It’s winter and the kid has been saying he wants something. Soup. It’s cold but “I don’t know what I want.”
He saw a picture of a green soup and told me this morning “I want that.” Not sure what that was but I made him a very vegetable based cheese soup. Pretty simple to do and really this is not a recipe but a suggestion. You could switch out the vegetables and it would be just fine.
I would however use a good cheddar. I like Cabot’s Extra Sharp and do not skip coating the cheese with the corn starch.
Serve with a good toasted buttered bread and enjoy.
Ingredients:
4 tablespoons of butter
1 Large crown of broccoli chopped
1 large carrot diced
1 rib of celery diced
3 leaks chopped and cleaned
3 cloves garlic – smashed
4.5 oz good cheddar grated – about 2 cup
6 cups chicken stock
¼ cup flour
5 teaspoons cornstarch
3 Slices od good bread.
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Directions:
Toppings:
Butter and toast the bread in a 450 oven until browning and turn off oven.
Once cooled chop up the bread and set aside
Place about ½ cup of the broccoli aside as a garnish – just the very small tops of the crowns.
Soup
Melt the butter in a heavy soup pot
add all the vegetables and 1 teaspoon both salt and pepper and cook on medium for about 15 minutes
Stir frequently
Add the flour and stir in for about 2 minutes
Add the stock and bring to a boil for 20 minutes
Turn of heat and let it come to a rest and cool
Either use an immersion blender or a blender (in small batches) and blend the soup until smooth
Bring the soup back up to a simmer
Toss the grated cheese with the cornstarch
Gradually whisk the cheese into the simmering soup.
Serve soup with the toasted bread crumbs, broccoli crowns and a splash of olive oil on top.
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Homemade Prosciutto – Part Two
by Michael on October 22, 2013 · 1 comment
in Commentary,Meat,Recipes,Technique,Uncategorized
A while back I just showed some cured ham and the place went nuts. The homemade Prosciutto gets almost 50% of the hits on the site. Go figure.
So starting Saturday or so, A step-by-step week-by-week cook… well cure along will get underway. Start looking for those free range shoulders now and order your pink salt, nutmeg, garlic and kosher salt.
We will not be making actual Prosciutto. but a cured ham simple enough. And if you have a deli slicer or great thin flexible knife I won’t tell. Plus I may smoke one of these and pretend its speck to boot!
Go out and buy two boston butts without the blade bone. They should weigh 5 to 6 pounds. The plan will come together next Saturday.
Also go get the pink salt. Lem Cure, sodium nitrate. Check at Bass Pro, Cabellas and shop online.
Yes we can all argue about what this is. But not what it will be; a cured dried ham.
Check back Saturday!
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