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CNY dinner

Canugghead
Canugghead Posts: 13,710
edited February 2019 in EggHead Forum
Chinese New Year is next Tuesday but we celebrated last night. SWMBO made everything except bread, ham and duck.

Deep fried shrimp/pork balls served with garlic lemon cilantro sauce...


Simple stir fried/sauteed eggplant...


Blanched baby Gai lan (Chinese broccoli) served with fried garlic oil...


Steamed seabream...


Tofu with shitake mushroom and Fat choy (black moss)...


Sea cucumber with shitake, chicken wings and dried squid...


No knead sourdough rye bread (my new hobby)...


Duck roasted in Traeger pellet pooper...  (followed roast duck recipe in Traegergrills.com, nice bite through skin but not crispy like Peking duck)



Famous @egret ham...


Happy Sunday everyone!
canuckland
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  • Sammi
    Sammi Posts: 598
    As always, great cooks right there!
    :clap:
    Sudbury, Ontario
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  • Sandtree
    Sandtree Posts: 41
    Sourdough looks great; oven, egg or other baked?
    London, UK

    New LBGE Owner
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,710
    @Sammi Thanks!
    @Sandtree Thanks, baked in gas oven, just started this sour dough thing over a week ago, still learning/experimenting hydration%, dough proofing vessel, dough handling, bake temp and time, it's going to be a long, fun journey!
     
    This was about 75% hydration, no knead dough rested 15 hrs RT, baked in stone bowl with CI lid, 475F lid on 17m, 450F lid off 23m.
    canuckland
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  • Sandtree
    Sandtree Posts: 41
    Canugghead said:
    @Sandtree Thanks, baked in gas oven, just started this sour dough thing over a week ago, still learning/experimenting hydration%, dough proofing vessel, dough handling, bake temp and time, it's going to be a long, fun journey!
     
    This was about 75% hydration, no knead dough rested 15 hrs RT, baked in stone bowl with CI lid, 475F lid on 17m, 450F lid off 23m.
    Looks great!

    We’ve an electric oven that limits crust development but have an amazing local bakery (if you are ok with the 1hr queue outside, or 90 minutes in good weather) 
    London, UK

    New LBGE Owner
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    :clap: Bravo! What a feast!!

    never had the fat choy item, nor the sea cucumber item, but just about everything else on your menu are among our favorites. SWBO especially lives gai lan.  

    And the tinkerer in you is going to love the sourdough game. 


    Happy New Year to you and your family. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    Thought for a minute Steven Stills was just absent. 
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,710
    Thanks @caliking .  Gai lan is usually dipped in hoisin sauce but some time we use oil soaked fried garlic for a change.  For superstitious reason some dishes are served for CNY because phonetically they sound similar to something desirable ... Ye (fish) sounds like 'abundance'; Fat choy sounds like 'prosper'; dried oyster sounds like 'joyous event'.  I know you're a sourdough pro, will be picking your brains down the road!
    canuckland
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,710
    northGAcock said:
    Thought for a minute Steven Stills was just absent. 
    I'm thick, don't get it  :)
    canuckland
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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,896
    Wow, some impressive work. Great job both of you!
    Stillwater, MN
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,710
    Thanks @StillH2OEgger it was a lot of work but worth it, fortunately the severe cold weather took a hiatus!
    canuckland
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