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All month long I was grief-stricken. Although the August issue of Gourmet was all over the newsstands and my friends were happily devouring the articles on cooking in Italy and traveling to Paris, my subscription never showed up. So last weekend, I finally gave up waiting and bought one. And I'm so happy I did -- I love all the recipe ideas!
So tonight, after work, I tried the Chipotle Burgers (p.44) and, because it didn't look too complicated, I made the Brandied Peach Parfaits (p.114) for dessert. [Both recipes are also at Epicurious.com.] The Chipotle Burgers were easy enough, but the end product was kind of boring. The recipe didn't specify tomatoes and lettuce, but I thought they would be a good idea (and the people at Gourmet obviously did too, since they were in their picture), so I bought Boston lettuce and heirloom tomatoes. Adding chipotle to the meat was interesting and the heat they added was good but not really worth buying a whole can of peppers. Maybe if I try them again I'll add more of the adobo sauce for extra flavor. Or try making them with ground turkey, which might compliment the flavors better. What I did really like was the idea of using English muffins instead of buns -- the texture was great. I used the rest of the lettuce and tomatoes to make a salad which was nice with a dressing of red wine vinegar and olive oil with a little salt and sugar dissolved in it.
But the dinner was a distant memory once I assembled the dessert. It was wonderful! The brandied caramel makes the room-temperature peaches seem warm and soft and are fantastic with the softened ice cream (I bought Haagen Daaz, because even though it's more expensive, there's nothing like Haagen Daaz vanilla). Even though this dessert is a little more complicated and time consuming than I usually like, I love it! I actually can't wait to make it again.
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The heirloom tomatoes in california are unbelievably plump and sweet right now. We use the organic tomatoes and they explode with an earthy yet sumptuous bouquet. In fact the other night we ate an entire meal of mixed tomatoes with green onions, balsamic and olive oil, cilantro, and manchego cheese. It was the freshest most enchanting sunset meal, especially accompanied with our new favorite australian chardonnay.
Posted by: franklin at August 26, 2005 03:28 PM
If you don't like the chipotle, try this recipe for garlic mayonnaise:
1 cup mayonnaise
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbls lemon juice (to taste)
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 large garlic gloves grated
Whisk in the olive oil and lemon. Stir in the salt, then garlic.
Keep adding the right ingredients for your own specific taste.
Enjoy
Posted by: Matthew at August 31, 2005 06:55 PM
