Leftover Night, Volume III: Carnivore Edition
Four different meat-centric meals, covering all the bases: beef brisket, crumb-coated pork, roasted chicken, and lamb shanks braised with lentils and curry.
Category Archives: Meat
Espresso Steaks
Simply cooked steaks with an espresso-based spice rub---a special treat for the holiday season.
Gift-Wrapping
Prosciutto-roasted pork with corn pudding in acorn squash boats: an easy and elegant autumn meal that would be perfect for either company or a quiet family dinner.
Leftover-fest
Transforming all-American turkey leftovers into Asian comfort food: fragrant pho and crisp egg rolls.
Thanksgiving Recap 2010
A recap of our Thanksgiving dinner from top to tail: turkey with prosciutto-hazelnut butter and all the fixings.
Lamb Dumplings with Yogurt Sauce
An unusual recipe for lamb dumplings in a scorched yogurt sauce, more tasty than it sounds.
Bourani
A Greek side dish to go with all those gyros: bourani, a baked rice dish fragrant with tomato and cinnamon.
Quick Change
Making burgers out of meatloaf---seasoned patties to serve on a bun with sauted mushrooms, or open-faced with brown mushroom gravy.
Into the Mist
Several applications for pork braised in apple cider and molasses until meltingly tender: Simply served over crisp squash risotto cakes aside cider-glazed Brussels sprouts, or stuffed into a sandwich with sauerkraut coleslaw along twice-baked sweet…
Anything Goes
A few baking recipes that use minimal all-purpose flour for those occasions when you find yourself running low: Pumpkin granola for breakfast, lamb chili with masa dumplings for dinner, and Asian pear crisp for dessert.
My Hero, the Gyro
One of my more successful at-home versions of a restaurant dish: lamb gyros with tzatziki in pillowy rounds of pita.
Do Not Adjust Your Screen
Moroccan stewed chicken with peas, almonds, and butternut squash, served over purple cauliflower couscous---a rainbow of a meal for a dreary autumn day.
Flor de Calabaza
Mexican roasted chicken is a foil for some sides that use up end-of-season vegetables: green tomato rice and quesadillas full of squash blossoms, made using homemade corn tortillas.
Fried Flowers
Stuffed and fried pumpkin blossoms make the perfect garnish for a hearty meal of pork chops over couscous with a sauce of roasted tomatoes and Brussels sprout leaves.
Spice-Rubbed Chops and Scarlet Runner Stew
Crusted with North African spices, these pork chops nestle down between mashed potatoes and a warmly fragrant stew of tomato and scarlet runner beans.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Chicken legs oven-braised with lentils and radicchio---and the leftovers make a fantastic lentil salad for lunch!
Outlandish
Our neighbor Marcia was kind enough to gift me with some Asian pears from her tree. These unusual autumn fruits taste like pears but maintain a crunch more like an apple, and while they ripened…