What Have You Cooked Recently?

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I made some Turon with a mango cream-like filling, coated in powdered sugar.
It’s crunchy and sweet and tastes very nice.
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I always thought George was squeezing the flavour out of every thing he put in his huge sandwich toaster.
I always thought it was just a grill he wrote his name on.
Kind of like his kids.
Every name except George Foreman was punched out of his head.
 
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Not so much actual cooking, but I made a fermented hot sauce I'm in love with. Fresnos, habaneros, shallots, and ginger fermented for a month. Tastes amazing but I'm regretting not adding more habanero. The heat is okay but I seriously underestimated how much the fermentation would bring the heat down.

Sounds amazing, fermented pepper sauces are IMO the best kind. I'm doing a straight ghost pepper fermented mash (i.e. brine and peppers) for use in a later sauce once this year's harvest is ready.
 
Did pasta sauce a few days back by cooking ground beef, onion and green pepper then dumping a jar of pasta sauce in.
Then for using leftovers I mixed that with some frozen meatballs, some shredded parm, and hoagie rolls.
 
Chili and cornbread. Used a half a small can of chipotles in adobo: first time I've gotten hold of this ingredient, and won't be the last, the Flavour Town express reached its destination in record time. The cornbread didn't rise, which I concluded was because I used baking powder that had expired in 2016.
 
A pan pizza with perfect crust. Hand kneading for 10 minutes before the five day rise really improved it. It is a minor workout but not much time to really improve it. It was something like Chicago style, with a lot of breadiness to it.

Also lentil soup earlier in the week. I'm having the last of that tomorrow, along with deciding what to do with the last of the pizza dough. I think breadsticks, since at about the week mark it gets a sourdough flavor to it. Or I might just make a super thin crust with light sauce and cheese and some basil leaves.
 
You should test your baking powder first if it's that old.
I bake so rarely that this never occurred to me: I tested the old powder against a newer packet and was quite amazed by the difference in reactions. Thanks for the tip.
 
I made pizza last night with the kids. Just store-bought stuff, but my kids are still small enough to get a kick out of making their own pizzas. The best part, for them, is making a big mess in the kitchen. I got my youngest to try my ham and pineapple, he thought it was good. It's like pulling teeth trying to get him to try new foods, so that was a nice surprise. I should just stick anything new on a pizza, he'll hoover it up three meals a day if I let him.

Of course, our dog is the one who really likes it when the kids make pizza. She got so much shit off of the floor that I only gave her half of her normal dinner. :story:
 
Haven't made it yet, but I'm making it tomorrow, fried chicken. I want to brine it tonight but I'm torn between what kind of brine to use, basic kosher salt and sugar or a new kind I've heard of that apple cider and salt.
 
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