Sorry that my last blog post was about the Macbook Air. Well, back to food.
Last night I got bored and I got hungry so I decided to make myself a descent meal. So I pan seared a lamb chop and then baked it in the oven with some roasted garlic, rosemary, and lemon zested butter that I happened to have left over from my baked chicken night. I also threw a half a tangerine, green beans and a couple of tomatoes into the roasting pan and popped it into the oven for 10 minutes at 250 degrees Farenheit.
I picked up a couple of Korean pears and I wanted to see if I could make poached pears in red wine. I poured the wine into the sauce pan and then made a light roux with butter and flour and popped it in with the wine and let it simmer. Then I threw in half of a skinned Korean pear with a bit of sugar, a cinnamon stick, cardamon, and half of a tangerine. I let this boil and then simmer for 30 minutes- hoping the pear would be soft and silky.
The pear wouldn’t give into the heat. I eventually gave up and pulled the pear out and added a bit of 99% dark cacao to the wine sauce and the result was this luscious sauce that I plan on using when I make a coffee encrusted steak.
This is what I do when I get a night off and I get bored. Luckily, Terry was kind enough to come over and taste a few of my creations.
Alright, I’m going to the Zelen Wine Party now. I’ll catch you all later.
Dan
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hi daniel,
where do you find green beans in seoul? keep cookin’. and eatin’. and postin’.
seoulsister
costco and the hannam mart have them for sale. they are frozen and you can get a big bag of it for 6 or 7 thousand.
Dan
oh i was hoping for fresh but guess not! thanks for the tip. any recommendations on some good sides to serve with grilled salmon?
seoul sister
you can get fresh, but they are very expensive. I’m talking 2 to 3 thousand for a handful. You can get them sometimes at the foreign mart in Itaewon. The frozen beans are flash frozen so they taste pretty fresh.
I like sauteed squash or spinach with lemon. You could also steam up some sweet potato and and mash them up with some butter. Gingered carrots also work very well…Endless possibilities.^^
once, on a tip from a friend, i poached some Korean pears in soju. It took an hour for them to give in and finally soften up and caramelize, and they were very good.
soju! I’ll have to give it a try. The pears don’t seem to like Chilean wine.