What's for dinner

Beet Salad

dinner — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:50:03 +0000

A simple salad of roasted golden beets, red pickled beets, ricotta salata and dressed with balsamic pearls and olive oil.

Amuse-bouche

dinner — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:34:07 +0000

A tower of roasted golden beet, pickled red beet, baked serrano ham, ricotta salata, balsamic glaze and wrapped in chives. Very tasty.

Roast chicken thighs on Pearl Barley

dinner — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:56:56 +0000

This is more of a fall/winter dish, but you have to change things up once in a while, this is a riff on a Jamie Oliver dish “Pan-Fried Partridge with a Delicate Pearl Barley, Pea and Lettuce Stew“, I also added fresh corn.

Chicken Thighs and Pearl Barley

Chicken Enchiladas

dinner — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:43:18 +0000

Simple chicken enchiladas, made from left over roast chicken, the sauce is made from scratch and is spiced with a guajillo chili. And topped with jack cheese. I used a whole wheat soft tortilla, but I think the traditional hard corn tortilla would be better (but it is pretty hard to find in my neck of the woods.)

chicken enchiladas

Roasted Chicken with BBQ glaze and roasted vegetables

dinner — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:18:20 +0000

This is an ode to Jamie Oliver, a roasted chicken glazed with my own BBQ sauce made with guajillo chili (or as I call it the dream chili, since it induces psychedelic dreams)

The veg of carrots, red potatoes, onions and garlic scapes were thrown into the pan in the last hour to roast and soak up all the juices, there was also some red wine added to the roasted vegetables.

roasted chicken

The composed (rustic) plate

roasted chicken and vegetables

French Toast and Fresh Berries

dinner — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:07:35 +0000

Simple French Toast and fresh raspberries and blue berries along with fresh berries and maple syrup.

Vegetable Frittata

dinner — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:27:06 +0000

A simple frittata with oven roasted grape tomatoes, grilled zucchini, parsley, onions and red potato. Very easy to prepare, great warm or cold.

vegetable frittata

The before shot:

Vegetable Frittata

Hawaiian Pizza

dinner — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:00:02 +0000

My wife finally gave in and let me make a Hawaiian Pizza, not surprisingly, she really liked it.

Hawaiian Pizza

A first attempt at Molecular Gastronomy

dinner — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:22:04 +0000

After getting a molecular gastronomy kit, I made some balsamic vinegar pearls (which is pretty easy to do.) Some of my other attempts at creating other creations have failed. The pearls are served on buffalo di mozzarella with grape tomatoes, fresh basil and extra virgin olive oil. Visually the dish is quite stunning.

Balsamic Pearsl

Eggs Benedict’o

dinner — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:50:59 +0000

Eggs Benedict Italian style, the base is roasted polenta, topped with sliced strip loin, grape tomatoes and arugula with lemon vinaigrette, a poached egg and finally a roasted red pepper sauce, and some hash browns.

Eggs Benedict'o