Brisket is marinading
Brisket is marinading. Well, about 5 pounds of it: with the social distancing we don't have the usual suspects, so trimmed out the hard fat to render into a sauce tomorrow, and froze the other half.
Category: Food
Rye bread take two. Larger glass pan…
Rye bread take two. Larger glass pan, molasses rather than brown sugar. Still drier than I want.
Next pass increasing hydration, lowering temperature, shortening the bake.
Uitsmijters! Homemade bread…
Uitsmijters! Homemade bread, homemade ham, butter and free range eggs from the local dairy. Delicious!
The rye bread coming out of the oven…
The rye bread coming out of the oven, cast iron Scotch bowl and lid going in, and oven's going up to 425F to bake bread in a bit.
Dutch ryebread take two in the oven to bake overnight…
Dutch ryebread take two in the oven to bake overnight, for tomorrow we make split pea soup. Served with slices of Dutch ryebread, buttered with Kerrygold salted butter, and thin sliced bacon!
Uitsmijter. My own bread…
Uitsmijter. My own bread, my own ham, local free range eggs, Kerrygold butter, Tellicherry black pepper, sel gris.
No-knead bread baked in a cast iron Scotch bowl
No-knead bread baked in a cast iron Scotch bowl. I like it.
Right now smoking a whole picnic ham…
Right now smoking a whole picnic ham, bone-in. When it gets out, it gets to rest up, then I trim the bone out, which, with the smoked hocks, goes into the pot to make split pea soup. Some of the rest...
I love cooking egg dishes
I love cooking egg dishes. I started cooking eggs when I was 11, so I've had a lot of practice and I know tons of them. I love the finickiness of eggs - egg yolk, protein-based egg white and egg...
A favorite breakfast of mine
A favorite breakfast of mine: Dutch ryebread crumbled into buttermilk. It's a very old school farmers' breakfast from Twenthe, the tiny piece of the Netherlands I'm from.