The tomatoes were a bitch (7. Oven Roasted Tomatoes). First of all, we are in the dead of winter, and there's just no getting around the fact that good tomatoes are scarce, if non-existent. Trouble is, a good handful of these recipes call for the oven-roasted tomatoes, so I'm going to have to make them several more times. Let's hope I do a better job in the future, because I butchered the ones I did last weekend. And, they weren't amazing with the meat (which was quite good on its own, and perhaps didn't need anything except the onions). Oh well. I thought the meat was good (skirt steak), but a little on the greasy side. Keller uses as much if not more butter than Ina Garten (how is that possible??), and these were swimming a bit.
This week, I made dinner for me and the boy on Thursday. I did 8. Herb-crusted rack of lamb with 9. Creamed Spinach made with 10. Mornay Sauce. I am still learning how to make a good sauce, so was excited to try this. The whole dinner was killer, I have to say. The lamb chops set me back $24 for 4 of them, although the fellow at Esposito was kind enough to french them and grind the scraps for some tasty meatballs I'm going to make next week. But they tasted that expensive - wow. The breadcrumbs had minced anchovies and garlic with the herbs and it was just delicious. The creamed spinach was fantastic as well - a perfect complement to the lamb. I also did a risotto but about half way through cooking I realized I had no parmesan. Oops! A dash of truffle oil and some salt made brought it home.
All in all, delicious! (Now, this picture is not so great...I need to work on that).
3 comments:
looks yummy! maybe the recipes themselves don't give you enough info to write about, but perhaps your cooking process? (i've watched you cook, there's certainly enough to write about! :)
oops, i meant to say "in a small kitchen!"
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