Live Qualitarian: Eat Well
Tastings are posts about the ideas or concepts of what we decided to cook, why, how we did it, and how it turned out.
Traditional French Ham & Cheese Grilled Sandwich A grilled cheese sandwich is satisfying — hot, melting and toasty. Add the umami taste of salty ham and the sandwich adds another layer of satisfaction. Then, make it in the French traditional ‘croque’ style with a Bechamel sauce as the interior condiment
Three kinds of Colorado grown, locally milled flour have tempted us to make a pure whole-wheat bread, something as beautiful as the bread on the cover of the book we’d just gifted ourselves – Tartine by Chad Robertson, a bread baker from San Francisco.We start an experiment: three levains –
Finger Food is Bread I’m buying the idea that this bread could be an hors d’oevres, like homemade potato chips we were offered as a passed around appetizer on the first trip we made to France as snow sculptors. I was a mere translator, not an artist, but all of
Make rice New method: weigh 250 g of water for 100 g of California white basmati rice. Bring to a boil. Medium heat for 10 minutes (use timer) then turn off and let sit without opening lid for at least 10 minutes. Curry Chop a green pepper and onion, lightly
Ingredients: 5 oz baking chocolate (Caillebaut) 1/2 cup mild olive oil 90 g fine organic sugar 2 eggs extra egg whites 5 oz baking chocolate (Caillebaut) 1/2 cup mild olive oil 150 g pastry flour (Sonora White) sifted 2 g. chopped chocolate or chips Melt chocolate in oil, slowly. Preheat
Assemble the cooked chicken, beans and sausage meatballs into the casserole. Cover with bread crumbs and a decorative spray of duck fat. Cook in moderate oven until warm, then crank up the heat to brown the top Serve ensuring that everyone gets a share of the bone-in meat. When
Sausage Rolls for the New Year Sausage Rolls have been the go-to appetizer for Steuart’s family for New Years Eve Parties since he was a child, and that was a long time ago. Finger food, plenty of umami and not too heavy thanks to their petite size. The idea of
Whole grain pie crust with a vegetable, purple potato and chicken filling Pie crust was made with whole wheat flour and the addition of ground flax seed. A straight short crust put in the fridge to cool. While the vegetables were cut and put into the unlined pan to measure