Blueberry gel was too thick….too much xanthan gum. Rainier cherries, fromage blanc, ciabatta toast, lemon verbena, arugula flowers, strawberries, and blueberries. Just needs a little cleaning up. Eric
Categories: Fruit, Produce • Tags: Blog, Blueberry, Cheese, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, recipe, Strawberry
Base sauce is a heavy cream bechamel with a ton of Beecher’s cheese and some rendered fat from the speck. Seasonings are in play here but nothing more than salt, black pepper, and crushed red pepper. Penne is cooked al dente then stirred in the sauce to finish….more speck is added to the mix. Contents are removed from pan then placed in ramekin then more speck and cheese is placed on top. Placed under broiler then brought out and torched […]
Categories: Pasta, Pork • Tags: Beecher's Cheese, Blog, Cheese, Cooking Blog, Food, Mangalitsa, Pig, Pork, recipe
I was at the Queen Anne Farmers Market yesterday scoping out the demo. tent for my August5th extravaganza and I stumbled upon these cherries. With one more stop at the Mt. Townsend stand to pick up their Fromage Blanc I quickly went home to make the sauce. It’s simple. Pit the cherries, heat them up on low heat until they break down a little bit then add some sugar (optional, black pepper, and just a touch of salt then cool […]
Categories: Appetizer, Sauce • Tags: Cheese, Cherries, Fromage Blanc, Mt. Townsend Creamery, Sauce
There is a lot going on here but it doesn’t look that way. I’ll tell you about it one day. Eric
Categories: Vegetable • Tags: Blog, chanterelle mushroom, Cheese, Cooking Blog, Food, Olives, Sea Beans
Aw yes, my sometimes least favorite friend, dairy. I’m lactose intolerant but that won’t stop me from eating/drinking dairy products….I just eat/drink small amounts. When I was presented 30 cups I was a little scared but I fought through it and ended up finding a couple favorites! There were people in the class that didn’t even try one thing because of their issues, me, I’m up for it and I’ll pay for the consequences later…. again, I found some […]
Categories: Random Rants • Tags: Blog, Cheese, Cooking Blog, Cow, Culinary School, Dairy, Dairy Tasting, Food, Milk, recipe, Sheep
Cool, no surgery required. Still on some pretty heavy prescription pills and a long way to go to be healed but until then I have lots of food to cook. Things could be worse! Ingredients: Sandwch Macrina Brioche Beecher’s Flagship Smoked Cheddar Smoked gouda Clarified butter Soup Chicken stock (made a few weeks ago then frozen and thawed out today) Tomato juice Tomato sauce Diced tomatoes Tomato paste, pince Red Bell Pepper Leeks Celery Parsley Thyme White wine Crushed red […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: beecher', Cheese, Cooking Blog, Cream soup, Food, grilled cheese sandwich, Macrina Bakery, recipe, Soup, Tomato Soup
Breakfast is served! Ingredients: Bell Pepper Frittata Red bell pepper sliced in half Eggs Saffron Adobo Cilantro Salt and pepper, tt Cheddar Cheese, grated Purple Potatoes Purple potatoes, sliced 1/4 inch thick 1/2 white onion 1 celery stalk shallot 2 mini-portabella mushrooms White wine Olive oil Salt and pepper, tt Sauce Parmesan Cheese Pepperjack cheese Heavy cream Salt and pepper, tt Procedure Bell Pepper Frittata Scramble all ingredients together then pour in bell pepper Place in pan then in oven […]
Categories: Breakfast, Eggs, Potatoes • Tags: Cheese, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Food Blog, frittata, Purple potato, Red Bell Pepper, stuffed pepper
My friend, Dolan, came over yesterday and helped me bottle all the coquito I made. I told him to come over so we could play video games but I had to do a little cooking…..saved me so much time but I felt like I tricked him into helping me….muah ha ha my plan worked! He’s not old enough to try the coquito so I made him some nachos instead. I think it was a fair trade Ingredients Pork Tenderloin rubbed […]
Categories: Pork • Tags: Bell Pepper, Cheese, Cooking Blog, Food, Food Blog, Meat, Nachos, Pork
Oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh. I had some cheese in my fridge that I wanted to make into something awesome so I chose this. We made a bechamel mac and cheese in class but I didn’t want to use macaroni in this because the last thing I want is anyone thinking this is the average mac and cheese…..so I used orzo instead of the traditional elbow macaroni and used real cheddar cheese…not that yellow processed garbage. I know I sound really snobby right […]
Categories: Pasta • Tags: Bechamel, Beechers, Cheese, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food Blog, Orzo, Panko, recipe
The folks over at Macrina and Hightower Cellars sent me over some of their new bread so of course I decided to make it even more awesome than it is by adding a little cheese with that wine. The bread is fantastic and doesn’t need this cheese reduction sauce but if you ever want to add a little something extra to this bread then here it is. Thanks again Macrina Bakery and Hightower Cellars. Macrina Bakery (click) Highland Cellars (click) […]
Categories: Appetizer, Events, Random Rants • Tags: Appetizer, Cheese, Cooking Blog, Food Blog, Highland Cellars, Macrina Bakery, recipe, Reduction, Weeble Cheese
I just received a rather large amount of cheese in the mail courtesy of Alouette! I think it’s great but there is no possible way I will be able to eat all of it myself so I will be hosting an Alouette Wine and Cheese Tasting Party tomorrow (November 4th) at my house! If you want to come then just e-mail me and I’ll give you more details about time, directions, and what you need to bring…..no money…just wine! I […]
Categories: Random Rants • Tags: Alouette Cheese, Cheese, Tasting, wine
Had an hour to kill before my next class so I quickly walked over to Beecher’s Handmade Cheese. This is not my first and it won’t be my last encounter with Beecher’s. You may remember me talking about Maximus/Minimus/Awesomus (click) a few months ago……well, Beecher’s owns that little truck of awesomus. The next time you visit the little truck and wonder, “Damn, this cheese is good where can I buy it from?”. Now you know! I love the layout of […]
Categories: Deli, Restaurants • Tags: Artisan Cheese, Beecher's Handmade Cheese, Cheese, Deli, Restaurant, Seattle
Knock down, drag out, punch you in the face awesomeness. Last week I stopped by The Swinery and picked up some bacon dogs and after about 5 minutes of stomach storming (brain storming) I decided I would make their bacon dog the center of a B.L.T. style hot dog. The bacon dog itself is made out of local beef and their own bacon. How cool is that?!?! This B.L.T. has a lot of stuff going on with it. Not only […]
Categories: Appetizer, Beef, Pork • Tags: B.L.T., Bacon Dog, Cheese, Cooking Blog, Food Blog, Potato Chips, recipe, The Swinery
(Click each picture to make it larger) Learn a few things in class, cook food, eat it, and amaze yourself. $50,000 pasta (tuition cost). Equipment: Stock pot for cooking pasta, tomato concasse, and blanching broccoli High sided pot for sauce Ingredients: Blanched Broccoli 8 roma tomatoes, use the concasse (click), Luke 1/2 onion, medium diced 4 ounces tomato paste, toasted 2 Italian Sausage, cut into medallions Fresh Oregano and Thyme Salt and Pepper to taste Extra virgin olive oil Crushed […]
Categories: Becoming A Chef: Blogging about Culinary School, Pasta • Tags: Cheese, Cooking Blog, Food, Food Blog, Pasta, Penne, recipe, Sausage
