Great Shellfish Boil

09 Sunday Sep 2018

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Since Boise State was playing the University of Connecticut, (BSU 62, UConn 7) we thought it would be fitting to have a shell-fish boil. Just did not have any sea water to boil the packs in nor any sea weed. Nonetheless, it was good. No! It was fantastic!
Per package, we used 1 lobster tail, 9 clams, 6 mussels, 1/2 ear corn and 8 small potatoes that we left whole. That was plenty per person. Wrapped the articles in cheese cloth, tied it into a package and placed it in sea salted boiling water for 20 minutes. Made some brown butter for dipping and some good wine and had a feast. Here are some photos. Left Click them to see enlarged. Enjoy!

Making the cheese cloth packages.

After cooking and plated.

Earlier this week, we had an awesome Scallops and Peas with Garlic Pasta. Here it is. Easy to do – Sear the sea scallops (the large ones), 4 per person, in butter with a little minced garlic. In the meantime, make about 1/4 pound angel hair pasta until adente. Add frozen peas and cook until peas are soft, if using frozen ones. Add to the seared scallops and mix well. Plate and top with chopped Italian parsley. Eat slowly and enjoy!

Scallops and Peas with Garlic Pasta

And then tonight, we had an awesome Baked Salmon with Green Beans, Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Israeli Melon. Simply delicious and quick and simple.

Baked Salmon with Green Beans, Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Israeli Melon

Wonderful June Plates

02 Sunday Jul 2017

Posted by Bob and Robin in 5-Stars, Recipe by: Robin and Bob Young, Recipes - Dinner, Recipes - Pasta, Recipes - Salad, What's For Dinner?

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aquaculture, aquaponics, Celia's Gourmet Food, Garden Creek Farms

Ah yes, so much fun to make these dishes. Some of the recipes are available and printed here. Enjoy! And yes, Idaho does raise shrimp and Australian Sea Bass. Look for Garden Creek Farms, Challis – “…Natural, Fresh, Sustainable Fish and Produce Production – Aquaculture and Aquaponics …”, ID (208) 339-4326 or email at jdoraz1963@gmail.com. Left-Click any of these photos to see them enlarged.

Fruit Salad
Fresh Strawberry
Fresh Baby Spinach
Blackberry Balsamic (Celia’s Gourmet Food, Celia’s Gourmet Foods and Olive Oil Dressing

Herb de Provence Butter
Fresh Rosemary
Fresh Lavender Blossoms
Fresh Thyme and Thyme Flowers
Fresh Oregano and Oregano Flowers
Fresh Chives
1/2 lbs Unsalted Room temperature Butter

Mix all together

Place the butter/herb mixture on Saran (plastic) wrap.

Roll into a 2″ dia log and freeze.

Idaho Shrimp Pasta
Garden Creek Farms Idaho Shrimp
(braised until just pink in the Herb de Provence Butter)

Braised Pasta
(break pasta – thin spaghetti – into 3″ pieces. Add butter to pot and “fry” the pasta. Add water and cook as usual)

Diced Fennel Frons

Fresh Raw Cold Salad – Fresh Beet Threads
Fresh Raw Carrot Threads
Martin’s Swiss Dressing

Australian Sea Bass Dinner
Garden Creek Farms Australian Sea Bass
(egg dip, flour, egg dip and Panco. Fry over low heat until golden brown.)

Jasmine Rice
(brown Jasmine rice in butter; add water, 1T butter and Jasmine tea leaves. Cook over low heat covered until tender)

Steamed Sugar Snap Peas

Salmon Dinner
Braised Pacific Salmon in Celia’s Gourmet Foods Mango Balsamic and Butter
Steamed Sugar Snap Peas and Beet Greens
Jasmine Rice

Dinner
Idaho Goat and Vandalia Onion Kabob
Grilled Peach
Green Salad
with
Tomato
Carrot Threads
Martin’s Swiss Dressing
2015 Parma Ridge Carmenere

Breakfast
Scrapple
Scrambled Eggs
Fresh Fruit Mix
Acme Bakeshop Sourdough Toast

Breakfast
Egg-In-Hole
(Acme Bakeshop Sourdough Toast)
with
Fresh Vegetables
Rosemary/Garlic Sausage

Breakfast – Fresh Fruit Waffle with Bacon
Fresh Idaho Blueberries
Fresh Idaho Plums
Soft Idaho Egg
Idaho Honey
Butter

Let’s Make Some Pasta!

