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KitchenKatalog: Blog 126
Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 06:21 PM
Meredith made Cranberry Crumb Bars again. She cooked them a bit longer than last time giving them a very rich flavor!
Monday, December 09, 2019, 08:47 PM
Meredith made the Ottolenghi Simple Meatloaf with her usual replacement of beef for lamb. This time we used 88% lean beef since we got it at Costco. Meredith made one regular and a few (three?) small ones to freeze.
It was very good as usual!
Saturday, December 07, 2019, 07:09 AM
Meredith made Minnesota Style Hot Dish from Molly Yeh's Recipe (LOCAL). She said she mostly followed the recipe but should have stopped cooking the sauce sooner since it got even thicker upon cooling.
It tasted great too! We probably could have cooked it a bit longer to get even more crisp on the tater tots.
Wednesday, December 04, 2019, 09:00 PM
Roasted Gnocchi with fennel. We roasted it for 20 min before adding the gnocchi and sausage and then just 10 more. Should have either put the gnocchi on sooner and/or let it roast even longer. The gnocchi was soft but we missed the slight crunch.
Monday, December 02, 2019, 08:59 PM
We made pizza for dinner. I had forgotten to buy the crust at Trader Joes so this was some kind of "fresh" crust from the grocery store. It came rolled up so it was super easy to just unroll. However, I strongly suspect it was not a yeast-based crust as it didn't rise at all while waiting. It was also not as flavorful as we usually have. But it was a nice fallback. And super easy not having to roll or shape it.
We topped it with salami, cheese, and ricotta. We also used actual pizza sauce (Trader Joes' brand).
Friday, November 29, 2019, 07:35 PM
Meredith made Easy Pumpkin Bread. She basically followed the directions directly.
The orange was just enough! Meredith said this will become her new go to pumpkin bread!
Thursday, November 28, 2019, 10:10 PM
We were tasked with three sides for Thanksgiving at a friend's house. Salad, mashed potatoes, and a dessert.
For the salad, I made the Pomegranate, Kale and Wild Rice Salad. We were running low on time so I skipped the optional step of lowering the bite of the dressing by cooking the shallots. MISTAKE. I am glad we were serving the dressing on the side since it was super intense. I didn't like it!
I used a 5 lbs bag of small, waxy potatoes from Costco. All I used in them was butter (~1 stick), sour cream (~6 oz I think...half a small container), and salt. We didn't use garlic or anything since we had people who don't eat it.
We were told to be one dessert so we made a cookie tray...of two types. Each has its own post.
We actually planned a third (Lavender shortbread) but ran out of time1. It was fine though. We had more than enough.
I was still getting over a cold or something and needed a nap! ↩
Thursday, November 28, 2019, 10:08 PM
I made lemon sugar cookies for Thanksgiving. I decided to check some of my cookbooks and found them in America's Test Kitchen. That recipe talked about how they can be finicky but their recipe was not. And it did seem pretty easy so I used theirs.
To make them Lemon Sugar Cookies, I added the zest of two lemons. I added the zest of one with the dry ingredients and then remembered that Meredith and I had discussed a different strategy. For the second lemon, I took a bit of the sugar and pressed the lemon with it in a mortar and pestle. It is impossible to know which one worked better but in the future, I will just do the mortar and pestle method. I suspect that was the main one.
The recipe said it would be a soft dough and they were not kidding! It came out super, super, super soft. I thought it was going to turn to soup. I did use room temperature cream cheese. It helped it blend better but I wonder if it would have done better with firmer.
I did follow the directions of baking them in batches. Not sure if it was needed since I used convection.
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