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Posted in Cooking on Feb 28th, 2010
With a gallon of raw milk to get through I wanted to try my hand at making some cheese. After doing some googling and research I found a nice simple recipe that looked like it would work well. I poured a litre of milk into a heavy bottom saucepan and put it over low heat. [...]
Posted in Cooking on Feb 28th, 2010
Searching my cookbooks for something to do with the Raw Milk I got yesterday from MooJesus Dairy I stumbled across this dish in the Momofuku cookbook. I took a few liberties with it ( the Capt Crunch and the cornflake tuille are my additions ).
Posted in Cooking on Feb 28th, 2010
One thing that really annoys me about living in Austin is the lack of a really good butcher. Don’t get me wrong there’s a few good places to buy quality meat ( Central Market, Wholefoods, etc ) however their butchers are generally too busy running a long counter with lots of customers to talk meat. [...]
Posted in Misc on Feb 27th, 2010
Just a quick note to mention that I’ve added an iPhone skin which should make browsing xesla.ro easy from an iPhone or similar device. Be handy for when at the supermarket and trying to remember what I need to buy for a particular recipe.
Posted in Cooking on Feb 26th, 2010
I don’t cook fish much, something I often contemplate changing. With some fresh Mahi Mahi at $6/pound it seemed like a great opportunity to cook some. I decided to go for a basic saute with just salt and pepper. If I was doing it again I’d probably take it off the gas earlier and finish [...]
Posted in Cooking on Feb 24th, 2010
What better way to celebrate the freak snow in Austin today than with a rich hot chocolate. Spanish hot chocolate is a thick rich drink which is often also used as a dipping sauce for a Churro. In fact the test of a good hot chocolate is being able to stand a churro up in [...]
Posted in Cooking on Feb 23rd, 2010
I sliced some Cauliflower thinly and tossed it in a mix of white miso and EVOO. I roasted this for about 20 minutes at 250 C turning once. I Roasted some Asparagus on my cast iron griddle and seared the NY Strip. I had some Consommé in the freezer that I’d made the other day, [...]
Posted in Cooking on Feb 22nd, 2010
Here’s a quick tasty dessert. Make a chocolate ganache ( 240g of chocolate to 1/4 cup of cream and mix, heating over a water bath until smooth), add in a few teaspoons of balsamic vinegar to taste. Refrigerate, and then when cold shape into balls and roll in some cocoa powder.
Posted in Cooking on Feb 22nd, 2010
Flan is a super simple dessert with just a few ingredients and a great dessert. You can make individual flans or one big one like I did. There’s a bunch of different ways to end up with about the same thing, Flan ( Creme Caramel, etc ) seems to a ‘traditional’ dessert all over the [...]
Posted in Cooking on Feb 21st, 2010
This is a nice simple brownie recipe borrowed from Smitten Kitchen, achievable by almost any reasonably stocked pantry. Despite the fact that the only chocolate in the brownie is Cocoa it manages to remain nice and fudgy. Can serve as is, or like I did with some chocolate ganache sauce. 141 grams unsalted butter 280 [...]
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