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Daily Archives: December 26, 2016
I enjoyed Christmas dinner with my brother Roger, a wizard in the kitchen himself. We decided on rib eye steak, duchess potatoes, and asparagus with Gruyere wrapped in prosciutto as our menu. I opted to cook the steaks and potatoes sous vide style, a method he had not used before. To say he was converted would be an understatement. The steaks were cooked at 122.5 degrees for 90 minutes then seared in a screaming hot cast iron skillet and finished with a pat of butter. The potatoes were cooked sous vide at 195 degrees for 90 minutes, hand mashed and mixed with sour cream and shredded Gruyere cheese, then baked in buttered ramekins. The asparagus was easy with a quick blanch in the 195 degree water bath…
For many years on Christmas morning I have enjoyed eggs benedict for breakfast. Of course, I enjoy drinking a mimosa or two with said breakfast. There is something so satisfying to this dish – crunchy toasted English muffins, salty slightly sweet Canadian bacon, and silky poached eggs draped in a velvety lemony hollandaise sauce spiked with a light dusting of paprika. This time I tried a new technique for poaching the eggs (i.e. I used my Anova immersion circulator to cook the eggs sous-vide) and to be honest, I need a bit more practice with this technique to cook the eggs exactly the way I like them. But I will share with you the pictures of the results. I think you will find them appetizing and…