Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Veal! It's what's for dinner!

Veal....concoction. Kind of like saltimbocca.

Lay out prosciutto
top with thin veal, fresh thyme, fresh ground pepper, goat cheese
Roll tightly, secure with toothpicks
Dredge in flour (I put pepper, appledwood smoked seasalt and parsley in it)
Brown in a very hot cast iron skillet (olive oil) just for a minute or 2
Bake for 10 minutes, depends how you like it

Let rest for a few minutes! Voila! Spinach sauted in olive oil, siracha and tons of garlic!


Wednesday, April 3, 2013

What's cooking!

Trying to use up what I have in the fridge....


Tonights dinner....made another olive oil infusion this morning (garlic, rosemary, thyme, fresh ground pepper, applewood smoked seasalt). Mixing that with fingerling potatoes. The trick to these potatoes is get your pan hot in the oven first. I use cast iron at 400 for 10 minutes. Throw potatoes in, flip after 10 minutes...add turkey kielbasa, red, yellow and orange bellpeppers, cook for 15 more minutes. Add in a few handfuls of fresh spinach, onions...whatever. 5 more and voila!

Delic! I LOVE spicy food...so I have siracha on the side.



I go through about 60-80oz of spinach per week. I put it in my juicer, make salads and cook with it a lot. Especially if it's a bit wilted.

I got bored of the travel blog...and can't access my cooking blog!

So I will just combine the two :D.

Lamb chops with a port wine reduction (marinated in a little port, garlic, pepper, fresh thyme, applewood smoked seasalt)

-Cook in a very hot grill pan, about 4 minutes each side. To make the port reduction mix port and sugar on medium heat in a saucepan, until it reaches desired consistency.

Fingerlings cooked with a garlic and herb infusion I made this morning.

-Herb infusion (olive oil, applewood smoked salt, fresh ground pepper, thyme, rosemary).

-The trick to fingerlings! Put a cast iron skillet in the oven on 400 for 10 minutes. Toss the potatoes with your herb infusion, put in pan. 10-15 minutes on each side).

Roasted roma tomatoes stuffed with thyme, fresh ground pepper and herbed goat cheese.

-Hollow out roma tomatoes, stuff with desired herbs and cheese. Cook 25 minutes at 400. Broil last few minutes

Let your lamb rest! Pour sauce over...eat! Serve with a glass of red, malbec went nicely.

Nom nom nom.