Posted in Cooking on Mar 7th, 2010
I love Thai food, but have had a real hard time finding good Thai in Austin ( Although I’m told Thai Fresh downtown is excellent ). I finally decided that if I was going to have good Thai I’d have make it myself and spent the last few weeks on the lookout for [...]
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Posted in Cooking on Mar 1st, 2010
I decided to turn my Pastured Pork Shoulder into one of my all time favourite dishes Cochinita Pibil. I’ve posted a recipe for this before so I won’t go into too much detail. Traditionally the Pibil is served with a red onion pickle. I also had some blue corn [...]
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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. [...]
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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 ).
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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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 [...]
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