Dustin's DL Food Blog

  Tapas (really, antipasto), Spanish lamb stew, artichoke fritters , and roasted Japanese sweet potatoes. Apple pie and a scoop of vanilla ice cream for dessert. The tapas and stew were great. In addition to some Italian cold cuts and cheese, we had marcona almonds, chouriço, and manchego cheese. The lamb stew was excellent. We both thought the artichoke fritters were bland, and the Japanese sweet potatoes just sucked. I didn't roast them in their jackets because I ran out of time, so I peeled and sliced them before roasting. Fail. Just didn't come good. I also made an apple pie 

 I made borek - I saw R42's post and it looked really good. I also had an open package of phyllo dough in the freezer. It came pretty good. My partner really liked it. I doctored up the filling because I thought it was too sweet and also bland. Too much to go into here, but I got it to where I liked it. Next time I'll greatly reduce the pomegranate molasses the recipe called for. I also made Italian flat beans (romano) in tomato sauce, and corn on the cob. 

  Bacalao a la Riojana (Tomato and Pepper Poached Cod}, steamed broccoli, Caesar salad. I tried this cod recipe (because you can never have too many) we both really liked it. Definitely going into the rotation. I've linked to the recipe. One of the ingredients is carne de pimiento choricero, which I didn't have, You can substitute smoked paprika to taste, I also used some white wine and a small amount of Calabrian pepper sauce in the sauce because we like a bit of heat.  Steamed broccoli was dressed with fresh lemon juice, smashed clove of garlic, and evoo. https://bonviveur.com/es/recetas/bacalao-riojana

Roast chicken and potato, leek, gruyere tart.  

  Grilled salmon with compound butter, fennel gratin, crispy roasted potatoes. The potatoes recipe is the one where you cut it into chunks and boil them with some baking soda before you roast them. I fixed them with rosemary and garlic. I cleaned out the freezer because I could barely get anything in it. I had frozen strawberries, so I made strawberry rhubarb pie, and I had raspberries, so I made raspberry white chocolate chip muffins. I had a shit-ton of pork shoulder, so I bought some pork belly and made sausage. That's why I made pasta (again) last night with sausage I made. The sausage tasted incredibly salty despite my measuring it exactly at 1.5%. The pasta came good but I'm still going to chuck the sausage. I also made the pork skin braciole recipe that Eva's father makes at 14:16. It's like a confit, so it's all sitting in a jar of lard. I have to wait a few weeks before we test it. 

BBQ Beef Ribs, corn on the cob, and tomato salad. Strawberry rhubarb pie with a scoop of Haagen-Dazs vanilla bean.   

Chicken parm, bucatini, Caesar salad I made a strawberry-rhubarb pie for dessert.