Unexpectedly pleased with tonight’s dinner, which I call Balti Chicken with Noodles.
We stopped in at Smith’s Bagelry today.
Bought fresh simit (pictured), as well as a slice of San Sebastián style gluten free cheesecake. A bit sweet for me, but light & fluffy.
I had sourdough bread success today. I’ll take it.
I got sent this Azerbaijani Country Life Vlog video blog by @florence_ann and ended up watching the entire 45 minute video.
I made a chocolate cake to use up sourdough starter discard.
It’s not a pretty cake, and making an entire sheet cake to use up a little sourdough is perhaps overkill, but I’m happy with how it turned out.
When we went for brunch at Forage yesterday, I also bought some of their sourdough starter. Looking forward to waking it up!
Pulled out some old achiote and made a turkey thigh stew plus did a trial run of savoury waffles I’m going to serve tomorrow.
Had these “screw buns” from Dinesty Dumpling House last night, which came with sweetened condensed milk for dipping. So pretty, so tasty!
Picnic in the park yesterday. Smashed cucumber & pasta salad recipes on @ATBRecipes.
Hello #pickling friends! A quick stovetop pickle with golden beets.
Made my first salt-baked salmon tonight. Full step-by-step photos on @ATBRecipes. Definitely want to try more salt-baked things ;)
Made it into Columbus Meats for the first time in a long time. Their prepared roasts and other items are SO GOOD — although I didn’t buy any this time.
Success with the lactic fermented tomato 🍅 #pickling experiment! Less garlic next time.
Went for an afternoon bike ride and ended up at Banana Grove Market on 22nd for the first time.
A mashup of an Italian deli and an Asian grocery in a really excellent way.
Ok shiny happy #pickling people, here’s some fermented rhubarb getting started, with orange peels and cardamom.
What’s that vague unease about Fava beans? Oh yeah, you need to take them out of their pods and shell them before cooking.
Eggplant and okra in a peanut coconut sauce. I felt good about the flavour balance in this.
Did I really need to cook two dishes tonight and make the house hot??? 👨🍳
A variation on my last brown butter and fresh peas pasta. No scapes, 3 minced bacon slices, minced onion & lemon juice & zest, served over macaroni.
Step two of kimuchi and pickled cabbage. The kimuchi will sour for 3 days in a corner, the cabbage goes to the back of the fridge for 3 weeks.
Turning a giant head of green cabbage into Kimuchi and some pickled cabbage & jalapeños, from The Joy of Pickling
Pineapple 🍍 Mango 🥭 #tepache with a knob of ginger. Back to basics!
Lovely pale pink rhubarb lime ginger tepache. As I suspected, the pith from the limes is a bit bitter. Doesn’t feel like it will ferment? We’ll see in 3 days.
Next batch of #tepache, first time without pineapple: rhubarb, ginger, lime.