Easy to make hush puppies or corn meal pancakes, I usually add a little yogurt or sour cream to the liquid just to provide a little extra balance for the syrup.
Steak Fajitas
June 1st, 2007 by dinner
A marinated flank steak, with all the usual fajitas toppings sans guacamole, instead we had an avocado and cucumber salad
Chicken Cutlet
May 27th, 2007 by dinner
A chicken cutlet breaded with homemade bread crumbs and secret seasoning, topped with spinach and jarlesberg cheese. Served with tabouli and spinach.
Grilled Veal Chop and Duck
May 25th, 2007 by dinner
We started dinner with a simple appetizer of duck prosciutto, Jarlesberg cheese and d’anjou pear. My duck prosciutto is very good, but unfortunately I brined it for about 24 hours too long, so it is very salty hence the pear and cheese to help soften the bite of the salt.
The main course was fiddle heads, and tabouli made from whole wheat, which has a distinctly nutty flavour compared to regular couscous. Finally the star of the meal was a nice veal chop.
Shrimp pasta with bruschetta
May 20th, 2007 by dinner
We had a starter of bruschetta grilled rubbed with garlic and served with the traditional topping of diced tomatoes, onions and parsley and olive oil along with a little kicker from some balsamic vinegar, this is a great app, easy to make and the topping store very well in the fridge. The main course was sautéed shrimp with red peppers, snow peas and leeks on spaghettini.
Pepper Steak
May 16th, 2007 by dinner
This is a bit different than the normal green peppercorn sauce I normally make, for this dish I added julienned green peppers which worked quite nicely in the sauce, we split a strip loin as opposing to having a whole one each. Served with steamed green beans and medallions of Dijon fingerling potatoes with parsley.
Spaghetti with meat sauce
May 15th, 2007 by dinner
You can’t eat haute cuisine every day, a simple meat sauce made with ground chuck and served on spaghetti with Parmigiano Reggiano and finished with lots of ground black pepper. Also served with a side of garlic bread, can’t get much easier than this.
Mothers Day
May 13th, 2007 by dinner
We started with shrimp cocktail and hush puppies or corn meal based pancakes which you eat like latke topped with the smoked salmon, onion, sour cream, caramelized onions. The main course was a pan fried sea bass fillet that was poached in lobster bisque and served with green beans, poached pearl onions and baby new potatoes. The creaminess of the lobster bisque marries very well with the firm almost creamy flesh of the sea bass. I make the hush puppies all the time now for breakfast, far better than pancakes in my opinion.
All steaks are not created equeal…
May 11th, 2007 by dinner
A humongous rib-eye and appropriately size tenderloin, dusted with Barbarians Steak Spice, both were cooked medium rare which is challenging given the size difference and timing. Served with parsley potatoes and simple medallions of carrot. Mine was the small one.
Miso glazed Atlantic Salmon
May 9th, 2007 by dinner
This is very simple to prepare, pan fry your salmon to a golden brown, smear miso mixed with a little honey, sesame oil and finish in a hot oven. I served this massive piece with steamed rice and stir fried broccoli.
