Experimental Cooking
So I've started to cook more again, but I've never been one for using cookbooks.
So instead, I do a lot of culinary experiments. Nothing terribly off the wall, but I like to use different spices and sauces sometimes.
Last nights menu:
Pan seared asparagus with a bit of clover honey.
Pan fried Talapia with powdered ginger, cinnimon, oregano, and a touch of sea salt.
Butterflyed prawns sauteed in butter with pepper-corns, cloves, cinnimon and sage.
The asparagus was tasty, and I will definately do that again.
I think the Talapia would have worked better if the spices had been more of a thicker rub, rather than just a dusting. Maybe baked. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't quite what I was hoping for.
The prawns could have benefitted from using more of the spices for a little stronger flavor.
Tonight might involve Tequila fried banana's for desert. And I'm thinking that this orange/pinapple juice I have would work well as a reduction for a future prawn experiment.
So a question I have for you... who else likes to do experimental cooking? I'm thinking about maybe having a social night at some point and involve some non-standard foods and epicurian atrocities.
So instead, I do a lot of culinary experiments. Nothing terribly off the wall, but I like to use different spices and sauces sometimes.
Last nights menu:
Pan seared asparagus with a bit of clover honey.
Pan fried Talapia with powdered ginger, cinnimon, oregano, and a touch of sea salt.
Butterflyed prawns sauteed in butter with pepper-corns, cloves, cinnimon and sage.
The asparagus was tasty, and I will definately do that again.
I think the Talapia would have worked better if the spices had been more of a thicker rub, rather than just a dusting. Maybe baked. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't quite what I was hoping for.
The prawns could have benefitted from using more of the spices for a little stronger flavor.
Tonight might involve Tequila fried banana's for desert. And I'm thinking that this orange/pinapple juice I have would work well as a reduction for a future prawn experiment.
So a question I have for you... who else likes to do experimental cooking? I'm thinking about maybe having a social night at some point and involve some non-standard foods and epicurian atrocities.