Posted in Cooking on Dec 6th, 2009
Chicken Fried Steak (CFS) is an Austin staple. Usually a CFS is made from a fairly cheap cut of beef which has been tenderized to within an inch of it’s life. Being a big fan of slow cooked meats, and recently playing with Sous Vide cooking I was pretty sure I could make a [...]
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Posted in Cooking on Dec 2nd, 2008
With the left over duck pieces from my previous Duck with Pomegranate Juice Reduction dish I decided to make a confit of duck. I season the duck pieces with salt, thyme, coriander and garlic and left in the fridge for 24 hours to cure.
This was then cooked at 100 C for 10 hours [...]
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Posted in Cooking on Apr 16th, 2008
Both of these recipes were shamelessly stolen from Smitten Kitchen. I love onions especially when they’re cooked long enough for the sweetness to come out fully ( I once had an onion tart that was sweet enough you would happily eat it for dessert, shame I never got the recipe ). [...]
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Posted in Cooking on Mar 19th, 2008
This is both awesome and repulsive. A while back I saw photos of a pizza made up on McDonalds cheeseburgers, totally forgot about it until today where out of the blue I remembered it. I recruited some willing participants and made it for lunch at work. It tasted [...]
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