What's Cooking EDF? #4

[BK_]

Skirt Steak with Cipotle Aioli Sauce & Cipotle Corn Salad



The steak was marinated in a really really tasty puree of oil, soy sauce, scallions, garlic, lime juice, red pepper, cumin, and sugar. The steak was nice quality but I think this made the dish for me.

The chipotle aioli was a simple recipe from the food network website (repasted below):

1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon minced canned chipotle chilies
1 tablespoon minced garlic

[El Diablo]

BK,

You continue to impress. It's also cool to read that you are relatively new to cooking and trying hard to become more proficient. Your work already looks very good, I'm sure you'll be making some insanely complex, creative, and delicious stuff too. You've definitely inspired me to get a little more serious about my cooking.

[BK_]

Crunchy Almond-Crusted Duck Breasts with Chanterelle Salad



Another Jean George recipe from the Food & Wine website.

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/c...nterelle-salad

Something about this dish tasted a bit off to me. Not sure what it was though... maybe I just prefer fruit based sauces with duck.

[BK_]

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BK,

You continue to impress. It's also cool to read that you are relatively new to cooking and trying hard to become more proficient. Your work already looks very good, I'm sure you'll be making some insanely complex, creative, and delicious stuff too. You've definitely inspired me to get a little more serious about my cooking.

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Thanks. Its alot of fun - I really regret all those years of delivery and microwave dinners right now.

[cbloom]

Standard seared scallops with polenta and braised bok choy.

These threads make me want a better camera.

[adrockuk]

This is a bit of a cheeky cross-post from the Lounge but time is of the essence.
Request for dinner ideas

If any of you can have a look at my sorry list of ingredients and come up with dinner ideas I'd be grateful.

[cbloom]

Double cut pork chop, seared apricots, red wine reduction,
sauteed asparagus,
"grilled" polenta w/ parmesan,
sherry-braised endives w/ cherries


ps. the double cut pork chops at Trader Joes are super cheap and fabulous. I've gotten the Berkshire ones for $50000 before and there's really not a huge difference.

[ElSapo]

I haven't been cooking much because I've been trying to lose weight. Everything has been more simple and less involved/complicated. But this weekend I wanted to make something, and this is what came out:

Pan seared polenta (Double Gloucester & Garlic polenta), with a caramelzied balsamic sauce.

For the polenta, it's a relatively standard recipe (1 cup corn meal, four cups water, salt & pepper) and I added minced garlic as it started to come together and the cheese as it got thick.

I chill it overnight in some shallow containers and turned it out and cut it discs with biscuit cutters. Pan seared in olive oil.

For the sauce, it's a light caramel that I added balsamic to, and then whisked in some oil. I let that stand overnight with a sprig of rosemary and a clove of garlic in it.