Thanksgiving approaches. Today was spent mostly on cooking and buying things to cook. This morning, I made a batch of cornbread and a loaf of sourdough, then cubed them up and put them in the dehydrator for possible stuffing mix. I went shopping in the afternoon for raw ingredients, mostly. I've been reading about and enjoying ramen lately, and around lunch time I actually noticed a local ramen place by smell first. I didn't just smell something good, I quite distinctly noticed a ramen place. It was very good, but I think perhaps they had too many toppings.
Anyway, right after I got home from shopping, I got called in to work. While I was there, I got a box of things I ordered from Japan. Mostly gifts for a couple people, but I splurged and bought a Japanese bowl and spoon that seem ideal for ramen. I intend to make some good stock over the next day or two, and I've already had good success making cured eggs. I might try making some tare and aromatic oil tomorrow.
After I got home from work, I made cranberry relish, raspberry sauce, and russian cream. The russian cream was a bit of a new recipe. I warmed 1 quart of heavy cream over medium heat, stirred in 1 tablespoon of gelatin powder that had already been mixed very well with 1.5 cups of sugar, and stirred to dissolve. I then added 16 ounces of sour cream, stirred to combine, turned off the heat, added 4 teaspoons of vanilla, stirred to combine, and poured the result into 11 jars to the 150mL line. The twelfth jar (one of the things I bought today was a case of half pint jars) held the raspberry reduction sauce almost perfectly.
For the cranberry sauce, I blended 350 grams of cranberries, 90 grams of honey, and the zest and pulp (but not seeds or pith) of 1 large orange together. I used a hand-powered blender, but otherwise it seemed a satisfactory recipe. Tomorrow, I'll make brownies, ginger cookies, and possibly mushroom gravy.
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