January 12, 2010
"A big ol' hunk of YUM!" Is exactly what this one was! Oh my goodness! It was like a party for your mouth! But I do have to say that the preperation was one of the best parts. I totally pulled a Rachael! After mixing the raw, ground chicken, an egg, many spices, and ricotta cheese, I took off all jewelery and dug in!! I mixed that meat up like there was no tomorrow!! It was fantastic! But the meat was really cold and got hard to mix after a while! I also learned how to make my first basic white sauce! Master Chef taught me the fine art, and I feel very accomplished! Then you add a couple boxes of spinich into the sauce, and mix it on some noodles! Then you take the huge delicious hunk of yum (meatball!) and lay it over the top, and eat up! Ahhh it was delicious! I highly recommend it!
It's funny how fast you can start to like something when you just set a goal and want to complete it! I've come to really like cooking! In fact, Master Chef and I weren't even planning on cooking until I called her and said "Mom! We need to cook tonight!" It's just a comfort knowing that you can mix a bunch of random stuff together, and it makes something delicious! (And I still can't get over the golden sauce from the Piquillo chicken! That's still just a beautiful vision in my head!) It's just a new way of helping me relax!!! And I'm sure Master Chef doesn't mind an extra pair of hands in the kitchen!
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Master Chef here....Just wanted to add a comment or two. First of all - who knew that ground chicken could look and taste like beef?! It was de-lish! I think the fennel and other spices really made the meatballs very yummy, but it was nice to know that they were a little healthier with the chicken. Next time I might make the meatballs smaller too. The recipe said to make 8 large meatballs out of the mixture which made them about the size of a baseball (that's a big-a meat-a ball-a!) Another meatball note - turn them halfway through the cooking time as they browned more on the bottom than the top. Bon Appetit! (said with a Julia Child lilt)
ReplyDeleteMmmm...sounds yummy! I'm proud of you, Katie! What a fun project to tackle...it will make you all that much better of a cook in the years to come. What husband wouldn't love a wife that made Florentine Mac and Cheese and Roast Chicken Sausage Meatballs? Sure beats the Mac and Cheese out of the box and boiled hot dogs! :) Keep it up! And keep posting the yummy pictures!
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