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Braised Pork with roasted mushrooms, roasted potatoes, watercress, lemon dill dressing

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Heres a different way to use a pork roast. Searing, slicing, and then braising the pork adds a ton of flavor and makes this a quick cooking dish. Flavors of fire roasted tomatoes, roasted mushrooms, dill, watercress, and citrus make this a beautiful summer dish.

 

Braised Pork with roasted mushrooms, roasted potatoes, watercress, lemon dill dressing

2 pound pork roast, boneless

1/2 bu dill, chopped

1/2 bu parsley, chopped

2 cups veg stock

1 large can fire roasted tomatoes, crushed

10 cloves garlic, minced/sliced

2 pounds small yellow potatoes

2 lemons, juiced

1 bu watercress, cleaned and chopped

1 portobello, sliced

4 shitake, stemmed and sliced

1 ct crimini mushrooms, quarted

1 cup crumbled feta

2 T capers, drained

 

 

1: Sear pork in 2 T olive oil on medium high heat, rotating once so both sides are caramelized.

2: Remove from heat and let cool. In the same pan, add you mushrooms, and 1 clove garlic minced. Cook over high heat to caramelize mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper.

3: Remove mushrooms and add sliced onion and 2 cloves minced garlic.

4: Cook over medium heat until onion is cooked. Add vegetable stock, cook down for 5 minutes on high. Add tomatoes, crushing them in your hands as you add them to the pot, turn down heat and cook for 5 more minutes.

5: Slice your pork into 8 equal portions by cutting it in half, then fourths, then 8ths.

6: Lay pork into the sauce so they fit snug.

7: Add capers, top with mushrooms, and half the feta.

8: Place in a 500 degree oven for 15 minutes.

10: When pork comes out, make sure it is cooked through, top with more feta and chopped parsley.

Roasted potatoes with watercress and lemon dill dressing 

1: Half potatoes, toss in olive oil with salt and pepper and 1 clove sliced garlic

2: Roast at 400 for 15 – 20 minutes until brown and crisp

3: Clean and cut watercress, place in bowl to side

4: In a container place 1 clove garlic, 1/2 bu dill, 1/2 bu parsley, and juice of one lemon.

5: Add 1/4 cup olive oil and 2 T water. Puree until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.

6: When potatoes are hot out of the oven, toss in with watercress and dressing.

Serve hot or room temperature.

 

This recipe is delicious, healthy, and very flavorful. Try it out!

 

Cheers,
Sean Patrick Gallagher

Two Dishes, One Chicken

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Roasted Chicken has got to be my all time favorite meal. It is so simple and yet, so complex. I have roasted a chicken many different ways; with truffle butter under the skin, stuffed with sausage, or simply dressed with herbs. There are a ton of ways to roast a chicken, but this is how I do it.

1: Clean your bird in cold water, check the skin for any leftover feathers or abnormalities and remove them.

2: Remove the innards of the bird; you can keep them and roast them along side the bird or toss them.

3: Dry your bird completely dry. Moisture on the skin of the bird will prevent a nice crisp finished product.

4: Using your fingers, gently slide underneath the skin of the breast of the bird and loosen it, creating a cavity between the breast and the skin. Here you can place butter, herbs, any kind of flavorings you wish to impart on the chicken.

5: Cover the bird in freshly ground black pepper, a liberal amount of kosher salt, and drizzle olive oil all over it. Massage the seasoning into the bird.

6: Place the bird on a roasting rack or sheet pan. I like to make a bed of aromatics; carrots, onions, garlic, celery, thyme.. and place the chicken on top so the chicken is not directly touching the metal and the aromatics cook along with it.

7: Place the bird in a 400° oven for 20 minutes.

8: After 20 minutes, rotate the pan, lower the heat to 375°, and place the time for 1 hour. (This will be perfect for a 3 pound chicken, add an additional 20 minutes per pound for large birds)

9: Remove the chicken and let it rest for 10 minutes.

10: I like to remove the breasts and slice them, then cut the chicken into pieces: thighs, legs, and wings.

11: Use the drippings from the chicken to create a flavorful sauce.

With this roast chicken, I caramelized one onion, a few sliced mushrooms, and chopped up the aromatics that roasted with the chicken. I then adds the drippings from the roast chicken to create a sauce. Served over a bed of whole wheat couscous and some delicious fresh pea shoots, this is a fantastic, healthy, easy, and delicious meal.

 

Every time you roast a chicken there is leftovers. With that leftover chicken I usually make soup or shred the chicken for many different dishes.. salads, enchiladas, tacos.. and so on.

In NYC I once ate a chicken salad that used avocado instead of mayonnaise, which for me was heaven because nothing in the world disturbs me more than that god-forsaken product! Here is a quick and delicious recipe to utilize left over chicken.

Avocado Chicken Salad

2 cups leftover roasted chicken, shredded or chopped

2 large avocados

1 lime juiced

2 T chopped fresh cilantro

2 T sour cream

1 t kosher salt

fresh ground black pepper

Corn or wheat tortillas

dash of hot sauce

1: Shred your leftover chicken, make sure there is no cartilage or bones. If you want to make this and don’t have leftover roasted chicken you can use a rotisserie chicken from the grocery, or roast chicken thighs and pull the meat.

