Last Night's Dinner

Grilled BBQ Pork Chops with Crispy Potatoes and Creamed Corn.

Chimichurri sauce, sexy and delicious

Chimichurri might be my favorite sauce/marinade right now. I'm starting to really perfect it and think that it is a perfect compliment to grilled meat. Especially steak. Preferably hanger, skirt or flank. Pictured below is a flank smeared with it. I grilled it then topped it with more. I failed to take pictures of the final product, i was too excited and forgot. Apologies. I'll have you know it was righteous.

Recipe, although i have to admit i dont measure shit so taste it as you go along. I just do it. It's memorized now. You can add crushed red pepper flakes if you like or a squeeze of lemon if desired.

1/2 cup of olive oil
1/4 cup sherry wine vinegar
buttload of salt, half that of pepper
5 cloves of garlic
fresh flat leaf parsley half a bunch
3/4 of the whole bunch of Basil, fresh

Chili Dog

Galloping Hill, a landmark up the block from my mother in law's house. Serving up one of the best dogs i ever did have. The place has a ton of history and is at the top of plenty of lists. Even amongst the reviewers. I especially like the chili dog with a side of onion rings. The hot dogs are so money, they taste diffrent from every other hot dog, it's more like a traditinal German weiner (not cock).

God Bless America.

NY Times review.

Serious Eats.

Pickling

I made my own pickles with the help of Mrs. Wages Dill Pickle Mix. You can only find it online so search that shit and buy it. It's off the hook. Simply buy the packet and then go down to wherever you buy veggies and get you some pickling cucumbers. Follow the instructions which are simple and voila. 24 hour later you get quality fucking pickles that taste better than B&G or Mt. Olive or that stupid seagull.

One pan Omelette

A Fluffy three egg omelette. That is all. (it has bacon in it)

Apple Tarts

Quick and easy Apple Tarts.

Tarts:

2 cups Bisquick
2 Tablespoons of Sugar
3 Tablespoons of Cinnamon
2/3 cup of milk
1/4 cup of butter

Filling:

One medium size apple of your choice, diced
1/4 cup of butter
4 Tablespoons of Cinnamon
1/2 cup of sugar

First cook the apples in the butter, adding cinnamon and sugar. Let cool.

Pre-heat oven to 450.
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Cut in the butter, mix well. Add the milk. With wet fingers form the tarts and indent a thumbprint in the middle for the filling. With room temp filling, fill the indent. Overflow if your feeling fat.

Bake for 10-12 minute depending how large you make them

Quick Glaze:
2 tablespoons of powdered sugar, add a drop of milk and wisk until it glazes

Pasta and Broccoli

Love pasta with broccoli.

Viva!

Quesadilla

Cusinart Griddler Panini Press is a great kitchen gadget. Pancakes, pressed sanwhiches, grilled cheeses and more. Here I used it to make quesadillas.

Stuffed with chicken, peppers, tomatoes, black olives and onions. Cheddar/Montery Jack cheese blend.

quality pasta dish

Rigatoni with eggplant, tomato, onion, carrots, garlic in a white wine tomato sauce.

First pic sauce, sautee a small onion, once soft add carrots (chopped finely).

Then add the cubed eggplant, I used a half of one whole eggplant.

Then the tomato's once the eggplant gets soft.

Add chopped garlic, cup of olive oil, fresh basil or dried basil, salt and pepper.

Next white wine, go high heat until the pan is boiling a bit. You want the flavor of the dry wine with no alcohol taste.

Right before you add the pasta (boil pasta for 10 minutes in heavily salted water then add to sautee with a cup of the pasta water) put in a 1/4 stick of butter.

Finish with grated cheese.

This was one of the best things I ever made, tasted like it came from an Italian restaurant. No lie.

Peppino's

Why go to Grimaldi's when I can get even better pizza at Peppino's? Aw shit I said it. That's right this pizza was awesome and I'm going back. I'm going back often too since there are no ridiculous lines and since it's in Bay Ridge, 10 minutes from my house.

Peppino's location

It's almost as good Patsy's. Which I think is my favorite. Although I've yet to go to Franny's or Lucali's. Or Pulino's. And now Donatella Arpaia opened up her new pizza place and it got awesome reviews so I have work to do. Glad I got a good one in my own yard though.