Iron Chef WAYCT - What Are You Cooking Today

[mclaincausey]

It would be a shame to throw away hamhock and collard stock. So I made a stew with it. Pretty good.

[Zentner]

Woah. here's my thread.

Vegan chocolate ganache dome. Coconut caramel sauce and black lava salt not pictured.

Callebaut mousse noir/blanc with balsamic plum and grape reduction and olive oil chèvre crème glacée.

[mclaincausey]

Zenther, amazing stuff!  You cook professionally or just a kickass hobbyist?

Made some roasted butternut squash and red pepper soup from my CSA. Any ideas on acorn squash?

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[derivative666]

Yum

[tmg]

Not so much cooking, as baking…..fresh out of the oven

[mclaincausey]

Whatcha got there?  Not often that I miss bread but that looks damn nice.

[madmonday]

tuesday on strike, so i had to take matters into my own hands:

wait here's a better image:

after the cutting & such:

into the frying pan:


a bit more:

plated:

the fish in the heavy frying pan was being seared for my mean non-cooking wife, the rest was all for me.

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mmmmmmmmmmmmmh!

[Giles]

Time to convert these into jelly….

[mclaincausey]

Those look like a Fuji Apple and a cherry had a baby; forgive my ignorance, but what are they?

[Giles]

Crab Apples…

http://www.british-trees.com/treeguide/apple/nhmsys0000460572

[Giles]

Crab apple jelly complete, now I can go to the office….

[Zentner]

Nice Giles.. my family has been making crab apple jelly for decades.

I did a little take on a Bánh mì… Viet beef loin with crispy tofu, sesame herb salad and taro onion jam.

I'm no chef, never went to school for culinary arts, never worked in a restaurant. I just really enjoy fine dining, and I think I have a pretty good knack for nontraditional flavor combinations. I spent a great deal of money at Joël Robuchon in Las Vegas this summer, and got a ton of inspiration from him.

[Seul]

Minus the beef I'd even eat the plate that dish came on… 

[Madame Buttonfly]

Yea, wow, Zentner - your food looks amazing!  Giles does 90%+ of the cooking in our house and makes fab meals, but we don't often focus on presentation - usually by the time it's ready we just grab it and eat!

Do you entertain much?  You definitely have a talent 

[Finn666]

can't hold up with the presentation but made some salmon and mashed sweet potatoes…

…and after the 86 knocked on the door, we made some pumpkin pie soup:

fecking love me some badass soup when the rather is shitty outside

[Madame Buttonfly]

@Finn666:

can't hold up with the presentation but made some salmon and mashed sweet potatoes…

...and after the 86 knocked on the door, we made some pumpkin pie soup:

fecking love me some badass soup when the rather is shitty outside

Yummy!

[seawolf]

Zentner - Best presentation I've ever seen from a home cook.

[mclaincausey]

^^ and that's coming from a pro. Great stuff man.