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…

Baking with a Preferment

The first time I ever used a “Biga” in a recipe was probably close to 30 years ago. It was a recipe for an Italian bread, and the recipe was out of one of the food magazines, can’t remember which one. Since then I have tried some of the other preferments, including the Levain, Poolish…

DECEMBER 24TH – CHRISTMAS EVE

TOURTIERE – A CHRISTMAS EVE TRADITION Moe and I have been together going on 52 years. It has always been our Christmas Eve tradition to have Tourtiere as was his French Canadian tradition growing up. Ready for the oven Just out of the oven. Served with homemade Chile Sauce. Canned seven jars of Chile Sauce….

JANUARY 2024 – WEEK ONE

First dinner of 2024!!! We started the New Year off with an old favourite. Chateaubriand for Two. With Parisienne potatoes, steamed green beans, cauliflower and carrots for Moe, sautéed mushrooms and homemade Bearnaise sauce. January 2nd, 2024 I was intended to make a Raspberry Cobbler with Vanilla Cream sauce, for New Years Day, but didn’t…

END OF THE YEAR POST

Another year comes to an end. Can’t believe how fast this year as gone. Going to try and be better about posting regularly to my blog in 2024. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We finished 2023 with lobster, which has been a traditional New Years Even dinner for almost 50 years, with very little variation. This year I went with…

CHRISTMAS DINNER

I roasted a duck for our Christmas dinner. Using Ina Garten’s recipe. Which I have used a number of times before. Sides were potatoes roasted in duck fat, braised red cabbage and green beans. Roast Duck Roast DuckIna Garten’s Recipe 2 (5 to 5 1/2 pounds each) ducks, innards and wing tips removed6 quarts chicken brothKosher…

CRUSTY ENGLISH BLOOMER BREAD

Crusty English Bloomer Bread. This is new to me. I went searching for a recipe for this bread and found a couple. I went with two different recipes. One using a pate fermentee and my regular bread flour and one that was a Whole Wheat version. The first batch was a 1000g of flour, and…

The Recipe Collection – Index

Visit our Maple Cutting Board Gallery Additional recipes can be found on  Thibeault’s Table. For easy access you will find the Index for these recipes included at the bottom of this post. Appetizers Asparagus Ravioli Cream of Asparagus Soup Asian Chicken Lettuce Cups Artichoke Bottoms with Lemon Crisp Crumbs Basic Potato Leek Soup Black Olive…

Celebrating First Year Blog Anniversary with a New Recipe Index

My first year anniversary  came and went last week.(January 5th)  Hard to believe that a whole year of blogging has gone by so quickly. I guess it is true what they say,  time really does fly when you are having fun. Along with starting year two with  the Saturday Blog Showcase, I  have also created…

First Roast Chicken Dinner of 2010

This is probably my most repeated dinner.  Moe had actually been asking for a Roast Chicken dinner since about two days after our Christmas turkey dinner.   I finally caved.   Should have made it sooner.   I really could eat this meal once every 10 days.   How boring is that????? Sides were the must-have mashed potatoes and…