18 October 2010
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Dinner with the Mac Cream Pie
Before leaving for Hong Kong, I wrote about my second attempt baking a macadamia nut cream pie. I didn't, however, share the rest of the meal.
Preceding the pie we had a nice mixed green salad along with homemade focaccia bread based on a recent Cook's Illustrated recipe.
Served with a main course of braised pork with star anise, ginger, and bok choy, the same recipe I made a few weeks ago, served over rice. This dish is getting better each time as I'm figuring out how to build a more complex flavor out of the stew. Finishing with some soy sauce and some chopped garlic in chili oil definitely moves it forward a few steps.
Comments (15)
Ah. Food porn. I do love it.
I like the arrangement of 'cheese or ginger sticks?' on top.
Looks good!
@CurryPuffy -
Bamboo sticks?
@yang1815 -
Oh, those look like bamboo sticks too!
i knew it. checking this entry would make me hungier. the pie looks too tempting. give me some. give me some
btw, what do you call the leaf you put on the dish, pechay?
@CurryPuffy -
my guess ginger.....
@Renatojr3 - The bread has rosemary on it and the pork stew has bok choy (the large green things) with thin matchsticks of ginger and a sprinkling of green onions.
@CurryPuffy - @yang1815 - @agmhkg - Bamboo? Cheese? Ginger!
@Passionflwr86 - Good way to start a week. Or end it.
I <3 focaccia bread! Wait, what am I talking about, I pretty much love all my carbs... lol. I really like the pseudo-pizza focaccia's though, with sun-dried tomatoes on top.
@christao408 -
D'oh!
That looks so beautiful and it is everything I love, including bamboo!
why do your posts always make me so hungry
Looks yummy. I stopped at the Super H Mart in Atlanta and we got some Vietnamese bread. All the bread looked good - too good. Had to make a decision and it was difficult to walk away with so many loaves left behind... Your bread looks just as good.
@murisopsis - The motto of the kitchen rangers: "No loaf left behind."
@portiajules - Recommended that you eat before browsing Xanga subscriptions! Ha ha!
@Fatcat723 - Thank you, but what bamboo?
lunch time here. Your pictures and descriptions are driving me crazy. Gotta go eat.
@RushmoreJ - There's always the risk of ending up hungry when you're browsing sites on Xanga. =D
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