Archive for December, 2016
Christmas Omakase At Home 2016
Posted by tastingmenu in Fundamentals, HomeCooking, Nobu At Home, RonSiegel At Home, Sakai At Home, ThomasKeller At Home on December 28, 2016
Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2016/08/11/6759/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2016/12/02/thanksgiving-omakase-at-home-2016/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/wonton-cornetscones/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/on-appetizer-soups/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/roasted-carrot-salad-with-curry-aigre-doux/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/monkfish-with-iron-chef-sakai-tomato-oil-sauce/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/red-wine-braised-short-ribs-with-root-vegetables/ So at long last, my last major dinner of the year was here. And what a whirlwind of preparation it was to get there. I started making the cones a couple of days before the dinner and wiped […]
Roasted Carrot Salad With Curry Aigre-Doux
Posted by tastingmenu in HomeCooking, ThomasKeller At Home on December 14, 2016
While trying to find inspiration for my Christmas meal ‘salad course’, I came across a dish listing at https://epicures.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/per-se-nyc-3/ – and in particular, it was the salad dish described as: Sweet Carrot Salad, Young Onions, Candied Walnuts and Pea Tendrils with Madras Curry “Aigre-Doux”. So I thought, why couldn’t I make a simple melange of […]
Monkfish With Iron Chef Sakai Tomato Oil Sauce
Posted by tastingmenu in Sakai At Home, ThomasKeller At Home on December 9, 2016
During the planning for my Christmas meal, I was wondering what to do about a seafood course. At one point I had considered lobster. But given the time constraints of what I had in mind, I went from lobster with sauce americaine, to Iron Chef Sakai’s Seaweed Steamed Lobster to his Seaweed Steamed Snapper With […]
Thanksgiving Omakase At Home 2016
Posted by tastingmenu in DavidChang At Home, HomeCooking, Nobu At Home on December 2, 2016
Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2015/12/05/thanksgiving-omakase-at-home-2015/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/engagement-anniversary-omakase-at-home-2012/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/pumpkinkabocha-soup/ * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/thanksgiving-fried-apple-pie Ah, the best laid plans of mice and men…. So when I got down to my parent’s home, I discovered a bunch of unexpected surprises. I got requested to add more vegetables to the holiday meal. So for the opening appetizer, I swapped […]
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