June 2nd, 2010

So, long time no see. I’ve been pretty busy and kind of sick in the mean time, so I didn’t really get to cooking special things and blogging about them. But this is a very nice treat today. My by far favorite recipe for ragù alla bolognese. I don’t think I’ve been experimenting with anything as much as I have with ragus. And this is in my opinion the best you can make.
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May 5th, 2010
The first times I tried making sauce béarnaise were, to put it plainly, a pain in the ass. It’s just something you need to get the hang of in some way. The temperature can’t rise too high and you should be patiently stirring for a while. And when it breaks all
your work is messed up and you end up depressed and feeling like it’s never gonna work. But it will, I promise.

And when it works it’s just amazing. My all-time favorite butter sauce for meat and basically anything else. Yesterday I had it with some entrecôte steak, that I cooked sous-vide at 120° for 45 Minutes and then seared in a cast iron pan. It was definitely one of the most delicious things I had in the last couple of weeks.
I served it with some oven-baked fries and a simple salad with a sherry vinegar vinaigrette. Nothing fancy.
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April 30th, 2010
I woke up this morning with the strong craving for some nice fish ‘n’ chips. Seriously, I felt like I had to die, if I didn’t get any in the next 12 hours. So, I went grocery shopping, got some pollock filet, wheat beer and russet potatoes.

Too bad, I didn’t have any old newspaper to wrap it all in. But I served it with a nice tartar sauce and some vinegar. For the Fries I followed the instructions in Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook and the result was great! I just love big, crunchy and still creamy french fries!
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