What's cookin', good lookin'?

[IrisAlthea]

Wait. Excuse for eating cheese? Who needs that??

I'm glad you liked your bea's, Elle!

Question for the group
I was given some pretty amazing homemade vanilla extract. Does anyone have a recipe that would really showcase it as an ingredient?

You're asking this group about vanilla?

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

You're asking this group about vanilla?

Hahaha!!
It's vanilla that has been beaten out of its pod.
Does that make it better?
*still giggling*

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

When I was a child my mother used to make a pudding called ...something like "Spanish cream" . I cannot find the recipe, but that would be ideal for vanilla extract purity.....a waste for pod. But not everyone likes that sort of thing.....,I guess its a bit like blamange with a fluffy topping? I can approach the dragon. I'd like the recipe myself. ( I have already put in repeat request for ginger cake receipt )

Otherwise.....creme brûlée? Flan, creme cramel? The puddings the Portugese do so well? I think also some amazing South American dessert recipes of this nature...Egg custard tarts? ( I am not a fan but....)
....

Patisserie! Things like Mille feuille.....

Those are great ideas!! Thank you!
I'll be having creme brulee dreams until I do this... !

 

[IrisAlthea]

Hahaha!!
It's vanilla that has been beaten out of its pod.
Does that make it better?
*still giggling*

Much better!

Panna Cotta?
Something with custard?

Marinate strawberries in it?

I know I've had interesting fish with vanilla as a spice, but it's not something I've cooked or have a recipe for.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Much better!

Panna Cotta?
Something with custard?

Marinate strawberries in it?

I know I've had interesting fish with vanilla as a spice, but it's not something I've cooked or have a recipe for.

Hmmmm... vanilla and coconut?
I have never marinated strawberries in vanilla, never thought to! Macerate them and then make... something I like that idea!

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/strawberrybalsamicvi_75150

I am not sure, I will keep looking, but i think the above is the recipe that is the only one I have seen on food tv, the programme presenters not be able to stop eating ( the programme is live and it was quite funny ). If its that one, we made it the same day and it was good. I had forgotten that it was extract.

Good quality vanilla extract is incredible.

( I think it is this recipe.....another so similar would be odd....I had not remembered the liquor either, just the mascapone, balsamic and pepper....when the idea of strawberries came up I went to check.....)

This sounds really interesting!
And I sure love the sound of Knickerbocker Glory Glasses!
Whatever they are, I must have one!

 

[seela]

I like to use vanilla in my cauliflower soup or puree. Cauliflower puree with light fish with crispy skin and something fresh, crisp and green, like green beans, is kinda nice.

Don't go overboard with the vanilla though, unless you want to end up with a dessert.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I like to use vanilla in my cauliflower soup or puree. Cauliflower puree with light fish with crispy skin and something fresh, crisp and green, like green beans, is kinda nice.

Don't go overboard with the vanilla though, unless you want to end up with a dessert.

I cannot imagine these two together...
Therefore I will have to try it

 

[IrisAlthea]

I like to use vanilla in my cauliflower soup or puree. Cauliflower puree with light fish with crispy skin and something fresh, crisp and green, like green beans, is kinda nice.

Don't go overboard with the vanilla though, unless you want to end up with a dessert.

Never tried it with cauliflower, but now that you mention it, I had carrot soup with vanilla!
I might even have the recipe somewhere.

 

[seela]

I cannot imagine these two together...
Therefore I will have to try it

The key is to be light with the vanilla and make sure you have something to juxtapose the sweet creaminess.

 

[IrisAlthea]

Never tried it with cauliflower, but now that you mention it, I had carrot soup with vanilla!
I might even have the recipe somewhere.

Yes, I do!

Carrot soup with vanilla, lemon and cinnamon
1 kg carrots
1 cinnamon stick
50g butter
1/2 teaspoon powdered vanilla ( no idea how much that is of your extract)
1 lemon
2dl carrot juice
1 1/2 tablespoon maple syrup

Peel and chop carrots, put in a pot with the cinnamon stick and add water so the carrots are well covered. Boil until soft, remove cinnamon stick and mix carrots and water to a puré.
Add butter and vanilla and water until it's "soupy" enough.

Mix carrot juice, zest from the lemon and juice from half the lemon, maple syrup and then pour into the hot soup and stir just a bit, so you get a swirly look from the combined two soups.

 

[seela]

Yes, I do!

