Old and New Meals, Again
Nothing too exciting happening in the kitchen. I made an attempt at a type of hand shaped pasta, called strascinati rigati, using a sushi rolling mat, but the results were a bit disappointing. Next time, I'd roll the pasta much thinner and cut smaller pieces for shaping. I'd also cook them fresh rather than drying them. Taste wise ... well, it's pasta with a home made marinara sauce. Tasty but nothing to write home about.
The pasta on the left was made only with all purpose flour while the pasta on the right used half fine ground semolina flour as well.
Once again, the freezer is providing the start of some great meals ... leftover pork ribs (remember that blueberry bbq sauce) with purchased hash brown patties.
And pulled pork sandwiches with roasted potato wedges.
I had a sirloin steak in the freezer so I thawed it out, seared it in a cast iron frying pan and served it rare. Simple but delicious with mashed potatoes, carrots and salad. There was enough steak leftover for a steak sandwich too.
I had a bit of a chocolate craving so I whipped up some blender chocolate mousse/pot de creme, flavoured with orange liqueur (Cointreau), to pour into a couple of prebaked pastry shells from the freezer. I had visions of something like a chocolate cream pie but since the shells had shrunk so much, not much of the mousse fit into the shells. So, I poured most of the mousse into a couple of ramekins and topped them with a dollop of whipped cream.
I should have let the pies set a bit longer before cutting into them but I couldn't wait. (Sorry for the poor lighting in the first picture.)
The pasta on the left was made only with all purpose flour while the pasta on the right used half fine ground semolina flour as well.
Once again, the freezer is providing the start of some great meals ... leftover pork ribs (remember that blueberry bbq sauce) with purchased hash brown patties.
And pulled pork sandwiches with roasted potato wedges.
I had a sirloin steak in the freezer so I thawed it out, seared it in a cast iron frying pan and served it rare. Simple but delicious with mashed potatoes, carrots and salad. There was enough steak leftover for a steak sandwich too.
I had a bit of a chocolate craving so I whipped up some blender chocolate mousse/pot de creme, flavoured with orange liqueur (Cointreau), to pour into a couple of prebaked pastry shells from the freezer. I had visions of something like a chocolate cream pie but since the shells had shrunk so much, not much of the mousse fit into the shells. So, I poured most of the mousse into a couple of ramekins and topped them with a dollop of whipped cream.
I should have let the pies set a bit longer before cutting into them but I couldn't wait. (Sorry for the poor lighting in the first picture.)