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stevenpiziks) wrote2019-12-31 04:41 pm
stevenpiziks) wrote2019-12-31 04:41 pm
Final Meal of 2019
For Yule, I roasted a goose--and I saved the fat. I carefully rendered it, strained it, and stored it. So much of it! And now came the reckoning!
Max has to work this evening and since we had a LOT of Christmas and Yuletide celebrations, Darwin and I decided to do a quiet New Year's at home. So I made a big dinner before Max had to head out.
And for that, we had goose fat.
I chopped up and parboiled some potatoes while a roasting pan with a dollop of fat heated in a hot (400d) oven. When the potatoes were not quite done, I drained them, dropped in a little flour, and tossed it all together. By now the fat was sizzling and ready. I dumped the potatoes into the roasting pan (so much sizzling) and spooned the fat over everything. Added some salt and pepper and paprika, and put it all back in the oven.
While all this was going on, I was simultaneously working on a set of ribs. Rubbed them with spices and salt, set them in the Instant Pot, and hit the pressure cooking controls.
And in the middle of =that=, I threw together a batch of caramel popcorn for munching tonight.
When the potatoes should have been done, I checked on them. They were cooked, but not crispy like I wanted, and showed no signs of heading in that directions. I thought a moment and switched the oven from bake to broil. In five minutes, voila! We had lightly-browned potatoes with a crispy crust.
Removed them, slathered the ribs with barbecue sauce, and put them under the broiler for a couple minutes to finish.
It was all deliciously fantastic. My last cooking venture of 2019!
Max has to work this evening and since we had a LOT of Christmas and Yuletide celebrations, Darwin and I decided to do a quiet New Year's at home. So I made a big dinner before Max had to head out.
And for that, we had goose fat.
I chopped up and parboiled some potatoes while a roasting pan with a dollop of fat heated in a hot (400d) oven. When the potatoes were not quite done, I drained them, dropped in a little flour, and tossed it all together. By now the fat was sizzling and ready. I dumped the potatoes into the roasting pan (so much sizzling) and spooned the fat over everything. Added some salt and pepper and paprika, and put it all back in the oven.
While all this was going on, I was simultaneously working on a set of ribs. Rubbed them with spices and salt, set them in the Instant Pot, and hit the pressure cooking controls.
And in the middle of =that=, I threw together a batch of caramel popcorn for munching tonight.
When the potatoes should have been done, I checked on them. They were cooked, but not crispy like I wanted, and showed no signs of heading in that directions. I thought a moment and switched the oven from bake to broil. In five minutes, voila! We had lightly-browned potatoes with a crispy crust.
Removed them, slathered the ribs with barbecue sauce, and put them under the broiler for a couple minutes to finish.
It was all deliciously fantastic. My last cooking venture of 2019!