cooking/food thread. i can't find my old one, lol!

[316zombie]

since this IS the off topic area, we need a food and cooking thread. why,you ask? because i'm a chef, i love to cook, i love to share my cooking with others, and i'm ALWAYS looking for new stuff to try!
  anyone interested?

[Allhallowsday]

Like everyone I've met who cooks, I think my tomato sauce is the best.  However, most people I know really can't cook.  No one is more critical of my cooking than me.  And I once had a dinner guest who could guess the secret ingredient in my meatballs. 

[indianasmith]

My chili is the stuff of legend . . . 

[Rev. Powell]

I made some decent beef stew in the crockpot this weekend. Have enough for one more lunch.

[Leah]

I like to grill stuff. I mainly grill fish, turkey burgers, veggie burgers, and corn. I have made some pearl couscous before, and some paella from a mix.

[316zombie]

now come on people! RECIPES, please!! * john, the secret meatball ingredient, was it ground beef, lol? i'm teasing, truly i am, but i DO have a hubby who once brought me home ground lamb instead of beef, bless his big pointy head!  back tomorrow with a recipe or...ummm...i'll start with one. ;) maybe.

[frank]

I'll start with a favorit from a vacation: Pane Frattau from Sardinia.

Put some pane carasau (difficult to find Sardinian bread, but any thin, cross bread is fine) in a deep dish and soak with veggie broth.

Sear onions in olive oil, add some garlic, some honey, deglaze with balsamico vinegar, add salt and roughly chopped, skinned tomatos. Cook, herbs and spices as favored (or make any own best tomato sauce).

Pour tomato sauce on soaked bread, put another bread on top, soaked again in veggie broth. Repeat until favorite number of layers is achieved.

Meanwhile fry some egges, put on top, sprinke with grated pecorino (or any other hard cheese) and chopped green onions. Put some cheese and green onion between layers when more than, say, three.

Enjoy.

[claws]

Last weekend I made something called Hunter's Pot, which is a classic German "Oven Pot" or "Party Pot" (very popular in Germany) recipe from the 1990s that's circulating again these days. What you need is a pot with a lid (or aluminum foil) that you can put in the oven. Ingredients:

2.3 lbs pork cubed and tossed with 2 1/2 tbsp pork seasoning mix (Preferably from Maggi but any other will do). Layer at the bottom of the pot. Now add
10 slices of American (or any kind of processed) cheese on top of the pork. Add
2 leeks, sliced and
10 oz. (You can add more) of canned mushrooms (drained) or fresh if you will. Add
2-3 (preference) large onions finely chopped and about
8 oz. cubed bacon.
Optional (not part of the original recipe): add 1 tbsp coarsely cracked peppercorns.

Mix 2 1/2 cups heavy cream (optional: half and half) with three pouches Mushroom Gravy Mix (3 x 0.75 oz.) and pour in the pot. Refrigerate overnight.

Put the pot with lid in the oven at 390 F for about 70-80 minutes. Stir and done. Serve with baguette or rice and a nice green salad. Feeds about 5-6 people. For a "Party Pot" version just double the ingredients and cook in the oven for two hours. Enough for 10-12 people.

[Alex]

My wife loves cooking and recipes. I will get her to come here. :)

[Allhallowsday]

now come on people! RECIPES, please!! * john, the secret meatball ingredient, was it ground beef, lol? i'm teasing, truly i am, but i DO have a hubby who once brought me home ground lamb instead of beef, bless his big pointy head!  back tomorrow with a recipe or...ummm...i'll start with one. ;) maybe.

My secret ingredient is horseradish.  I use breadcrumbs, veal pork beef, eggs, grated parmesan (a lot) maybe parsley, maybe salt and pepper.  Do not beat the ground meat, but fold ingredients together and then gently into balls.  Fry or bake in oil, just to crust.  Don't cook through.  Sautee onions and garlic in the bottom of large pot, add one small can tomato paste, mix around, maybe add a cup or less red wine, deglaze pan, add 3 cans whole tomatoes, I usually squish a third or so by hand, bring to simmer / low boil, add meatballs.  Simmer for hours.  VOILA!  Sometimes I'll brown Italian sausage and/or mushrooms sliced thick and add with meatballs. 

[ER]

I know how to make snowflake rolls.

[316zombie]

I'll start with a favorit from a vacation: Pane Frattau from Sardinia.

Put some pane carasau (difficult to find Sardinian bread, but any thin, cross bread is fine) in a deep dish and soak with veggie broth.

Sear onions in olive oil, add some garlic, some honey, deglaze with balsamico vinegar, add salt and roughly chopped, skinned tomatos. Cook, herbs and spices as favored (or make any own best tomato sauce).

Pour tomato sauce on soaked bread, put another bread on top, soaked again in veggie broth. Repeat until favorite number of layers is achieved.

Meanwhile fry some egges, put on top, sprinke with grated pecorino (or any other hard cheese) and chopped green onions. Put some cheese and green onion between layers when more than, say, three.

Enjoy.

thank you frank! this sounds like a savory bread pudding my friend roberto makes, but he wouldn't give me the recipe. tell me, have you had something like  this with fresh anchovies in it while on vacation? roberto makes one like that, he lives just outside rome.

[316zombie]

Last weekend I made something called Hunter's Pot, which is a classic German "Oven Pot" or "Party Pot" (very popular in Germany) recipe from the 1990s that's circulating again these days. What you need is a pot with a lid (or aluminum foil) that you can put in the oven. Ingredients:

2.3 lbs pork cubed and tossed with 2 1/2 tbsp pork seasoning mix (Preferably from Maggi but any other will do). Layer at the bottom of the pot. Now add
10 slices of American (or any kind of processed) cheese on top of the pork. Add
2 leeks, sliced and
10 oz. (You can add more) of canned mushrooms (drained) or fresh if you will. Add
2-3 (preference) large onions finely chopped and about
8 oz. cubed bacon.
Optional (not part of the original recipe): add 1 tbsp coarsely cracked peppercorns.

Mix 2 1/2 cups heavy cream (optional: half and half) with three pouches Mushroom Gravy Mix (3 x 0.75 oz.) and pour in the pot. Refrigerate overnight.

Put the pot with lid in the oven at 390 F for about 70-80 minutes. Stir and done. Serve with baguette or rice and a nice green salad. Feeds about 5-6 people. For a "Party Pot" version just double the ingredients and cook in the oven for two hours. Enough for 10-12 people.

LOVE Maggi seasonings, thank you claws! now, i wonder what i could sub for the mushrooms and mushroom gravy, neither of us like them. maybe chopped potatoes? and pork gravy? this i would make for hubby, as i am SO not into onions, but he loves them. i think i'll experiment with this, i've got a TON of pork loin in the freezer.

[316zombie]

My wife loves cooking and recipes. I will get her to come here. :)

please do! i've got a whole cookbook of stuff from all over the world that will be named for my board, if i ever finish the danged editing, lol!
   i dan't have much in the way of scottish food though, maybe you could ask your mom? my BFF is welsh, but he says the food in scotland is vastly different.

[Alex]

My wife loves cooking and recipes. I will get her to come here. :)

please do! i've got a whole cookbook of stuff from all over the world that will be named for my board, if i ever finish the danged editing, lol!
   i dan't have much in the way of scottish food though, maybe you could ask your mom? my BFF is welsh, but he says the food in scotland is vastly different.

Well my wife is from Utah, but I did get her to try Scottish food (Haggis) and she loved it despite frequently declaring she would never try it.