Wednesday Dinner w/ Pictures (10/24)

[jerseyjay14]

Dinner night again last night for the GF... Decided to go with some soup and a second crack at the Tiramisu. It came out fantastic this time around (thanksAandy M!) as always here are the photos (again I'm not skilled with the camera as you can see). The soup also came out great and the pork went over big with everyone and was really tender... comments/suggestions always appreciated!

Appetizer
Stuffed Baby Eggplant w/Barley

Soup
Minestrone

Meat
Cider Braised Pork

Dessert
Tiramisu

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[Michelemarie]

Wow! What a feast! Everything looks fantastic!

 

[jerseyjay14]

Wow! What a feast! Everything looks fantastic!

thanks!

 

[pdswife]

Looks GREAT!

Can you post the recipe for the stuffed eggplant pretty please??

 

[amber]

Everything looks delicious! Your photos came out great too!

 

[jerseyjay14]

Looks GREAT!

Can you post the recipe for the stuffed eggplant pretty please??

sure thing!

Ingredients:

-2 small or 2 baby eggplants
-1/2 cup dry barley
-2 cups vegetable stock/broth
-1/4 cup yellow onion, minced
-2 tsp garlic, minced
-1/2 tsp gingeroot, grated
-1/2 cup white mushrooms, minced
-1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
-1/2 teaspoon curry powder
-1/4 tsp turmeric

Directions


Bring the barley and broth to a boil in a small pot. cover and reduce to low heat. simmer until barley is tender(about 35 minutes,add more broth if needed). remove from heat and set aside.

Preheat oven to 350.

Half the eggplants lengthwise, scoop out the flesh leaving just a bit of eggplant and the skin as a shell. Mince the scooped eggplant and set aside. Place the eggplant shells in a greased baking dish, skin side down.

in a saute pan, saute the onion, garlic and ginger root until the onion turns golden brown(6-8 minutes). add the eggplant, mushrooms, lemon zest, curry, turmeric and saute over medium heat until the mushrooms begin to release some moisture (5 minutes).

Drain the barley and add it to the eggplant mixture. add 1/4 cup of the cooking liquid and and simmer until reduced (6-8 minutes). brush the eggplant shells with some olive oil and fill in with the mixture. cover with aluminum foil and bake until eggplants are tender (30-40 minutes). remove and top with parsley and some grated parmasean.

Thats it.... you can also substitute lentils for the barley and it turns out just as good. hope you like it.

 

[jerseyjay14]

Everything looks delicious! Your photos came out great too!

thanks, i dont have the world best camera but i try!

 

[PA Baker]

Everything looks so good, especially that dessert (tiramisu's my favorite!). I'm going to copy and paste your eggplant recipe into the appetizer forum so it's shared with everyone.

Good work! I hope the GF was happy!

 

[pdswife]

Thanks for the recipe! I can't wait to try it!

 

[LEFSElover]

gosh this looks wonderful

 

[lyndalou]

How about posting the Cider Braised Pork, too? Those pictures are making my mouth water.

 

[Andy M.]

Jay:

I'm glad everything came out so good. Looks like a great meal! Nothing wrong with the photos either.

 

[jerseyjay14]

Jay:

I'm glad everything came out so good. Looks like a great meal! Nothing wrong with the photos either.

hey thanks man, your tips/corrections made an enourmous difference in the tiramisu.

How about posting the Cider Braised Pork, too? Those pictures are making my mouth water.

Its a pretty quick and easy recipe:

-pork tenderloin(2-3 lbs)
-1 cup flour
-1 cup apple cider
-salt and pepper
-1/4 cup cider vinegar

cut the raw tenderloin into half inch medallions. dredge in flour/salt/pepper and shake off the excess. brown tenderloins on each side... 1-2 minutes in some oil. return all tenderloins to a deep frying pan and add 1 cup of apple cider. get a good simmer and cover for 10 minutes. add the cider vinegar and simmer for another 5 minutes. remove the pork and serve immeditely.

You can add some cornstarch to the left over cider in the pan and make a sauce to drizzle over it but i usually eat the pork as its already very tender and flavorful

 

[Chefellas]

Everything looks Deeeeelicious!!!!Thanks for the eggplant recipe.I was getting bored with rice stuffing or onion and garlic stuffing. The barley stuffing is a welcome change.!!

 

[*amy*]

Your dinner looks lovely. Can't wait to make the stuffed eggplant. Thanks for sharing.

 

[jerseyjay14]

Your dinner looks lovely. Can't wait to make the stuffed eggplant. Thanks for sharing.

no problem guys, hope you like it

 

[cjs]

Older thread but I'm having fun looking over your menus!! I think I'd like to do a cider reduction with the last of the cider and drizzle over - yum. great simple dish!

 

[jerseyjay14]

Older thread but I'm having fun looking over your menus!! I think I'd like to do a cider reduction with the last of the cider and drizzle over - yum. great simple dish!

thanks, they are alot of fun to make... and apples and pork have always been a favorite combo of mine