NCT Cooks Challenge 27 - Nov 8 to Nov 15 - CREAM!

[SilverSage]

While Vera's busy..................


1. Duck
2. Something from the ocean/pond/lake/stream/river/puddle
3. Ground Cow
4. Smoked Pig
5. Cream
6. Your favourite spice
7. Your favourite herb
8. Stew
9. Middle Eastern
10. Seasonal vegetable of your choice (must be 'in' season)




The wheel spins......... #5 Cream!



By the way, our list is getting shorter. If anyone has some fresh suggestions, we'll add them.How about more ethnic categories? Or more ingredients?

 

[lilbopeep]

German, British Isles, Caribean, South American?

 

[lilbopeep]

Not a very good pic.

Cubed poached B/S chicken breast, thick sliced mushroom caps, fresh asparagus (sautéed in butter till veggies were tender) & spinach linguine tossed with Alfredo sauce (butter, heavy cream, fresh grated Romano & Parmesan cheeses) and a side of tomato salad.

 

[Cooksie]

Very nice, lbp! I love that combination.

 

[Cooksie]

Here's my crab and shrimp ravioli with a creamy tomato sauce.

An inside shot:

The filling was shallots, shrimp, lump crab, little lemon juice, little lemon pepper, little Old Bay, and a splash of cream.

The sauce was heavy cream, four cheese blend, and dab of tomato paste.

The mold was pretty easy to use. About half of the raviolis fell right out, and about half had to have some prodding.

I was looking for a very smooth top on the cooked ravioli. Mine were kind of wrinkledy, which might have been because the filling was kind of chunky which left air pockets.

Anyway, they were tasty little things. It was fun test-driving the mold. I'll use it again and will do a few things differently.

Verdict on the mold.......Not really necessary, but still kind of fun to use .

 

[mhend]

Looks awesome Cooksie!!

 

[Cooksie]

Looks awesome Cooksie!!

Thank You!

 

[lilbopeep]

Thank you Cooksie!!

Your raviolis look beautiful!! YUMMY


Mine are never plump after cooking. They always go flat for some reason. They taste good but don't look nice and plump like yours (and JoeV's).

 

[lilbopeep]

I can't wait to see what the spin of the wheel gives us this week.

 

[MexicoKaren]

Those ravioli are audaciously scrumptious-looking, Cooksie. Great job!

I suppose our last Franken-Pantry meal (pork tenderloin stuffed with spinach and mushrooms, with a lemon/wine/cream sauce) qualifies for "cream" so I'll re-post it: