CHICKEN CACCIATORE

(ADAPTED FROM MATTY MATHESON’S – A COOKBOOK Olive oil8 chicken legs Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper1 cup (155 g) Cerignola olives, pitted1 Vidalia onion, diced1 red bell pepper, diced8 cremini mushrooms, sliced3 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced1 cup (240 ml) chicken stock4 cups (960 ml) Sunday Gravy (this page) without the meat1 tablespoon…

APRICOT GLAZED WILD RICE STUFFED CORNISH GAME HEN

Apricot Glazed “boned” Cornish Game Hens for dinner one tonight recently. Served with steamed green beans and roasted butternut squash with rosemary and brown sugar. I boned out the little hen early this morning and made the wild rice stuffing early afternoon. It needed time to cool before stuffing the bird. I use unwaxed dental…

SOURDOUGH RYE

Two sourdough rye loaves baked on October 2nd. Started the dough October 1st in the morning using one of the mini bigas. Dough went into the fridge for a 12 hour cold fermentation. Taken out that night at 8:30 and left on the counter until 3:00 AM in the morning. Sliced for breakfast. Breakfast was…

Crispy Pork Stuffed Eggplant 

This is so good. I made this the first time back in 2012. The seasoned pork is sandwiched between two thin slices of eggplant, dipped in flour and then into the tempura batter. Not sure why it has taken this long to make it again. Crispy Pork Stuffed Eggplant  Adapted from The Unorthodox Epicure Pork…

RECENT BAKES

I’ve continued to use my new favourite method for sourdough. This is a very easy and economical method with no waste. Requires just feeding the leftover scrapings in the bottom of a small jar and feeding with 55g of water and 55g of flour. Mixed well, covered and left on the counter until more than…

CABBAGE ROLLS

I got a head start on dinner one morning before leaving for work. . I had a small head of Savoy Cabbage so decided to make my cabbage rolls. Moe decided to have some for breakfast.

ROAST BEEF DINNER

A recent dinner. Roast beef with Yorkshire Puddings, mashed potatoes and peas. And for dessert a blueberry cobbler made with local blueberries and a vanilla cream sauce.

Pork Belly with a Fuji Apple Sauce

Pork Belly with a fuji apple sauce and green beans with a sesame miso dressing. Recipes from the cookbook – Yoshoku Japanese food western style.

Crusty Buns and Ball Park Buns

Made another batch of the Homestyle White bread and this time as requested by Matt, I made eight crusty rolls with the dough, and a pan of Ball Park Hot dog buns. Moe loves the hot dog buns served in some Ball parks where they are split down the top of the bun, rather than…

HOMESTYLE WHITE BREAD AND DINNER ROLLS

Decided on the spur of the moment to make a Homestyle White bread dough and use half to make dinner rolls. Started the dough early using the autolyze, stretch and fold method. 1000g of flour, 5g of yeast, 15g of salt, 375g of whole milk, 325g of water and 1/2 cup soft butter. Baked one…