Culinary muses

Culinary muses, originally uploaded by .solo..

Prohibition era gin, dub 45, ad hoc Keller inspirations: all muses for culinary creativity.

I'm getting more and more comfortable making pie dough (this time it was goat milk butter and local Richardson Farms flour). This comes with the realization that there are exceptional permutations of fillings to explore. Yesterday's filling was pureed roasted squash and fennel with sauteed greens, onions, carrots and herbs (seared pork, fennel fronds, and eggs completed).

Many many cultures have already fully explored this media but for some odd reason winter creativity currently strikes in this vein. It'll likely last till spring where fresh vegetables and simple preparations again overtake the warm hearth of oven wintered creativity.