Rocky IV

After a fairly slow Bobby Flay cooking week for me, I ended with a knock out! Tonight, I punched out four recipes in one meal. I made Red Pepper Crusted Tuna Steak with a Spicy Mango Salsa and Cilantro Pesto Red Potatoes. It was all quite tasty, and surprisingly not too spicy! I had to search for something called a New Mexican Chile Pepper, which is large and dry, and grind it up in a coffee grinder with some peppercorns. Then, I dredged the tuna steaks in the spices on one side and seared that side for one minute. This turned out to be a mistake as the fish was WAY more rare than I (or even Matt) like it, though Bobby says to eat it rare. No thanks. I left them on a bit longer, and it worked out just fine.

On another note, Matt got his cookbook in the mail the other day. He begins to cook his way through Giada de Laurentii's Everyday Italian tomorrow! I'm very excited for many reasons. First, it gives me a break every now and again. Second, it breaks up the constant, spicy, salsa-covered Flay food, which is quite delicious, don't get me wrong. Anyhow, Matt's not going to blog his cooking because he types about one word a minute, but I'll keep you posted on this site and let you know how he's doing.