Uploads from andy pucko, tagged chives

right now- sunday dinner

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:50:59 -0700

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Onion Soup Lyonnaise-Style

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:48:06 -0700

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Onion Soup Lyonnaise-Style -so so filling...

barley risotto with asparagus and a poached egg

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:39:44 -0700

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spaghetti with spring greens and a local egg

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:22:22 -0700

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fried polenta with egg

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:27:30 -0700

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fun with leftovers- fried a disk of polenta, topping it with sauteed radicchio, the last of the onion/pepper jam from the other day, a local egg, and my own chives.

spinach pappardelle with pork shoulder and red pepper ragu

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:27:22 -0700

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pasta e fagioli

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:01:50 -0700

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one kind is more pasta-y, this kind is more soup-y. either way it's pretty much a fridge clearer.

quick lunch fry-up

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:43:13 -0700

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the one thing i do not like about related dishes like caponata or ratatouille is the eggplant. luckily in my kitchen i can do what i want, so here's a simple fry-up with stuff from the farmers market - red bell pepper, tomato, and yellow and green summer squash, here served over basmati rice.

friday night pasta

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:38:31 -0700

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pappardelle pasta with a ragu of mushrooms from the co-op

chuck eye steak with radish crostini

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:48:06 -0700

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steak with herb butter, basmati rice, and a kale gratin

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Sun, 27 May 2012 18:36:25 -0700

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cucumber gazpacho and a grilled cheese sandwich with red bell pepper

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:16:07 -0700

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It's a little warm for hot soup so I decided to try a gazpacho. It's pretty straightforward, though I eyeballed the ingredients as I put it together. I peeled and chopped an english cucumber and dropped it in the beaker that came with my stick blender. I added a slice of bread, chopped, a shallot, chopped, a garlic clove, pulverized with kosher salt, about a half cup of greek yogurt, a pinch of pepper (black and crushed red), a pinch of nutmeg, a pinch of fennel, a splash of cheap gewürztraminer , and a splash of olive oil. I liquified everything with my stick blender, and stuck it in the fridge with I made the sandwich, which is just grilled cheese (colby) and a sweet banana pepper I had previously roasted. I finished my gazpacho with some chives from my windowsill.

risotto with red bell pepper and beef

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:04:31 -0700

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I was feeling very very lazy...

beef loin in a berbere and pepper sauce

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:08:24 -0800

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I made a ring mold out of an old TANG™ container and i'm damn proud of it.

The beef was cooked in the most obvious way. I used a small sweet pepper, half a shallot, a bit of cheapo gewürztraminer, cream, butter, and a dash of berbere to make a pan sauce.

The other half of the shallot went into the basmati rice.

potato leek soup

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:26:32 -0700

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Adapting the recipe from Jacques Pepin's newest cookbook, I made this with some nice little leeks the Co~op had.

I started with two small (finger thick) leeks, cleaned and chopped.

One small onion, chopped fine.

One fist sized potato, peeled and chopped fine.

One clove garlic.

Chives, chopped, to taste.

Croutons out of a slice of homemade bread (toasted in a hot pan with oil and a little black pepper, rubbed with the garlic, cut into cubes)

Two cups water, one cup milk.

A dab of concentrated vegetable stock (use the good jarred kind at the co-op)- about a teaspoon.

Salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper, to taste.

A tablespoon or two of olive oil.

Start by toasting your bread in a warm pan with a little oil, once it's browned grind a little black pepper on it and rub it with a clove of garlic, cutting it into cubes (set aside). Pulverize the rest of the garlic.

Add a little more oil to your pan (on medium), add some crushed red pepper to infuse the oil, then add the leek, the onion, and the garlic, and let it sweat with salt and black pepper.

When everything is translucent but not browned (don't want that), add the potato, let that warm through and then add the liquids and the concentrated vegetable stock. Bring it up to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, and let it go for 30 minutes, stirring as needed.

When the 30 minutes are over, puree with a stick blender, taste it and adjust the seasoning as needed, serving it up garnished with the croutons, chives, and a drizzle of olive.

This will make two servings.

barley risotto with asparagus and a poached egg

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:39:43 -0700

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squash over jasmine rice

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:37:36 -0700

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This is more or less a takeoff on a recipe for curry squash from Mark Bittmans's How to Cook Everything- the Basics. Actually, i wasn't that wild about the squash, but boy, was it a good idea to cook the rice with some of the excess coconut milk. it was the best thing about it.

infinite chives

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:44:30 -0700

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picked fresh sunday morning

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Mon, 28 May 2012 11:57:37 -0700

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I planted these in a container a couple days before that last snowstorm. A month later, useable greens and roots. I always plant a seed when I pull a radish, that way I get another in a month.

the simplest thing in the world

nobody@flickr.com (andy pucko) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:36:14 -0700

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Green soup- how you get there is up to you...