OFFICIAL THREAD: General Cookery and Discussion

[Piobaire]

Turned out pretty damn well. Best thing is I have five portions in vacuum freezer bags for weeknight meals.

 

[otc]

My mother in law had an extra turkey (ended up going somewhere else for thanksgiving), so tonight I'm doing this sous vide turkey (but not the deep fried sous vide turkey porchetta).

Sous Vide Turkey Breast With Crispy Skin Recipe

Sous vide turkey breast, perfectly tender and juicy every time, with a side of crackling, crispy turkey skin.

www.seriouseats.com

Turkey is still in the bath, so we'll see how that turns out. I didn't pull the tenderloins but realize that Kenji says to do so in the comments. Might leave it a little longer in the bath just to make sure it all cooks through.

Crispy skin didn't turn out super well though. It shriveled up and the parchment paper stuck to it, so I was only able to actually peel out a couple big pieces. Thoughts on what might have gone wrong:
1. No-name parchment paper is just ******.
2. Her oven is hotter than expected and I took the parchment past its max temp of 400 and/or left it too long
3. The second sheet pan was smaller. It covered at least 90% of the skin, but maybe by not extending past the edge, it didn't have the size/heft to stop the skin from shrinking and sticking to the parchment?
4. The skin was oddly thin except for a few spots. It was a cheapo butterball turkey, so maybe the skin just sucked?

Kept the legs/thighs/wings...not sure what to do with them or if I will leave them with the MIL. Turkey leg confit?

 

[otc]

The skin that made it off the parchment intact:

Enough for initial platings for 3, but no extra or leftovers for bacon replacements in sandwiches.

 

[Lizard23]

Leftovers:

turkey tacos
Sichuan turkey salad
Turkey sandwich

 

[Piobaire]

There's a local guy and he's become a bit of a thing in the bread making world. Mrs. Piob was one of his first customers, when he had first quit his day job, and was baking bread in a pizza oven in his garage. He held an open air class last week and part of the deal is you got to take home some of his sour dough starter. She made an awesome loaf of darker bread last week and yesterday did regular sour dough dinner rolls. Very awesome, with a good chewy crust, but light and fluffy inside.

Friday she's going to make a sour dough pizza crust and next Sunday I'm planning pasta fazool that she'll make a crusty loaf for.

 

[jcman311]

My buddy has a small business of baking sourdough.

 

[Piobaire]

I might have already stolen two rolls before I snapped this pic...

 

[RSS]

Someone sent us a PieCaken for Thanksgiving. It's the turducken of desserts: a pecan pie topped with a pumpkin pie on which a spice cake is stacked. It's frosted and layered with a cinnamon buttercream. On top is an apple compote and some little lady finger type confections. The darn thing is delicious but it could be said it is to sweets what Las Vegas is to architecture.

As my mother would have said. That thing is ... something.

 

[Piobaire]

Mrs. Piob made some crusty, sour dough bread and I made pasta fazool.

 

[jcman311]

Quick chicken noodle soup in the instant pot. Super easy and quick.

 

[Piobaire]

Getting my meez on.

 

[Fueco]

First batch of fudge for the season (semisweet chocolate with walnuts).

 

[Piobaire]

Btw, the pasta salad turned out really well. Took the noodles to fully cooked, did not rinse to keep the starch on them, tossed around in a big mixing bowl intermittently over 20-25 minutes until they were room temp. Used Penzeys Green Goddess dressing blend that I used half full fat Greek yogurt and half full fat mayo, S&P, and two tablespoons of a good white wine vinegar for acidity. Tossed in all the veggies above (bell pepper, celery, shallots,) a can of sliced black olives, and let it all blend in the fridge for several hours. It was gobbled up heartily so I think I'll use this recipe again.

 

[Fueco]

You foodies might appreciate this article.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...WCUD7JdrSl1arFruPG6M_gh7qa2w49-qzAQuvs4KdSuNs

 

[Lizard23]

I saw that over the weekend and think its fantastic in every way.