tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30560598984613321972024-03-13T03:13:13.434-04:00GARLICVS MAXIMVStwo cooks, innumerable garlic clovesSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913570633858909860noreply@blogger.comBlogger270125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056059898461332197.post-21540189193823229002012-11-01T23:30:00.000-04:002012-11-02T01:32:37.854-04:00squid and leeks braised with red wine/foie gras ravioli with cherry balsamic gastrique<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/91221429@N00/7418154196/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/7418154196_42f9486a6c.jpg" width="400"></a><br>
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Back in April, Nathan and I celebrated our four year anniversary. As he's a law student and I'm a terminally underpaid editorial assistant, we opted to stay in and prepare a fancy meal for ourselves, <a href="http://garlicusmaximus.blogspot.com/2012/06/romantic-dinner.html" target="_blank">much as we did for Valentine's Day</a>. Nathan loves squid, so we braised some with red wine, leeks, thyme and some crunchy croutons, as seen above. We also had brought back some foie gras from the duty free shop in the Paris airport during our layover on our trip to Russia, so I made up some homemade ravioli in a cherry balsamic gastrique sauce with that. It was a great meal for a very special occasion.<br>
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Believe it or not, I actually made these Corona Blondies back in January for an Oscars party. I added lime zest and juice to the original recipe and called them Hawaiian Corona Blondies in honor of nominee <i>The Descendants</i>. It was a pretty tenuous link to the film, but Corona does like to market themselves as a beer to drink while lounging at the beach, so I figured it sort of fit together with the film's paradisaical setting. <br>
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Like my most recent entry (which was a while ago, sorry), this post doesn't feature the best looking photograph, but it does have one new take on a Cascone classic, as well as two brand new side dishes, so I hope that will help to make up for the poorly lit picture. <br>
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I'm truly disappointed in how these photos came out, but this meal was just too special for me not to talk about it just because it was kind of a hot mess for the camera. This year, with Nathan back at school, we've kind of scaled back on our big special occasion dinners, and have made fancy meals at home rather than shelling out the big bucks at a restaurant. For Valentine's Day we made this duck breast with orange gastrique, aligot mashed potatoes, braised leeks and then a lightening-fast chocolate mousse for dessert. <br>
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I am, in general, a pretty big sports fan. As a child, I may have asked my grandma to read me recipes instead of stories, but once I learned to read I also used to pour over the sports sections of <i>Newsday</i> every morning, obsessing over baseball standings. <br>
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So obviously, giant game-day feast, combining two of my earliest loves, hold a special place in my heart. Above, you can see my spread for Super Bowl Sunday, which Laura and Jess so kindly helped me to prepare. I basically made everything delicious and decidedly not healthy that I would want to eat at my ideal Super Bowl party, plus the markedly more elegant brie en croute. I don't know about you, but for me the menu would include guacamole, taco dip, penne alla vodka, swedish meatballs and spinach dip. <br>
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This pasta dish was actually spun off a <a href="http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/sauteed_greens_with_pine_nuts_and_raisins/" target="_blank">couple</a> of <a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/03/spinach-with-pine-nuts-and-raisins-recipe.html" target="_blank">similar recipes</a> that I had found for spinach with raisins and pine nuts, with almonds subbed in for their more expensive nut brethren, and spaghetti added to take this from side dish status to a full main course—aka all Sarah eats is pasta. <br>
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Sometimes, a perfectly good meal can also be incredibly, ridiculously easy. Like if you smash up half an avocado and a couple of anchovies on some toasted whole wheat bread, drizzle it with olive oil. All you need is a little cracked black pepper and maybe, MAYBE a little extra salt, although the anchovy may have things covered. Avocados have a great creamy sweetness to them, and the saltiness of the anchovy compliments that really nicely. If you are worried about the anchovy being too fishy, try just a small amount. Just make sure to use a really ripe avocado that's nice and soft. </div>
