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- ********0
I act like I know how to cook, but it's all a facade.
I stick to the very basics, but have always wanted to learn how to do cool stuff. When I'm by myself, I make sandwiches, tacos, pasta and salads. Easy stuff.
When I'm "dazzling" someone, I'm taking them out to eat 90% of the time, haha. I've only cooked for a few people and it's been nothing too fancy.
I guess it'd be Bleenies and Halupkies as my signature dish, haha.
- Agreed. I can cook several generic italian dishes. I save the WOW for the restaurant.dirtydesign
- ian0
Pizza from scratch is good too. Especially if you get your guests to help out with the dough. Made some pizzas up in a friends place before, got everyone roped in with kneading the dough, then as its rising make the tomato sauce. when its cooled start prepping the pizzas. Add meat, cook for 15 mins, and smiles all round.
Ninja, we should've had you and Katie up for grub when you were over!
- DaveO0
Bangers and mash. Easy and you can make it as fancy or as cheap as you like.
- OSFA0
- mikotondria30
yeh, pizza from scratch is great...
Make the dough, leave to rise, bat and spin it out, season and herb lightly, bake for 5 mins, use white sauce, rebake for another few mins, to get the base and the sauce used to each other, then mozarella and a cheddar or 2, artiochokes, some pesto splattered on, back into hot oven until appearing perfect..yes.
- Mimio0
I brine and partially chemically cook chickens with citrus and then roast them on my grill.
- ninjasavant0
apparently I make amazing bread but I'm my worst critic.
- I could live on bread. Good bread is just about better than anything..mikotondria3
- hiatus0
shrimp and scallops in a garlic cream sauce over pasta.
or
burritos....dont know why there a hit?
or
spicy baked macaroniI'd like to give a shout out to-epicurious.com-WUD UP homies!
- kezza_20
My wifes a food journalist and restaurant reviewer, so she's got me into it, I used to be terrible.
With a bit of dedication, I have found a new hobby which is bread. I've made croissants and I make a mean Ciabatta. And if I do say so myself it's fucking great. The simplicity and variety of 3 ingredients appeals to my nature somehow.
Other than that, if i'm allowed a look in at entertaining friends (usually im the drinks man)...
I make a mean pizza from scratch
but mostly I like to do a lump of meat/fish with a couple of salads, like Tuna steak with a bolotti bean salad and a pasta salad. That kind of thing.
Meat and Salads. The way forward.
Plus im shit at following instructions.
- odinie0
Steak A Poivre (impress the ladies with the flames)
Beer Can Chicken with Rub (for the backwoods folk)
Fennel Rubbed Pork Shoulder (way too easy and good)
My fave: Chipoltle and Salmon Macaroni and smoked cheddar cheese.
- madirish0
something using a pressurized canned food product. must.
- Greedo0
Veal in a cranberry mustard sauce served with couscous seasoned with caraway.
- madirish0
interesting, i have not read one dish here using any of the 5 basic sauces. would be a staple, i would think. Greedo's *might* be, depending on the base for his "mustard sauce".
anyone?
- What are the 5 basic sauces?odinie
- nevermind, googled it
odinie - Béchamel, Veloute, Hollandaise, Brown, and Tomato.madirish
- oh, ok.madirish
- Oh G-d damn it. Nancy Pants is here everyone. Time to get shit on!********
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- Steak Au Poivre is pan butter sauce.Mimio
- i don't think mine qualifiesGreedo
- What? no Allemande?Mimio
- I guess thats still a velouté.Mimio
- I think people prefer things that are derivative of the basic sauces, but with a twist. Cheese sauce is basically
odinie - LOL
i heard there are only 3 of the 5 served in Pitt..... deal or no deal?madirish - a béchamel with an added cheese of choice etc. I think the basic sauces in their purest form might not appeal as much
odinie - but a "cheese sauce" sucks if it is not based on a proper Béchamel base. otherwise, i totally agree.madirish
- But let it be known: sauces are the shit.odinie
- Thats what I meant by derivative. Its based on it, but not the exact same.odinie
- What? My tomato sauce goes on my pizza. I use the same one for my pasta dishes.ian
- blaw0
At the risk of sounding like a braggart, our guests have come to expect a fantastic meal and it's never the same as their last visit.
- ephix0
either pizza from scratch in a stone based oven, or an aussie style bbq with steak, beer battered fries, bbq prawns, salad and wine or beer. always a winner!
- mg330
Roast leg of lamb is my specialty. I've made it twice for Thanksgiving and it's a ton of food. Pretty simple to do, just cut the fat off, make a bunch of stab holes with a knife and fill the holes with rosemary and some cloves, put it in a roasting pan surrounded by potatoes, carrots and onions. DELICIOUS.
I also recently made verde enchiladas and I'm planning on tinkering with it a bit to change a recipe I used.
We've also talked about making a chicken & pesto lasagna. I think that would be pretty cool to do.
Oh, and I made steaks this weekend on the stove in a cast iron skillet. So awesome - now I can still eat steak all winter without going outside in the cold and using a charcoal grill.
Super easy: bring steaks to room temperature, season with salt and pepper, two tablespoons olive oil on medium heat in cast iron skillet, cook steak 5 minutes on each side, then wrap tight in aluminum foil for 10 minutes to complete cooking. Perfect.
- mkuplens0
One of:
a.) Bucatini al'amatriciana - absolutely fabulous (and dead simple)
b.) Butterflied pork chops with a pan-roasted apple & onion gravy
c.) Baumkuchentorte - takes multiple hours to bake, as you're spreading and baking a 1-3mm thick layer onto the developing cake at a time. Nutty, buttery, sugary, and oh-so-good!
- scarabin_net0
i make a badass veggie chili.
- calcium0
Shrimp Fajitas
- gadg3tg1rl0
pulled pork - the slow cooker does all the work
tastes fab!