Cooking with Eowyn
Jun. 3rd, 2012 07:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
next_to_normalBad luck with these recipes, which is perhaps why I have neglected to post them, despite trying them out ages ago. I think they're probably salvageable, but I'm not in a mood to try again just now.
In an effort to combat my craving for anything deep-fried, I attempted to make mozzarella sticks baked in the oven. It probably would be a close substitute - the puff pastry isn't quite the same as frying, but it's pretty yummy - except that they were SO BLAND. When I reheated them, I tossed some garlic, oregano, and parsley on top, and that improved the situation. I'd recommend putting the spices on before baking, which I am told is the traditional method of cooking things, but it's up to you. Oh, also, I was not a huge fan of the egg? That's probably just a matter of preference, but I think brushing the pastry with melted butter would have worked better (and tasted more like fried mozzarella).
I kinda figured that teriyaki pork cooked in a crockpot would be hard to screw up, but somehow I managed it? I blame the inexactness of the recipe - I didn't have pineapple slices, only pineapple chunks or crushed pineapple. And since the recipe didn't specify how much of the juice should go in the mix, I don't know if the amount I added was enough. Probably not, since the damned thing BURNED in the crockpot. Isn't the whole point of the crockpot that you can leave it to cook unattended without having to worry about it? I didn't think you could actually burn stuff in a crockpot. But apparently you can, and I'm guessing it was not enough liquid that did it. Which is a shame, because the parts that weren't burned tasted pretty good. Fortunately, I only used about a pound of pork, instead of the 3 lbs it calls for, so I didn't waste too much food.
In an effort to combat my craving for anything deep-fried, I attempted to make mozzarella sticks baked in the oven. It probably would be a close substitute - the puff pastry isn't quite the same as frying, but it's pretty yummy - except that they were SO BLAND. When I reheated them, I tossed some garlic, oregano, and parsley on top, and that improved the situation. I'd recommend putting the spices on before baking, which I am told is the traditional method of cooking things, but it's up to you. Oh, also, I was not a huge fan of the egg? That's probably just a matter of preference, but I think brushing the pastry with melted butter would have worked better (and tasted more like fried mozzarella).
I kinda figured that teriyaki pork cooked in a crockpot would be hard to screw up, but somehow I managed it? I blame the inexactness of the recipe - I didn't have pineapple slices, only pineapple chunks or crushed pineapple. And since the recipe didn't specify how much of the juice should go in the mix, I don't know if the amount I added was enough. Probably not, since the damned thing BURNED in the crockpot. Isn't the whole point of the crockpot that you can leave it to cook unattended without having to worry about it? I didn't think you could actually burn stuff in a crockpot. But apparently you can, and I'm guessing it was not enough liquid that did it. Which is a shame, because the parts that weren't burned tasted pretty good. Fortunately, I only used about a pound of pork, instead of the 3 lbs it calls for, so I didn't waste too much food.