Carrot soup with vanilla, lemon and cinnamon
1 kg carrots
1 cinnamon stick
50g butter
1/2 teaspoon powdered vanilla ( no idea how much that is of your extract)
1 lemon
2dl carrot juice
1 1/2 tablespoon maple syrup

Peel and chop carrots, put in a pot with the cinnamon stick and add water so the carrots are well covered. Boil until soft, remove cinnamon stick and mix carrots and water to a puré.
Add butter and vanilla and water until it's "soupy" enough.

Mix carrot juice, zest from the lemon and juice from half the lemon, maple syrup and then pour into the hot soup and stir just a bit, so you get a swirly look from the combined two soups.

Thanks, I'm gonna have to try this sometime. I've made carrot soup with cinnamon before, but never added vanilla to it. Should be interesting!

 

[IrisAlthea]

Thanks, I'm gonna have to try this sometime. I've made carrot soup with cinnamon before, but never added vanilla to it. Should be interesting!

I remember that I liked the contrast between the two soups.
A bit like the contrast between the "shell" of the carrot and the core.

 

[midwestyankee]

Wait. Excuse for eating cheese? Who needs that??

I'm glad you liked your bea's, Elle!

Question for the group
I was given some pretty amazing homemade vanilla extract. Does anyone have a recipe that would really showcase it as an ingredient?

Sure: Alton Brown's Vanilla Poached Pears. They're very good.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Sure: Alton Brown's Vanilla Poached Pears. They're very good.

That looks yummy as well!

And I never even heard of powdered vanilla, Iris! I guess I will go with "smidge" and go on by taste after that.

 

[IrisAlthea]

That looks yummy as well!

And I never even heard of powdered vanilla, Iris! I guess I will go with "smidge" and go on by taste after that.

They are just ground pods.

 

[MeekMe]

All that talk of vanilla is making me want some cookies. I have a bottle of homemade extract that is really yummy. I bought sugar today so I just might make some.

For dinner I made a simple salad with sake steamed chicken beast mixed with raw celery, cucumber, and carrot. It's got a soy and vinegar dressing.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

All that talk of vanilla is making me want some cookies. I have a bottle of homemade extract that is really yummy. I bought sugar today so I just might make some.

For dinner I made a simple salad with sake steamed chicken beast mixed with raw celery, cucumber, and carrot. It's got a soy and vinegar dressing.

That sounds delicious!
I'm guessing the chicken is cold or room temp?
And do you steam with straight sake? Or just flavour the water?

 

[MeekMe]

That sounds delicious!
I'm guessing the chicken is cold or room temp?
And do you steam with straight sake? Or just flavour the water?

It's a chilled salad. It's steamed directly in sake. It's not quite "steaming" in that you just place thin breast cutlets and sake in a microwaveable dish and cover to cook for 2-3 minutes. Then cool and tear into pieces for the salad.

This is gentle on my tummy and since Mister probably won't be eating at home tonight I don't have to worry about it being filling.

 

[desertslave]

Speaking of cookies, I need to bake some! One of my most favorite treats appeared at the supermarket, most unexpectedly--black walnut pieces! I remember waiting eagerly for them to appear each fall at my farm market, back in the Philaburbs, locally harvested and processed. (I used to get the hulls for free to make dye, nice folks!)

This is the first time I've seen them out of PA. I'm over the moon! I make a basic cookie dough (think chocolate chip cookies), chill it, roll it into balls, flatten on one side, then roll the rounded part into the walnut pieces. Soooo tasty!

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I made kefteh and rice. I used 75% lamb and 25% beef, along with mint, cilantro, onion and spices. I also made some tzaziki to accompany, and used it to dress the salad as well. So glad I have leftovers!

https://36.media.tumblr.com/91cc94c842e230c4c1eaa5d2a854618e/tumblr_nwahr1qEba1ttoj3bo1_400.jpg

 

[gypsy*seer]

sake steamed chicken beast mixed with raw celery, cucumber, and carrot. It's got a soy and vinegar dressing.

chicken beast? On steroids perhaps?
(But it really does sound yummy!)

Recipe pretty please?

 

[IrisAlthea]

I made kefteh and rice. I used 75% lamb and 25% beef, along with mint, cilantro, onion and spices. I also made some tzaziki to accompany, and used it to dress the salad as well. So glad I have leftovers!

https://36.media.tumblr.com/91cc94c842e230c4c1eaa5d2a854618e/tumblr_nwahr1qEba1ttoj3bo1_400.jpg

That looks so yummy!