"Slavic soup" - a potato cream with bits of sausage and/or meatUsage of soy sauce and the name hint me that this is a local (Paraná) adaptation of some Polish soup brought with the immigrants. Lovage and chives are my own take on it. 2 servings. Sour cream can be made at home by mixing a cup of 20% fat milk cream with 1 Tbsp of yoghurt, and leaving it to ferment for ~12h at room temp. You can also use unsoured cream “as is”, if you want - it’s up to you. * 500g potatoes, peeled, diced - preferably creamier varieties * 1 cup of beef broth * [OPTIONAL] A small piece of lovage leaf * some veg oil * 100g of some random meat. Softer beef cuts, bacon, Krakow sausages, salami, or… really, whatever you like. Cut it into thin strips. * half onion, diced * 1 Tbsp smoked paprika * 1 Tbsp soy sauce * 2 Tbsp ketchup; don’t sub it with tomato paste * Salt and black pepper to taste * 100g sour cream or 20% fat milk cream. * [OPTIONAL] chives, for garnish 1. Cook the potatoes and [OPTIONAL] the lovage in the beef broth until the potatoes are really soft. 2. In another pot, while the potatoes are cooking, use the veg oil to cook the meat of your choice. The actual step depends on the meat; for example if using salami you don’t need to do much, but if using beef you’ll likely want to brown it a bit. 3. Add the diced half onion and the smoked paprika to the pot with the meat. Let it cook until the onion is soft. It takes a bit of time, use low fire and stir occasionally. 4. At this rate the potatoes should be soft already. Discard the lovage, and blend the potatoes alongside the beef broth. Then add the blend over the meat and onion mix. 5. Add the soy sauce, ketchup, salt, pepper. Let them dissolve, taste and adjust the seasoning as necessary, let it boil a bit. 6. Turn off the fire and add the cream. Mix it well and, if using chives, sprinkle them over it.
cock-a-leek - chicken with leeks, rice, and carrotsI got this Scottish recipe from a site, tweaked it to my tastes, and here it is. If you don’t have a pressure cooker, just simmer the chicken and leek leaves for 1h20min instead on step 1. * 300g chicken, including bones (important) - thighs and legs work well for this * 2 leeks, including the green part, washed; cut the white part into 1cm thick slices * Salt and pepper to taste * 1 carrot, peeled, grated * 1/2 cup of long-grain rice, washed * parsley to taste 1. Put the chicken and green part of the leeks in a pressure cooker, with enough water to cover them (half litre should be enough). Cook them together for 30min or so, or until enough to have the meat falling off the bones. 2. Discard the green leaves and the bones, both did their job already. Shred the meat with a fork, and send it back to the pot. 3. Add to the pot salt and pepper. Taste it, and use your judgment to know if you should reduce it or leave it as is. Add a bit more salt than you think that it needs, since you’re adding rice and vegs to it later. 4. Add rice. Simmer the thing for 10min or so. 5. Add grated carrot and the white part of the leeks. Keep simmering until the rice is soft. 6. Garnish with parsley.
Other soups that I’ll share as requested:
borscht/barszcz - mostly following Polish recipes
lazy lamen using fish, cabbage, and carrots
kabocha cream with chickpeas
agnolini or cappelletti in brodo (note: I use store-bought dough for this, but I can share the broth itself)
LMAO, it does seem to be having a moment. It happens a lot I’ve noticed. Some restaurant chain will make something and it’s popular so everyone else copies and tries to replicate. Right now it’s Taco Bell’s dipping tacos and birria is now everywhere. I’m Korean and have noticed gochujang is a popular sauce I see everywhere now.
Sure, though, it might be a good idea to make a more highly flavored meal like cheese crusted or maple glazed. My favorite form of salmon (baked and topped with a piccata like sauce) would probably be pretty underwhelming if the meats not in great shape.
That all said a few months in the freezer probably wouldn’t sap out too much flavor, even if it was just in a zip lock bag.
Thank you, good to have reassurance. I have it in a miso honey garlic marinade right now which I think will help. Another possibility which I often use for the tail end bits is a panang curry.
I would suggest just finding a recipe that already includes those ingredients.
Adding those three induces a lot of variables. Gluten is obviously going to strengthen the dough but be mitigated to some degree by the dough conditioner, it hydrates differently too. Diastatic Malt will add sweetness as well as flavor.
Your liquid (milk) will need to be increased.
What dough conditioner are you using? There are many.
What is the end goal here?
You can certainly do this but it would be an iterative process, this time too chewy, next too dry, etc.
