Well Happy Thursday You Great Fabulous Smoked Wineaux Friendly Cookies!!
It is a "snow day" here!
And so, in efforts to "bring my own sunshine forth," I did smoke up some succulent and soft swordfish - soaked first in my beloved White Burgundy (my very favorite kind of wine) - which is made of Chardonnay!
WON-DER-FUL!
So the bit of wine trivia today is this:
White Burgundy from France (my favorite of all favorites) is made of Chardonnay. So if you cannot find some swanky French "White Burgundy," then simply use the Chardonnay of your favorite pick! The grape varietal is the same!!! (Something fun to impress your wine snob pals with, right)?
AND, along those lines, RED BURGUNDY from France is made from Pinot Noir grape. So if you have pals who claim to love Red Burgundy, then serve them a Pinot Noir and then see if they do really indeed know their stuff. (The grape is the same).
And so, here's what I did...
Starting with some swordfish steaks that were a "little" bit "pumpkin sword" (in that the fish ate some shrimp or seafood which colored them "some" though not fully or enough to be considered full "pumpkin sword." Still, some nice color was there.
Using a White Burgundy from France that just happened to be, well, "open," (smiles) I splashed this Chardonnay grape into a ziplock bag with my little steaks...
That went back into the fridge for 45 minutes...
I chopped up a shallot and a yellow pepper...
And prepared some FABULOUS healthful salad dressing!
Years ago, a culinary grad named Jim, taught me to make this super simple and amazing dressing.
This is no mean feat, seeing as I do not measure! Hence I had to slow down and actually measure, but it was worth it!
Putting 1/2 tsp ground white pepper in a dish...
And then one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar (whisking it together)...
And then adding 1/2 teaspoon SMOKED CHARDONNAY SEA SALT (and you can use any salt you wish)...
And whisking that together...
I then added 6 tablespoons olive oil, and whisked that all together! Voila!!! Dressing is done!
Meanwhile, I added the chopped yellow pepper and chopped shallot to my salad...
And started up the snow covered little mini gas smoker, and using pistachio shells instead of smoking chips...
And I took the swordfish out of the wine bath bag/fridge, and mopped each piece through grapeseed oil...
And smoked that 12 minutes, on high heat, as not to overcook as I do like my middles soft!
I tossed the salad with the dressing - saving a little dressing to drizzle over the fish...
The fish off the smoker SMELLED better than anything has in ages - perhaps it was the Chardonnay???
Once assembled with the salad, I poured the remaining spoon of dressing over the fish...
And this was soft and healthful and simple and yet WONDERFUL! Really so aromatic and delicious!
I do not "Photoshop" my pix or alter them, and so my photographs are not always that much to see, but I do like to show them simply as they were, and I can share that taste wise, smell wise, and ingredient wise, I really LOVED this dish!
The "heat" of the white pepper comes through, the savory sea salt as well...
And the "Pistachio meets White Burgundy essence" jus really wowed me and so here's to that!
Soft beyond belief, and smelling just HEAVENLY, the fish was "just rare enough" to keep it perfectly as it should be - any longer on the smoker would have been dry and overcooked, and any less would have been too grainy/raw. This was just right!
A fresh bottle of White Burgundy was opened, as to "fill in the gaps" of one's glass, paired with this meal!
Thanks for sharing in my simple snow day!
I send you CHEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Leah
It is a "snow day" here!
And so, in efforts to "bring my own sunshine forth," I did smoke up some succulent and soft swordfish - soaked first in my beloved White Burgundy (my very favorite kind of wine) - which is made of Chardonnay!
WON-DER-FUL!
So the bit of wine trivia today is this:
White Burgundy from France (my favorite of all favorites) is made of Chardonnay. So if you cannot find some swanky French "White Burgundy," then simply use the Chardonnay of your favorite pick! The grape varietal is the same!!! (Something fun to impress your wine snob pals with, right)?
AND, along those lines, RED BURGUNDY from France is made from Pinot Noir grape. So if you have pals who claim to love Red Burgundy, then serve them a Pinot Noir and then see if they do really indeed know their stuff. (The grape is the same).
And so, here's what I did...
Starting with some swordfish steaks that were a "little" bit "pumpkin sword" (in that the fish ate some shrimp or seafood which colored them "some" though not fully or enough to be considered full "pumpkin sword." Still, some nice color was there.
Using a White Burgundy from France that just happened to be, well, "open," (smiles) I splashed this Chardonnay grape into a ziplock bag with my little steaks...
That went back into the fridge for 45 minutes...
I chopped up a shallot and a yellow pepper...
And prepared some FABULOUS healthful salad dressing!
Years ago, a culinary grad named Jim, taught me to make this super simple and amazing dressing.
This is no mean feat, seeing as I do not measure! Hence I had to slow down and actually measure, but it was worth it!
Putting 1/2 tsp ground white pepper in a dish...
And then one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar (whisking it together)...
And then adding 1/2 teaspoon SMOKED CHARDONNAY SEA SALT (and you can use any salt you wish)...
And whisking that together...
I then added 6 tablespoons olive oil, and whisked that all together! Voila!!! Dressing is done!
Meanwhile, I added the chopped yellow pepper and chopped shallot to my salad...
And started up the snow covered little mini gas smoker, and using pistachio shells instead of smoking chips...
And I took the swordfish out of the wine bath bag/fridge, and mopped each piece through grapeseed oil...
And smoked that 12 minutes, on high heat, as not to overcook as I do like my middles soft!
I tossed the salad with the dressing - saving a little dressing to drizzle over the fish...
The fish off the smoker SMELLED better than anything has in ages - perhaps it was the Chardonnay???
Once assembled with the salad, I poured the remaining spoon of dressing over the fish...
And this was soft and healthful and simple and yet WONDERFUL! Really so aromatic and delicious!
I do not "Photoshop" my pix or alter them, and so my photographs are not always that much to see, but I do like to show them simply as they were, and I can share that taste wise, smell wise, and ingredient wise, I really LOVED this dish!
The "heat" of the white pepper comes through, the savory sea salt as well...
And the "Pistachio meets White Burgundy essence" jus really wowed me and so here's to that!
Soft beyond belief, and smelling just HEAVENLY, the fish was "just rare enough" to keep it perfectly as it should be - any longer on the smoker would have been dry and overcooked, and any less would have been too grainy/raw. This was just right!
A fresh bottle of White Burgundy was opened, as to "fill in the gaps" of one's glass, paired with this meal!
Thanks for sharing in my simple snow day!
I send you CHEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Leah
