What did I cook this weekend.....

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Silky cream of asparagus soup.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

View attachment 726135Silky cream of asparagus soup.

Nice presentation

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Burger-on-the-smoker/grill night.
Dinner looked like this:

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Is that a brioche bun

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Same dough, day later. Even after 6 turns and using 100% bread flour (11.7% protein), this dough was a pleasure to work with. I’m completely keyed about using inverse puff pastry method (my first time - have always made a traditional puff pastry).

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Beautiful

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Nice presentation

Thanks, once in a while I get there.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

White pizza.

 

[Staestc]

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A rainy day roasted chicken.

That's a beautiful bird!

 

[Staestc]

Made two thin crust pizzas last night that turned out excellent and took ZERO pictures

Kid coming tonight for his birthday dinner tonight. Wife told me after we were home from the grocery on Saturday. He wants bread pudding for desert, so I baked french bread yesterday. Turned out very tasty, but I should have done a better job shaping it.

Also did a white chicken chili with cannellini beans that is just wonderful and super easy.

 

[AZ Maverick]

Is that a brioche bun

Nope, just a simple store bought Ballpark Tailgater hamburger bun....

 

[Staestc]

The French bread made excellent bread pudding last night, and the Kroger T-bones were awesome on the pellet grill with the sear burner as usual. No picture of the parmesan roasted asparagus but that's my favorite way to cook asparagus bar none! Bread pudding prior to rum sauce, obviously.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Hubby hates lamb, so beef roast for him, homemade pierogies, one is mushroom and cabbage and of course, I made potato, along with some broccoli.

 

[TwistedGray]

Salt potatoes from @pshankstar and 5hr sous vide octopus (no plated photo) and a salad

 

[BongoYodeler]

Salt potatoes from @pshankstar and 5hr sous vide octopus (no plated photo) and a salad
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Mmmmmmm Wegmans. Damn I miss that store. Nothing remotely close to it out here.

 

[TwistedGray]

Mmmmmmm Wegmans. Damn I miss that store. Nothing remotely close to it out here.

I'm used to TOPS when it comes to salt potatoes. Ain't complaining none

 

[TwistedGray]

Lunch was octopus and potatoes in a lemon/oil sauce/vinaigrette type thing : )

Lemon blueberry cake (from scratch) with blueberry compote in the middle. I am letting it firm up in the fridge for a bit, so might have a slice later or tomorrow ... we'll see. Anywhoot - practicing for my wife's graduation. I'm gonna make a cake.

No proper icing tips so I just used a gallon ziploc and a rubber spatula.

 

[TwistedGray]

Didn't bust open the cake, but we did have french toast.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Will be having some of these with dinner tonight, the rest are going in the freezer For another time.

 

[TwistedGray]

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Will be having some of these with dinner tonight, the rest are going in the freezer For another time.

Looks like little pies : )

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Looks like little pies : )

They do! Potato and kraut pierogi.

 

[VApatriot]

@TwistedGray Dude! Wegmans and salt potatoes in one post! I grew up in Syracuse and we used to eat salt potatoes all the time in the summer w/ corn on the cob and stuff, great excuse for lots of butter. I still miss Wegmans, and the local sweet corn, can't find it as good anywhere I've lived.

 

[TwistedGray]

@TwistedGray Dude! Wegmans and salt potatoes in one post! I grew up in Syracuse and we used to eat salt potatoes all the time in the summer w/ corn on the cob and stuff, great excuse for lots of butter. I still miss Wegmans, and the local sweet corn, can't find it as good anywhere I've lived.

Trying living in California, lol

I can't tell you the number of arguments/debates I get into when it comes down to salt potatoes.

 

[TwistedGray]

Tritip salad

 

[TwistedGray]

And for dinner, Impossible Burgers

 

[VApatriot]

Trying living in California, lol

I can't tell you the number of arguments/debates I get into when it comes down to salt potatoes.

I don't know who I feel worse for, you in California, or me outside Detroit... One of the local grocery stores here calls them black and white cookies. Yeah, no. Every time I go in there, I tell them, you have the wrong name for those cookies, they're half-moon cookies, not black and white cookies, morons. Sorry Sinefield but you were still totally wrong back then. Period. (pic is not mine btw, found it on the interwebs for illustration)

 

[TwistedGray]

I don't know who I feel worse for, you in California, or me outside Detroit... One of the local grocery stores here calls them black and white cookies. Yeah, no. Every time I go in there, I tell them, you have the wrong name for those cookies, they're half-moon cookies, not black and white cookies, morons. Sorry Sinefield but you were still totally wrong back then. Period. (pic is not mine btw, found it on the interwebs for illustration)

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I watch pretty much all of the baking competition shows, and in the spring baking championship (I think this is where I saw these) they, too, called them black and white cookies, fwiw.

 

[TwistedGray]

The downfall of using all purpose flour...dense! Need to redo with cake flour

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I don't know who I feel worse for, you in California, or me outside Detroit... One of the local grocery stores here calls them black and white cookies. Yeah, no. Every time I go in there, I tell them, you have the wrong name for those cookies, they're half-moon cookies, not black and white cookies, morons. Sorry Sinefield but you were still totally wrong back then. Period. (pic is not mine btw, found it on the interwebs for illustration)

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There is a NY black and white cookie and that isn’t it.

 

[Evilgrin]

Rolled pork roast

Smothered in mushroom/onion gravy with garlic mashed taters. Side of sweet corn with a good shot of Aleppo and black pepper.

 

[TwistedGray]

Carne en su hugo (my mil's recipe - slightly altered, slightly)

 

[Kharnynb]

nobake quark cheesecake lemonflavoured with blueberries and strawberries on top. the top jelly was bit too loose due to sourness...still great taste.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Made a pan of homemade lasagna on this chilly afternoon.

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[Oldskewl]

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Will be having some of these with dinner tonight, the rest are going in the freezer For another time.

Those look like some large pierogi! Why mess around making small ones. Cabbage/kraut are my favorite, along with mushroom. Na Zdrowie!

 

[BongoYodeler]

Monday - the best part of Sunday lasagna.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Those look like some large pierogi! Why mess around making small ones. Cabbage/kraut are my favorite, along with mushroom. Na Zdrowie!

My hubby didn’t complain, LOL! They look big, but they aren’t really. Used a pint glass to cut the dough and a small cookie scoop for the filling. Mrs T’s are smaller.

 

[Staestc]

Blueberry muffins Sunday morning. I think I will stick with this recipe forever! Just fantastic.

 

[Staestc]

I put these on the pizza thread, but will repeat them here. Really fast pizza dough (3 hours), rolled between parchment paper, the baked on a steel at 550. Mozzarella, Monterrey Jack, Provolone, Cheddar, and Parmesan cheese. Meat pizza has Calabrese, Pepperoni, and Calabrian chilies. Just love those chilies!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Beef chili, with white beans, poblano, jalapeño, onion, garlic,red and yellow bell peppers, tomatillos and seasonings without tomatoes.

 

[TwistedGray]

@pshankstar NY sweet heat sauced grilled chicken salad.

 

[Staestc]

@pshankstar NY sweet heat sauced grilled chicken salad.
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That's just gorgeous! Nicely done

 

[TwistedGray]

Strawberry coconut milk popsicle!