Archive for January, 2012

Bacon Wrapped Bluefish

January 16, 2012

Dinner

11 June 2010

Bacon Wrapped Bluefish

Bulgar Salad

Sauteed Baby and Mustard Greens

Idea taken from Saveur June 2010
Removed skin, good idea, folded length wise and the tail in to make a log, then laid over four strips of bacon and lots of sprigs of thyme, wrapped and held with toothpicks. Seasoned with Finessence and salt.

Grilled on Weber, two zone fire, off direct heat for about 25 minutes. 

Heated pan for greens, added olive oil and garlic, then lowered heat and tossed greens until wilted.

Bulger Salad was from another meal recently.

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January 6, 2012

29 January 2011

(and 29 January 2010)

Smoked Fish Chowder

(Finnan Haddie)

With Acme Smoked Whiting from MB, $7.99 a pound, 1 1/4 lbs. Used edamame again instead of Lima beans.  Lots of printouts, followed Gourmet 3/94. Bacon, Onions, russets, celery, frozen edamame, frozen corn, half and half and milk.

With a green salad with pear, pistachios, champagne vinegar and Sicilian olive all. Pears bathed in lime juice.

Irony Chardonnay, Napa 2008, Hannaford $10. Portuguese rolls.

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Ancho Pork with Pigeon Peas and Rice

January 6, 2012

16 January 2011

Asado de Puerco

(Pork Braised with Ancho Chiles)

Peas and Rice

Ensalada de Nopalitos

Pork from the 9th and the Pigeon Peas and Rice, or Arroz de Grandules made on the 12th was from TV-Web printouts 1/12/2011, it was probably the Tyler Florence recipe I followed the closest. That used achiote oil that I made to dress the peas and rice.

Salad used jarred nopalitos drained, lime juice, garlic, oil, scallions, plum tomatoes, cilantro, jalapenos.

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Asado de Puerco

January 6, 2012

9 January 2011

Asado de Puerco

Asado de Puerco

(Pork Braised with Ancho Chiles)

over warm Polenta

Carrots in Mole

Spinach in Wine Sauce

Pork was based on Saveur #76 but used a 4 1/4 pound pork butt and doubled the sauce. First made this 12/11/2005. The carrots from Border Cooking, but using Donna Maria Mole, whole baby carrots. Kathy called them, “Carrots in Mud.” But they were good. The spinach if the Rachael Ray recipe.

Had 6 cups of liquid at the end. Saved some of the “venom.”

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