from kthread:
As the rain fell this morning, I rose and made the breakfast sandwich I’d dreamt of: a warm croissant, scrambled eggs from Saturday’s market, New York cheddar, and pork jowl (I prefer it to bacon right now).
The wonderful thing about cooking is that you can, truly, realize dreamy foods—and these ingredients are useful staples to have on hand.
To keep the sandwich warm, I begin by placing the croissant in the oven at about 300 degrees on a plate, cooking the pork in a pan, slicing a few thin slices of cheese, and scrambling the eggs in the rendered pork fat in the pan. Turn off the oven, take the croissant out (leave the plate in), cut a pocket in the croissant, place the pork, then the eggs, cheese, and season. Put the sandwich back in the oven on the plate for a few minutes to melt the cheese.
How to have a food orgasm?
Grass-fed Burger + Aged White Cheddar + Grilled Onions + Tomato + Fried Egg + Lettuce with a side of guac and spicy garlic aioli
My favorite part is when the family all kneads the curds together—
Tonight we’re making ricotta cheese at home and I keep thinking about this Sesame Street film about how cheese is made.
Sesame Street throwback! I remember being insanely jealous of that kid.
Via urbanfoodie
from yesterday (Shrove Tuesday) on kthread:
Using a ratio of 1:1:1 of flour to whole milk to egg, I whisked an egg (with a dash of vanilla) into a cup of milk then both into a cup of flour, adding a little salt, then poured the mixture into a buttered saucier, sprinkled with berries, and placed in the oven for about an hour at 350 degrees (begin a little warmer and then take the temperature down to 350 ten minutes in). Serve warm.
On this festival day, have your colors—purple (berries), gold (crunchy, buttered crust), and green (snip chives on top when cooling, along with a little goat cheese), to celebrate this last day before a more austere diet for the rest of the season—well, something like that…
kml:
Minetta Tavern (via kathyylchan)
Pasta Za Za - Fresh Pasta with Pancetta, Sage, Parmesan, and a Fried Egg ($16)
Via LLKML
Amount Per Serving Calories: 794 | Total Fat: 22.1g | Cholesterol: 46mg
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1/2 cup peanut oil for frying
- 4 cups cooked jasmine rice, chilled
- 6 large cloves garlic clove, crushed
- 2 serrano peppers, crushed
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into thin strips
- 1 red pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 2 cups sweet Thai basil
- 1 cucumber, sliced (optional)
- 1/2 cup cilantro sprigs (optional)
Directions
- Whisk together the oyster sauce, fish sauce, and sugar in a bowl.
- Heat the oil in a wok over medium-high heat until the oil begins to smoke. Add the garlic and serrano peppers, stirring quickly. Stir in the chicken, bell pepper, onion and oyster sauce mixture; cook until the chicken is no longer pink. Raise heat to high and stir in the chilled rice; stir quickly until the sauce is blended with the rice. Use the back of a spoon to break up any rice sticking together.
- Remove from heat and mix in the basil leaves. Garnish with sliced cucumber and cilantro as desired.
