Finally my taste buds have returned! In a most embarrassing event, I lost myself for a moment and shoveled a spoonful of molten caramel sauce directly from the pan into my mouth. Note to self...Holy smokes there Batman, that's friggin' hot! The pain was not the only joy. The sauce solidified around my teeth and almost needed heavy machinery to remove. The plan was to make a caramel reduced wine sauce to pour over poached pears. I'm told the pears were excellent and the sauce was kindly referred to as "good" but different. I couldn't tell you cause I couldn't taste nothing but mush.
That being said, I segue into my topic of the day. During my convalescence I watched a Food Network Special: The George Foreman Campus Grill Off. Several colleges sent groups of students to compete for money and grills. In the beautiful setting of Pepperdine College in Malibu, Ca. they competed. I was impressed by the beautiful dishes made only using a G.F. G. The winning recipe was a crab cakes with Creole mustard sauce.
If the truth be told, I and my lovely wife own just about every piece of cooking equipment known to mankind. If we don't own it now, we probably will get it for a gift in the next year. Yes we got a G. F. G. for a gift. At first I was not impressed because it steamed/grilled meat. I much prefer my backyard barbecue or a cast iron pan. I did discover what I consider to be the strength of the machine. It makes killer grilled sandwiches. My favorite is Soppressata Salami, fresh mozzarella, tomato, basil and a little olive oil. Grilled cheese is mighty fine as well. The list goes on..Tuna melt, Reuben, hot turkey etc. For dessert grill a piece of chocolate between two slices of sweet bread, cut in half and sprinkle on powdered sugar, yummy!
Here's an idea for the entrepreneur college dorm student. Make up some fresh sandwiches and charge your fellow students $4. Better yet call them pannini and charge $7.
That being said, I segue into my topic of the day. During my convalescence I watched a Food Network Special: The George Foreman Campus Grill Off. Several colleges sent groups of students to compete for money and grills. In the beautiful setting of Pepperdine College in Malibu, Ca. they competed. I was impressed by the beautiful dishes made only using a G.F. G. The winning recipe was a crab cakes with Creole mustard sauce.
If the truth be told, I and my lovely wife own just about every piece of cooking equipment known to mankind. If we don't own it now, we probably will get it for a gift in the next year. Yes we got a G. F. G. for a gift. At first I was not impressed because it steamed/grilled meat. I much prefer my backyard barbecue or a cast iron pan. I did discover what I consider to be the strength of the machine. It makes killer grilled sandwiches. My favorite is Soppressata Salami, fresh mozzarella, tomato, basil and a little olive oil. Grilled cheese is mighty fine as well. The list goes on..Tuna melt, Reuben, hot turkey etc. For dessert grill a piece of chocolate between two slices of sweet bread, cut in half and sprinkle on powdered sugar, yummy!
Here's an idea for the entrepreneur college dorm student. Make up some fresh sandwiches and charge your fellow students $4. Better yet call them pannini and charge $7.
2 comments:
Greg: Me too! GFG for "pannini"!
Now try this -- see if you can get a small, sandwich-sized roll (Semifreddi makes a little mini ciabatta). Cut it in half horizontally, and if you think there's too much bread you can pick some out, but I don't. Assemble your sandwich and then smear just a smidge of butter on the outside crust. When you grill it, the crust becomes shatteringly crisp!
Butter makes everthing taste better!
G.
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