cooking: Burnt Eggplant
- 02/21/21 06:27 AM
My usual way to cook eggplant is to slice it, rub it with a little olive oil, add salt and pepper and then grill it on the bbq. We love it that way, especially if we make some homemade aoli to top it off. Recently, we saw a new technique (to us) and thought we would try it, burnt eggplant. I have roasted hundreds of peppers on the stove, but never eggplant. It is not hard to cook over a gas stove or over a bbq grill and it really does give the eggplant a nice, smoky flavor. The technique … (23 comments)
cooking: Chicken Picatta for Friends
- 11/05/20 12:42 PM
I love to cook! Check that. I love to eat and, therefore, I cook. And there are few dishes that I enjoy more than chicken picatta. Recently, my dad and I made this dish for my family and Brian England. They seemed to enjoy it and I received a special request from Kathy Streib for the recipe. I used this recipe from Cook's Illustrated.
Of course, there were some improvisations to the original recipe. We seasoned the flour used to dredge the chicken in. We also omitted cooking the dish with the addition of lemon slices. I have done that … (20 comments)
My usual way to cook eggplant is to slice it, rub it with a little olive oil, add salt and pepper and then grill it on the bbq. We love it that way, especially if we make some homemade aoli to top it off. Recently, we saw a new technique (to us) and thought we would try it, burnt eggplant. I have roasted hundreds of peppers on the stove, but never eggplant. It is not hard to cook over a gas stove or over a bbq grill and it really does give the eggplant a nice, smoky flavor.
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