Hi everyone
Hope you’re having a little taste of spring wherever you are. It’s been mostly lovely here in nyc, even though still cool, except this weekend, when we have had a brief hit of summer heat. Allergies are in peak force, boo.
Didn’t get to everything I had planned for this week as I worked my way through leftovers, but I did get to a few things on my list of ideas.
Actuals:
– Midye Dolmasi / Turkish rice-stuffed mussels, deconstructed into a pilaf.
– German Creamy Leek Tart from Luisa Weiss (an old COTM favorite from Chowhound that I finally got around to trying).
– Mangalorean Mutton Gravy from COTM Serious Eats + cabbage + chapatis + rice.
– Salmon Skordalia Cakes (inspired by COTM Jose Andres), eaten plain, with steamed broccoli, and finally rolled up into TJ’s new Lefse / potato flatbreads.
– Homey Indian food cooked by friends after Chinatown snacks provided by me — pork and chive dumplings, spicy beef bun, cabbage and pork bun early on, followed by homestyle chicken, cauliflower sabzi, dal parathas, and rice for dinner. Chocolate Chantilly crepe cake and Japanese style cheesecake for dessert, also from Chinatown.
– Pulled lamb over pita and roasted fennel over labne at an Israeli wine bar, with a deconstructed baklava cheesecake to finish. Everything was so delicious – I need to remember to roast fennel, it’s delicious!
– Pickings from a Jackson Heights visit – chicken samosa, seekh kabab, naan, with leftovers from other meals.
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Will continue to play it by ear this week and focus on using up things I stowed in the freezer and forgot about, including tuna (tiradito maybe) and roast chicken (quesadillas), along with some things I’ve had in mind for a while (Peruvian chicken stew with aji amarillo, asparagus ricotta sformato / custard or galette, cauliflower cheese). I also picked up some lovely fresh Indian vegetables from Jackson Heights that I’ll be working in – tender okra, guvar / cluster beans, and tindola / ivy gourd. Yum.
Wish you all a peaceful week ahead, with good eats.
