Our dessert from the cookout that Koen & I had in December.
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Beef Stroganoff by Thomas Keller
This was the pièce de résistance from the Ad Hoc At Home cookout that Koen and I had in December: Beef Stroganoff.
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Cream of Cauliflower Soup with Beet Chips by Thomas Keller
Better late than never. In December Koen and I had a cookout again, and we started with this stunning creamy cauliflower soup with three crispy elements.
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Pineapple, Mango and Coconut Fool
Nothing better than a fresh yet indulgent dessert (with some very lovely South African dessert wines from Mullineux and Newton Johnson)…
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Courgette Carpaccio Salad
Koen and I had a mini-cookout a couple of weeks ago. ‘Quick and light’ was the motto and we kicked-off with this Courgette Carpaccio starter that is bursting with flavor!
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Lechon Kawali (Filipino Crispy Fried Pork Belly)
The last part of our pork belly extravaganza was trying to recreate a Filipino dish called Lechon Kawali, which I found over at seriouseats.com
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Char Siu with Pickled Carrot and Mooli
The second dish that we did was based on Jeremy Pang’s recipes I found on BBC Good Food: oven roasted char siu (BBQ-ed pork belly) with pickled carrots and mooli.
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Szechuan Pork Belly Bites with BBQ Glaze
The first one we made was Szechuan pork belly bites I found over at sousvidesupreme.com.
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Pork Belly Extravaganza
So, what to do if you have a 3kg/ 6¾ lbs slab of pork belly lurking in the freezer? You organize another cookout with Koen…😎
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Prime Rib Roast with a Baby Potato Gratin
The main dish of our recent cookout: garlic and thyme coated prime rib roast served with a cheesy onion, bacon and baby potato gratin.
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Sous Vide Galore: Green Asparagus, 65°C Egg and Hollandaise Foam
Koen and I had another cookout recently. We picked this entrée so we could use the Sousvide for (almost) all elements.
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Mont d’Or Cheese Fondue with Black Truffle
This was the starter of our recent cookout: a small cheese fondue with black truffle.
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Crostini with Braised Oxtail, Cauliflower, Shimeji Mushrooms and Quail Eggs
This recipe is based on one I found over at LXRY by Aan de Poel**’s chef Stefan van Sprang.
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Testaroli (Tuscan Pancake Pasta) With Pesto
For the cookout’s main course for the kids and the vegetarian option, we wanted to do a simple pasta dish.
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Confit Salmon with Spinach and Tomato by George Calombaris
A couple of weeks ago Koen and I had another cookout. We needed a starter that was relatively low maintenance, and I wanted to try something new with the sous vide. This recipe is from George Calombaris fit the bill nicely as I hadn’t cooked fish in it before.
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Latkes with Smoked Salmon / Mollydooker’s Carnival of Love Shiraz
This Saturday we went over to Koen and Erica’s for dinner and to taste one fabulous shiraz from Mollydooker wineries that he picked up at Aixvinum in Aachen, Germany while on holidays “in the neighbourhood”. I suspected that Koen planned their whole holiday around this, but it actually wasn’t…
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White Chocolate Mousse with Cardamom Espuma and Clementine Sorbet
Making your own sorbet is – when you have an ice cream maker that is – very easy and now is the perfect season for clementines. Zesting and juicing the clementines and lemon made the house smell yummy too.
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Scallops with Smoked White Bean Puree and Glazed Carrots
Another excuse to use the Smoking Gun… 🙂
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Perfect Sous Vide Egg with Mushroom Custard
This recipe from Masterchef Australia was a perfect use of my sous vide water oven.
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Sous Vide Pork Neck Buns with “Porkonaise”
Having seen many Asian recipes with slow roasted pork belly, I wanted to give it a go in the sous vide water oven and then finish it under a hot grill.
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Parsnip Soup with Apples and Walnuts by Marcus Samuelsson
I like root vegetable soups with spices, so when I saw some sunchokes (“aardperen”) in the supermarket, I immediately wanted to try them.
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