Food Romance

Most people like food, some people love food, I however am passionate about food. Not so much eating it, but preparing it and sharing it with others. I love the way food flavors and colors marry together into an exciting eating experience. I love to cook as if I am on a journey, delving into the untried and unknown only to find a new dish, both pleasing to the eye as well as the pallet. I have always been lucky with food, always seemed to find the right combination of ingredients, and never liked using a recipe. Repeats of dishes often differ slightly in taste and texture than they did the last time they were prepared, giving the palate a familiar flavor, but a new experience, a new romance....

Friday, October 29, 2010

Pork with Apples and Cream Corn

 

can_creamed_cornFirst let me say, This is NOT cream corn!

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With that said, start with 20 oz of frozen corn, add 8 oz of whipping cream, 1 cup of milk, 6 tsp of sugar and some pepper to your liking.  ( I use the white pepper, it looks nicer)

Combine these and bring to an easy boil.  (when you add the cream to the frozen corn it will turn to a block of ice, don’t worry, it will break up.)

Melt 3 Tbsp butter and mix in 3 Tbsp of flour, this will make a thick paste.  Add to the corn and reduce the heat.  Your corn should thicken up nicely now.  Keep on low heat until you are ready to serve.                  

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Here are the pork steaks.  I like to spray them down with PAM or olive oil and season with Sweet Mesquite seasoning.  People ask about this seasoning often so I will give up the secret.  Here it is, and you find it at Costco.

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Grill the meat to your liking.

Here I have prepared an apple topping for the pork.  Sliced apples, butter, brown sugar and cinnamon, like you would do for a pie filling.  I cooked it until the apples were soft and served them over the meat.

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I mashed potatos and added sour cream, bacon bits, and a heaping pile of minced garlic.  I spread it out in a casserole dish and covered with grated cheese.  Bake this in the oven until cheese is melted.     2010-10-29_18-11-34_912

I finished the dinner off with a blueberry pie, not giving out the recipe, but had to mention it for the complete effect.      

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Here is the complete dinner, I hope you choose to give it a try sometime.

 

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