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KitchenKatalog: Blog 52
Saturday, August 21, 2021, 06:50 PM
We made food to bring to the Pettit's for dinner.
For the kugel, I called my Baba and got her recipe and then also combined it with a few others. It is Mom's (Joan) Salt and Pepper Kugel. I used 1 stick of butter which was delicious but it probably could have been less. I also skipped the optional stuff. I cooked it at 365°F for about an hour. The noodles on top got really crunchy which everyone else loved, though I would have preferred them a tad softer. This was super easy though!
Meredith made Crunchy Thai Style Cabbage Salad from Cook Republic (LOCAL). She followed the recipe. It was okay. Honestly, we thought it was very similar to Asian-ish Shredded Chicken Salad / "Redemption Salad" [Dinner: A Love Story] but not as good and we would have preferred that!
Saturday, August 21, 2021, 06:56 AM
**No Photo**
Meredith made Mini (Crescent) Quiche Recipe [A Beautiful Mess] again.
I just wanted to note some of Meredith's changes like last time
Added to the recipe: 1 tsp kosher salt per batch seems about right
For today (and maybe last time too?): 1/8 tsp coriander, sprinkle of white pepper, and finely chopped chives from the garden. Probably about 2 tbsp of chives once chopped.
Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 06:49 PM
Meredith made Mini Crescent Quiche from A Beautiful Mess (LOCAL). She said they were very good and Caroline really enjoyed them too.
Monday, August 16, 2021, 08:17 PM
Turkey tacos with vegetable fajitas just done with adobo powder. The turkey was done with 1.5 Trader Joe’s taco seasoning packets
Sunday, August 15, 2021, 09:28 PM
For Caroline's birthday party, I made sous vide brisket. Costco only had choice-level flat brisket. I got a 9.09 lbs piece and it didn't need much trimming. I would have preferred a prime "packer" even though it would have been much more work. But they didn't have it.
I trimmed what I needed and then cut it down the middle. I used the seasoning mix from the recipe without doubling it. I don't do another coat so I just used 1x. I added 1/4 tsp of liquid smoke in each bag. I put it in with the steak at 140°F and then brought it to 155°F for the next 26 hours. I quick-chilled it Saturday night in a cooler with ice and left it overnight (I meant to take it out but forgot. Thankfully, there was just a tad bit of ice left in the water and I checked the temp. It was fine overnight).
To reheat it, I put it in a cooler with hot tap water for a bit and then smoked it on the grill for 2.5 hours or so.
It was pretty good! Not super smokey but I liked the flavor and the crust. We basically just had enough. Everyone ate but it was not plentiful. Oops.
I also made "blue box". It was 1 large "deluxe" box and one regular. The deluxe has a sauce packet while the regular needs to be mixed with butter and milk. That also went.
Finally, Meredith made 2 lbs (two batches) of Omi's Haricots Verts Salad [Gaby Dalkin] with regular green beans and sans shallots. They were also popular!
Overall, pretty good though I wish we had a bit more.
And of course we had Tractor Birthday Cake for dessert with a watermelon and Blue Bell Cookies ’n Cream Cone Ice Cream.
Sunday, August 15, 2021, 09:19 PM
Meredith made a Tractor Birthday Cake for Caroline. The cake was with her favorite Cakes by Courtney recipe. It came out super sticky today but also extremely moist. Other than being a bit hard to work with, it was great!
The frosting was chocolate cream cheese from Sally's Baking Addiction (LOCAL). Meredith had to use about 15 grams of black onyx cocoa powder because she ran out of regular dutched cocoa.
Meredith used the mix pictured below for the rocks. Inspiration but not recipe from Completely Delicious and pictured below
Friday, August 13, 2021, 07:01 PM
I made Sous Vide Steak [Serious Eats] with choice-level NY Strips from Costco. In the bag, I had half a cube of the frozen garlic, a thinly sliced shallot, and some fresh rosemary.
I did 140°F for about 1.5 hours and then seared them on the baking steel on the grill. I didn't use oil on one side and then decided I should. I also topped them with butter.
Other than one exceptional bite, I was pretty disappointed. I thought it was tough and not super flavorful. I need to work on getting more flavor into the steak! And maybe using choice-level wasn't the right answer. I did have one bite that was really, really good.
The Huffsmiths really liked it though!
I served with tater tots baked a bit longer than stated (which is the trick to them being really good!)
Tuesday, August 03, 2021, 09:49 AM
Meredith made Chocolate Chunk Muffin Tops from Liz Moody (LOCAL)
Her notes of changes: brown sugar for coconut, regular cocoa powder, mini chocolate chips, and black walnuts instead of regular1.
The freezer was overflowing again and I didn’t have the patience to dig. The black walnuts were in the inside freezer and very easy to locate ↩