What's cooking?

Give me a bottle of wine and that chicken and I'm a happy camper.

 

Tonite we had dinner and a show. Spent the afternoon doing yard work, saw the pizza delivery guy drive by, and really wanted pizza. The delivered pizza is dreck, so put together an emergency pie, stuck it in the oven, and hopped in the shower to wash of the yard stench.

Then came the show--was just good and wet when I realized that I'd forgotten to put on pepperoni.

A mortal sin in our house.

So, went thundering out of the shower, tried to spin out on the wood floor, and stood in front of the open oven, dripping all over the place and tossing pepperoni on the pie while trying not to burn anything critical.

Mr. Lucretia laughed at me. But the pie came out ok.

 

That's some good pepperoni placement considering the situation you were in.

 

Good save :cool1

I have been baking a loaf every few days at the moment. Had a try at Boule shape and a round cut with whole meal bread-mix. It turned out all right, I think.

 

Had a quite day at home today. Had a chuck roast to pot and got a stock started. Simple fare that was quirk tasty and lots of leftovers..damm I did not get a shot of the mashed taters.

 

Still bubbling

 

Jim, that chuck roast with veg. reminds me of home.
We usually let the meat and the veg cook together, then meat comes out, blitz the veg to a puree and let it down to sauce consistency with some cooking liquor & sour cream and make some steamed bread dumplings (semmelknoedel) to go with it.

 

It's the home part that really counts.

 

I bet Jim has the best smelling house for miles around.

 

was that stock you are boiling down for later unspecified use?

 

I would like to think so but I have v seen a few dishes on here I would like to meet in person.

Yes sir, chicken stock for soup more than likely.

 

Really wanted a sandwich but had no bread.... Focaccia it was!


Sorry the resulting sammich was consumed too quickly and without thought of photos immediately after removal from the panini grill....

 

I could have used that bread..

 

Lunch today with some desperate characters in Brooklyn.

 

I love lamb!
Started this Friday

Barley Risotto

A quick peek to see how we are doing

And Dinner was served

 

Roast beast for dinner:




And leftovers for lunch:

 

Pasta night at our house. Fresh is the only way and nothing beats some home made alfredo

 

Lucretia, your roast beast looks awesome, in both iterations!

 

Lucretia, the roast beef looks so evenly cooked. Sous vide?

 

Nah, just an oven and a little witchcraft. (Reverse sear.) I had to replace my Thermapen recently and they had their leave-in temperature probe with an alarm on sale, so this was its trial run. Worked really well--the roast wasn't as thick as usual, so if I'd done it based on time it would have been a little over done.

(Putting on my hardhat and shin guards now.)

I haven't had any desire to go the sous vide route. I can see where a restaurant serving dozens of people would find it useful, but it seems like more trouble than it's worth. A lot of clutter and mess. Plus just roasting something in the oven makes the house smell really good.