When I’m putting together a relatively dense holiday meal, I like to keep the dessert light and tangy whenever possible. For Christmas Eve this year, I made Sous Vide Leg of Lamb along with Roasted Harissa Carrots and Scalloped Potatoes. Heavy, heavier, and heaviest. If we were going to have dessert after all those carbs and protein, I knew it would need to be something to cut through the dense flavors of the night’s dishes….
Archives for December 2017
Sous Vide Leg of Lamb + Mint Chimichurri
I like to think of Sous Vide like a little crockpot in a bag. The polar opposite of the pressure cooker, sous vide is a great way to get perfectly cooked food every time. It uses a precise temperature-controlled water bath to cook meat, veggies, and everything in between to an exact specification. …
Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
Decorating Mama T’s famous Holiday sugar cookies has been a tradition in my family before I could even say the word “butter”. Every year, my Mom whips out about four dozen of these bad boys and we go to town on making the most interesting frosting colors to decorate our cookies with. The highlight of this year was our Millennial Pink frosting, which I believe was aptly named. …