Comments on: Southeast Asian Inspiration http://www.saltshaker.net/20061021/southeast-asian-inspiration Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:08:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Another Spirited Evening http://www.saltshaker.net/20061021/southeast-asian-inspiration/comment-page-1#comment-6335 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Another Spirited Evening Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:47:42 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20061021/southeast-asian-inspiration#comment-6335 [...] The risotto is the merging of a couple of ideas. First, I recently made a barley risotto for our Southeast Asian inspiration dinner. I had plenty of barley still around, and thought I’d try another twist on it. Way back, on my first visit to what is now one of my favorite restaurants in the city, Urondo Bar, I’d had an osso buco and gremolatta risotto that was spectacular, and I’d been thinking about reproducing it. Beef and barley are natural matches - there was no osso buco at the butcher’s shop yesterday so I picked up a small roast beef and braised it slowly for several hours in white wine, and the usual suspect vegetables. Since I was going to use the gremolatta to finish the dish (a chopped mixture of lemon peel, parsley, and onion, in this case the purple part of some green onions), I started thinking about Tapaus’ crema limón liqueur, so I added some to the braising liquid as well. The risotto was cooked with a light stock - I used a white chicken stock rather than beef so that the other flavors would stand out better. The shredded beef and a little parmesan was added to it at the end, then it’s topped with some gremolatta, a drizzle of parsley oil, and as a last touch, another drizzle of the lemon liqueur - the heat from the risotto made the lemon essence stand out as the liqueur warmed. [...] [...] The risotto is the merging of a couple of ideas. First, I recently made a barley risotto for our Southeast Asian inspiration dinner. I had plenty of barley still around, and thought I’d try another twist on it. Way back, on my first visit to what is now one of my favorite restaurants in the city, Urondo Bar, I’d had an osso buco and gremolatta risotto that was spectacular, and I’d been thinking about reproducing it. Beef and barley are natural matches – there was no osso buco at the butcher’s shop yesterday so I picked up a small roast beef and braised it slowly for several hours in white wine, and the usual suspect vegetables. Since I was going to use the gremolatta to finish the dish (a chopped mixture of lemon peel, parsley, and onion, in this case the purple part of some green onions), I started thinking about Tapaus’ crema limón liqueur, so I added some to the braising liquid as well. The risotto was cooked with a light stock – I used a white chicken stock rather than beef so that the other flavors would stand out better. The shredded beef and a little parmesan was added to it at the end, then it’s topped with some gremolatta, a drizzle of parsley oil, and as a last touch, another drizzle of the lemon liqueur – the heat from the risotto made the lemon essence stand out as the liqueur warmed. [...]

]]> By: Paz http://www.saltshaker.net/20061021/southeast-asian-inspiration/comment-page-1#comment-3791 Paz Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:26:50 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20061021/southeast-asian-inspiration#comment-3791 I'll say I missed a great dinner, too. *sigh* Interesting you've posted a quote by Beryle Markham. I recently read her memoir, "West with the Night," which is quite good. Paz I’ll say I missed a great dinner, too. *sigh*

Interesting you’ve posted a quote by Beryle Markham. I recently read her memoir, “West with the Night,” which is quite good.

Paz

]]> By: Recipe Links » Southeast Asian Inspiration http://www.saltshaker.net/20061021/southeast-asian-inspiration/comment-page-1#comment-3789 Recipe Links » Southeast Asian Inspiration Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:41:00 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20061021/southeast-asian-inspiration#comment-3789 [...] Read more at SaltShaker [...] [...] Read more at SaltShaker [...]

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