New recipe, May 13, 2012

The new recipe is Stir-Fried Pak Choi with Sesame Sauce from BBC Good Food, served with Shrimp and Scallops with Lemony Soy, a repeat from the June 2012 Food and Wine, sliced radishes and roti chapati.

The Pak choi was from our garden, and had started to bolt--the flavors were great but our Pak Choi was tough-gets a 3. We used large head on fresh eater prawns for the shrimp this time, and the texture was very mushy--not sure why. I would go back for medium shrimp next time. The scallops were tasty!

Wine: Cantele Negroamaro Rosato 2010--a nice match!

New recipes, May 8, 2012

Both are from the June 2012 Food and Wine. First, Shrimp and Scallops with Lemony Soy--just used shrimp today. This marinade resembles teriyaki but the addition of lemon slices and jalapeño takes it to quite a higher level. Delicious, it gets a 5!!
The other is inspired by the the recipe for Grilled Kale with Garlic Chiles and Bacon. I love what smoked paprika can do for a dish, so I used it instead of bacon. I also added diced red bell pepper for color, and yellow tomatoes as a garnish. The flavors are good, I think it could have used more time on the grill, and I'd cut back a bit on the lemon juice to keep it from seeming quite as wet as it came out. It gets a 3.

Wine: Paco & Lola Rias Biaxas Albariño 2010