lol...welcome to the world of fennel

ok kenji did not disappoint, its fire fire fire

His white wine, fennel and pancetta braised chicken.


Did not have pastis so i put 2 star anis in my white wine with tomatoes while i prepped the meal

cant edit: even my annoying pickier kid liked it. go kenji

Great stuff as always Ser.

made the one with mushroom/bacon, really good too.

Did his garlic bread and it was the first time i did not end up disapointed with garlic bread.

Melting it all with oregano and chili in a pan and soaking your bread in is really the best way.

yes, toasting bread then adding melted garlic liquid is the way to go
or tearing pieces off a loaf and dredging them through melted garlic liquid is another way to go

Deelicious.

Sweet corn was on sale this week! Made a chowder from this blog.

It's not as pretty as hers, but it was sweet and delicious and spicy and creamy and I liked the pic I shot:

Summer Corn Chowder With Lime, Jalepeno, and Coconut Milk:

Solid.

Any tips for making flour tortillas. I did it for the first time last weekend and I couldn’t get the tortillas rolled out large enough and they didn’t seem to cook as quick as expected, probably due to thickness as a result of it not rolling out as far as expected. They tasted a little doughy.

I let it proof for about 90 minutes before separating the dough and rolling it out.


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No idea about the actual dough, but you could probably snag a tortilla press for $20.

I mix the flour, salt and baking powder together and boil some water.
Mix the not quite boiling water in your measuring with your fat and add to the flour. Combine as best you can into a shaggy dough and let it autolyse for 30min-hour. Knead until smooth, portion out your balls and let them rest for at least 20min to let the gluten relax.
Pan heat I'm still figuring out. I don't like the pan super hot as a lot of recipes call for but still pretty hot and achieve some air pockets on your 1st flip is ideal.
Also don't be worried to use flour when rolling out the tortillas and definitely do not worry about getting them perfectly round. Roundish is good enough. Just call them "rustic".

saved for when corn gets harvested here, nom nom.

Thanks - will bookmark this for next time. I tried to do the cook with the pan ripping hot.

Shape wasn’t a huge concern for me, but my goal was to make burrito sized tortillas (~12-13”) and I end up with something closer to 8”.


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yeah VR, you sure have pretty soup

Thank you...soup is all about the garnishes I've discovered...both for pretty pics and because it adds so much texture.

when in doubt, do what the asians do

made kenji fagioli



added bacon, pepperoni and spinach

REALLY good. Love his book.

He kind of seems like half of one, not that there's anything wrong with that. Dude knows his stuff and put in the work for that book.

care to elaborate?

I’ve been to Asia, numerous times, and although I like your advice, it Smacks of oversimplification. What kind of sauce would use to bbq my mom, for example?

xeno, just don't

What's the ideal pattymelt situation with extra leftover burgers? Saute some onion, butter the bread, cheese, pickled jala, are my only thoughts. Whataburger puts some sauce on theirs that I can do without, but if their is a top notch saucey that works well I'm in.

dont know but this recipe just popped up in my email, perhaps it could work?




Double Decker Chili Crunch Patty Melt

Well that looks awesome and thanks for the response, but I'll leave that to you big dogs. I do need to get some chili garlic crunch of some sort though.