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KitchenKatalog: Blog 117
Friday, February 14, 2020, 07:34 PM
Meredith followed the recipe from Cakes by Courtney (LOCAL) and did an hombre color scheme. She also used raspberry jam (preserves?) instead of fresh ones.
Besides being very pretty, it was also very good!
Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 09:26 PM
Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 06:48 AM
Taco Stew. We simmered it for a long time while taking Caroline out. The extra long simmer seemed to add a lot of flavor
Monday, February 10, 2020, 09:24 PM
We made the Lamb and pistachio patties with sumac yogurt sauce with our normal changes of poultry and baked but this time we also used walnuts (leftover from Baklava Sticky Buns) instead of pistachios. They certainly tasted differently but still pretty good. And Caroline still liked them (especially with the sauce) so that was a win!
Saturday, February 08, 2020, 09:26 PM
Sous Vide Bacon Wrapped Filet for our anniversary. Learning from last time, I opened the bags and salt and peppered them before sous vide. I also did it at 140° since Meredith wanted it cooked a bit more.
The biggest difference is I tried to finish them on the grill. I liked that it was (much) less smokey but it was also not as good. It didn't develop as nice of a crust and it was really hard to cook the bacon as much. Maybe I'll do it on the cast iron on the grill? It is worth a shot.
Friday, February 07, 2020, 09:05 PM
From Meredith:
I has this idea to make baklava inspired sticky buns. I decided to use Joy the Baker’s king cake recipe for the dough part. I meant to sub clove for the nutmeg, but forgot. I pretty much followed her instructions right up until you twist the two dough ropes together. At that point, I had 2 ropes spread with the filling, and I sliced them with a bench scraper into 1.5-2 in swirls.
Put each of those in a 9x13 in pan with very little space between them. Let them proof for about 45 min with plastic wrap over the pan.
Next into the oven. When there was about 15-20 min left on the timer, I started cooking the syrup. I put it on fairly low on the stove, and kept an eye on it because it seemed to want to boil over. Cooked until it thickened then took it off the heat and stirred in 1tsp of orange blossom water. We happened to have some in the fridge and I thought it would go nicely. Otherwise, I probably would have used vanilla in its place. Once the buns were done (check for temp: 190°F), I took them out of the oven and poured the syrup over. Then sprinkled some roughly chopped walnuts over the top. Done!
Transcribed Notes: from the image above
Followed JTB king cake recipe for the dough
Toasted ~4 cups of walnuts.
Adapted Joy's filling:
Made Sticky Honey Topping:
Heat until everything is dissolved and reduced. ~15 min.
Baked @ 370°F for 35 min
2020-07-21 update: Bake to 190°
Friday, February 07, 2020, 10:34 AM
Meredith made overnight birthday cake oatmeal from Dashing Dish (LOCAL). Not sure if she did the protein powder or not.
Thursday, February 06, 2020, 12:02 PM
Meredith made Curried Chickpea Salad from Inspiralized (LOCAL). She was not very impressed. Her comments:
This is mediocre at best. It’s edible. Unless you ask Caroline. I was suspicious of lime with an Indian style curry powder, and I think it was not misplaced suspicion. I like the idea of a curry chickpea salad, but I think I would try with my curry chicken salad as a starting point.
Other notes: