This Sunday's dinner was a big adventure. So far these dinner nights have been a chance for me to expand my culinary craft far beyond the collegiate skills of fish sticks and tater tots, GOSH! This week I went for broke and made 4 things that I had never before prepared. So here's what I made:
Maiden Voyage Encrusting
Pistachio, Panko & Thyme Encrusted Chicken Breast with a Dijon Thyme Gravy
- Recipe from Je Mange la Ville
One Small Step for Biscuitkind
Cheddar Bay Biscuits
- Recipe from Rasa Malaysia
"Holy Vegetation, Batman! It's Green Beans!"
Sauteed Garlic Green Beans and Cherry Tomatoes
- Idea from Je Mange la Ville
"Put Down That Bow & Arrow, Isaac, You're Making Me Nervous" Apple Dumplings
Apple Dumplings with a Cinnamon Sugar & Vanilla Sauce
- Recipe from All Recipes
I really liked the way the chicken dish and the biscuits turned out. It took a good hour to shell and crush all of those pistachios, and dipping and battering those breasts ended with my hands coated in nutty mittens! The Dijon gravy worked out perfectly to the delight of Pat and Steve.
The cheddar biscuits were awesome! They were pretty much a rip off of the Red Lobster recipe, but they're just so good and the parsley butter dusting makes you want to reach for another.
The green beans worked out pretty well, despite me not actually sticking to a recipe. This resulted in the tomatoes being added a bit to early and pretty much turning to mush. Actually, if I didn't tell you they were in there, you wouldn't have known. So we'll just say I made sauteed garlic green beans and forget the whole "tomato thing", k?
The apple dumplings were insanely simple to make - skin, core & half apples, wrap them in biscuit dough, bake for 35 minutes and there you have it, ladies and gentlemen! The sauce, on the other hand, is a bit of a mystery. But I'll solve it quickly for you, when you're heating the buttery, sugary mixture, make sure not to keep it on too high heat for too long or your sauce will turn into a hard caramel coating :) While this made for an interesting candy shell for my 2 eager diners, it was certainly not as intended!
The good people at Coors provided us with smooth, cool beverages to accompany yet another fine meal. Sadly, our fourth member of the Weekly Dining Society had a big day of horse race spectatorship and sat [read: slept] this one out on the couch).
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