Comments on: A Holiday Meal With Friends…

By: teny

teny — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:53:53 +0000

Merry Christmas MM and God bless your family! The cerveza negra ice cream sounds interesting.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:56:34 +0000

happy holidays! =) read somewhere that since the financial crisis began last year, people have been looking back to comfort foods. mac and cheese resto in nyc https://www.smacnyc.com/

By: betty q.

betty q. — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:22:54 +0000

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MM AND TO EVERYONE! I don’t know where you get your stamina and energy baking all those goodies!

Natie: I think it was about last year while we were on holidays that i watched the Food Network Ultimate Recipe Challenge. After seeing the episode, Iwanted to enter but hubby dissuaded me. Anyway, the comfort food winning recipe was Mac and Cheese. I made it upon returning home and regretted not making a lot!…made EXCELLENT LEFTOVERS. NOw, I purposely make enough to feed an army just so we have leftovers! I have made enough Mac and Cheese but that Ultimate Mac and Cheese lives up to its name!

I wouldn’t recommend having it all the time, though.

Give it a try, MM…His Mac and Cheese is unforgettable!

By: Lorellie

Lorellie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:46:46 +0000

ooh la la! that pecan pie makes my mouth water! lol!

By: Mila

Mila — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:36:30 +0000

I love the OC pecan pie picture! If you had a bakeshop and sold that pie, I’d be first in line (and standing as orderly as possible).
MM, did you get the manchego from the folks in Paranaque? I always order one whole wheel of semi-curado from them, I’m serving some slices of it for a xmas noche buena here in China (yes I smuggled the wheel into the country).
I was at a small market yesterday and saw the same roasted macadamias you posted about a few weeks ago. Bought some and had it for a snack last night. A smokey treat! They’re relatively inexpensive here; unfortunately I couldn’t understand the vendor when she was explaining where they were grown/processed. Southern chinese accents are complicated.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:51:19 +0000

kurzhaar, hahaha, I like wine but am far from an expert. Let alone be able to differentiate it as a modernist take on a fine Bordeaux. I thought it was extremely robust and smooth. Very palatable. Excellent with the salty ham. It’s color was a bit less bright deep burgundy red than other Bordeaux I have tried. Asunta, of course we are having Zubuchon for Christmas Eve meal (brought by a person put on the plane at a certain time primarily to escort the pigs… :) But of course she is coming to spend the holidays with relatives in Manila. Linda, I used Parmesan to top it (a good Parmiggiano Reggiano), and in the potatoes I also used a semi-soft Jarlsberg, and an aged Gouda. I first warmed the potatoes in a heavy cream and milk bath… Artisan, yes, I used maple syrup and it really did make a difference. The ice cream was good, a gift from a friend, so I don’t know the recipe. FM, it wasn’t easy, since when it started baking, it would bubble up and I had to adjust the nuts to keep them in place! Wysgal, on a normal big dinner, we try to mix it up a bit. But for smaller meals like this, everyone pretty much knew everyone else. And everyone brings their favorite thing… wine, chocolate, etc. Kelly et al, thanks, my formal Christmas greetings up soon! :) romwell, sorry, they were a gift, I didn’t make the ice cream. Fards, the fruit compote recipe is in the archives. For this one, I added orange juice and zest. Vicky, thanks for the link! kim e, yes will try to post a recipe for the mac & cheese, though I did a bit of improvising as I made it. Pecan pie recipe was posted by sister in a previous Thanksgiving post, I think.

By: kurzhaar

kurzhaar — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:45:00 +0000

Hi Marketman, interested in your impression of the La Dominique…a rather modernist Bordeaux, don’t you think?

By: Asunta

Asunta — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:40:27 +0000

Hi MM. Do share with us your Christmas Day Menu. Would love to hear about it.

By: linda

linda — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:51:39 +0000

I love scalloped potatoes and yours looks so good! Love the dish you served it in! What cheese did you use for the topping? just curious……..

By: Artisan Chocolatier

Artisan Chocolatier — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:30:35 +0000

Awesome looking pecan pie!! I’m sure it tasted superb as well!!! Did you use your cache of maple syrup?

Cervesa Negra Ice Cream……hmmmm…..very interesting….How was the kick?