I ordered an outstanding delivery dinner from Meatballz. The meatballs were meaty and tender. The sauce was the best I've had in Atlanta. The mixture of acidity and sweetness brought me back to the Garden State and their slow-cooked tomato sauces. And they serve sicilian, something unknown here but a real treat that will have to wait for my next order.
This is the meatball-in-a-hole, stuffed in a round roll.
This is a pair of straight meatballs with cheese.
And these are the fritterz with apple pie sauce. Typically, zeppole are served just with a little powdered sugar. The extra touch of a syrup coating makes them special and delicious.
I made candied ginger a few years ago. It's not something I would do every day but I had a lot of fun doing it. I recently acquired a pressure cooker and it inspired an interesting idea to me: why not make candied ginger in the pressure cooker? It should be very soft and flavorful. Here is the result. I peeled two large ginger roots, cut them into small cubes, and put them in the pressure cooker with heavily sugared water. The traditional method first boils the ginger in plain water to soften it and then again in sugar water to candy it. The resulting candy was very tender but still with the characteristic ginger texture. It was also sweet without being overpowering. The traditional method leaves a lot of sugar crystallized around the ginger. The pressure cooker gives a much more subtle result. The ginger stays moist even after it cools but you can dry it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. That inspired me to dip it in chocolate. While I was in the b...
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