What's cooking?

Had a BBQ yesterday, so made some homemade burger baps, griddled flatbread, cheese scones, greek salad, hummus, charred pepper dip, charred aubergine dip, guacamole, chicken-chorizo and veg skewers, burgers, honey-mustard chicken thighs, potato wedges and a few other bits and pieces.
No pics, but you can imagine them anyway.

 

Not really cooking but curing some blueberry fennel gravlax

 

Steamed pigfish, ready to be demolished.

 

Haven't seen that fish in markets before but looks yummy

 

Very simple dish where "butter makes it better "
Seared scallops , sage brown butter , roasted pumpkin , pumpkin purée and pepitas

 

It was yummy, Chef. We, two adults and a three year old finished the whole fish tonight.

I don't think I have seen the fish at the fish market (since I have known about the fish a few months ago). A fish monger in Hurstville, who sells a lot to Chinese, first convinced me to try and bragged that it was among the best if not the best fish for steaming Chinese style. It's not a cheap fish by any mean, 30-40 a kg and they said that if they get in any, may be just two to four fish, and perhaps once a week or once a fortnight that they may get the fish in.

From wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pigfish



And the government: http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/375882/Eastern-pigfish.pdf

 

Must visit Hunter, must visit Hunter.

 

Please do , meanwhile:
I love these fatty cheeks

 

Those are like a golden nugget in winter time. In summer, cheap as chips. I will have to resort to other cut during this cooler period. One of my regular butcher starts having hanger steak available. It is a common cut in the US, but it is not very common here in Australia, at least in Sydney. I have tried braising it, grilling, etc, pretty flavoursome cut.

 

So many beautiful dishes! you guys are making us hackers here feel bad.2

 

I don't feel bad, I feel hungry! Keep it up!

 

Nothin' special, just some sweet and sour pork.

 

Snapper with Thai Inspired Tomato Broth

 

That snapper looks delicious! Unfortunately a fish they don't have here...

 

Very much appreciated! What kind of fish do you normally run in to in your neck of the woods?

 

Had a early father's day party last Friday for some odd reason, but lot's of food, and good times!
The biggest hits of the party were the curried bacon deviled eggs:



And the arancini made from tomato basil risotto, stuffed with mozzarella:



Not pictured were smoked pork, homemade salsa, asian noodle salad, flan, cheesecake, chocolate chip cookies, gingersnaps. And of course beer

 

The best "braised" dish I think I have ever had was veal cheeks! Veal cheeks, beef cheeks even halibut cheeks are all extremely tasty, if prepared properly. Get you some, Mert!

 

I think they came out all right , cooked in veal jus

We skimmed the fat , cooled the cheeks in their in braising liquid overnight , then removed them from it and reduced braising liquids to a thick glaze added the cheeks back on , occasionally basting ... Oh yeah .... Foodporn ...

 

Yea buddy, ooey, gooey, sticky, tasty, beef cheeks,,,,, DUDE!!! I think I just had a foodgasim!

 

Many. Brass, cod, salmon (almost extinct, but it has come back). Lots of eel (but now nearing extinction...) And my personal favorite: herring. We eat it raw. Even the Japanese don't eat raw herring .

I love those devilled eggs, by the way. I wasn't really aware of wat I was eating back then, but it still reminds me of the seventies. You should use a nozzle to fill those eggwhites to make it perfect .