For Mother’s Day, we grilled lamb steaks. Anya made a garlic sauteed corn, and we had some cherry whiskey (since there was cherry wood in the wood fire … figured that would match). Quick salt and pepper on the steaks, then seared over the fire and cooked for about 20 minutes. Rested inside, and we had a delicious meal.
Ingredients:
1.5 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp sesame seeds
1/2 tsp Chinese-style chicken bouillon powder
1/2 tsp grated garlic clove
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
half of a green cabbage, sliced into squares
Method:
Mix together everything except the cabbage. Mix into the cabbage and allow to sit for a few hours in the fridge. Serve.
The flowering tips of a kale plant are nice, crispy bites with a broccoli flavor. We’ve been having a lot of kale flower salads — kale, flowering tips, dried cranberries, pecans, croutons, pickled beans, garlic, pickled green tomatoes, a little cheese, and garlic vinaigrette. Very tasty! Anya has perfected her salad recipe!
We grew pumpkins last year, and I wanted to make something for the cats too
8 oz cooked tuna
1 egg
1 oz shredded carrot
1 oz cooked pumpkin, mashed
1 oz olive oil
1 pinch catnip
7 oz oat flour
Preheat the oven to 350F
Mix everything except the oat flour together, the slowly stir in the flour to form a dough.
Spread on baking tray about 1/2″ thick & cook for 10-15 minutes. Cut into small rectangles and allow to cool. Serve to happy kittens!
Although this takes a long time to cook, it’s very low effort and delicious.
Pat duck legs dry. Score the skin and salt liberally. Let rest for about an hour.
Put duck legs, skin side up, into a small casserole dish — you don’t want too much space because the fat renders out and fills the dish. Place in an oven and heat to 285F. Cook for about two hours. The duck should be partially submerged in the oil.
When the duck is tender, raise heat to 375F and cook for about 15 minutes to crisp the skin.
Let rest for about 15 mins and serve.
To go with the smoked lamb, I made pita and tzatziki sauce. The pita was a basic dough recipe (although fairly wet dough!)
2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
1 2/3 cups warm water about 95 degrees F
1 tsp maple syrup
1 1/4 tsp kosher salt
4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
Maple and water were mixed together & yeast added. The mixture sat on the counter for about twenty minutes and was really frothy. Salt and flour combined in the mixer, then the liquid added and dough kneaded for about ten minutes. Left to rise for about an hour, then split into eight balls, rolled out, and baked at 500F until puffed (4-5 minutes).
Seasoned an approx 5 pound boneless leg of lamb with salt and pepper — also added about half a dozen cloves of garlic wrapped inside.
Smoked for about six hours with cherry wood
Then wrapped and cooked until the internal temperature was about 200F
1/2 cup olive oil
1 Tbsp salt
2 tsp ground pepper
1/2 cup garlic scapes
1/2 tsp dried rosemary
Blend everything until emulsified and bright green
Rub over lamb and allow to marinade for at least an hour
We grilled the lamb over cherry and oak wood — it cooked a lot quicker than expected! Then allowed to rest for 10 minutes.
Sliced and served with salad and cherry wood whiskey.
I read this crazy way of cooking bacon — so much better than carefully spreading three slices out across the pan and cooking in batches. You take the whole package (or whatever portion thereof you wish to cook). Separate the slices, but pile them up loosely in the pan over medium heat.
This takes 15-25 minutes — just let it cook, stirring occasionally.
Then remove your beautiful, crispy, curly bacon slices to a paper towel to drain.
Mixed all together in a bowl
And served with veggies
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