A midsummer night's pig-out....

A lovely braised chicken


Farmers salads, crab& shrimp cakes, sourdough bread and pesto

The base of a peach mead ice cream. ....
My only proof that Amy was here this weekend....
Mini Yorkshire Puddings, lemon and rosemary roasted chicken, sweet onion gravy .....

Angel Food Cake with Maple Glaze

Melt 1 stick butter with

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 tablespoons maple syrup

over med-high heat

bring to boil for 2-3 minutes

take off heat

whisk in

vanilla

Spicy cinnamon

half and half (whole milk or cream will also work here)

Fleur de sel (to taste)

whisk in

2-3 cups powdered sugar and pour onto cooled cake

This was a fabulous salmon that sat in a soy/ginger/ brown sugar/sriracha marinade for a few hours prior to grilling. It was served on wasabi mashed potatoes with maple sriracha spinach

Maple Sriracha Spinach

Saute shallots and garlic

over medium heat. Add in spinach

until wilted. Take off heat add

Squeeze of lemon, salt and pepper.

Let cool for a few moments transfer to glass bowl

add in a few tablespoons maple syrup, soy sauce, water (just enough to cover the spinach)

sriracha, grated ginger and sesame seeds.

serve cold.

Arugula and cornichons with parmesan tossed with caesar dressing (recipe in previous post)
We bought some delicious slab bacon up in NC and I used it in this Pasta Carbonara dish.
Leek and Scallion Toast:

Slice leeks and scallions (Throw away dark green parts)and soak in water to clean.

Melt butter and olive oil and add cleaned leeks and scallions.

turn heat down to low and let cook 20 minutes or so

until it looks like this...

Add salt ,pepper and lemon juice.

Spread onto toasted bread and melt blue cheese on top.