For St. Patrick’s Day we had corned beef and cabbage. Not the stinky slow cooker pot of meat and mushy vegetables, but some awesome home-cured perfectly cooked beef with “The Best” Colcannon. making corned beef from scratch is time consuming but pretty easy to do. I used the recipe and process from ChefSteps.com and it…… Continue reading Sous Vide Corned Beef and Great Colcannon
Tag: Sous Vide
Salmon, Collard Greens, Roasted Beets and Smokey Orange Dressing
Dish 2 of the “January Trilogy” of light dinners features salmon. My preferred method to cook salmon fillets by far is using low temperature sous vide. It’s a process I wrote about before that includes brining the fish for a short time, bagging it with a little olive oil and cooking it at no more…… Continue reading Salmon, Collard Greens, Roasted Beets and Smokey Orange Dressing
Chicken, Butternut Squash, Carrot and White Wine-Creme Fraiche Dressing
It’s January, the month of resolutions, especially those diet-related ones. Most want to lose weight and get fit. To that end we got a variety of diets and fads that pick up. Some want to go Paleo or low-carb. Other misguided folks are still on the low or no fat bandwagon. Really ambitious dieters try their…… Continue reading Chicken, Butternut Squash, Carrot and White Wine-Creme Fraiche Dressing
Chicken Roulade, Tomato Gravy and Crispy Roast Potatoes
Free range chicken like the ones I get from Yonder Way are delicious. These are birds that were never caged and are free to roam around and be as active as they like. The result is tasty chicken but not one as tender as the fryers you can get from the grocery store. These are…… Continue reading Chicken Roulade, Tomato Gravy and Crispy Roast Potatoes
French Laundry: Braised Pork Cheek with Yellow Corn Polenta Cakes, Glazed Vegetables and Sweet Garlic
A week before our much awaited dinner at The French Laundry (I’ll post something about that at some point…hopefully soon) I wanted to make the family a meal from one of my favorite cookbooks. I thought of it as an appetizer of sorts. Of course my meal was not a 10 course 4-hour extravaganza but…… Continue reading French Laundry: Braised Pork Cheek with Yellow Corn Polenta Cakes, Glazed Vegetables and Sweet Garlic
Pork Shoulder Sous Vide – Asian Flavors
Cooking pork shoulder (butt) sous vide makes this most delicious and versatile of cuts even more convenient and easy to use. The pork is cooked in two or more packages, depending on its original size and then used as needed. In this case, I decided to go with Asian flavors. I brined the pork shoulder in a salt,…… Continue reading Pork Shoulder Sous Vide – Asian Flavors
Oven Dried Tomatoes 