A simple salad of roasted golden beets, red pickled beets, ricotta salata and dressed with balsamic pearls and olive oil.
Beet Salad
July 17th, 2011 by dinner
Amuse-bouche
July 11th, 2011 by dinner
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
July 10th, 2011 by dinner
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
July 5th, 2011 by dinner
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
July 2nd, 2011 by dinner
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
July 1st, 2011 by dinner
Simple French Toast and fresh raspberries and blue berries along with fresh berries and maple syrup.
Vegetable Frittata
June 12th, 2011 by dinner
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
April 25th, 2011 by dinner
My wife finally gave in and let me make a Hawaiian Pizza, not surprisingly, she really liked it.
Hawaiian Pizza
Hawaiian Pizza
A first attempt at Molecular Gastronomy
March 2nd, 2011 by dinner
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
February 21st, 2011 by dinner
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