버섯전골

baby shiitake mushrooms

oyster  mushrooms

tofu

thinly sliced beef

chinese chives

broth:

2 Tbs gochujang

1 Tbs gochugaru

1 tsp garlic

1/2 tsp pepper

1 tsp sesame oil

2 tsp soy sauce

Thursday Night Bapsang

Sansai udon and pork/shrimp/chive mandoos

Golden Gate Park

 

Can you believe it's 70 something degrees in November? 

Started reading a really good book called 'Water for Elephant' today.  Let's see if I can finish it this week.

Spiced Broiled Grapefruit

Ingredients
1/2 grapfruit per person
1 Tbsp maple syrup for each grapefruit half
1/2 tsp vanilla extract for each grapefruit half
pinch each ground cardamom, nutmeg, and cinnamon per grapefruit half

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to broil.  Have a medium-sized casserole dish ready to set the grapeffruit into.
2. Cut grapefruit in half.
3. Set each half in the baking dish and drizzle with maple syrup and vanilla.  Season with spices and place under the broiler for about 5 minutes.

꿀 갈비찜 (Honey Galbijjim)

Ingredients

2.5 lbs beef short ribs

8 small radishes

1 carrot, cut/shaped like chestnuts

10 chestnuts

10 ginkgo nuts, toasted with sesame oil

5 shiitake mushrooms, cut into big strips.

Mixture A:

1 small onion, quartered

1 apple, quartered

10 peppercorns

5 garlic cloves

5 dried whole red chilis

1 knob of ginger

Mixture B:

5 cups water

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup honey

Directions

1) Soak short ribs in cold water for 30 minutes.  

2) Cook the ribs in a large pot of boiling water for 3 minutes.

3) Remove the meat from the pot and clean the pot.

4) Wrap mixture A ingredients in a cheesecloth.  (I didn't have cheesecloth so I dumped everything into the pot.  Kinda got messy.)

4) Put the ribs back into the pot and add mixtures A & B.  

5) Cook over medium/high heat for 1.5 hours.

6) Add shiitake, ginkgo beans, chestnuts, carrots, and radishes to the pot.  Cook for another 15 minutes.

Mushaboom

I met Feist tonight.

Monday Night Bapsang

I bought a couple things over the weekend...a sexy(?) black plate and

a red hot Le Crueset cast iron pot!