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As you may have realized, I like to read other food blogs, and that's where I tend to pick up my dinner ideas. However, sometimes (as with <a href="http://garlicusmaximus.blogspot.com/2012/06/roast-vegetable-mash-with-sauteed-mixed.html" target="_blank">yesterday's entry</a>) I like to just get down to business and cook, letting the ingredients take me where they will. That can lead to some plain sauteed spinach and fairly bland quinoa, but it can also lead to a legitimately awesome honey mustard pork chop. <br>
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So recently I told you about a meal that <a href="http://garlicusmaximus.blogspot.com/2012/06/olive-oil-tuna-spread.html" target="_blank">I thriftily prepared from ingredients I found tucked away in my cupboard</a>, and how Nathan probably wouldn't approve since thinks he's better than everyone who gets some modicum of enjoyment from throwing together a dinner that way. I also mentioned that he's equally dismissive of "market meals." Basically, he just likes to be judgey when foodies are involved.<br>
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On that note, I'm afraid I'm going to have to out him, because this meal is entirely composed of food from the Union Square Market, and Nathan was totally complicit in its purchase and preparation.<br>
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As I think of what to write about this very traditional "meat and potatoes" type meal (literally), I realize just how infrequently I cook beef. That's healthy, I suppose, but also kind of a shame because I love meat and I love steak and ribs and all that good stuff. This meal, in particular, would totally be right at home on the menu of a steakhouse, albeit one with some heavy French influences. Like <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/les-halles-new-york-2#hrid:Z81Hanj-ANbzNYqlHdf4FQ" target="_blank">Les Halles</a>. <br>
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My first couple of seasons in the food co-op, I was not exactly what you would call a kale fan. The curly leaves and woody stems would totally languish in the fridge for weeks, and was always in danger of wilting and yellowing and even getting thrown out. I had no idea what I was supposed to do with the stuff, to be honest, and even I had a hard time finding many kale recipes online. Oh how times have changed. <br>
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Nathan likes to make fun of pantry meals. You know, when people brag about "oh you know I just dug through my cupboard and pulled out some dried goods and some canned goods and threw this and that together and voila! A filling, hearty and tasty meal that also happens to be totally thrifty!" I don't want to speak for him, but think he finds it rather self-satisfied and smug<span class="st">—although he also seems to have a problem with "going to the market and seeing what's fresh</span>," so really there's just no pleasing him. Being inspired by the ingredients at hand is apparently obnoxious now. <br>
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Well, sorry Nathan, but this one is totally a "pantry meal," and I'm not afraid to brag about it. <br>
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So this is not your every day soup. With 5 pounds of muscles that don't even make it into the final product, not to mention 36 oysters, this is definitely one of the spendiest dishes you're ever going to see on Garlicus Maximus. That being said, Andrew Carmellini's <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/recipe/oyster-chowder/" target="_blank">bacon oyster chowder</a> is delicious and would be an excellent addition to a special occasion type meal.<br>
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I've always been extremely, extremely skeptical about quinoa. That's like health food, right? No thanks, I'll pass. So what made me pick up a bag? <a href="http://www.closetcooking.com/2011/05/white-bean-and-spinach-quinoa-salad.html" target="_blank">A recipe where the other ingredients are bacon, blue cheese, spinach and cannellini beans, obviously</a>.<br>
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Back in December Bon Appetit posted a so-called <a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2012-food-lovers-cleanse" target="_blank">food lover's cleanse</a>, with a bunch of healthy veggie-laden recipes that were supposed to appeal to well, food lovers, while still being good for you. Sounds like a win-win, no?<br>
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Chicken tends not to be the most exciting type of meat, and it takes a great chicken recipe to get me to stand up and take notice. This, my friends, is a great chicken recipe. And I'm not just saying that because this is by far the garlickiest dish I have ever made. It's incredibly crispy, without being weighed down with any sort of batter, and the white wine, mushrooms and thyme are the perfect sauce.<br>
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Sometimes all it takes is a photo, and a recipe will jump the line straight to the top of my "to cook list." A ridiculously rustic pie, with a burnished filling of <a href="http://www.luculliandelights.com/2010/11/colour-and-goodness-great-combination.html" target="_blank">caramelized carrots and bacon</a>? Why don't you twist my arm a little harder, photographer blogger lady man sir?<br>
