OT: Give me an awesome food recipe

TruFloridaGator · #1 10-03-2006, 01:37 PM

I want something new & cool to suprise my gf with by cooking her sometime soon. Link me to a super cool/hopefully unique recipe or post it that you think I should make. I'll tell you how it turned out.
Should be a dinner item.

Snarf · #2 10-03-2006, 01:40 PM

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I want something new & cool to suprise my gf with by cooking her sometime soon. Link me to a super cool/hopefully unique recipe or post it that you think I should make. I'll tell you how it turned out.
Should be a dinner item.

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how good are you at cooking stuff?

previous expericen?

this is all very important.

Misfire · #3 10-03-2006, 01:41 PM

Fried peanutbutter and banana sandwiches.

TruFloridaGator · #4 10-03-2006, 01:46 PM

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I want something new & cool to suprise my gf with by cooking her sometime soon. Link me to a super cool/hopefully unique recipe or post it that you think I should make. I'll tell you how it turned out.
Should be a dinner item.

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how good are you at cooking stuff?

previous expericen?

this is all very important.

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I'm average but it's something I can try before I do it for real. I'm good at grilling anything, making eggs, baking most things, i havent fried things before.

TruFloridaGator · #5 10-03-2006, 01:46 PM

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Fried peanutbutter and banana sandwiches.

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Those are good, but I think I'm looking for something a bit more classy [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Snarf · #6 10-03-2006, 01:49 PM

ya know whats really good?

go to Jewel or wherever

they make these bags of stuff - really good incredibly simple

all you do is just frying pan for like 20 minutes

maybe grill up some chicken or something to add to it and you're more than set

Misfire · #7 10-03-2006, 01:57 PM

Food network has some incredible recipes on their web site... Emeril (sp?) made some kind of lobster egg salad the other day... looked great.

TruFloridaGator · #8 10-03-2006, 01:58 PM

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Food network has some incredible recipes on their web site... Emeril (sp?) made some kind of lobster egg salad the other day... looked great.

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I know they do, I do stuff from there all the time. I was just hoping someone had a really unique favorite recipe they love.

Misfire · #9 10-03-2006, 01:58 PM

here:

6 large eggs
Homemade Tarragon Mayonnaise, recipe follows
1/4 cup minced shallots
1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
Pinch cayenne
1 (1-pound) lobster, cooked until tender, tail meat chopped, claw meat left whole
2 cups mesclun greens, washed and spun dry
1 teaspoon olive oil
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 firm, ripe Hass avocado, peeled and seed removed, rubbed with fresh lemon juice to prevent discoloration
8 pencil-thin asparagus spears, blanched and shocked in ice water bath, patted dry
Sevruga caviar, tobiko, golden whitefish or salmon roe, for garnish
Chopped fresh tarragon leaves, for garnish

In a medium saucepan, place the eggs and cover with water by 1-inch. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium-low, and cook the eggs at a bare boil for exactly 10 minutes.

Drain and rinse under cold running water. Place the eggs in an ice bath to cool. When chilled, peel the eggs, cut in half lengthwise, and chop into 1/2-inch pieces. Place in a medium bowl and add 1/4 cup of the mayonnaise, the shallots, garlic, and cayenne and mash with a fork to blend. Add the chopped lobster tail meat and additional mayonnaise 1 tablespoon at a time to reach desired consistency. Adjust the seasoning, to taste. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. (Salad can be refrigerated for up to 24 hours.)

In a bowl, toss the mesclun with the olive oil and salt and pepper, to taste. Arrange across the bottom of on a large plate or platter.

With a thin, sharp knife, cut each avocado half lengthwise almost all the way but not completely through to the other end. Place each half seed side down on the lettuce and gently spread out into a fantail shape. Place the lobster-egg salad in the center of the two avocados and the asparagus spears around the sides of the plate. Top the avocados with caviar, garnish with the tarragon, and serve.

Homemade Tarragon Mayonnaise:
1 large egg
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon
1/2 teaspoon salt
Pinch freshly ground white pepper

In a food processor or blender, blend the egg and lemon juice for 10 seconds. With the processor running, slowly pour in the oil through the feed tube and process until emulsified. (Should the mixture become too thick, with the machine running, add water 2 teaspoons at a time.) Add the tarragon, salt, and pepper and pulse to blend. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before using. (The mayonnaise will keep tightly covered in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours.)

Yield: about 1 1/4 cups

GtrHtr · #10 10-03-2006, 02:54 PM

I really like the shrimp po'boys at ballyhoo's. Go pick up a couple and tell her you made them.