Ketler Kitchen

D: Steph held off on the drugs to help me out with the drinks, so we’ll be doing 2 this week. We’re on a mission to work through a bottle of St. Germain because uhhh I had a little accident getting the Vermouth off the shelf. RIP Kahlua. RIP St. Germain cap. So we’re powering through St. Germain recipes, which likely isn’t the worst thing, since it’s delicious. Steph loves Shandy (and I do like it myself) so she is trying a Shandy with St. Germain in it. I’m going with an Elderfashioned, since Old Fashioned is delicious, and it...…

D: We were looking to try a couple of Alton’s dessert items and picked 2 recipes. This is the first of those, being ‘Chewy Peanut Butter Cookie’. These are flourless gluten-free peanut butter cookies. Which sounds suspect. We’ll give it a go and see how they turn out. They’re peanut butter cookies, it can only go so wrong. Ingredients:## 1 C smooth panut butter 1/2 C packed light brown sugar 1/2 C granulated sugar 1 large egg 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 tsp kosher salt Directions:## Heat the oven to 350F and line two half sheet...…

D: Since steph is on a great deal of painkillers, she won’t be doing a drink this week. It’s not the best idea to mix Hydromorphone and alcohol (doesn’t really do Naproxen any favours either). So this week, wanting to do a martini of some sort, this Gin Salad martini caught my eye. It’s pretty much a standard dry martini, with a twist in the garnish, and a dash of orange bitters to kind of round it out. His Drink## [Gin Salad Dry Martini] Ingredients:### 2.5oz gin 0.5oz vermouth dash of orange bitters (optional) cocktail onions (2) pimento stuffed olives...…

D: Pudding! With Scotch in it! Ingredients:## 2 TBsp unsalted butter 6oz dark brown sugar 2C whole milk 1C heavy cream 1/2 tsp kosher salt 2oz granulated sugar 4 large egg yolks 1oz corn starch 1oz Scotch whiskey 1 TBsp vanilla extract 1 tsp smoked salt Directions:## Melt the butter in a 2qt sauce pan over medium-high heat. Add the brown sugar and cook, stirring occassionally until the sugar has dissolved and the butter smells nutty, 1-2 minutes. Pour in the milk, cream, and kosher salt, and bring to a simmer. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Meanwhile, whisk the...…

S: So winter… flu shots that don’t work. What does that mean? I get sick, because of a patient zero at work. I’m still coughing. David? He held on to a semblance of normality until I was done being ‘sick’ for a month. Now we both cough and it hurts. My riiiiiiiibs. [D: true story; car accidents and falling on my ass on poorly salted walkways doesn’t help a tonne either; ow my ass.] So this week’s drinks have been chosen, for their sweet, sweet, throat soothing capabilities. His Drink## [St. Bruno’s Cure] Ingredients:### 1oz gin 1oz yellow Chartreuse liqueur...…

D: We haven’t done Stroganoff in ages; not sure I’ve had it since I moved to Toronto, so it seemed like a good recipe to have a go. It’s a meatless variation, using Mushrooms only, which is a novel change. It’d be healthier if it wasn’t for all the sour cream & cheese. Ingredients:## 10oz extra-wide egg noodles 2 TBsp unsalted butter 5 portobello mushrooms, stems and gills removed, thinly sliced 1 tsp kosher salt 10 scallions, thinly sliced, white bottoms and green tops separated 1 TBsp all-purpose flour 14oz beef broth 1 C sour cream 4oz goat cheese 1/2...…