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Lingers. a treat

Lingers. a treat

A restaurant visited last night (Halloween 2022) Lingers is a treat that surprised and delighted. (a bit of back ground) Lingers is housed in a former mortuary in the Highland Neighborhood. the celebrity at the restaurant last night was HarleyQuinn and Maleficent. We wished to […]

Artisan Baking

Artisan Baking

Life & Culture Denver post 2022-10-26 feature article is Sourdough. a thing that makes me think … Hmmm. the article starts with a sub heading Hops and Pie overhalls pizza menu, highlighting the way chefs are thinking about crusts… Hmm Hops & Pie Artisan Pizzeria. […]

Stuffed Shells.

Stuffed Shells.

Week Night Dishes from DenverPost Life & Culture 2022-10-26 had a crave for stuffed pasta shell. It was from ‘Five Recipes that you will crave’ our of NY Times and written by Emily Weinstein

‘Week night dishes’. Assemble stuffed shells earlier in the day and bake when you are ready. My goodness. This pasta dish was tough during service. Prep daily and with the ricotta filling – they went into the steamer and were often forgotten. Not one of the recipes that I crave as I still have service scars.

Garden Pavilion Note Book  ‘Yogurt and Fresh Fruit Terrine’

Garden Pavilion Note Book ‘Yogurt and Fresh Fruit Terrine’

ter·rine noun a meat, fish, or vegetable mixture that has been cooked or otherwise prepared in advance and allowed to cool or set in its container, typically served in slices. Hmm… Goggle did not help much. A terrine is a meat thing served cold. In […]

Garden Pavilion Note Book. Shrimp and WaterCress Cone ‘Appetizer’

Garden Pavilion Note Book. Shrimp and WaterCress Cone ‘Appetizer’

From Garden Pavilion Note book is retro. Shrimp and WaterCress Cones with Seaweed. the picture is from the prep notebook. really retro. But what was trendy – comes around again. I read in the DenverPost 10-19-22 Life & Style – Vegan and Vegetarian Sushi rolls are taking over. Perhaps it is because we are land locked. It continues that fresh fish flown in from Japan is marketed on the white board at a Sushi restaurant in Layfette. That makes fish have a large carbon foot print. I prefer vegetarian vegetable rolls.

what was trendy comes back around.

Shrimp and WaterCress Cones with Seaweed

Chef Gysela
Nod to retro Pavilion Garden. today these are Nori cones – not called out as seaweed. retro to the day of cutting edge Asian fusion to Heath Food. Low calorie, 160 per serving
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Servings 2 People

Ingredients
  

  • 4 16/20 Shrimp Peeled and deveined
  • 1 TBSP Sake
  • 1/2 tsp. Ginger Finely sliced
  • 2 sheets Pressed Seaweed (Nori) Cut into quarters
  • 8 sprigs Watercress
  • 1 oz Radish Sprouts
  • 1 oz shredded Daikon
  • 3 oz Cantaloupe or Mango

Instructions
 

  • split the shrimp lengthwise in half and marinate in Sake and ginger for 10 minutes.
  • Boil the shrimp in water for 30 seconds until it curls into corkscrews.
  • drain and cool.
  • For each roll, spread 1 TBSP sushi rice over quarter of the nori. Shiny side is down.
  • Place watercress and radish sprouts in the center, diagonally over the rice and one shrimp corkscrew.
  • Fold and roll into cone.
  • Serve with shredded Daikon and sliced Cantaloupe.
Keyword asian fusion healhy
Apples

Apples

DenverPost’s 2022-10-25 Life and Culture has apples as savory accompaniment to Roasts. Specific to Pork roast. What is your thought on fruit with Roasted meats? Hmm. For myself – the twist here – is to keep the apples roasted on the savory path, Not sweet. […]

Roasted Porchetta

Roasted Porchetta

Bill St. John in Denver Post’s Life and Culture 2022-10-26 writes about apples and Pork Shoulder. This is a great lead into the the Pork that was ordered from Marczyk’s. The four pound Porchetta was picked up Saturday 10/21 with great anticipation. Opening the brown […]

Garden Pavilion Note Book. ‘Mignonette Sauce’

Garden Pavilion Note Book. ‘Mignonette Sauce’

from the Garden Pavilion note book, Mignonette is sauce served cold. It reads more as a red wine vinegar dressing than a real sauce. A sauce consistency one should be able to “coat the back of a wooden spoon and run your finger along it.” A ‘sauce’ would hold a line.

notes from the garden

Mignonette

Chef Gysela
saucy note from the Garden Pavilion
Prep Time 10 mins
Course Sauce
Cuisine French
Servings 1 half quart

Equipment

  • 1/2 quart bowl

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 Qt redwine
  • 1/3 Soup Bowl shallot chopped
  • 3 Tbl Cracked Black Pepper Corn freshly cracked is best
  • 1/2 Soup Bowl RedWine Vinegar
  • 2 Shots Vodka

Instructions
 

  • Combine is bowl.

Notes

served chilled.
Better made the day prior so the shallots have a chance to flavor the sauce.
Garden Pavilion Note Book. ‘Tartar Sauce’

Garden Pavilion Note Book. ‘Tartar Sauce’

Mama makes a very good tartar sauce from Scratch. It is a favorite of Grand dad Eric. Just ask him. he will tell you so …