/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>20291355
This was from the practice round of the last /ck/ challenge.

"Mussels steamed in Okinawan lager with chorizo, shallots, garlic, and serrano chili. Finished with butter, lemon, and fresh cilantro. Served with Manchego pommes anna “frites” and chorizo chimichurri."

My entry in the main round received almost unanimously perfect scores. I've made dozens of cook along threads over the years.

>>19146572
Generally happy with how it turned out. The potatoes were a gamble, and while I wasn’t expecting to be able to pick them up and dip them in the broth, I was hoping I could get them to act a little more like a stack of fries on the plate. Next time I would double the cheese and not add any extra salt (I’d also just use cracked black pepper instead of white; white pepper sucks, but I still have it in my head that when all the other ingredients are white you should use white pepper, even when I know the finished product is going to be golden brown and crispy). The chimichurri worked with both the potatoes and the chorizo-beer broth better than I expected. It also looked kinda nice with a drizzle of warm chorizo fat for about 4 seconds before it broke and started running all over the plate.