thought i would share one of my favorite salads <img src="http://www.velocipedesalon.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=79318"/> Stone Fruit Salad Vinaigrette ½ cup Champagne vinegar 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 cup grape seed oil Whisk vinegar, vanilla bean paste and extract together. Whisk in the oil. Pickled Onions 3 cups sugar 3 cups seasoned rice wine vinegar 4 red onions, cut into ¼-inch-thick rings Bring the sugar and vinegar to a boil. Place the onion rings into bowl, pour vinegar mixture over onions and cover with plastic wrap. Let cool to room temperature and then place in refrigerator. Salad 1 sliced peach 1 sliced apricot 1 sliced nectarine 10 pitted cherries 3 cups arugula 8 ounces vanilla bean vinaigrette 6-8 ounces crumbled goat cheese 10 pickled onion rings Toss the fruits and the arugula with the vinaigrette. Divide the mixture evenly among four plates. Place the crumbled goat cheese on top of each salad, and garnish with the onions. Serves 4.

Thanks for this. Making it for sure.

What are your thoughts on verjus in the dressing in place of vinegar? Seems like it might be awesome. Actually, I should just try it and see...

[znfdl]

Preserving lemons this week, will use when cooking Greek food next week.

[jdp211]

Stir fry night in the perlhammer household. Probably left a little too much liquid with the chicken and probably could have browned it a bit more. Either way, all kinds of delicious.
Untitled by perlhammer25, on Flickr
by perlhammer25, on Flickr
by perlhammer25, on Flickr

[rwsaunders]

You know that the weather has turned for the better when the troops cry out for BBQ grilled chicken for dinner and s'mores for desert...the favorite menu of trailer park residents from around the country. I did use fair trade chocolate, whole grain graham crackers and hand puffed marshmallows...made with a vintage Silca floor pump.

[fastupslowdown]

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Steamed Black Sea Bass, Bok Choy, Red Pepper, Jalapeno, Ginger, Garlic, Shiitake and Medium grain Brown Rice.
First time I ever steamed a whole fish.

[SpeedyChix]

No photos but monster wok work with tofu, choi, peppers, mushrooms, butternut squash, garlic, ginger root, broccoli, onions, more ginger root and garlic, hot peppers. Ahhhh. Over a bed of red quinoa.

[fastupslowdown]

Branzino , Fiddleheads and a baked potato to celebrate yesterday's 150 NY to Montauk Bike Ride


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[nrs5000]

I made this again last night, after my boys requested lamb for dinner. Substituted Bulleit for the Knob Creek.

Both kids had seconds.

Braised lamb chop in a bourbon reduction.

Lamb:
4 tbsp canola oil
2 lbs lamp chops
4 cups broth or stock of your choosing - I used BB chicken to cut through the lamb's richness a bit
Pinch of flour
3-4 big carrots, halved and quartered.
1/2 med onion, chopped big
Fingerling potatoes

Reduction:
Garlic. Whole smashed cloves. 3-4 cloves.
2 tbsp minced shallots
1/2 medium white/yellow onion, minced
1 c carrots, chopped roughly
1 tbsp whole peppercorns
1 c bourbon (I used Knob Creek)
1/3 c apple cider vinegar
2 tsp maldon salt
2 tbsp fresh minced sage

Get the oil hot, just below smokepoint in a big ovenproof pot - preferably a dutch oven. Add lamb, one chop at a time as to not overwhelm the hot oil. Brown each side for 2-3 minutes. Pull the lamb and set it aside. Pour off a bit of the oil if the lamb has seriously let go of some fat. Begin the reduction prep in the pot with the oil. Reduce heat to medium, add onions, garlic, shallots, carrots, and peppercorns. Saute until the onions begin to go translucent, then add the bourbon, salt, and vinegar. Preheat oven to 375. Simmer until it's reduced in half or so on stovetop - it took about 15 minutes for me. Add the sage.

Add lamb to the pot, then the broth. If there isn't enough to cover the lamb, add water. Stir flour into the mixture. Bring to a simmer on the stove and put it in the oven uncovered. Let it simmer for an hour, then add the rest of the carrots/potatoes/onions. Let it reduce another hour or two. I let mine go until the top couple inches of lamb and veggies were exposed to get a nice crispy crust on top. Pull it out, serve with the reduction over the top and a slab of crusty bread.

[mg2ride]

$30 a dozen for live fatties! Too late for the Grad party so I will just have to suffer and eat them myself!

[Shinomaster]

For some reason they serve hash browns with brown "meat" gravy in Spokane Washington. Inspired by this fabulous, gourmet idea, I made my own version for brunch.

[mg2ride]

This certainly does not qualify as home made, so I will post it here instead of the Pizza Thread.

Sometimes easy makes for GREAT eats. Harris Teeter Flat bread, Ragu Pizza sauce, cheap bagged shredded cheeze (whatever kind I got) and than whatever I can find in the fridge. Boy #1 had it with left over grocery store rotisserie chicken, Boy #2 had it with Hardison's Carolina BBQ, Wifey had it with feta and left over bacon and I had it with prosciutto, onions and peppers.

10 mins in a 475 oven with a stone.

Pretty damn tasty considering a drunk monkey could make it.

[Shinomaster]

I'm been on a ramen kick after watching Mind of a Chef on Netflix. The meaty one was ground pork and browned onions to which I added chicken broth and dried mushrooms and their liquid and then last, miso. At the very end I tossed in some spinach, corn and scallions. Good enough to slurp. I made a veggie one for my girlfriend with faux chicken, and then one with soba noodles which was really tasty. Some day I'll boil pig parts all day for a really good broth.My love affair with ramen started a long, long time ago in Boston at Porter square at a place which I believe still exists.

[mg2ride]

I'm been on a ramen kick after watching Mind of a Chef on Netflix. The meaty one was ground pork and browned onions to which I added chicken broth and dried mushrooms and their liquid and then last, miso. At the very end I tossed in some spinach, corn and scallions. Good enough to slurp. I made a veggie one for my girlfriend with faux chicken, and then one with soba noodles which was really tasty. Some day I'll boil pig parts all day for a really good broth.My love affair with ramen started a long, long time ago in Boston at Porter square at a place which I believe still exists.

Nice Bowls!

[Shinomaster]

Nice Bowls!

Wow, thanks! I made them quite a while ago.

[nrs5000]

Copper River salmon on the grill.

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[rwsaunders]

Local beef, seasoned a bit, charcoal grilled with some bourbon soaked apple chips thrown in for good luck. A little homemade mac n cheese and salad, fittingly washed down with Red Rider Pale ale.

Shino, Gordon Ramsay wants to recruit you.