Snacks

There's nothing like watching Fresh Prince and Saved by the Bell reruns on the DVR with a snack.


Grilled chicken, bacon, aioli, arugula, grilled scallion, grilled jalapeno, sourdough toasted with roasted garlic paste and gorgonzola.


Mmm...ramen. This is only marginally harder to make than instant ramen, and a billion times better.

Fourth o' July

You're supposed to eat ridiculously too much...because overconsumption is what America is all about (did you see the nathan's hot dog contest?). Anywho, I made gorgonzola, roasted garlic, and bacon stuffed burgers. The meat itself was seasoned with some green onions sauteed in the bacon drippings, ketchup, worcestershire, granulated garlic, and paprika. Here's what the inside looks like:

A few friends came over and brought corn on the cob and Long Trail Blackbeary Wheat beer.

For dessert, they brought some strawberries and blueberries. I used 'em to whip up a compote with orange juice, lime juice, a jalapeno pepper, and some balsamic vinegar (though after I sent them out for sugar...seeing as I had absolutely none in the apartment). I topped an ice cream sandwich with the compote, then put a toasted marshmallow on top. Look how it ended up being patriotic!

Aioli

To use up some of that garlic I roasted yesterday, and to go on tomorrow's burgers, I made some Aioli (from the Provencal verb "aioler" meaning "to charge Americans more for mayonnaise"). I made it with egg yolks, sea salt, pepper, paprika, mustard powder, lemon juice, roasted garlic, a bit of olive oil and a crapload of canola oil. Here's the result:

After furious hand whisking for a while, the aioli started to get thick and I switched over to an electric beater...this also illustrates my desperate need for an apron or something...as demonstrated by my shirt:

First Post From the new Apartment

So I'm settling in to my new apartment, and my fridge/pantry finally have some stuff inside. For the fourth, I'm gonna make some gorgonzola, bacon, roasted garlic stuffed burgers. I roasted up a bunch of garlic today, and I thought "Man I shouldn't waste the olive oil that ran out into the roasting pan." So I sliced up some tomatoes, brushed them with the oil, and broiled them and topped 'em with some cheese and an anchovy fillet. I took the same roasting pan and then added some white wine and roasted garlic. I tossed some fettucine in there and then plated it with the tomatoes on top. Here's how it looked: