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A comparitively wildly successful weekend in culinary pursuits. friday night i made tuscan white bean soup and summer vegetable gratin. the gratin, which brought me to me knees, was admitedly a pain in the ass. i sliced onions, zuchinni, yellow squash and a big-ass tomato. the squash and zuchinni i tossed with salt and put in a colander for half an hour so it could lost its excess moisture. i spread the tomato slices on paper towels and salted them- for the same purpose and let them sit for half an hour. during this half hour i carmelized the onions by slowly sauteeing them on the stove. then i mixed thyme, garlic and olive oil. when everything had reached the appropriate moisture level, i layered everything in a dish- squash and zuchinni (tossed with half the oil stuff) onions, then tomatoes in a 'single layer with the edges slightly overlapping". the rest of the oil stuff over the top. baked it for half an hour, then i spread grated parm. over the veggies and kept baking for an additional ten minutes. i let it sit for 20 after it came out of the oven, and sprinkled it with fresh basil.
then, the soup: it started with Bacon. always a good starting place. but from here it gets wierd. then i added onion and carrot and rosemary. then garlic. then water, chicken broth, beans and spinach. the spinach was an optional ingredient, for adding heartiness. its almost too hearty though...
i was really annoyed- clint didn't like the veggie gratin. he said it was "too much". as i said, i loved it. the veggies were all mushy, in a good way, slightly cheesy, not too moist, but with amazing juices. and the carmelized onions were amazing. i took it to work for dinner the next day. clint did like the soup though, which is good, because i though it was a little crazy.
okay, this entry is long. i'll write about amazing lasagna later. i should be studying for my astronomy test tomorrow.
then, the soup: it started with Bacon. always a good starting place. but from here it gets wierd. then i added onion and carrot and rosemary. then garlic. then water, chicken broth, beans and spinach. the spinach was an optional ingredient, for adding heartiness. its almost too hearty though...
i was really annoyed- clint didn't like the veggie gratin. he said it was "too much". as i said, i loved it. the veggies were all mushy, in a good way, slightly cheesy, not too moist, but with amazing juices. and the carmelized onions were amazing. i took it to work for dinner the next day. clint did like the soup though, which is good, because i though it was a little crazy.
okay, this entry is long. i'll write about amazing lasagna later. i should be studying for my astronomy test tomorrow.