birthday & leftovers

So this post should have been about Maialino, but we had to wait and see if we got Blizzcon tickets (we did). So I'll do that post on Friday.

I was at Dean and Deluca and picked up some shrimp. The rest I had in the house.


sooo shrimp
leftover basmati rice from the indian food I had yesterday
A bacon wrapped filet from Omaha steaks that I sliced thin and reserved the bacon
low sodium bacon
sugar snap peas
soy sauce
a lil sesame oil
some olive oil for the rice
the creamy top of a can of thai kitchen coconut milk
It came out pretty good and was super fast to make if I do say so myself, and I do.

bonus fuzzy pic of birthday flowers =)

buttermilk calvados crepes with fresh strawberries in syrup



I had leftover buttermilk from the chicken and a de Buyer crepe pan I hadn't even taken out of the cardboard sleeve yet so I decided to kill two birds with one stone.

For the crepes I used:

1 1/2 c buttermilk (and a lil extra I dribbled out of the container)
2 c flour
4 eggs
5T melted butter
some cream, enough to get it to the consistency I wanted (you can use milk)
two generous swigs of Calvados
vanilla
1/3-1/2 c of sugar
1/2 tsp salt


strawberries in syrup

Simple really, cut up strawberries, sprinkled with sugar, mixed up, devoured

buttermilk soaked fried chicken & sweet potato fries with brown sugar, lemon and butter sauce


chicken:

Soak the chicken overnight in a mixture of buttermilk, garlic powder, cayenne, salt, pepper, ancho chili powder, smoked paprika

When ready to fry, fill pa pan with flour, add salt, pepper, cayenne, a lil bit of oregano, adobo, and garlic powder to the flour and mix well. Lay chicken piece atop flour and dust with flour around each piece to evenly coat.
Let sit at least 15 mins, dusting any bits that turn moist.

Fry till done.


Fries:

cut up garnet yams into long strips, dunk in ice water till ready to fry, remove from ice water, pat dry, fry for 2 mins and remove from oil. Let cool to room temp, fry again till golden.

Sauce:

butter, brown sugar and the juice of one lemon. heat in saucepan til combined, add a swig of heavy cream and whisk.