Friday, March 20, 2009

2009-03-19 Thursday - leek potato soup, ginger ground pork with portabella and spinach

leek potato soup
  • inspired by this recipe: http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/000044potato_leek_soup.php
  • 2 leeks, chopped fine and rinsed, cooked in pat of butter with 1/2 tsp white pepper and 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes and lots of black pepper
  • 8 cloves garlic, chopped, cooked with leeks
  • 3 medium potatoes (2 white, 1 red), chopped small
  • 3 cups broth/stock
  • needed about 2 big pinches of kosher salt
  • simmered about 30 minutes
  • very peppery!
  • good with tabasco and/or worcestorshire sauce (added at table)

ginger ground pork with portabella and spinach
  • 1/2 lb ground pork, seasoned with ginger (~1" x 1/2" x 1/2" piece, minced), garlic (~3 cloves, chopped), soy sauce, white pepper, korean red pepper flakes, tapioca starch
  • 2 portabella caps, chopped into 1/2" cubes, semi-marinated with soy sauce (next time use less soy sauce)
  • 1/2 large clamshell baby spinach
  • cooked portabella first, removed from pan, cooked pork, mixed in portabella, then spinach
  • lots of ginger = good!!!

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