Holiday Weekend Eats (and Drinks)

by Jennifer Hess on January 4, 2010

in holidays and celebrations, uncategorized, weekend eats and drinks

(As always, you can click the photos to view them with more detail in my Flickr stream.)

{ 12 comments… read them below or add one }

1 MrsWheelbarrow January 4, 2010 at 2:34 pm: Your photos and culinary inventiveness never fail to inspire me. Happy New Year to you and Dietsch. Best, Cathy
2 Alison January 4, 2010 at 3:15 pm: Beautiful and delicious looking food as always! Do you have a particular recipe / technique that you follow for your lamb stew? I actually made some last night – and lamb is a favorite of mine. Thanks!
3 Christine January 4, 2010 at 3:38 pm: Oh goodness, your food always looks amazing.

And a quick question for you, what pasta attachment do you use on your stand mixer? I actually just got a Kitchenaid as a Christmas/Holiday gift and am in the market for a couple of attachments now that a move into a house with actual cabinets is imminent. Thank you and seriously, if you’re up for adopting a near thirty year old, you just say the word.

Wishing you, Dietsch and the kitties a very happy and healthy 2010.
4 Margaret January 4, 2010 at 5:02 pm: These photos seem to say: Extra Special! The choucroute garnie in particular calls to my mind fond memories in France on my student exchange. I was sent a particularly (and peculiarly) odiferous package after returning, and it turned out to be sausage, sauerkraut, and the recipe! Where did you get your base/ inspiration for the 2010 edition?
5 Suz January 4, 2010 at 5:41 pm: Happy New Year!
Let me start of by saying – I love reading your blog and looking at your photographs. And I’m not just saying that to butter you up for the request that is to follow!

How do you get your fried potatoes to come out so lovely and crunchy and just perfect (I assume they are perfect and yummy just by their looks!). I can never seem to manage it, mine always come out either mushy and sort of steamed or, when in the oven, the crunchy outside sticks to the pan and I can never get it right.

Any suggestions or a little tutorial would be greatly appreciated by my brunch partner & myself!
6 Elizabeth January 4, 2010 at 8:43 pm: I’m pretty jealous of the homemade sauerkraut. Also the croquettes. And the sandwiches.
7 dietsch January 5, 2010 at 7:57 am: Every year, I swear I’m going to write up the choucroute, and every year, it’s another failed resolution. This time, I took pictures and notes, whereas last year, I had bubkes. I’ll try to getcha something in a few days.
8 Julia January 5, 2010 at 4:18 pm: Nom nom nom nom. That’s me pretending to eat. So good. Beautiful tortelli. Or would you call those ravioli? I thought they looked more like big old pillows of tortelli. No matter. Everything is gorgeous!
9 Jennifer Hess January 5, 2010 at 8:17 pm: Cathy – Thanks, and to you and D as well!

Alison – To be honest, I have a couple of favorite stewed lamb dishes, but I do keep tinkering with them to find The One. If I do I’ll post it

Christine – Thank you! We have the attachment set that has the roller, plus cutters for spaghetti and fettucine.

Margaret – The choucroute garni is Mike’s project, and as he mentioned, he always plans to post about it but never seems to get around to it. I’ll be sure to poke him for more details

Suz – Thanks, and HNY to you as well! These potatoes were actually made with the leftover boiled potatoes from our choucroute, which I think helped since they were already cooked through and I could just blast them in our iron skillet with a good amount of fat to crisp them. I also sprinkle them with a little smoked paprika for flavor and the lovely color it adds

Elizabeth – The sauerkraut was seriously some of the best I’ve had – and it was his first attempt at homemade! I’m a lucky girl.

Julia – Thank you! Those are actually my attempt at agnolotti – and they were super easy to make! I hope to post about them soon, as I have some ideas about serving them as the main part of our meal.
10 Karen January 5, 2010 at 8:58 pm: A visual feast to start the year! This is a celebration of epic proportions!
11 3hungrytummies January 6, 2010 at 9:14 am: Beautiful blog you have here, the food is to die for!
12 worldinapapercup January 6, 2010 at 1:58 pm: Happy New Year! Just wanted to say what an inspiration you were for me in 2009…cant wait to see what you cook up in 2010! Love your blog, keep it up!

~Niki

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