What's For Dinner Tonight?

Carne Seca

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If I recall correctly;
aprox 1.5+ cups brown sugar
aprox 2 cups kosher salt
1 onion quartered
few twigs fresh rosemary and thyme
5 bay leafs + some shredded bay leaf
Peel of 3 oranges, 1 halved orange(option to squeeze)
peel of 1 lemon, 1 halved lemon(option to squeeze)
1 granny smith apple(I would add more)
5 tablespoon black peppercorn
Balanced it out with a little all spice, cinnamon
I forgot apple cider so substituted with 1 bottle of this stuff

Brined for I think 18-24 hours:confused:, letting it come to room temperature the last few hours.
Will go longer next time
salt,sugar, and juice should be upped a little bit.
Oh I almost forgot I added some baking powder to help lower the acidity of the brine, maybe a tablespoon or two.
I read it helps the bird absorb flavor.
:peace:
Edit; most of the ingredients except whole fruit was brought to a boil before going in brine
Thanks! I'm going to give that a try for christmas. Normally we have our usual New Mexico fare but a stray turkey won't be a problem. :p
 

neosapien

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Wait, have I missed this one?
I happen to have a Sourdough in excess of 100 years old - from a super old roadhouse on the AK highway in the 80's.
Seriously? Sourdough?
Yep. I'm just getting started. Made acouple loaves thus far. A buddy of mine gave me some starter he made and I've been feeding it and baking some off. The threads right below this one.
 

Johnny Retro

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Roasted Chicken, little bit of stuffing, and green beans. And a Dreadnaught Imperial IPA by three floyds..the best brewery out there.
 

speshh

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possibly a Mexican chicken soup, depends when I get home. If not chips covered in smoked paprika and chili powder
 

tip top toker

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Spicy beef and paprika meatballs with a tomato and onion sauce and pasta :) Got to get a good recipe for a meatball dish i had a while back, it's pork and anchovy meatballs in a rich red wine tomato sauce.
 

Don Gin and Ton

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I found mixing pork and beef mince makes excellent meatballs, bit of steakhouse pepper, breadcrumbs and an egg yolk.

Not big on anchovies...
 

tip top toker

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Anchovies are superfragilisticexpialidocious! Found a recipe on the bbc food site so will give that a go sometime me thinks.

Pork and beef mince always work well together, i make my bolognese using half and half
 

tip top toker

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I just sit there eating them out of the jar :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/porkpattieswithancho_92529

Havn't tried their recipe, but plan to give it a go. I'll also use capers when cooking if just for adding a bit of a unique salty taste, but if it's the actual flavour of the thing i want then anchovies every time. Hard to come by unless you have a good fish monger, but fresh anchovies are just to die for. Which reminds me i have a kilo of sprats in the fridge that i should probably freeze due to work hours.
 
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