Mad about Mushrooms . . .

Our 2015 Winner: Mike Sabella's Prosciutto Wrapped Halibut

What a challenge to select a winning recipe when so many of the submissions simply overwhelmed us with their creativity and their "wow" factor!

This year's winner, Prosciutto Wrapped Halibut, was a surefire choice with all who were treated to samples of the entree.  We loved the fact that the packages of fish could be prepared early in the day and then conveniently rest, covered, in the refrigerator until it's close to the dinner hour.  This is such an elegant preparation offering a complexity of tastes ...  yet, it's so easy to prepare and no one will ever know how undemanding it was to fashion.

 

February 2015's Recipe of the Month: Spaetzle with Mushroom Powder

As much as I love making spaetzle, it really seems like a two person job, and there are few better "bonding activities" than sharing this experience with someone you love.  Yes, that means I typically invite Steven to join me in the kitchen when spaetzle is on the menu.

There's actually nothing complicated about the process of creating spaetzle.  You simply combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients and pour the pancake-like batter thru the spaetzle maker's hopper while moving the hopper back and forth, thereby creating little dumplings that drop into the boiling liquid.  Now you can understand why it just works better when there are two sets of hands involved:  one person slides the hopper back and forth while the other person pours the batter into the hopper.