Proportions here were much better. I used about 4 cups oats, 2 cups nuts, 1 cup wheat germ, 1 cup shredded coconut PLUS about 3/4 cup oil, 3/4 cup coconut water, 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup maple syrup. Mix and bake at about 325 in 10 minute intervals (mixing after each) until crunchy (about 40 min-hour)
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Beet Pickle
Red Snapper
Yog 2
Saturday, September 24, 2011
New Book!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Mozzarella
Yogurt
yes, we have a yogurt maker |
adding the starter |
Walnut-almond-pistachio granola
Sunday, September 11, 2011
American IPA
I just harvested the hops from the garden, so we decided to make an IPA to see how they taste. |
Our malt in the lauter tun: 10 lbs American 2-row, 1/2 lb Munich, 1/2 lb Crystal 20L. |
Here, after an hour lautering I'm recirculating the wart to clarify. |
Into the mash tun for the hour boil. |
Checking the gravity, if it's too low we the beer will be weak (so we would need to add some malt extract at this point in the process) turned out perfect (1.055). |
Since I didn't have enough fresh hops to bitter the beer, we added 1 oz of Magnum hops (12%) at the beginning of the 60 minute boil. Since these hops were dry 1 oz will go a long way. |
Adding half the fresh hops with 20 minutes left in the boil, the rest were added with 5 minutes left. |
After the boil we fill the primary fermentor - in our case a small 5 gallon keg (replacing the 5 gal carboy that was broken last week) - with cooled wart. |
Last, we oxygenate and pitch the yeast. |
The primary ferment is done in 2 weeks...
Saturday, September 10, 2011
EE preparing the biscuits. |
Flour, Butter, Sour Milk (Milk & Vinegar) and sticky fingers |
Into the oven (400f) for 10ish minutes |
Chops (1 1/4 inch from our local pig farm via the butcher down the street) soaking in brine (1/2 gal water, 1/2 cup kosher salt, 1/4 cup sugar, etc) |
Fig Jam EE made from our community garden figs (Water, Figs, Sugar, Brandy). We have half a dozen jars so we were looking for a way to use it. |
Glazing the Chops |
Next into the over at 350f, until they are 140f inside |
Waiting for dinner, results to follow... |