What did I cook this weekend.....

[BGBC]

Thumbs up except for the carrots. I don't eat roots.

Why not?

 

[DrunkleJon]

No taters? No yucca? No radishes or other root veggies? You are missing out.

No peanuts even? All of these things grow underground and are essentially roots and essentially are root-fruits

 

[ChefRex]

No taters? No yucca? No radishes or other root veggies? You are missing out.

No peanuts even? All of these things grow underground and are essentially roots and essentially are root-fruits

What do you do with yucca? Never had it but have been tempted to play, I'll eat anything once

 

[BGBC]

What do you do with yucca? Never had it but have been tempted to play, I'll eat anything once

I haven't cooked it myself, but love it fried. Had it braised recently with a super garlicky sauce. Delicious.

 

[Staestc]

OMG. I ran out of propane! I'm sautéing on the weber!
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[Tamarlane]

What do you do with yucca? Never had it but have been tempted to play, I'll eat anything once

The classic preparation in the Caribbean is to boil and serve covered in a very garlicky mojo sauce. My favorite mojo recipe for this is to very lightly sauté about 1/2 head of garlic and a very thinly sliced small onion in a good amount of olive oil. Once the garlic/onions just start to cook pour the garlic and oil into a mortar (or food processor if you are old school) with a but of salt and mash the hell out of it. Add the juice of 1 lime and the sliced onions, mix everything up and pour over the yuca.

You can also deep fry of oven fry the yuca after boiling and serve with a similar mojo sauce for dipping

 

[Staestc]

For what it's worth, I am making King Ranch Casserole. But I grilled the chicken, so it was not a major problem to shift the rest to the grill.
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What's bad is this is probably going to turn out to be the ultimate King Ranch Casserole and I am going to have to cook it this way next time. Huff. Lol

 

[Staestc]

I finally got my casserole together!
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[Hanglow]

Made some pizza for the first time in ages

As my oven doesn't go too hot, I stick a heavy bottomed fryingpan in the oven to heat up, then I whack it on the wok burner on full as I built the pizza

base was 00 flour fermented over the last few days in fridge and then warmed up in the morning
Toppings - tomato sauce, chorizo and salami, red pepper, olives, homemade pickled chillies, mozzarella

Bottom is nicely cooked through

 

[Homercidal]

Just Broccoli Cheese soup last night. We're hosting a few friends over and they requested soup and bread bowls. I wanted to "perfect" the cheese soup using my homemade cheese.

I'd show pictures, but what's the point when it just looks like cheese soup. Google it.

 

[Homercidal]

Now I have to figure out how much dough to make to make a dozen bread bowls...

 

[DrunkleJon]

What do you do with yucca? Never had it but have been tempted to play, I'll eat anything once

I haven't cooked it myself, but love it fried. Had it braised recently with a super garlicky sauce. Delicious.

BGBC pretty much gave my answer. I haven't cooked any myself yet, but I always choose the option over the fries when I get Peruvian chicken or see the option. I love trying new foods, you never know what you may end up with.

Braised with garlicky sauce sounds amazing. Going to have to see what I can find so I can start playing with Yucca myself.

 

[banesong]

What do you do with yucca? Never had it but have been tempted to play, I'll eat anything once

Yuca is a great root.... You can mash it as well, but whatever you do, you need to boil it and discard the first batch of water before you do anything else.

Mmmmmm... Yuca frita or baked, covered in mojo with garlic, butter and cilantro.

 

[bob1852]

Now I have to figure out how much dough to make to make a dozen bread bowls...

Google it.

 

[mattmmille]

Tried to make some vegetarian "meat"balls last night, using tempeh. There obviously was not enough binder and the texture was like a mousse pate'. Rolled in breadcrumbs and fried, they just fell apart. I froze them and tried again with a little better luck, but still very soft. Honestly, they taste like a nice mousse pate' and would be good with some cornichons and toasted baguette, As a meatball substitute...no.