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I know any photo involving gooey, melted cheese is guaranteed to set your mouth a-watering, but trust me when I say that this sandwich is legitimately one of the most delicious ones that I have ever tasted. There's the fresh mozzarella, broccoli rabe loaded with garlic and spicy red pepper flakes, and a sweet, slow cooked tomato jam, all pressed between a loaf of Italian bread like a crispy panini. <br>
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Where do I even start? That is a photo of one of the three and a half Thanksgiving dinners that I enjoyed last year. The first two Thanksgivings were hosted by friends of mine, and both dinner parties went all out: turkey, stuffing, gravy... the works! I contributed some delicious <a href="http://garlicusmaximus.blogspot.com/2011/12/roasted-squash-caramelized-onions-3.html" target="squash">butternut squash</a> to both meals, which were, coincidentally, both hosted in Astoria.<br>
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I feel like the lighting at Nathan's apartment always gives me problems; the food never looks particularly appetizing in photos... Anyway, even if it didn't photograph the way I would have wanted, this was a pretty great meal: chicken breast crusted in mustard and panko breadcrumbs, a little salad, sauteed turnip greens, and a horseradish scallion turnip mash. <br>
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Polenta has become one of my go to meals. It's quick, easy and filling, and it takes on delicious flavors from other ingredients really well. I've talked a couple of times about how it's <a href="http://garlicusmaximus.blogspot.com/2010/03/sausage-and-polentsginger-fried-rice.html" target=sause>fabulous with sausage</a> (which reminds me that I should make <a href="http://garlicusmaximus.blogspot.com/2011/09/dry-fried-garlic-scapes-with-chorizo.html" target=chorizo>polenta with chorizo</a> again soon), and there's no mistaking how well it pairs with cheeses, like parmesan, goat or blue. Polenta also plays nice with lighter add-ins, like the time I chopped up and added maybe a half cup or so of <a href="http://garlicusmaximus.blogspot.com/2011/06/buttery-mushrooms-and-parsleyed-polenta.html" target=parse>parsley</a>, which is often thought of a garnish but actually is delicious in its own right. Today, I have two very different takes on polenta with winter squash.<br>
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Maybe it's just me, but I think of waffle irons as one of those kitchen devices that everyone thinks that they will use, but inevitably ends up collecting dust in the basement with the deep fryer and other cool but non-everyday kitchen devices. I mean, I can think of probably two times in my life that my mom has used hers, so I was hesitant to buy one of my own, considering the limited storage space in my NYC apartment. Clearly, no matter how many delicious waffle recipes are out there to tantalize me, this was not something that I needed..... but alas, good sense and practicality lost out to the sheer force of desire and a tiny $10 waffle iron on sale at Target. <br>
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Cute right? Yeah I know. Not so cute? The utterly homely but totally delicious and gooey apple cake. It's kind of brown and ugly, and I could barely get it out of the pan, but damn if it wasn't really, really good. <br>
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This is this sort of meal I miss making now, in the dead of winter. God, I can't wait for spring! When the food co-op is in full swing, our fridge is chock full of all sorts of weird veggie odds and ends, and it's both a pleasure and a challenge to use that bounty as fully and creatively as I can. For instance: you don't often see them at the grocery store, but there are a lots of vegetables that come with a bunch of leafy greens growing out of one end. Most of the time, those go to waste, which is a shame because those greens can be really tasty, whether they come from turnips, radishes or yes, even beets.<br>
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So basically, this is me giving up on making a "beet dish" that I would really enjoy and just hiding them in a big fat chocolatey cookie. Of course, you occasionally hear about people making "all natural" red velvet cake with beets instead of red food coloring (which is actually <a href="http://garlicusmaximus.blogspot.com/2011/11/salad-nicoise.html" target="beet">more traditional</a>, believe it or not). I could have gone that route, with a delicious cream cheese frosting, but I really wanted to whip up David Lebowitz's cream cheese ice cream, which made me think of ice cream sandwiches, which led me to these <a href="http://cookie.betterrecipes.com/chocolate-red-beet-cookies.html" target="cookies">red velvet beet cookies</a>.<br>
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