That amazing meal on Saturday night put me in the mood to cook dinner for a couple nights, and here we have the results:
First, Sunday night. This is from the Jacques Pepin “Fast Food My Way” book, which has a few highlights for simple and tasty meals. Chicken with a balsamic and shallot pan sauce with baby button mushrooms. Surrounded by sauteed peas and corn.
This recipe also fills our butter quota for about a week and a half, I think.
And Monday night:
Another good meal. Filet mignon (it was on sale!), frites, and a faux creamed spinach. The preparation for both the steak and the fries comes from Cooks Illustrated. As you can see, there’s little to no overdone (read: medium) area, even near the edge. This is done by cooking the steak in the oven at a low heat until it’s at about 90 degrees, then quickly searing all the sides in a smoking-hot pan. Let it rest for 10 minutes or so, et voila!
To drink, we had a bottle of Mazzocco Zinfandel from Sonoma. It was one of the only wineries we found on our trip to California this past spring that would let someone from PA join their wine club. It’s worth every penny.
