No cooking tonight, we ate cheese and bread.
Yesterday I made the Vietnamese pork meatballs Nem Nuong from Charles Phan’s The Slanted Door book. Made a Bun Cha to eat with the meatballs.
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I should have mentioned my recipe is with ricotta. Let the ricotta v. bechamel wars begin! grin
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Friday the 24th July … Just a light Lunch out … ! A vegetarian curry at a lovely Indian bistro with a splendid terraced garden. A pomegrante gaspacho and wild black cod fish with squid & prawns molecular … Owner has a Michelin Starred Restaurant in London. We are in the Madrid Capital for 1 week …
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A local retailer just sent out ads for this oven, although it is currently unavailable!
H said it’s the pro version he is looking at…
I saw the broken link was the same image as your last photo, I got rid of the duplicate one.
Lovely meal as usual! Have a nice weekend!
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If he gets it, I’ll be interested to hear what he thinks of it.
Thank you … Appreciate your assistance.
Best wishes for a great summer.
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Héhé!! He needs my approval first!! So far some are too expensive, some are too heavy (96kg), some are too big.
Give it to him!!
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We have a tiny outdoor space! I’ve to see if he’s real serious first. Prefer one that we can store it when not in use!
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Cortador ( A Professional Ham Carver, or Butcher, PACO DE LA VEGA ) has incredible ham for those who eat it ( I do not eat meat for quite a long time) however, this is one of the best brands. Paco is located in Valencia, however, he has collaborators in Madrid and Barcelona and all major cities in Spain.
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Team ricotta! I get the smoothness of the bechamel, and do love versions made with it (del posto!), but ricotta has the rustic feel that I just can’t go without when it comes to lasagna.
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Went simple: grilled Tsardusted bone-in pork chop from my butcher, finished in the convection oven.
Served with Lime-Pepper-Maple mashed sweet potatoes and steamed green beans.
Oh, there was wine. Yup, yup, yup.
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Our beloved Bloom restaurant in Verona, NJ just reopened for takeout after taking a 4 month Covid-19 vacation. We enjoyed some excellent takeout. They took great care in preparing and wrapping everything for takeout. They even deconstructed the spicy pork tacos with wasabi coleslaw in different components so we could prepare it ourselves at home (so it wouldn’t get soggy). We also enjoyed excellent bulgogi, kimchi, and cheese, and spicy crispy chicken burger sandwiches with fries that remained crispy. For appetizers we had the grilled octopus with salsa verde, cauliflower puree, and quinoa, as well as crispy juicy chicken wings with soy sauce. It all went great with an excellent 2008 Italian Syrah.
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What was left of beets with blood orange EVOO and Blenheim vinegar
Teriyaki chicken skewers, oyster sauce chard, basmati
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Mini chorizo & ground beef/pork meatloaf a la @mariecarmen, (moist & delicious, the meatloaf not Maria, although she may be too) served it with left over wedge of tortilla española topped with a glob of aioli and corn, tomato, avocado salad. There was a large glass of sangria.
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Yes and the foil wrapped potato! It was a time warp indeed, but the leftovers made a tasty lunch as sandwiches for the 2 of us @escaped. Had an even more retro day today, may post about it on the nostalgia thread…
totally stressful day due to just stupid work tech connection issues. ALL DAY, start to finish. in between i tried to start dinner. Burned the black beans i was making for refrieds for salbutes - little fried masa cakes. And then the masa harina must have been rancid, the salbutes, while light and crispy, just had this stale taste to them. feh. the carnitas were good, but of course I didn’t make them, for a change! Got them pre-made from our FM, and they were fantastic. Wasted on those stale disks and burned beans.
Of course, we ate it all.
This day can just go eff itself!
counting down the minutes until the cocktail hour…
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