This looks awesome!
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Thank you! The new (to me) technique is a keeper. They were the best tostones I’ve ever eaten. Fluffier and lighter on the inside than the usual, with a delicate but very crisp exterior. Perfect.
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Do you mind sharing the recipe?
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Those tostones look amazing. I was going to ask if you would mind sharing the recipe but @gcaggiano beat me to it.
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Duck confit (already cooked, Brome Lake from Farm Boy, 2 legs for $14.99 cdn) with black currant & ginger sauce
Tres Leches from last night’s take-out
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Simple summer dinner here, though our weather is still not very summery in SF but i’m acting as if. BLTs on sourdough and COTC for me, off the cob for the BF. Big fat heirlooms were tasty.
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For openers, fresh corn on the cob from the garden – harvest to table in under 7 minutes.
Followed by panko-crusted halibut fish tacos on a bed of home-grown cabbage. Garlic-lime crema and store-bought tortillas.
A margarita from scratch for the cook.
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And that gorgeous pottery. Swoon.
Love that you served the corn first. When the corn is really in around here I can eat three ears and just a slice of tomato or something just to break it up a little.
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Chickpeas are a favorite, for me, at this time of the year. It always cheers me that they are so easy to cook up and go with most anything. Last night they were combined with local tomatoes, store shallots, a drizzle of honey, oo, a dusting of Aleppo pepper , and local goats milk feta then roasted at 400F for 30 or so minutes.
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Heaven! I serve COTC as a starter too but have never picked my own.
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Not at all. Put about 1 quart of water in a bowl. Add in a couple tablespoons of salt or adobo seasoning (I used the latter). Peel the plantains and cut into segments about 1" long. Place in the seasoned water and let sit 10-15 min. Remove and pat dry. Deep fry the plantain chunks in oil at 350-360 F until lightly browned. Remove from oil, let cool enough to handle. Use a tostone press, a glass, or tortilla press to press into rounds about 1/4" thick (if you use a tortilla press, which is what I do, you have to be careful not to press them too thin). Place the tostones back in the water for just a minute, then remove and pat dry. Fry again, same temperature, until golden and crisp. Remove to a rack and sprinkle with salt. Serve immediately.
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My folks were urban gardeners, also, and corn was a passion of my father’s. Small patch, same as ours, and ever since I can remember there would be an annual event when the corn was ripe. Pick the ears, toss them in a waiting pot of boiling water, and eat them straight away.
There’s nothing like the taste and texture of corn that fresh, and the tradition is something my husband and I continue to enjoy. The key is not to over-cook it.
I could say the same for asparagus (although roasted, not boiled).
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That’s exactly what I do, except for the double soaking. That part is new to me (and my BF who is Puerto Rican). I wonder if that’s what makes the difference? I can’t taste your picture but they just look so much better than the ones we’ve made.
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Yes, that what makes the difference. I’ve made tostones for years, using the standard fry-press-fry again method, but they never had this nice a texture before. Just a warning… the tostones, having more moisture in them, will splatter more when fried. So have a splatter screen at the ready, and do try to get them pretty dry before putting them in the oil. Before the second fry, I let them sit on a cooling rack for a few minutes to get some air circulating around them. They don’t have to be perfectly dry, but you don’t want them visibly wet. Let me know how this works for you if you try it!
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Last night was pizza. Homemade gluten-free crust. One was spinach and grilled artichoke hearts with a red sauce, the other was squash, sweet onion, and basil with a truffle “cream” sauce. Put Miyoko’s liquid mozzarella on both, my first time experimenting with it. It browns very easily. I had to pull the first pizza out a bit early because I thought the cheese was browning too much. For the second, I reduced the heat a bit, but then didn’t get the browning I wanted on the crust. More experimentation ahead, since I now have an open bottle of the stuff.
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Monkfish wrapped in chard; sauteed snap peas, radishes, basil and mint.
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Scrambled eggs with tomato, cubed pork belly, ground elk, julienned cucumbers, all over a bed of noodles.
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