Cooking
First, I have to say: Galactica rocks! I can't wait for next Friday's finale, and at the same time...I don't want it to be over. Sigh...
Enough of that. Back to the food.
Friday's menu was a Steak Sandwich and Chile Potato Tart with roasted tomatoes and garlic.
I started on the tart (I know, I know; seems appropriate), while Matt handled the sandwiches.
The potato tart is another recipe from this book; don't you love it when you plan to make a dish, get started, and only then realize you don't actually have all the ingredients???
The recipe calls for roasting about a pound and a half of plum tomatoes. I didn't have any plum tomatoes. I did have a single, ordinary, tomato.
The recipe called for the roasting of a red chile. I didn't have a red chile. I did have a few jalapeno peppers.
The recipe called for creme fraiche. I didn't have...well, you get the idea.
A nice, basic, crust. Flour, butter, grated cheese (called for Parmesan, I used Asiago), water...with an optional diced chile pepper, if you like. Not having one around, I threw in about a tablespoon of ancho chile powder. Roll, line pan, chill, and blind bake.
Top that with the roasted tomato flesh, pepper and garlic (all roasted and smooshed together), then cooked potato slices, followed by the creme fraiche. We used a sour cream-yogurt-cream mixture, in it's place. Bake till top is golden.
Not quite what I set out to make, but in the end, a gorgeous, and good, potato tart.
For the sandwiches (cheated for me, using those Morningstar Farms Meal Starters strips), a paste of garlic and sea salt, butter, parsley, lemon juice and mustard are spread on a roll...rosemary ciabatta here. Lightly seasoned strip steak is cooked on high heat, two minutes per side, allowed to rest, then sliced and added to the sandwich.
For Matt, it was almost too rare...he said it was like steak carpaccio. But the butter spread was fantastic, and it made for a good sandwich.
Tonight, we're heading out for a delayed anniversary evening: dinner at an Italian restaurant, followed by some toy shopping for Alex's birthday, and finishing up at the theater. Don't know if I'll risk a camera, but I can always take notes!
Blog Party 8 has been announced, and this month, we're having Brunch! Turn your favorite breakfast foods into bite-sized treats, and get those entries to me no later than 16 March; Blog Party is 18 March. Hope to see you there!
Tagged with: Food and Drink, Sandwiches, Dinner, Steak, Potatoes, Tarts,
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Cooking
I hear that potato's one hot tart...
First, I have to say: Galactica rocks! I can't wait for next Friday's finale, and at the same time...I don't want it to be over. Sigh...
Enough of that. Back to the food.
Friday's menu was a Steak Sandwich and Chile Potato Tart with roasted tomatoes and garlic.
I started on the tart (I know, I know; seems appropriate), while Matt handled the sandwiches.
The potato tart is another recipe from this book; don't you love it when you plan to make a dish, get started, and only then realize you don't actually have all the ingredients???
The recipe calls for roasting about a pound and a half of plum tomatoes. I didn't have any plum tomatoes. I did have a single, ordinary, tomato.
The recipe called for the roasting of a red chile. I didn't have a red chile. I did have a few jalapeno peppers.
The recipe called for creme fraiche. I didn't have...well, you get the idea.
A nice, basic, crust. Flour, butter, grated cheese (called for Parmesan, I used Asiago), water...with an optional diced chile pepper, if you like. Not having one around, I threw in about a tablespoon of ancho chile powder. Roll, line pan, chill, and blind bake.
Top that with the roasted tomato flesh, pepper and garlic (all roasted and smooshed together), then cooked potato slices, followed by the creme fraiche. We used a sour cream-yogurt-cream mixture, in it's place. Bake till top is golden.
Not quite what I set out to make, but in the end, a gorgeous, and good, potato tart.
For the sandwiches (cheated for me, using those Morningstar Farms Meal Starters strips), a paste of garlic and sea salt, butter, parsley, lemon juice and mustard are spread on a roll...rosemary ciabatta here. Lightly seasoned strip steak is cooked on high heat, two minutes per side, allowed to rest, then sliced and added to the sandwich.
For Matt, it was almost too rare...he said it was like steak carpaccio. But the butter spread was fantastic, and it made for a good sandwich.
Tonight, we're heading out for a delayed anniversary evening: dinner at an Italian restaurant, followed by some toy shopping for Alex's birthday, and finishing up at the theater. Don't know if I'll risk a camera, but I can always take notes!
Blog Party 8 has been announced, and this month, we're having Brunch! Turn your favorite breakfast foods into bite-sized treats, and get those entries to me no later than 16 March; Blog Party is 18 March. Hope to see you there!
Tagged with: Food and Drink, Sandwiches, Dinner, Steak, Potatoes, Tarts,
- Chili Steak Wraps
We're hitting one of my newer culinary heroes, Donna Hay, pretty hard this week. Saturday night, it was this easy & spicy wrap. Honestly, it took as much time to chop ingredients and assemble as cook the beef. That easy. Tortilla (we had some super-sized,...
- Grilled Flank Steak Sandwiches
Grilled Flank Steak Sandwiches; something Matt's been looking forward to. Flank steak (or Morningstar Farms Meal Starters, faux beef) marinated overnight in Dijon mustard and red wine. Next day, pat dry the steak, grill about fifteen minutes. Let...
- Those Ragin' Cajun...
potatoes, that is! As we get ready for Fat Tuesday, I prepared a vaguely New Orleans-ish dinner Monday night. Cajun Potatoes with Spicy Lemons and Onions, from this book; barely boiled potato wedges, roasted with red onions, garlic and lemon, tossed...
- And Still More Real Food
This time, nice and easy...Potato Cakes with Pancetta and Cheese. Pancetta, cooked crisp. Potatoes (cooked and cooled), grated and formed into patties, cooked in the same pan (with some oil and, of course, butter!), till golden on each side. Top potato...
- Hot Food For A Cold Day
More recipes from More Recipes from Moosewood... It definitely felt like a night for warm, filling, food. I'd seen a recipe for a Cheese Tart in the More from... book, and felt it would be a good choice. And wow...was it simple to make! A...