Sous Vide Rolled Lamb Breast pays tribute a time when lamb was a budget cut. Beef for the penny-pincher. Lamb consumption in the United States is on a decades long decline. The average twenty-first century American consume just a single pound per year. Now my family members probably average a pound of lamb per……
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Weeknight Fried Chicken Tenderloins, Sous Vide
There are few things on this earth better than chicken fresh out of the fryer. And while I wouldn’t go so far as to say that frying chicken at home is difficult, it can be time consuming and a little bit touchy. When I first set out to make grandma’s fried chicken at home I……
Weeknight Sous Vide Ribeye
Weeknight Sous Vide Ribeye is more public service announcement than recipe. It’s a message from one amateur chef to another to illustrate just how consarned easy it is to make a perfect steak on a weeknight using the sous vide method. It takes a little bit of special equipment but very little skill. As I……
Charlotte Russe Imperial Sous Vide (adapted from What Mrs. Dewey Did with the New Jell-O!, 1933)
One of the more extravagant-sounding recipes in What Mrs. Dewey Did with the New Jell-O! is the Charlotte Russe Imperial. For those unaware (as I was), a charlotte is a dessert that uses bread or a cookie in place of a conventional crust or pastry. The filling might be anything from fruit to chocolate to custard;……
Fried Pork Belly Curry (Sri Lanka, adapted from The Complete Curry Cookbook, 1984)
One of the more interesting (and less intimidating) recipes in The Complete Curry Cookbook is the Fried Pork Curry. Pork may seem an unusual ingredient for a curry, given that many of the predominant religions in Asia forbid it. And while it is certainly off-limits for observant Hindus and Muslims, pork is quite common……
Cumin-spiced Pork Roast
Cumin-spiced Pork Roast is a simple and inexpensive way to round out your dinner plate with a ‘juicy hunk of meat’. I’ll prepare this or something like it when the meal includes a time-consuming side dish (such as Curry Spiced Carrot Croquettes) – there’s very little active time beyond the dry rub and a quick……