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KitchenKatalog: Blog 59
Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 08:04 PM
We made grilled peaches. We followed The Kitchn but not copying it in. Basically, coat peaches with olive oil and grill for 4 min per side.
The peaches were weird. They weren't bad but I think too much grill flavor was picked up. And we served it with Blue Bell Black Walnut Ice Cream. That was also pretty old but it wasn't bad.
This was a fun and new way to each peaches so that was fun. Bisecting them was really hard though since the pit really wanted to stick. I tried to cut it out as best I could to mixed success.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 08:01 PM
I made the regular Tawook. I actually prepped this a few days before so it had a lot of time to marinate.
It was very good as usual. I do wish I could get it to stick less to the grill. But otherwise it was pretty tasty!
Also served with grilled broccolini and tahini sauce. And some way-overgrown radishes (that weren't very good). And store bought flat bread
Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 08:04 PM
I made koefta turkey burgers. I used the regular recipe with lean turkey. I only had a pound but I made the same amount of spices (probably going heavy on the herbs). I made four patties and grilled them. Served with (fresh from the garden) cucumber and Trader Joes Garlic Spread (aka Toum).
Very good as usual! I like these spices in burger form.
Friday, July 23, 2021, 08:33 PM
Following my Char Siu Chicken on a Stick for the same theme Meredith made a jelly roll to look like a stick (a la a yule log). She used Peach-Compote Dessert Cups [Martha Stewart] as inspiration for the filling and used the "Swiss Roll" from Avocado Emoji Swiss Roll (and Inlay Paste) [Heather Baird]. For topping it, she used brown butter frosting. Some leftover from (I think) 2021-02-14 and then some more from the same recipe.
The compote was really good and we thought it would stand up well to the strong brown butter flavor. Unfortunately, we were wrong. While the cake was delicious, you couldn't really even taste the peaches!
Friday, July 23, 2021, 08:27 PM
This week's Gluttonfest theme was "things on a stick" so I made
Char Siu Pork [Asian Dumplings by Andrea Nguyen]. I followed the general recipe except, even though it isn't at all the same thing, I used Chinkiang vinegar for the dark soy sauce. And I used about 2 lbs of cut chicken thigh.
I marinated it overnight and then grilled it while basting the marinade (except the last flip where I wanted to make sure it was fully cooked.
I didn't love it but it certainly wasn't bad. Just not as good as I what we get at the local Chinese restaurant.
Friday, July 23, 2021, 04:09 PM
This barely counts and I debated not posting it but the BBQ Ranch Salad kit from Dole with grilled chicken. I got super inexpensive chicken this morning already sliced. I just brushed on some oil and then sprinkled it with Montreal Chicken Seasoning. I grilled it for about 2-3 min per side.
Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 06:48 PM
We made a Nicoise-Inspired Salad. It was based on the recipe from Real Simple. Meredith made the dressing and used anchovy paste instead of anchovies. We used honey (hot) smoked salmon.
The pickled eggs were from 2021-07-06 as was the regular hard boiled egg. They were not overcooked as I feared and they were pretty pickled (though they could keep getting better).
Friday, July 16, 2021, 10:39 AM
Meredith made strawberry shortcake.
She made Easy Cream Biscuits [The Food Lab], but added the 3 tbsp of sugar to make them “scones”. Also, stuck closer to the amount of salt it calls for since I was going for sweet instead of savory.
Macerating the strawberries in a basil simple syrup. I’ll also use the basil simple syrup in place of powdered sugar in the whipped cream. Ended up not being sweet enough so ground basil leaves into sugar and added to the whipped cream. It kind of clumped so next time, will start with that.