I’ve made a recipe that includes them but for a hoagie (or sub roll). That recipe uses 240g flour, 60g VWG, 8g dough conditioner, and 6g DMP. Doing some math and using baker percentages, it goes as follows: 25% for VWG, 3% for dough conditioner, and 2% for DMP. I probably did something wrong but I could try this formula. Of course, it there’s a better method I’ll consider it first.
If you’re happy with Bakers percentages I would go with that. You will need to increase your water as a percentage too.
You said in another comment that you wanted puffier bread, usually you want to increase hydration for that. It somewhat depends on your heat transfer though. You can use lower hydrations in a conventional oven, cooking on a steel plate on the stove or using a Tandoor works better with either higher hydration or longer ferments.
Reading your original recipe I thought you were looking at around a two hour fermentation time. Is that correct?
I’m a big fan of the Kroger butter chicken sauce. It’s gotten pretty expensive so I don’t buy it as often as I used to, but I think it’s super tasty. I usually throw it together with some mixed frozen vegetables and rotisserie chicken served over rice. It basically takes as long to cook as it takes the rice cooker to finish the rice.
Crush crackers into crumbs. Set aside approximately 1/3-1/4 to bread patties. Put remainder into a bowl. Add egg and drained tuna. Add a few dashes of Worcestershire sauce if desired. Mix together and form patties. (I usually get 2 to 4 patties per can.) Coat outside with cracker crumbs, fry in oil until outer crackers are golden brown. Serve and eat.
Can also be made with canned salmon. My kids like eating them with ketchup or steak sauce. This is actually what I’ll be making for supper tomorrow night. You could totally eat this up with spicy ketchup.
My go-to can-of-tuna meal is two 5-oz cans (or one 12-oz can), a heavy dollop of mayo, and a spoonful of sweet relish. Stir it all up, serve in a bowl.
This used to be my standard recipe for tuna fish sandwiches, but then I figured, why add bread? That’s just extra calories. I’d rather have a bit more mayo than two slices of dry bread.
EDIT: I prefer two 5-oz cans because I squeeze out all the water from the cans (open with can opener, use lid to compress and squeeze out water) and it’s harder to squeeze out most of the water from the large 12-oz can. Two smaller cans works better. I don’t like my tuna watery. My wife does, though; she says it adds a stronger tuna-y flavor to the dish.
When we get sick we rely on Ensure to keep our nutrients up when we can’t eat, but I’ve never used them to replace a proper meal because they are wholly unsatisfying, I would need a sandwich or something to top off my fat ass.
I tried to get into it, but between finding recipes and washing the blender, it wasn’t less effort or money than just making a sandwich. I did not find it helpful as a diet aid, because I would still be hungry after a “meal replacement.” If I don’t have time to cook, I don’t have time to blend. If I make a bunch in advance, I can just as easily make a bunch of salads in containers.
I’m already fat and disabled, though, and I work from home, so factor that into my experience.
Firstly, you need more than looks reasonable at all times. This is not a health food.
Its excelent on vanilla ice cream.
It doesnt mix well in cold milk or cold water, so put some in a cup (more than you think is reasonable) and then either add hot milk or enough hot water to break it down and then add cold milk. It takes a vigorous stirring so use a cup big enough to allow you to go to town.
Not sure if this counts, but got a breville coffee grinder to up my coffee game. Using a mokapot now with store bought grounds. might also upgrade to a bambino next year.
“At least once a year I like to bring in some of my Kevin’s Famous Chili. The trick is to undercook the onions. Everybody is going to get to know each other in the pot. I’m serious about this stuff. I’m up the night before, pressing garlic, and dicing whole tomatoes. I toast my own ancho chiles. It’s a recipe passed down from Malones for generations - it’s probably the thing I do best.”
I buy chicken/beef bouillon powder and use that with dry noodles. You can make a mushroom broth by steeping dried mushrooms in hot water for 15-30 minutes, too.
Someone else mentioned daishi, that’s a great soup base as well. If you wanna spend a little more time on it, you can boil kombu and dried anchovies placed in a tea bag in a pot of water to make a larger batch of broth.
Thank you! The kombu and dried anchovies sounds amazing! And I love mushrooms, and often put that into my ramyun, but didn’t even think of making a mushroom broth. Thanks!
Happily! Just make sure to remove the guts of the anchovies before using them for stock. It’s easily done with a knife or even your fingers. Honestly, I’m not sure why you have to do that, I was just always instructed to do it that way.
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