Max is alive! Out from the Breslin for a day off!! He…Cooks. June 3, 2010
Posted by Eli in : Uncategorized , trackbackWith my one day off this week (falling on Memorial Day) I decided to cook up a storm and invite some people over to our new place in Park Slope as it has a backyard (a true rarity in NYC). Being a cook at a restaurant I don’t have much free time, and when I do, I’m often so burnt out that I don’t feel like cooking. But I still love doing it and so this past Monday, I went to Los Paisanos, a butcher in Carroll Gardens, to start my day. I got 3 kinds of sausage, their house-made burger mix, and a whole flank steak.
Once I got home I started in on marinating the flank with some crushed rosemary, garlic, lemon rind, and chilies. I lit the grill and roasted eggplant, tomatoes, and red peppers. Once they were cool, I chopped them with oregano, garlic and red wine vinegar to make a delicious caponata for the sausages. People started to arrive and I quickly chopped some parsley and mint for a chimichurri sauce for the flank. Burgers, sausages and flank went on the grill and we dug in to
the homemade guacamole. An hour later and we were stuffed to the top,
but there was still room for homemade rhubarb strawberry crisp.
The Pics:
burger with homemade caponata (roasted eggplant, pepper, and tomato)
and bacon cheddar potato salad
chimichurri sauce: mint, parsley, oregano, chilies
flank marinade: rosemary, chili, garlic
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i made the strawberry rhubarb crisp and it was amazing, thank you very much!