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Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Chardonnay Roasted Chicken
And this chicken are boneless. I carved the meat off the bone. Seasoned with Cilantro Lemon Salt Pepper rub with fresh thyme. Clasped the no-skin side together and tied it with strings.
Prepared mirepoix and spread them on the bottom and set the chicken on the top.
Bones are frozen because I already have enough clear chicken stock from the last chicken.
Roasted covered at 375'F for 1hr 30 min. Added 1/2 Cup of Chardonnay after 55 min of roasting. As this chicken is roasted in my favorite roaster with cover, I broiled the chicken for 5 min to brown the top. The broiling would be unnecessary if I had used the right technique.
Scaloppini Chicken with Chardonnay Sweet and Sour Spicy Sauce
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Hotdog in Home Baked Buns, French Fries and Onion Rings
I tried the recipe from http://angelcookbakelove.blogspot.com's Christmas Tree Custard Bread (Super Soft). The extra dough Angelbakelove used to make the hotdog buns looked attractively interesting to make hotdog dinner that I wanted. To make hotdog buns or hamburger buns. I used 160 g AP unbromeated, unbleached Flour. Pre-Mix 28g flour 28g with 15 g Sugar, 8 g Milk powder, 2 g Salt with 109 g warm Water with 2.5 g Yeast. Once the pre-mix bubbles up, add 15 g beaten eggs, and 15 g melted butter. Proceed to make the dough, rise, portion and bake in 180'C oven for 15 minutes.
For dinner, I also prepared French Fries from Chef Thomas Keller's Bouchon Recipe book. I learned about blanching the french fries at 325'F and then fried at 375'F. Wow... time consuming. I also made some onion rings ... woops... didn't have Panko in my pantry. Soooo.... onion rings dipped in seasoned flour, buttermilk, and tested with white corn meal dip also.... that was not very tasty.... so I changed the last coating with Tempura powder. That's much better. Keeping the peanut oil between 350'F and 375'F is challenging indeed. This is when the electric skillet with temp controller would work well... I think.