Archive for the 'sous vide' Category

Paleo Recipes: Really Old Time Comfort Food

When you find yourself longing for a return to the ‘old ways’ of eating, you may be thinking about Granny’s Sunday pot roast. But if you really want to return to the old ways, Julie and Charles Mayfield’s Paleo Comfort Food is the ticket.

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A Little Piece of Piggy Heaven: Mangalitsa Pork Neck Roll

Couldn’t resist passing on the information in this blog post from Chef It Yourself about cooking a Mangalitsa pork neck roll. As readers of Mike’s blog know, he and I took a three-day seminar a few months back on the proper techniques for butchering and cooking Wooly Pigs, or Mangalitsa as they’re more properly called.

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Salmon with Lemon Wasabi Aioli

When it’s hot in the summer, cooking outdoors on the grill can be a lifesaver, so I am always on the look out for or dreaming up new recipes for grilling. I just posted one for salmon up on the SousVide Supreme blog that would be delicious, even if you don’t have a means to cook sous vide, so I thought I’d share. Granted no other cooking method will guarantee the buttery, succulent, rare to medium rare texture that you can achieve with a water oven set at 116F, but it will still be good eats.

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The Best Turkey EVER

This Thanksgiving we had a larger crowd than usual and were the recipients of not one, but two turkeys, courtesy of Mike and our son, Dan, having won a pair of them at the local Thanksgiving week golf tournament aptly named The Turkey Shoot.

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