/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>9331660
Don't have any pictures of stuff from today or anything because I'm just eating leftover lentil soup, but I'll post a few of the dishes I've posted here before.

>purple carrot soup with galangal, shaved chilies, black sesame, and young coconut

Sauteed some shallots down, added the water from the young coconut, the carrots, and a fair whack of grated galangal, simmered until tender, pureed, pressed through a chinois, seasoned, and finished with the meat of the young coconut, black sesame seeds, and shaved chili.

>>8822279
Hey OP, nice to see you and kitteh back again. Not much OC on here anymore so it's always good to see these threads.

Last thread I got like halfway through dumping some stuff I had stocked up and the image limit hit, so I'll post it here, starting with a quick carrot soup I made some time ago, using all purple carrots.

I juiced some of the carrots and added a little bit of fresh young coconut water to that liquid, which would become the liquid part of the soup. Meanwhile, I sweated down some shallots, adding a good amount of galangal just before adding the liquid. For those who've never had it, galangal is amazing- similar to ginger, but less hot with a brighter, sweeter, more floral flavor. Goes great with carrots.

I simmered the remaining carrots in this mixture, then pureed the lot and passed it through a chinois, then seasoned it with salt and a tiny bit of sherry vinegar. I also made a very thick black sesame puree that went into the bottom of the bowls before the soup- literally just toasted black sesame seeds, a tiny bit of sesame oil, water, salt, and enough sugar to counteract some of the bitterness without making it taste sweet at all.

Poured the soup over that and finished it with
the flesh of the young coconut and some thin sliced yellow chiles, as well as some more black sesame seeds.

>>8765505
Hey OP, always good to see these threads up.

I finally have an actual day off this weekend- between school and work I haven't had a a day actually off since early february- so I can post some shit. Starting with a quick carrot soup I made some time ago, using all purple carrots.

I juiced some of the carrots and added a little bit of fresh young coconut water to that liquid, which would become the liquid part of the soup. Meanwhile, I sweated down some shallots, adding a good amount of galangal just before adding the liquid. For those who've never had it, galangal is amazing- similar to ginger, but less hot with a brighter, sweeter, more floral flavor. Goes great with carrots.

I simmered the remaining carrots in this mixture, then pureed the lot and passed it through a chinois, then seasoned it with salt and a tiny bit of sherry vinegar. I also made a very thick black sesame puree that went into the bottom of the bowls before the soup- literally just toasted black sesame seeds, a tiny bit of sesame oil, water, salt, and enough sugar to counteract some of the bitterness without making it taste sweet at all.

Poured the soup over that and finished it with
the flesh of the young coconut and some thin sliced yellow chiles, as well as some more black sesame seeds.

Also, nice choices on the beer- fin du monde and that Samuel Smith imperial stout are both fantastic beers.