In 2008, I will prepare a _____
What cooking technique, cuisine, ingredient or dish would you like to tackle & accomplish? Even with my history of "yeasty things failures" I will try (and determined to conquer) pecan sticky cinnamon rolls! What's on your 2008 "cooking to do list"?
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23 Comments:
My own cured meats, and mold ripened cheeses. I plan to start a blue cheese from some raw milk some time in the next few days, and I was given Michael Ruhlman's Charcuterie for Christmas, which I plan to use soon.
Nicholas H at 9:49PM on 12/26/07
potato gnocchi.
cybercita at 10:10PM on 12/26/07
brioche
thegreatlumpia at 10:12PM on 12/26/07
I'm seconding potato gnocchi and adding perfecting yeast breads. I've made some pretty good challah and pizza dough, but I tried ciabatta a couple months ago, and it was way too dense, having none of the big holes and light texture that it should. I used the recipe from "The Bread Baker's Apprentice," which I trust completely, so I'm pretty positive it was entirely my fault. Oh well, practice makes perfect!!
ChristineB at 10:42PM on 12/26/07
I want to learn how to make good bread, and some sushi. Yum...sushi.
SparklingDiamond at 12:27AM on 12/27/07
Hmmm... 2006 was about Tagines and sushi... 2007 was about risotto and a return to baking... and 2008 is looking like it will be about gnocchi and agnoletti. Oh and gougeres (savory ones and companion sweets, as I'll be figuring out choux pastry).
Ann Fisher at 7:18AM on 12/27/07
(I'm standing in the corner...)
I made a resolution for 2007 to learn how to make sushi because I love it - but I'm rice impaired and never got around to overcoming that!
My brother sent me a rice cooker so I think now is the time to try. I have a sushi book and lots of friends to come and eat my "homework." I guess I have to get over myself and just go for it!
chiff0nade at 8:51AM on 12/27/07
I want to make more yeasted coffee cakes and pastries. I heard Kringle is a labor of love. I tackled cinnamon rolls in 2007 and I think 2008 I want to make some babka.
JerzeeTomato at 10:55AM on 12/27/07
I just splurged on Dorie Greenspan's BAKING cookbook and I feel like copying the Julia/Julie thing by baking in order EVERY recipe from the book. I've already baked up 3 recipes and loved them ALL!
Jane M at 3:25PM on 12/27/07
I am another one with aspiration for bread (the yeast kind, I make quick beer bread quite often) and sushi (I've finally collected everything I need to try making sushi, from books to the knife to sushi rice and nori:-))
brooke29 at 3:43PM on 12/27/07
My goal is to serve a feast of a whole roasted chicken, side dishes, a nice wine, and dessert. None of my friends are organized enough to throw dinner parties yet, so I'd like to start the ball rolling.
LiveToEat at 3:58PM on 12/27/07
Thanks for sharing your 2008 goals--good luck! Glad to see I'm not the only one who will be kneading dough :)
JEP at 7:23PM on 12/27/07
Veal sweetbreads.
schnitzel at 9:28PM on 12/27/07
Awesome plated desserts - courtesy of Elizabeth Falkner's Demolition Desserts and Pichet Ong's The Sweet Spot. The bf will be thanking me for this :)
charm city cupcake at 10:09PM on 12/27/07
i got an ice cream maker for xmas so first it will be mastering a basic custard (i tend to leave it too long and it turns to scramble!) and then a panoply of flavours to experiment with: basic vanilla, blueberry, coffee, choc mint, and green tea are first on the list.
other than that, i posted a while back about the murder of my sourdough starter by yours truly. so i want to start another one and be more loving and kind to it.
and finally, i'd like to make some confit of duck legs and use it in a cassoulet.
astarteny at 7:05AM on 12/28/07
duck confit, absolutely! saw a duck gumbo recipe that called for it and i can't quit thinking about it.
mark bittman's recipe for bread done in covered casserole
madeleines
a perfect cheese souffle..which may require sending our Great Pyrenees to the neighbors so it won't fall!
homemade oreo cookies
MaryColeman at 8:42AM on 12/28/07
i never thought of pushing myself, like trying a recipe a week or something, but now that I think about it, I think that (along with my other New Year's Resolution), I am going to try to make one sacry recipe a month. And because now I am inspired, my first is going to be a souffle! I have always been afraid of that one, because Julia Child even once said that that was the one thing that you can't fix. :) So, if I give myself the entire month, then I should be able to come up with something that might pass for a souffle, right? Wish me luck and I wish everyone else challenging themselves like this luck, too!
Traveller at 1:46PM on 12/28/07
I'd like to tackle pate a choux (gougeres and cream puffs-!), and get better at risotto.
Littlebluesiren at 3:59PM on 12/28/07
Traveller--I, too, want to try to successfully make a souffle! Are you thinking savory or sweet? I'd like try both cheese & chocolate.
JEP at 4:47PM on 12/28/07
I would try either one, if there is a decent recipe, but I prefer savory generally. Any ideas?
Traveller at 5:38PM on 12/28/07
I am a bread killer. I love the process , must be getting high off the yeast, but the final product usually sucks. Banana bread is about all I can do right now :P
britnlind at 6:35PM on 12/28/07
Traveller---I have been looking thru both Epicurious & Martha Stewart sites---lots of souffle recipes!
JEP at 8:52PM on 12/28/07
Hi Karen, great blog. Just noticed you mentioned 2nd Avenue Deli in an older blog and that a trumpet player Mike Lawrence took you there. I used to know him, too. Wondering if I know you--do you, did you, ever have red hair?
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rolawr at 3:55AM on 01/14/08