Peel and slice carrots into rounds, store set aside
Chop celery, and set aside
Chop bell pepper, set aside
Chop tomato's, set aside
Dredge meat in flour
In large frying pan on low/medium heat melt butter
Add meat for about 1 minute or till outside gets brown then remove and set aside
Salt and pepper as you go along
Saute onions for about 3 minutes
Add carrots and celery
Add a drizzle of olive oil
Put meat back into pan cook for about 5-10 minutes till meat is cooked through
Turn burner to low
Add just enough corn starch to thicken and make a sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
(at this point a nice addition would be a bay leaf)
Add garlic, bell pepper and tomato
Let simmer for 20 minutes
Add more cornstarch if sauce starts to get thin
Notes
The measurements are all totally from my usual guessing of what sounds good to me. So please feel free to experiment and change them to suit your culinary needs. Although I do say that I liked using the chunks of meat instead of the usual ground.
We just finished our second beach camping trip and are continuing the grand food experiment! On Friday night Karlo Meria treated us to a mash up of pot stickers/dumplings. We gobbled them up quickly, but we all agreed they need a little tweaking before the next attempt. Of course our new staples Spam Musubi and Beach Pizza were must haves. This time we used beefsteak tomatoes and added some onion on the pizzas, while the Musubi got a little extra rice wine vinegar.
The other dish that was a resounding success was, Shepherd’s Pie!!! As with most food we bring camping this was made before and frozen. This is a great trick because you use the frozen food as ice to keep the rest cold. Then by the time you use it, it’s thawed out. The recipe I used was literally off the top of my head and a little of what can we add. The only thing missing was frozen peas and if Jason has anything to say we wont forget them again.
Our next camping trip will be 4th of July weekend. I wonder what we will come up with for this one!!!
Adapted from when we were camping. We used leftovers but you can make it at home with a frying pan or a frying pan on your electric grill. I prefer cast iron.
Ingredients
8 sandwich rolls
1 Hot Salami or hard cured meat of your choice
1 package of Campari tomatoes
8 oz of Irish cheddar cheese
Instructions
Cut rolls in half lengthwise.
Cut tomatoes in half, ask set aside
Slice cheese, advice set aside
Slice salami and set aside
Put 4 slices of salami in pan or on grill
Cook for a minute or two on each side
Put 4 tomatoes in same pan or on grill skin side up
Cook for about a minute
Turn tomatoes over
Cluster tomatoes and salami together with a couple slices of cheese
Cook for a couple minutes, capsule cheese should just start to melt
Put half of a roll on top and cover for a minute or two till cheese melts
Take spatula and remove from grill or pan and plate bread side down.
Do not smash tomatoes, as the juice is key to keeping sandwich from being dry
Careful this can be a bit messy
So you may have to scoop melted cheese that tries to slip away
Serve immediately.
If you have a big enough pan or grill you can do more then one at at time
Just be careful to keep ingredients in separate clusters for each roll
Notes
You can add some fresh cut Basil on top at the end or some hot sauce, Kalamata olives, or thin sliced red onions.
Beach camping has finally arrived. A little late, but it is here and we are so excited!!! Here are a few pics from our little adventure. Hope you like them. And for those of you who want to know. Our first night, we had salmon steaks, asparagus and mashed potatoes for dinner. Our second day, breakfast was scrambled eggs, bacon and new red potatoes boiled in sea water. Lunch we had Spam musubi, dinner was vegetable chilli that we added hot salami to, with a side of grilled corn and for desert, Jello chocolate pudding cups!!! Our last day if we have any leftovers we incorporate them into the meals. Breakfast was the usual eggs and bacon but with mashed potato’s. For lunch we had grilled cheese with cucumber and cherry tomato sandwiches. But, since we had left over salami………… Jason grilled the salami and cherry tomatoes, put some cheese and bread on top for amazing upside down grilled sandwiches!! Of course he was nice enough to turn them right side up when it was time to eat – just like mini beach pizzas !
With our first camping excursion over we look forward to the next. So until then we will post more of what summer in NYC is all about.
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