Beautiful Beets and Burrata

ok, it’s been a few days since I reportedon the étouffée (VERY YUM!), which doesn’t mean I have not been cooking! I made chicken Makhani again (just craving it – but thought you had seen enough of it already :-), ate my mothers day gift of homemade chicken marsala ravioli from the neighbors (thanks again Joe, if you are reading!).  I’ve also been trying to watch cooking shows a) for a break from the news and b) for inspiration. For some reason, I’d not watched before (I prefer to just cook), but I’m starting to enjoy them – anyone have any favorites I should try?   also I started watching the Gordon Ramsey series on Master Class (thanks again Grant! I got the gift of his “buy one, give one” deal!) – really good!

I was watching “unique eats” and was inspired by a couple of highlights – one a Mexique restaurant in NY, so I decided to try their beet, goat cheese taco’s – and also a NY Italian restaurant that uses “Nona’s” (Italian gramma’s) as what looks like rotating chefs.  a drunken chicken recipe appealed so I took notes.   With thighs ready in the fridge for the latter, shrimp and crawfish marinating in buttermilk and crystal for Po’ Boys, the next couple of days should be fun.

Meanwhile, having finally roasted the beats (in sherry vinegar – not sure it changed them all that much but they are good), last night I had a light dinner of roasted beets and marinated burrata over arugula with lemon dressing with salt and lemon zest on top.  It was pretty darn YUM!    stay tuned for the above experiments!

the dish:

the marinade for the burrata (toasted spices in oil) & “opening” it 🙂

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