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Posted in Cooking on Dec 5th, 2010
With winter fast approaching it was time to harvest the remaining tomatoes from the garden and thank them for their valiant efforts at producing food for a mostly ignorant gardener before they wilt and die from the cold. Most of the tomatoes were still green which is new to me, so I had to hunt [...]
Posted in Cooking on Nov 28th, 2010
When I cook chicken breast I usually buy them still on the crown and bone them so that I can use the bones for stock. I almost always cook chicken sous vide now and will often cook vegetables to go with it sous vide as well. I’ve developed this Stock in a Bag preparation to [...]
Cassoulet is a fairly epic dish that many home cooks shy away from because it requires a lot of time, some recipes call for 3 days of preperation/cooking. It’s a peasant dish and they were too busy working to be cooking for three days straight. I’ll guarantee they worked a lot harder for longer hours [...]
Posted in Cooking on Nov 27th, 2010
Guanciale is something I’ve been planning on making for quite some time. I had a pork jowl from Richardson Farms sitting in the freezer and a heavy weight of procrastination on my shoulders for quite some time before I finally decided to actually make it. The obvious place to turn to for the recipe is [...]
Posted in Cooking on Nov 14th, 2010
A few short weeks ago Hank Shaw over at Hunter Angler Gardener Cook announced his second annual duck cook off with Chef Michael Tuohy of Grange. As part of the announcement he held a competition to win dinner and a hotel for the night for two. I quickly and enthusiastically entered a recipe for a [...]
Posted in Cooking on Nov 1st, 2010
I’ve been wanting to make Pastrami for quite some time, I used to make it by getting pre-brined packages of corned beef and smoking it but I’ve never made it from scratch before. Thankfully I have my copy of the Bible and a recipe was only a few page turns away. I didn’t want to [...]
Posted in Cooking on Oct 17th, 2010
I wasn’t going to blog this, hence no photos of making them, But I was so happy how well they turned out, I wanted to share. Using Ruhlman’s Ratio for Pate a Choux I made the dough. Originally I was planning to do Eclairs, but they kept collapsing on me, I know you read this [...]
Posted in Cooking on Oct 17th, 2010
Inspired by one of my favourite blogs Hunter Angler Gardener Cook asking for duck recipes to win a seating at his upcoming duck Duel, I was thinking about good duck dishes, of course everyone knows that duck confit is the ultimate in duck recipes ( well it’s more of a mother recipe as it spawns [...]
Posted in Cooking on Oct 3rd, 2010
I broke out the Sous Vide gear today and had a go at cooking an entire meal Sous Vide. I haven’t done vegetables sous vide before and have read good things, especially about sous vide carrots. So I went to Central Market and got some fresh carrots ( tops still on ), some purple potatoes, [...]
Posted in Cooking on Oct 3rd, 2010
Usually when I make pizza I make the bases with instant yeast, but sometimes when I’m making Sourdough Loaves I keep some of the dough aside and use it for pizza. Simply take some of your dough aside after the first proof and shape into balls. Work on between 100-200g per pizza depending on the [...]
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