Thread: just wanted to share tonight's dinner with you guys..

Originally Posted by nessmuck

When it's -10........ The Beef Stew just talks to me..

Ohhhh I like it it's noodley !! Awesome !!

Well my good buddy tcrideshd turned me onto something that I'd never heard of and that's a Bacon Bomb!

Here's the bacon part/yea I need to work on learning the weaving.



I apologize for not having step by step pics. However I ground the pork myself (about 2.5 Lbs) then made a 1" thick rectangular loaf and sprinkled it with my homemade pork rub. I then roasted a red bell pepper and sliced it then grilled some onion and sauteed some crimini mushrooms. Once all was cooled they were spread over the seasoned loaf.I then spread some homemade BBQ sauce on the veggies.

The loaf was then gently rolled over the filling (easier said than done at least for the first attempt)

I'd forgotten to sprinkle more of the pork rub on the outside of the loaf before I rolled it onto the bacon weave so I just sprinkled the outside of the bacon.



The loaf was then placed in a 225 deg oven and after a 1/2 hour I started putting BBQ sauce on the outside.

After a few hours here's what it looked like:



Well I said it was multi cultural and it is. I recently purchased 'Around My French Table' by Dorie Greenspan and amongest all of the fancy and unheard of recipes was this very simple recipe for 'Corn Pancakes' and all they are is a can of drained whole kernel corn a couple of eggs, some flour and salt then pureed in a food processor and fried in oil.

We just put some butter on them but I can envision many different toppings.



The rest was green beans cooked with onions and tomato with some marjoram and some garlic bread.

Here's my plate!



And man cannot live by meals alone he must have dessert and it's part of the Multi Cultural Meal.

Babka;
It's of Jewish fixings and it's a 'bread' with chocolate and nuts spread on it then it's rolled up, split in half lengthwise then braided and baked in a loaf pan. Again not as easy as it seemed. And I need to figure out the chocolate spread better.



Again I apologize for no pictures as I forgot to take pictures of the loaf after it was sliced and topped with yet another addition to the Multi Cultural Meal (Birds Custard)

OK, As best as I can figure here's the breakdown:

American:
Bacon Bomb
Green Beans

French:
Corn Pancakes

Americanized Garlic Bread

Jewish:
Babka

English:
Birds Custard

OH! I forgot the Most Multi Cultural Part!!

English/Irish/Welsh/Scot/and German!

Looking good Roy! As with potato pankakes they go good with a good jam , like blackberry.

Tc

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Looking good Roy! As with potato pankakes they go good with a good jam , like blackberry.

Tc

Thanks Tc!

I've made corn pancakes by thinning down cornbread batter but these are quite different (very moist). With that said I'm thinking about using corn meal instead of flour or perhaps 50/50 cornmeal and flour the next time. Kind of a more 'American Touch'

The author said the the chef who she'd gotten the recipe had originally served them as an hors d'oeuvre with creme fraiche and caviar on them

With that said the jam should fit right in with the way I originally fixed the corn pancakes.

Roy, that looks awesome!
I just showed the Bacon Bomb to my wife.
I have a feeling I know what I am making next!

Mmmmm Borcht w/ Kielbasa ! Borcht gets a bad rap.If made with love,it's awesome stuff.This was my own concoction and all organic.Even the Kielbasa was additive free and good. This one uses saurkraut and beets of course and fire roasted tomatoes and a little smoked paprika !

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Mmmmm Borcht w/ Kielbasa ! Borcht gets a bad rap.If made with love,it's awesome stuff.This was my own concoction and all organic.Even the Kielbasa was additive free and good. This one uses saurkraut and beets of course and fire roasted tomatoes and a little smoked paprika !

Served Hot or Cold??

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Served Hot or Cold??

Hot...........Cold is for summer.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Thanks Tc!

I've made corn pancakes by thinning down cornbread batter but these are quite different (very moist). With that said I'm thinking about using corn meal instead of flour or perhaps 50/50 cornmeal and flour the next time. Kind of a more 'American Touch' I

50/50 is the way to go Roy, now as to the crime whatever and caviar, I don't know if I could do the fish eggs! Tc!!!!!!!!!!!

The author said the the chef who she'd gotten the recipe had originally served them as an hors d'oeuvre with creme fraiche and caviar on them

With that said the jam should fit right in with the way I originally fixed the corn pancakes.

And if you play with the bomb you can really make 100s of variations. Tc

Originally Posted by cudarunner

The author said the the chef who she'd gotten the recipe had originally served them as an hors d'oeuvre with creme fraiche and caviar on them

How very Slavic, a twist on the Russian Blini w/ caviar........Id eat it!