2: Mash the avocados separately with lime juice, sour cream, and cilantro. Season with salt and pepper and mix well. Mix in chicken and stir well to combine.

3: Toast whole wheat tortillas, serve the chicken salad cold on the tortillas with a squeeze of fresh lime and a dash of hot sauce.

This dish couldn’t be easier and is delicious, a much healthier alternative to traditional chicken salad.

Cheers,

Sean Patrick Gallagher

Albóndigas

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Whenever I have ground beef around, I challenge myself to make something different. I stuff peppers, fill tortillas, or  make hearty bolognese. Scouring through our fridge in Philly, I decided that I would make a style of meatball named Albóndigas, a spanish style meatball dish.

For this recipe I wanted to use what I had lying around and in the fridge, so you could substitute many of the items I use with what you have in your fridge.

Albóndigas - Serves 4-6 (Depending on how hungry you are!)

2 pounds ground beef

1/4 cup cracker crumbs

1/4 cup milk

1 egg

2 T chopped cilantro

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon  ground oregano

1/2 cup crumbled feta

1 T ground cumin

1/8 t hot pepper flake

1/2 large white onion, small diced

3 cloves garlic, minced

Sauce:

1 can san marzano tomatoes, pureed

2 small carrots, peeled and shredded

1/2 large white onion, minced

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 T kosher salt

1 T white sugar

1 T vinegar

Mix together all items except the onion and garlic. Do not over mix or you can make the beef tough.

Separately, Cook onion until soft in 1 T olive oil, Add garlic and cook for 2 minutes

Let cool, mix into meat mixture.

In the same pan you cooked the onion add enough olive oil to fill pan 1/2 inch.

Roll the meatballs into golf ball size.  Once the oil is hot, add meatballs to brown, brown on both sides. remove from heat and add 1/2 white onion minced, 4 cloves garlic minced, 2 carrots shredded.

Once the onion and carrot are soft, add tomato puree. Add 1 T kosher salt and 1 T sugar, cook for 20 minutes over medium heat covered. Add meatballs back in and cook for 1 hour on medium low heat. Stirring every 20 minutes to prevent scorching on the bottom of the pan. Taste the sauce for seasoning and finish with a splash of good vinegar to balance sauce.

Finish with a drizzle of good oil and chopped fresh cilantro and feta.

Try this recipe out! Super easy and delicious.

Cheers,
Sean Patrick Gallagher

Welcome to The Epicures Dish!

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Catering a Wedding, Summer 2009

I will be moving to New York City next month and decided that this is a fresh start and I should journal or blog this whole experience. I’ve also been contributing monthly articles to Equal4all, a wonderful blog and that has been a great experience. So with their motivation, and tons of friends and family constant persuasion, I have decided that I should share my knowledge of food and nutrition with everyone and share daily and weekly recipes and advice.

For my first blog entry I will share with you one the easiest and healthiest recipes I have! Try this recipe and you will impress friends and family and you will be surprised with how simple it really is!

Curried Cauliflower with Quinoa and Avocado

1 Bell Pepper

4 Cloves Garlic

1 Head Cauliflower

1 Jalapeno

2 Roma Tomatoes

½  Lime

3 T Red Curry Paste

¼ Cup Water

½ T Hot Pepper Flake

2 T Salt

1 T Ground Black Pepper

2 T Olive Oil

Prep:

  • Dice you bell pepper and tomatoes into large chunks about an inch length. Slice you jalapeno thinly seeds and all into rings. Smash you garlic and chop it roughly. Take your head of cauliflower and cut it into small florets.

Sauce:

  • Mix the water, red curry paste, hot pepper flake, 1 T salt, and ½ T ground block pepper.

Sauté:

  • I like to make this in a wok, but if you don’t have a wok then use a large sauté pan. Get your pan very hot and add your olive oil.  Let the oil heat up for a moment and then add you cauliflower florets. Move them around the pan and let them brown. Cook for 5 minutes and then add your jalapeno, garlic, and bell pepper. Season with 1 T of salt and ½ T ground black pepper. Let the vegetables cook for 7 minutes over high heat stirring them frequently. Then add your sauce and cover with a lid. Cook for 10 minutes. Turn heat off and add your chopped tomatoes. Juice half the lime into the pan and stir to combine.  Serve hot over quinoa.

Quinoa

1 Cup Quinoa

2 Cups Water

½ Lime

1 T Cilantro chopped

1 t Salt

Ground Black Pepper

  • Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a saucepot. Add your salt. When the water boils add your quinoa and turn the heat down to a simmer. Cook until the grain has absorbed all the liquid and become tender. Add quinoa to a bowl and mix in black pepper, lime juice, and cilantro.

Serve your curry on a bed of quinoa, I like to serve it will some large diced avocado.

Try this recipe out! It is really delicious and very healthy for you. The only fat in the dish is from the olive oil and avocado and it is heart-healthy monounsaturated fat. This dish is also vegetarian, which makes it very light and a nice change in the weekly menu.

So spice it up and try something different, you will be happy with the results!

If you have any questions about this recipe or anything at all, email me at Chef.seangallagher@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Sean Gallagher

Brooklyn Bridge, 3/10