Beef Bolognese with Egg Noodles

Amanda: A nice beef bolognese…with some milk

Abner: Ohhh bolognese!

Amanda: cheese….wine… …some homemade noodles

Abner: Homemade noodles?! I can do that!

Amanda: And some kale…but don’t worry there’s going to be bread in it

BEEF BOLOGNESE

I’m very excited about this one, because you kinda just spend an hour doing

it and then let it sit for hours and hours. This is great if you’re home

during quarantine, and you just want to get done with dinner at noon and

let it sit and cook some pasta at the end. I grew up with an Italian

grandmother who’s recipe I learned, and then got very bored with. A couple

of years ago I found this recipe from the New York Times. I’m going to make

it and use my own shlpppp and splllatt measurements.

WHAT YOU NEED

EGG NOODLES

Egg noodles are a very easy way to impress your guest.

“We’re having a pasta dish tonight.”

“Oh wow, this pasta is like…really good.”

“Ya…ya we didn’t buy it…we made it…you’re welcome.”

Feels pretty good. Feels good to say, feels better to eat.

I’m going to try it the good old fashion Italian way…just on a table.

WHAT YOU NEED

• Recipe I used

• Pasta drying rack

BROKE GJELINA SALAD

You can watch the video for my version of this salad! Here’s a link to the official Gjelina restaurant recipe.

PAVLOVA

You can use the egg whites leftover from the noodles for a dessert or cocktail! I made Zoë François’ pavlova, you can find the recipe here!

LET’S EAT

Say Grace: Some Sort Of Palestinian Chicken

Alright, many of you have asked me what I’m cooking and what recipes I’m using. I’m going to share one that we’ve really liked…and includes putting bread underneath chicken. And the reason I like this is because it uses spices I don’t normally use, and it feels like “whattttttt is this our favorite new chicken recipe?" And the other thing I like about it is half the times I’ve made it I haven’t had everything I needed and it still tasted great. So you probably won’t have everything, and ya know, who cares? You can always order pizza or eat a banana, that’s what I always say.

---

What You Need:

• Skin-On Bone-In Chicken

• Olive Oil

• All Spice

• Cumin

• Cinnamon

• Sumac

• Salt & Pepper

• Onion

• Lemons

• Garlic

Say Grace: A Basic Roast Chicken

Ok, I can’t remember how to dress myself or my kids anymore but at least I can still cook a little. This video is yet again full of details and precise measurements. Just kidding. What are measurements. Let’s have chicken for dinner again!

Abner's Saturday Bake: Macarons

Here we are. In the kitchen after the kids are asleep, and we’re making macarons. It’s something that can go wrong easily, so something to keep in mind is… it probably will. You just gotta keep trying…just keep on trying.

Macaron Recipe

Abner's Saturday Bake: Croissants

It’s happening. We’re making croissants. I started making croissants because Paul Hollywood said on TV that amateur bakers cannot make croissants. It’s too hard. It’s too difficult. He was speaking to me. He knew what he was doing, that wily old silver fox. He knew exactly what he was doing. He was challenging me to a croissant duel.

We’re gonna make guava croissants because guava makes everything better. Croissants are hard. That’s a fact. You can do it. It takes a little discipline. It takes a mess. And it takes a husband that will clean up after himself…eventually.

Paul Hollywood’s Croissant Recipe

BREAK TIME

ONE DAY LATER

Bon Appétit