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So I cooked these two meals for my 1-year-anniversary celebration with my boyfriend.
They're kind of a mash-up of recipes I've found online..but of course, I had to put my own spin on things. I don't really do accurate measurements for my food, so this is all approximate.
(please excuse the image quality -- I was a little lazy and didn't take the time to color-correct)
Pan-seared scallop salad
Ingredients: about 8 (or 1/2 lbs) Sea Scallops (preferably unfrozen if you can find 'em!) 1 Bulb Fennel Garlic Micro arugula greens Orange Muscat Champagne Vinegar (from traderjoes!) Lemon Shaved Parmesan cheese
Seasonings: Salt Pepper Dill Red Pepper Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Procedure:
1. Coat fennel with salt, pepper and olive oil. roast with cloves of garlic at 425 degrees F for about 35-45mins, or until fennel is soft and toasty on the edges. When done, sprinkle fennel with dill.
2. With a paper towel, dry scallops. Season scallops with sat, pepper and red pepper. Pan-sear scallops in a little olive oil. About 1 1/2 minutes per side. They cook very quickly!
3. Mix orange muscat champagne vinegar, lemon and dill together. Drizzle sauce over arugula greens. Place a few pieces of parmesan over the arugula. Take your freshly panseared scallops and place them nicely on top of the salad. Squeeze fresh lemon and sprinkle dill over scallops!
4. Eat and enjoy :D
Pan-seared duck breast with a red-wine reduction sauce over Brown & Wild Rice.
Ingredients: 4 duck breasts, skin on (they came in a package. D: I really only wanted 3!) 1 cup of brown rice & wild rice baby carrots 1/2 lb green beans garlic crimini mushrooms redwine 1 shallot red potatoes
Seasonings: Salt Pepper Extra Virgin Olive Oil Rosemary
1. Cut red potatoes into quarters. Coat with olive oil, pepper, salt and rosemary. Roast in a 425 degree oven for about 35-40mins. You can roast these with the fennel if you want :0
2. Cook rice in about 2 cups of water.
3. Steam baby carrots and green beans. season after steaming.
4. dice shallots, garlic mushrooms. save for later! :D
5. Score the skin of the duck breasts. Season with salt and pepper. Place duck breasts in a super hot frying pan (should have a little bit of olive oil, maybe a teaspoon).
Duck will start to ooze out fat! Pan-sear the duck for about 1 1/2 mins on each side. Then let the duck cook for about 3 mins on each side. Cook time will be affected by the size of the duck breast.
Once cooked, remove duck from pan and let it chill out somewhere.
6. Drain your fry pan of like 98% of the duck fat. Sautee your shallots, mushrooms and garlic in the fat.
7. Deglaze the pan with your redwine sauce. let it reduce.
8. plate your rice and veggies. cut your duck diagonally and place it on the plate. put the reduction sauce with mushrooms, shallots and garlic over your duck.
9. eat and enjoy :D maybe watch the GSL too i guess!
Om nom nom nom.
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Fuck. Food porn is worse than regular porn. Can't just jack off and then go your merry way.
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fapfapfa-- ehh
nomnomnom
where can i order this? i think i'll try something more .. beginner friendly if that should come up any time.
*munches chocolate chip cookie from the factory..*
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On October 24 2011 06:05 Mothra wrote: Fuck. Food porn is worse than regular porn. Can't just jack off and then go your merry way. lmao!
They look so delicious!
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Oh god this is sensual. Going to have to get me some duck and a fire extinguisher. Thanks for these.
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On October 24 2011 06:05 MisterD wrote:fapfapfa-- ehh nomnomnom where can i order this? i think i'll try something more .. beginner friendly if that should come up any time. *munches chocolate chip cookie from the factory..*
:D You can pay me and I can ship it over! can't guarantee that it will still be tasty after shipment hahah
I'll prob post some more recipes. I use to cook a fancy dinner for each GSL final, but I never documented it. They're not too hard.
This one was probably like medium difficulty in terms of cooking and prep work.
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That duck breast... it must taste delicious. I know what I'll be dreaming of tonight.
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...I need food right now, those scallops are making my mouth so horny.
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Nice work, looks delicious. =)
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Iron Chef! :D They look so delicious! O_o
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Jerking off looking at those beautiful duck breasts at the moment ^__^
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Looks amazing, the duck breast especially. I always hear not to mix cheese with seafood, but the scallops also look delicious. Did you notice any weirdness with the parmesan and scallops, or did the parmesan mainly stick to the salad?
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DONT DO THIS to me. Its 11:59 PM here, I want this now. Who sells scallops in Sweden at this time?...
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That looks so awesome. Everything from the plating to the cooking itself looks great. Good job! (please give us more foodporn!)
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Let me just pull out my wurst and...
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On October 24 2011 06:50 Cauld wrote: Looks amazing, the duck breast especially. I always hear not to mix cheese with seafood, but the scallops also look delicious. Did you notice any weirdness with the parmesan and scallops, or did the parmesan mainly stick to the salad?
Not really. The parmesan did get a little melted by the scallops, but most of it stayed on the salad. :D
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that looks hard to make o_o think im just going to stick to ramen lol
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On October 24 2011 07:29 LicH. wrote: that looks hard to make o_o think im just going to stick to ramen lol
It's really not that bad. The hardest thing is probably the clean up... My sink is still full of random dishes. QQ;
btw thanks everyone for the comments :D
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Looks so fucking good, I'm jealous!
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Hong Kong9136 Posts
Scallop salad looks so good...
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fuck you, i just ate!
lol, just kidding, looks delicious, i might try.
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Those both look so delicious, and restaurant-quality as well! I love both scallops and duck breast, so I will have to keep your recipes in mind for when I want to make a special fancy dinner (and if I'm not eating with a vegetarian).
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