May The Stars Light Your Way
From this page comes this Tuesday’s question… What are my 10 favorite albums? As you will soon see, I was unable to select just 10 favorite albums. Each of the albums below are in the category of “nearly perfect album” in my mind. These recordings stand together…
I’ve worked at Jean-Robert at Pigall’s a few times this year, and noticed that I failed to blog those visits. Back on Saturday, February 3rd, I worked at the restaurant and cut the daylights out of my left middle finger (see this picture for a…
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                       Molten Chocolate Cakes
This recipe, called Hot Rock at the Tropica Restaurant in Maui, makes two couple-sized cakes, serving four people total. Have them warm with whipped cream, bananas, ice cream, and/or raspberry coulis (included in this collection).
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Serving Size: 4
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Categories: Easter, Cakes, Desserts
-= Ingredients =-
1 cup Sugar
2 tablespoon Cornstarch
8 ounces Bittersweet Chocolate ; Chopped Or Sem
1/2 cup Unsalted Butter ; 1 Stick Diced
3 large Eggs
3 large Egg Yolk
-= Instructions =-
Generously butter and flour two 5 3/4×3 1/4×2 inch baby loaf pans. Whisk sugar and cornstarch in large bowl to combine.
Melt chocolate and butter in heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Cool 10 minutes. Add sugar mixture to chocolate mixture and whisk until smooth. Whisk in eggs one at a time, then whisk in yolks. Divide batter between prepared pans. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
Preheat oven to 350. Bake cakes until puffed, dry, and cracked on top and tester inserted into center comes out with some wet batter attached, about 30 minutes (33 minutes if batter has been chilled).
Cool cakes 10 minutes. Cut around cakes to loosen before turning out onto 2 plates. Serve cakes warm.
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From this page comes this Tuesday’s question… In no significant order, 10 things I’d like to learn how to do: Speak Spanish Speak Japanese Speak French Be a better writer Program, at least a little bit Work less and make more money Be paid for traveling…
                     -= Exported from BigOven =-                           Raspberry Coulis Recipe By: Bon Appetit magazine, Sept 2001, page 126 Serving Size: 4 Cuisine: Main Ingredient: Categories: Easter, Fruit, Sauces, Desserts -= Ingredients =- 1 10 ounce bag Sweetened Frozen Raspberries In Syrup to taste Sugar -=…
This evening was the first-Saturday Wine Dinner at the Iron Horse Inn. Wendy & I joined a bunch of friends at the table for a great meal. Our party was 13 people strong! We love taking new people to the Iron Horse — all we have to do is get them to attend once, and they’re hooked!
First Course
Torched Scallop Appetizer, Apple-Cider Gastrique
Ferrandiere Chardonnay
A pair nicely seared scallops atop the gastrique. Very simple, but very delicious. Typically, we don’t care for Chardonnays, but Brian Scott (the wine guy for the night) has helped us to see that we do, in fact, like French Chardonnarys.
Second Course
Roasted Winter Squash Bisque, Green Peppercorn-Merlot Drizzle
Apex Merlot
The soup was warming, hearty, and well-flavored. The drizzle added a very nice counterpoint to the rich flavors, and it paired well with the Apex Merlot, which was a standout wine of the evening.
Third Course
Cherry-Maple Glazed Duck Breast, Gorgonzola Sweet Potato Puree
Rabbit Ridge Zinfandel
This was a lovely dish. The maple on the duck breast is a natural pairing and it was delicious. The sweet potato puree was good, but I missed the flavor of the gorgonzola.
Fourth Course
Char Grilled Ribeye, Guiness-Soy Demi-Glace, Sesame Whipped Potatoes, Fried Onions
Omrah Cabernet
The standout in this course, for me, was the sesame whipped potatoes. They were really tasty!
DessertÂ
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Moscato D’Andrea
This was sort of a once-baked biscotti with dried blueberries and white chocolate chips. Very, very tasty and soft enough to be enjoyable.
Ah, if only I were younger! I’m not sure if the spirit of this meme is to ask “what would I do if I could roll back the clock?” or if it is addressing things I no longer feel I can do since I’m older… Interestingly,…