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What would sunday morning be without a special breakfast………
Sour dough bread sauted in garlic butter, boursin cheese,
coppa ham, fried egg, chili flakes, sea salt. Ahhhhhhh…… 🙂
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Boursin Cheese
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No such thing as a Caesar Salad “Royal” you say?
Maybe up until around noon today you were right. But, after I made myself a traditional caesar salad for lunch and looked at it with hungry eyes (Bella too) , we felt the strong need to embellish the salad somewhat and this was the result :
Trim and wash romaine lettuce, cut into your preferred size or leave individual leafs whole. Prepare thinly sliced toast of your favorite bread. For the dressing, mash anchovy filets in a bowl, add egg yolks, roasted garlic pure, lemon juice, salt and cayenne pepper and in a slow, steady stream add good quality olive oil until you have a dressing the texture of mayonnaise. Add some finely grated parmigiano reggiano, mix well. Adjust taste and texture if necessary. Mix romaine with the dressing, arrange on serving dish. If you love anchovies (I do), top salad with additional filets. Sprinkle with finely grated or finely shaved parmigiano reggiano. Serve toast on the side. Voilà – Caesar Salad.
For Caesar Salad “Royal”, add the following items :
Prosciutto ham, salame, brie cheese, asiago cheese, manchego cheese, grape tomatoes, chives. Voilà – Caesar Salad “Royal”
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
P.S.
Caesar Salad “Imperial” coming up soon. ( Think crab legs, lobster, shrimp, caviar, etc) 🙂
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This morning at work Gene and I were talking about steaks and how great a good steak would be for lunch. Well, don’t just talk about it, do it ! S0 I went to the market and bought two great bone-in rib eyes, 80 oz in total weight. After work, straight home and put these babies on the heat, seasoned with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Got fancy with the naan too. Instead of doing the more traditional thing and putting the gorgonzola on the steak, I put it together with walnuts, grape tomatoes, scallions and lot’s of black pepper , then baked them in the oven for about five minutes. This would have been a great meal just by itself, but together with the meat and all the juices the bread soaked up – unbeatable 🙂
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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I had some apples and pears lying around and frozen puff pastry in the freezer.
So, how about this quick and easy dessert or snack, served with crème chantilly or vanilla ice cream (or both) 🙂
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Hollow out the apples so that there is a shell of about 1/3rd ” thickness. Saute the peeled, diced pears in butter, add sugar and let lightly caramelize. Flambe with cognac and add a dash of vanilla. Brush outside of apples with egg wash (so that puff pastry adheres). Fill pears into hollow apples, cover with puff pastry lattice, brush with egg wash and bake at 375 F. Bake until apples are soft but not falling apart.
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Shell-Less Apple & Pear “Pie”
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“Pretty” is not usually the first thing that comes to my mind as far as food is concerned.
But looking at this dish, the thoughts were first : Pretty ! Then : Let’s eat right NOW !
Usually we saute the prosciutto lightly but in this case, it was so thinly sliced and delicate,
just adding it to the top of the dish seemed the right thing to do.
And yes, I just preferred the texture and taste this way. Good Stuff 🙂
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Gnocchi Recipe Here
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Gnocchi, Prosciutto, Asparagus & Parmigiano Reggiano
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Gnocchi, cooked, reserve some of the cooking liquid
Asparagus, blanched
Prosciutto, VERY finely sliced
Parmigiano Reggiano, finely grated
Parmigiano Reggiano, finely sliced
Grape tomatoes,
Garlic paste,
Olive oil,
Kosher salt,
Cayenne pepper,
Method :
Saute gnocchi, asparagus and tomatoes in olive oil, season with salt and pepper. Add grated cheese and a bit of the gnocchi cooking liquid and toss until everything is lightly coated. To serve, top with prosciutto and very finely sliced cheese (use potato peeler to slice cheese).
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Link to interview-with-chef-hans-susser
Link to “WORLD GOURMET SOCIETY”
Enjoy the reading 🙂
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My butcher had these beautiful, fleshy beef neck bones which begged me to take them home and transform into a tasty dish. Since I had some nice baby carrots and beans in the fridge, what else then a rich “pot au feu” with pasta.
As usual, simple is best 🙂
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Ingredient’s :
Beef neck bones,
Penne rigate
Baby carrots,
Baby beans,
Onion, large dice
Bell pepper, large dice
Cilantro, finely chopped
Garlic, paste
Ginger, grated
Cayenne pepper,
Kosher salt,
Maggi seasoning,
Method :
Cover neck bones with cold water, add salt, pepper, garlic and ginger and slowly bring to a simmer, skimming of all scum and most fat which surfaces.
Meanwhile, blanch and shock all vegetables. Cook pasta until al dente, drain. When beef is very tender but not falling of the bone, add vegetables to heat through. Adjust seasoning if necessary.
To serve, place pasta in bottom of serving dish, ladle pot au feu on top and sprinkle with cilantro.
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Yesterday morning at 7.00am I put this beautiful hunk of meat in the oven at 325 F for 6 hours. (Seasoned with kosher salt, sriracha, granulated garlic, cumin seeds an caraway seeds).
I had the first portion for lunch with the red wine jus and bread dumplings. Wonderful.
Then in the evening I made the rest into a sandwich on sourdough bread with a bit of jus to moisten the bread and freshly grated horseradish with lemon juice to give it a bit of a kick 🙂
Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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“Schweine Braten” (Roast Pork Butt)
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It has been raining practically the whole day.
A perfect day for movies, reading, napping and a bit of liquid sunshine :
Spiced wodka sangria with berries and scotch bonnet chilies.
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Raining Cats & Dogs
Spiced Wodka Sangria
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Ingredients :
3 parts wodka, 3 parts dry white wine, 3 parts champagne, sliced limes, assorted berries, pricked scotch bonnet chilies.
Method :
Mix all ingredients except the champagne and let steep and chill for at least 3 hours,
preferably overnight. Just before serving, add champagne to glasses and top off with sangria.
Cheers ! Life is Good !
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Spicy chicken fajas,
with tortillas, guacamole, vinaigrette dressed lettuce, sour cream and salsa mexicana. A couple of negra modelo beers. What other meal on a rainy Friday night at home ?
This was most enjoyable to eat and quick to prepare.
Viva Mexico ! 🙂
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“Spicy Chicken Fajas”
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Ingredients :
Chicken, legs and tights, deboned, sliced,
Onions, sliced
Scallions, sliced
Garlic, paste
Guajillo pepper, ground
Cayenne pepper, (lot’s of it)
Cumin, ground
Chili powder,
Kosher salt,
Lard, to saute ( Substitute with other fat if preferred )
Method :
Saute chicken until golden brown, add onions, scallions, garlic paste and seasoning, saute until fragrant. Serving suggestion: See pictures.
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Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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