 

[Melana]

Tried to make some vegetarian "meat"balls last night, using tempeh. There obviously was not enough binder and the texture was like a mousse pate'. Rolled in breadcrumbs and fried, they just fell apart. I froze them and tried again with a little better luck, but still very soft. Honestly, they taste like a nice mousse pate' and would be good with some cornichons and toasted baguette, As a meatball substitute...no.

try ground mushrooms as the base?

 

[Homercidal]

Tried to make some vegetarian "meat"balls last night, using tempeh. There obviously was not enough binder and the texture was like a mousse pate'. Rolled in breadcrumbs and fried, they just fell apart. I froze them and tried again with a little better luck, but still very soft. Honestly, they taste like a nice mousse pate' and would be good with some cornichons and toasted baguette, As a meatball substitute...no.

How many mice does it take to make this Pate? Seems like a lot of work.

 

[mattmmille]

How many mice does it take to make this Pate? Seems like a lot of work.

Dat's "mousse", no squirrel.

 

[mattmmille]

try ground mushrooms as the base?

For some reason, SWMBO isn't liking mushrooms lately. She used to, but not interested now. (I love mushrooms.) Turns out that tempeh tastes kind 'shroomy...at least, this brand does. Seriously, you could use this recipe to make a paste that could replace both the mushroom duxelles and the pate' on a beef wellington...assuming that it wouldn't just melt like butta.

 

[Melana]

For some reason, SWMBO isn't liking mushrooms lately. She used to, but not interested now. (I love mushrooms.) Turns out that tempeh tastes kind 'shroomy...at least, this brand does. Seriously, you could use this recipe to make a paste that could replace both the mushroom duxelles and the pate' on a beef wellington...assuming that it wouldn't just melt like butta.

can you make a tofu slurry?

 

[Melana]

Bobs red mill makes a vegan egg replacement that you could use as a binder?

 

[DrunkleJon]

How many mice does it take to make this Pate? Seems like a lot of work.

Just one if you use "the leader of the club That's made for you and me."

 

[Homercidal]

Just one if you use "the leader of the club That's made for you and me."

Annette, or Britney?

 

[mattmmille]

Bobs red mill makes a vegan egg replacement that you could use as a binder?

She hasn't gone vegan, so I can use egg...and more bread crumbs than recipe calls for. Also could crumble tempeh, instead of using food processor, for a rougher texture. I could probably try black beans and/or garbanzos, instead of tempeh.

 

[Tamarlane]

She hasn't gone vegan, so I can use egg...and more bread crumbs than recipe calls for. Also could crumble tempeh, instead of using food processor, for a rougher texture. I could probably try black beans and/or garbanzos, instead of tempeh.

Lentils work well, use less water than usual when you cook them. Also you mentioned garbanzos - falafel is basically vegetarian meatballs just replace the cumin etc with Italian seasonings

 

[lhommedieu]

I got to use my cousin's immersion cooker for sous vide cooking this week. I took a 10 oz tenderloin fillet and brought it up to 130F in about an hour. We then pan-seared it in a hot pan for about 30 seconds a side x 4. As this cut is somewhat bland, we made a bacon, mushroom, red wine cream sauce to go with it.

 

[Beernik]

I have discovered a new level of awesome. I mixed diced green chilies in with the sauerkraut on my grilled brat.

 

[bob1852]

Grilled tri-tip (marinated in a mojo marinade) with goat cheese and lemon honey dijon glaze. And a mediterranean orzo.

 

[bob1852]

I have discovered a new level of awesome. I mixed diced green chilies in with the sauerkraut on my grilled brat.

Yum! Screw the kraut and just load it up with slices of roasted hatch chilies!!

 

[PJoyce85]

Grilled tri-tip (marinated in a mojo marinade) with goat cheese and lemon honey dijon glaze. And a mediterranean orzo.

Is that the recipe from BBQ Bros (adapted from Bobby Flay)? I love that recipe.