SUE-ON'S KITCHEN
October Part II : 2011
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Moussaka, home-made fries, roasted beets, and salad
- the perfect meal to tuck in with hubby to accompany an evening with J. K. Rowling!
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Pan-fried veal cutlets breaded with panko crumbs.
Sauce was sauteed shallots, mushrooms, bits of carrot, dry Marsala wine, and beef stock.
Sprig of fresh rosemary and a few springs of thyme rounded out the flavours.
A squeeze of lemon juice added a bit of "sparkle" to the whole dish.
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Breaded veal cutlet with mushroom Marsala wine sauce, served with wild garlic fettuccini.
Salad was tender ruby red lettuce, radishes, tomato wedges, toasted pecans, blue cheese, and mango-chipotle dressing.
— with Velda Schei, Ilym Yan and ForTune Zaria.
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Shrimp roe noodles with Chinese sausage, braised beef tendons,
Romaine lettuce, and drizzles of sesame oil and chili oil. Mmmmummmm...
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Soo's #62 :-) Eggs rolls ready to be devoured
by kids for lunch!
Made some little ones with wonton wrappers for
Oriyen.
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Store-bought wrappers.
Filling is shredded cabbage, celery, onion, mushrooms,
and beansprouts,
thickened with concentrated cornstarch slurry.
It's been many years since I made these myself.
Son Ja always made the filling in the huge woks,
and son Robin or the front-of-house girls
got to roll them and set them down for the first
frying.
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First hot oil bath.
This makes sure the skin is well blistered, set
aside to cool, then deep fried again just before serving.
I think we used to make about 250 a day!
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Vietnamese spring rolls - a different kind of
wrapper and trickier to handle.
The filling is ground pork, onion, mung bean
thread, small shred of cabbage and carrot.
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Deep fried to crispy goodness!
I made some dipping sauce with fish sauce, etc,
but prefer using my go-to sauce - mango chili
chutney sauce.
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Panko crusted rainbow trout, oven roasted cauliflower
seasoned with Cajun seasoning, corn, tomato wedges,
and lime for that bit of zing!
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Look at those Panko crumbs! It's been a long
time since we've eaten rainbow trout.
The most memorable was when we lived in Strathclair,
and friends Arnold and Annabelle Pirie raised
them in their slough.
Our friends Mick (our English bass player from
the band Desperado) and Marg Sandbrook were visiting from England.
He played a gig in Strathclair with us, and after
the dance (at 3 am!),
the Piries brought over a couple dozen rainbow
trout.
I pan fried them for a late-night meal
! It was a wonderful new experience for our English
buddies.
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Picked up some very fresh looking Manila clams
and mussels,
dug out some hot Italian sausage and chicken
from the freezer,
measured out some aborio rice and saffron, and
VOILA! Paella!
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There was so much seafood we had to really dig
for the rice and other goodies!
All the broth and liquid from the seafood produced
a risotto-like texture to the rice.
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Braised curry lamb shanks with potatoes and green
beans.
Whooeeee! The aroma was incredible, only to be
outdone by the flavours.
Great dish for cool fall nights and definitely
for winter nights:-)
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Tandoori chicken breast and thighs - done in the oven.
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Tandoori chicken, stir-fried bok choy, cauliflower "rice" seasoned
with Montreal steak spice
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Seared and finished-in-the-oven turkey breast seasoned with citrus
pepper.
Asparagus was on sale at Ss, so great time for a feed, along with sauteed
cremini mushrooms and spaghetti squash.
I sauteed the mushrooms in the pan used for the turkey breast - great
fond and juice!
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