Friday, December 30, 2011

Who's got a go-to special occasion recipe?

Posted by Jonathan Bender on Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 8:45 AM

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I've been tasked with the New Year's Eve dinner this year. It's too late to fly in lobsters (plus, I like the idea that I'm pardoning a few this year, just as the president spares the lives of several turkeys each Thanksgiving). Steaks are not necessarily a bad choice; they've just been overdone (pun intended) at my humble abode. But perhaps most significantly, I'm two solid meals in the hole, having been made beef bourguignon for my anniversary and the Pioneer Woman's chocolate sheet cake for my birthday.

In good news, I've got a full day to prep and a few kitchen's worth of utensils and appliances at my disposal. I'm looking for your best recipe, the one that you would use to get out of Dutch, get into heaven or get someone out of their apron. What's your go-to recipe?

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I am making beer battered fish tacos

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Posted by Eric on 12/30/2011 at 4:31 PM

Garlic football chili.

Works every time.

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Posted by Wink Dinklemeyer on 12/30/2011 at 1:31 PM

While it lacks refinement other than being able to invoke the name of Thomas Keller, the recipe (easy Google find) for his Ad Hoc fried chicken is dynamite. A day is good since you have to brine the bird. It's pretty special stuff and does impress.

Cheese gougeres are super easy and still impressive for a bread/roll component...and if you have a piping bag you can whip up something like salmon mousse and take them over the top by filling them, but they are good on their own.

One course I did for our Christmas Eve dinner was the crab trofie pasta dish from the Bluestem Cookbook. Not difficult other than keeping an eye on the cream as you reduce it, and trofie can be found at Bella Napoli. HUGE winner of a dish. A monster.


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Posted by Zeemanb on 12/30/2011 at 9:30 AM

Go to epicurious.com, search Cioppino then sort by ratings. The top 2 rock. Whole been tenderloin with a port sauce - do the same sort of search on epicurious and there's a few top contenders.

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Posted by Jill on 12/30/2011 at 9:17 AM
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