Elephant ears are a popular chinese pastry. You'll also find imitations in other bakeries.
Last night we had roast pork with prunes and onions in a rich sauce. It's so easy too.
Rub kosher salt and black pepper all over half a pork loin. Brown all sides in a dutch oven, remove. Add two sliced onions and cook until soft. Put the roast on top of the onions, cover, and roast in a 325 degree oven for about 1.5 hours. Put about 12 prunes in a bowl and cover with madeira or other sweet wine. Remove the roast and set aside. Add to the pan 1 can of beef consomme, 1/3 cup inexpensive balsamic vinegar, and the wine from the prunes. Reduce by half. Put in the prunes and just heat through. Slice the roast and serve with the sauce.
I see, they're also known as palmiers...
Yes they are, I get those at Costco and forgot. At the asian bakeries out west, they were called elephant ears.
sirloin potroast with portwine/sourcream gravy , mashed , aspargus/mushroom stirfry , green salad with scoop of coleslaw , v 8 juice
had to give neighbour's dog some treats - with owner's permission ,
so i dipped some dogbiscuits into the gravy ,
annie was ready to break down the fence for more of them ,
she was rolling her eyes and smacking her lips for a while
time for tea and cookies
Am in the process of making a sort of improvised mediterranean chicken tabouli salad.
Minced a few dried figs and a bunch a fresh tarragon leaves and chopped some green onions and put them in with some olive oil, red wine vinegar, and a bit of soy sauce and a tiny bit of good balsamic vinegar, along with a little honey and paprika and minced garlic. Kept this in a bowl in hot covered water for the past hour or so.
Grilled the chicken (breasts, most of which go to the dog), cut a couple into strips, doused them in cheap balsamic vinegar and sushi vinegar, set 'em aside.
Half-mashed some canned chick peas and rolled them around in olive oil, sushi vinegar, and cinnamon for a bit, then added them to the fig dressing.
When the tabouli's cooled off, mix the whole lot together and see how it turns out.
All the bits have been tasting damn good.
Osso, I think panzade referring to this:
Elephant Ears
Up here we call them beaver tails.
patiodog wrote:Am in the process of making a sort of improvised mediterranean chicken tabouli salad.
Minced a few dried figs and a bunch a fresh tarragon leaves and chopped some green onions and put them in with some olive oil, red wine vinegar, and a bit of soy sauce and a tiny bit of good balsamic vinegar, along with a little honey and paprika and minced garlic. Kept this in a bowl in hot covered water for the past hour or so.
Grilled the chicken (breasts, most of which go to the dog), cut a couple into strips, doused them in cheap balsamic vinegar and sushi vinegar, set 'em aside.
Half-mashed some canned chick peas and rolled them around in olive oil, sushi vinegar, and cinnamon for a bit, then added them to the fig dressing.
When the tabouli's cooled off, mix the whole lot together and see how it turns out.
All the bits have been tasting damn good.
The creative cook! I'm impressed, patiodog. I wish I was half as adventurous! So how did the finished salad turn out?
Tonight: the recipe is called "Chicken & rice, Spanish style. I'd describe the result as somewhere between a paella & a risotto. Nice healthy recipe, using only a little oil - also including some diced red capsicum, corn kernels, peas & mint & with some garlic & chilli to perk it up a bit. Not bad!
mckenzie wrote:Osso, I think panzade referring to this:
Elephant Ears
Up here we call them beaver tails.
No, different. In the midwest they do funnel cake.
mmm they look nice.
They look like something I've seen in Indian sweet shops that are drizzled in syrup.
Spaghetti Bolognese tonight that my uncle made. Vey very tasty. Made with half lamb and half beef mince and plenty of red wine.
I had some leftover Chinese food.
sweet Italian turkey sausage, cippolini onions and portobella mushrooms - sauteed together in some EVOO, then drizzled with a bit of balsamic
it's melding together in the oven right now
next step - mushroom risotto
I think we finished the salad, so I need to see if there's some other veggie hanging around
Haddock, stir-fried in a wine sauce with ginger and scallions.
Baby bok-choy in a soy sauce with mushrooms.
White rice.
Chicken broth soup with mini penne/ previously sauteed rapini w garlic, dried red chile, and lemon/ some sweet red pepper sauce and tomato sauce/ one broken up hot italian sausage, some shaved parmigiano.
Mr. Fix-it made his famous spaghetti sauce (with whole grain noodles). There's lots left so it's probably on the menu again tonight.
I had noodles last night.
Experiment tonight: Sear pork loin chops. Layer thin sliced blanch potatos in casserole. add chops. Season to taste. (Onion, garlic, paprika, salt, pepper) Cover first layer with parmigiana cheese. Start second layer with more sliced potatos. Season, add more cheese. Fill casserole half way up with milk. Bake in oven until bubbly, and cheese is almost burnt.
Chinese buffet at The Far East Cafe.
Urp!
Wife made soup. I hate most soups.
I ate it anyway, then I ate everything else I could find. Urp!
