The prep for this is more low and slow than one would think. Start duck breast in a cold pan to render the fat and get a crispy skin, cook noodles, drain, spread out to dry, fry slowly until crisp as well, time everything right with the veggies and make a nice sauce with the pan drippings until you can finally combine everything to a layered dish. Whew.
I’m sure there’s a part of the dwarven community that will curse me for doing this, but I wanted to mix some whisky into the sauce and felt like the taste was too sharp, so I cooked off some alcohol off. And you know what? It’s kinda nice, but still somewhat overbearing. But the textural mix of streusel, cake, nuts and ice cream was good, so that’s that.
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Soo, idiot me forgot to grease the baking form, so rather than nice rectangular cakes I ended up with what looks like a modern art piece, or one of them odd rock formations you find in the Southeast of Niflheim. Nevermind, that caramelized white chocolate miso stuff is tasty!
In its most simple form mostly avocado, onions and salt, season with lemon and sugar to taste. The thing is, preparation matters and if you mush the onions in a mortar it gets a more distinct onion flavor, something about broken cell walls and enzymes, so I dug out my trusty granite mortar and pestle. Served the guacamole in a cheeseburger. I have a fondness for cheeseburgers, can you tell? Shoutout to Quiz for the original inspiration.
Another one of those ideas that sound all sorts of weird on paper, but end up really intriguing in practice. Roast white chocolate in an oven until it caramelizes, briefly do the same with some miso, and mix it all together with some water and sugar to balance the saltiness until you get a smooth sauce that packs all sorts of complex flavors. Like a more adventurous version of salted caramel. I honestly have no idea what to do with it, but I’m already wondering how it combines with whisky or dark chocolate. Mixing it with my afternoon coffee to clean out the bowl was already pretty interesting.
Not exactly stuff you’d usually cook yourself, but I had some tomatoes left and felt curious. It’s actually an interesting challenge to balance out sweet, sour and savory with the risk of dumping more sugar into it than Einarr could carry.
Another one of those hearty roadside tavern classics. Hoo, boy, that went more poof in the oven than I expected.
Here’s a fun game, go to a tavern, order a bowl of rice with stuff and see what you get. Worked out well this time, with some crispy yet tender chashu pork, deeply caramelized braising sauce, a fried egg with kombu powder and three types of crunch in the form of carrots, cucumbers and scallions.
Never, ever underestimate the architectural challenge of assembling a sandwich. Sometimes I feel like I’d have an easier time digging a stable mine shaft rather than trying to squeeze all desired ingredients into a loaf of bread. The end result is much more delicious tho.
Turkey, cheese, tomato, lettuce mayo, combined into a footlong sandwich, named after Piligrim Footlong, a halfling known for having zero talent for rationing his food while traveling.
