I was recently reading about the virtues of reverse searing a steak, i.e. slowly roasting it in an oven until done, and then finishing it off with a sear in a very hot cast iron frying pan. If done right, the result is a steak which is evenly cooked to the preferred level of doneness Read More …
I spotted a recipe in 30seconds.com that looked like it should be very good with mashed potatoes, and it was, although a bit hard to serve with melted cheese everywhere. (The basic idea is meatballs simmered in a French onion soup, and then cheese mixed in and melted.) I will describe the way we made Read More …
Before throwing out an old issue of Bon Appetit, I noticed some tasty looking winter braises, and this is an adaptation of one of them. This takes about an hour and will make 2-4 servings. (4 servings for us with mashed potatoes.) The sauce was very good as were the apples with the pork. 1 Read More …
This is an alternate use for the dough for New York Bagels . Form each piece of bagel dough into a rope about 12 inches long. Coil the rope around a good quality hot dog or another good quality cooked smoked sausage. On a clean work surface, roll the wrapped dough and dog back and Read More …
This basic New York style plain bagel is adapted from a recipe in Cathy Barrow’s Bagels, Schmears, and a Nice Piece of Fish. It is very similar to Bagels which I learned to make at King Arthur Flour’s baking school, although this version does not have any malt or sugar in the water bath. Bagels Read More …
This bread was a successful experiment making a mini boule out of a mixture of 75% King Arthur Flour’s Keto wheat baking flour and 25% whole wheat flour. So, there were two experiments at the same time. First, making a small boule, because sometimes a normal sized boule is too much for the two of Read More …
Chinese egg tarts are a descendant of Portuguese egg tarts (Pasteis de Nata) adapted to Chinese tastes, etc. and are a good example of how food ideas move across cultures. This recipe is an adaptation of a recipe in livingthegourmet.com. It takes about and hour and makes 6 single-serving tarts. Two parts which were a Read More …
I spotted at Trader Joe’s recently a bag of 10 Minute Farro, which had a recipe on the package I thought worth trying as a high fiber and low glycemic main course. My main change from the original was to increase the amount of sausage to one sausage per serving. This will make 4 servings Read More …
As I was decluttering my office by throwing away old cooking magazines, I spotted a cassoulet recipe in bon appétit, which seemed to be a good dinner for a cold midwinter evening. This adaptation is a bit of a project in the sense that it has multiple components best performed over multiple days, but each Read More …
I have another post about Beef Rendang, which I made for the first time over 40 years ago for a Malaysian new mother, using her Malaysian cookbook. (It was an adventure.) I recently spotted a recipe on Food52 which was to think of rendang as a pasta sauce, like spaghetti Bolognese. The idea works. Carol Read More …