17 Sunday May 2015

Posted by Bob and Robin in Arugula, Bacon, Basil, Boise Farmers Market, Captain's Shack, Cheese, Classic Cuisines, Dinner For Robin, Dinner With Robin, Eggs, Ethnic Foods, Heirloom Tomatoes, Herbs and Spices, Housemade Pasta, Idaho Greens, Italian Food, Kitchen Adventures, Local Farmers Markets, Local Harvests, Local Markets, Meadowlark Farms, Olive Oil, Pasta, Peaceful Belly Farms, Photos By: Bob Young, Recipe by: Robin and Bob Young, Recipe Writing, Recipes, Recipes - Pasta, Tomatoes, What's For Dinner?, Wine and Food, Wines - Idaho

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Kitchen Adventures, pasta, pasta machine, spaghetti

Fresh pasta! So very good and cooks so fast. If you make your own pasta – and we’ll show you how in this article – just think of the variations you can make and the ingredient control you have. For instance, we use only local, farm raised and free range eggs from Meadowlark Farms (they are at the Saturday Boise Farmers Market at 10th and Grove.) Even your flour source can be local.
The recipe we use is an adaptation of Chef Anne Burrell’s. We use garlic infused olive oil and semolina. Both of which are not in her recipe. Here is the recipe for Pasta that we have adapted. There are several pasta makers on the market. Some relatively inexpensive and others somewhat more expensive. We have and have used a manual one like at this link – and pictured here – from Walmart, which we still have. About $30.00. Some people have this “thing” about Walmart. No problem. You can get a good one from Bed, Bath and Beyond that is still a manual one and works very well. These sell for about $35. This one is a slightly different construction and design, but you will end up with the same product when you are finished. You can also get one direct from Italy for around $500.00 and others that are commercial grade for around $1900.00. But why when the home Chef can get a good quality product for much less, unless you are into brand recognition.The one we use nowadays is an attachment to our KitchenAid, as pictured here and I love working with it. With this package you get a set of three presses: a flat one for lasagna or the beginning press for spaghetti or fettuccini; a spaghetti die and a fettuccini die. About $150.00. So your choices are wide and varied. Get the one that suits your needs. Now on to making the pasta. Enjoy! I have placed a link to the Pasta Recipe above. Print out a copy and follow along.

Basically four ingredients: Flour or semolina as pictured here and eggs with oil and water. You will need a clean and fairly large working area.

Basically four ingredients: Flour or semolina as pictured here and eggs with oil, salt and water. You will need a clean and fairly large working area. I like to pre-mix the eggs, water, oil and salt in a bowl. Then I don’t “splash” the eggs mixing them in the “well”.

The semolina “well” The process is the same if you use flour.

Pulling the semolina into the egg mixture using a fork. Work carefully.

The dough is starting to form.

The pasta dough is ready to knead. Notice the pastry knife used to help in the kneading process.

The pastry dough is kneaded and ready to rest for at least 1 hour.

Spaghetti noodles from the dough. Dust with flour to keep them from sticking.

Spaghetti Carbonara made from the pasta dough we made. Except for the pancetta, most of the other ingredients are all from the Boise Farmers Market./

Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe and pictured here, made from the pasta dough we made. Except for the pancetta, most of the other ingredients are all from the Boise Farmers Market. Serve this with a 2012 Sawtooth Winery Trout Trilogy Petite Sirah. Awesome!