New Era Part Two: The Meal

So as I posted last night, I plan to spend more of my precious time improving this blog, as well as my own cooking. I proposed a meal, which ended up slightly differently from what I'd planned, but I did make it! Due to the fact that my inspired stage lacks formal measuring while cooking, its a more by-feel process, I do not have an actual recipe. I plan to remake this meal, slightly differently, slightly fancier and I will post my results when I do.

Meal: Veal cubes on a bed of grapefruit zested, cream polenta with sesame, lime beet-chips with a vanilla, basil sauce.

Fresh, organic, yellow beet

 Slicin' the beets. Make sure they aren't too thick or two thin, you want them to cook nice and evenly.

Veal "Stew" from Bristol Farms

I would have preferred to get my meat from Lindy and Grundy, but with limited time I couldn't.

Veal, beets, lime juice, chia seeds, cayenne pepper

I let the veal and beets soak together in the lime juice, so that of their flavors would become more pronounced.

Extra Virgin olive oil, sesame seeds

While i could have used sesame oil, I'm a sucker for olive oil and its cheaper.

Lime soaked beets, sesame seeds, olive oil

While the seeds cook, they release some oil. The combination of that and the lime juice leads to some great tasting chips.

Final product

Dessert: Slow-baked pear with cranberry syrup and vanilla, clove, sake, ice-cream

Trader Joe's cranberry juice

Since I didn't use formal measurements, how much juice, how much butter, how much vanilla extract is unknown. Just put in what feels good.

Final product