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KitchenKatalog: Blog 56
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 ↩
Monday, August 02, 2021, 08:08 PM
I can't seem to find this from the past but Meredith made her regular "Tuna Cabbage Crunch". It is two cans of tuna, cole slaw chopped cabbage, a mix of mayo and greek yogurt, and Fox Point seasoning.
It was good! And healthier than regular tuna salad.
Saturday, July 31, 2021, 07:06 PM
I made Pumpklin Custard [Simple Thai Food]
I did 1.25x so as to make five portions. We didn't have light brown sugar so the plan was to do half dark and half white for a total of 170 grams. Well, I messed up and did all dark and it was too late after I added it. The coconut milk also had tons of bits in it!
And I messed up and forgot to cover them. So lots of mistakes all around.
I liked it enough though it was far from amazing. I liked the kabocha squash though it was not very sweet.
